Sam Prince's Mission Blog: July 7, 2018 -- Salvador (Ondina)

monday we spent the day talking with pres biddulph and planning. he came to the office and spent most of the day kind of getting to know us and the mission and we kinda started showing him the basics. we gave him the little secretaries training so he knows what we do and what is important for him to know from our viewpoint. and we had some technological problems so it was a bit of a slow day

tuesday we had zone conference and it went really well! president biddulph and sister biddulph bore their testimonies and we had good trainings from the zone leaders and assistants about the plan of salvation. we also were able to visit angelo who was baptized around christmas time and has been having some troubles financially and with his mothers health and we were able to comfort him a little bit. he talked about how he had felt really lonely lately and we were able to share christs story of how the Father left him at his most difficult moment and bear our testimonies to him. great moment!

wednesday i got to help sister biddulph and their daughter do some registering with the government and get ID numbers and a whole bunch of junk. mission presidents and their fams have a lot more stufff to do than normal missionaries hahaha but we are figuring it out thats okay! also finally Vivaldo and Reinaldo got back from the farm and we were able to visit them and invite them to church again! they are commited and we are excited!

thursday and friday we had busy days in the office and helping president get everything set up for him. its been a busy week and super interesting going from a president who has had 3 years of practice and experience to one who only has 3 days. President Bangerter was amazing and President Biddulph is too! 2 inspired men who are here to serve and help us come unto Christ. im so grateful for both of them and for being able to work closely with them. they both love to serve and love the people but one thing president biddulph said this week stuck with me. love and service are our duties and show our gratitude to our Father in Heaven.

And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn ^awisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the ^bservice of your ^cfellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.