Hey everyone!
this week has been something else that is for sure! We got our smart phones on Tuesday so we have been trying to digitize EVERYTHING! its going to be super nice though. I have already seen the blessings as we have been using it in our area. I really love how the church is incorporating smart phones into the mission. I love how the official letter we received talked about two reasons for bringing technology in
" There are two primary objectives with this initiative. First, we want to enable our missionaries to become wise stewards in how they use and apply technology for the rest of their lives. And second, this tool will allow us to share the good news of the gospel more broadly and effectively than ever before."
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I really love this the very first reason for doing this is to help us become better in how we use technology in our lives. It makes me think of the 10 commandments in Exodus 20:4-5
"4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;"
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;"
As I have been on my mission i have been able to see alot more clearly as I viewed our society and how we operate our smart phones. Prior to getting our smart phones we have under gone alot of training on how to use these phones but also carrying out our missionary responsibilities. It has been amazing as I have recieved this phone how many thinking dispositions and habits have come to the surface that I tell my self. "thats not a good habit." I am not perfect at this but I have already seen how this simple change in our mission will impact me for the rest of my life as I begin to take charge and not let our phone be an idol. Elder M. Russel Ballard has stated.
"Handheld devices, such as smartphones, are a blessing, but they can also distract us from hearing the ‘still, small voice.’ They need to be our servants, not our masters.”
May we each think about how we use our phones and ask our selves are the limiting and restricting our ability to be instruments and lights in the lives of others. I promise as we use these tools better we will be able to help more of Gods Children that are struggling.
Keep smiling!
Love, Elder Gerrard
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