Wrong Turn

This week was a good one, I had an exchange with the ZL (zone  leader) and I met some incredible people. 



As you'll see in the photos below, I met a man who wants to be called  "JB". He was super funny and said he wanted to 1v1 in basketball.  He said I look like John F Kennedy..... haha. I can definitely say the  spirit helped me with what I had to say and what scriptures to share. I  can tell my study of the scriptures has been worth every second, as I  learned in a talk, the spirit will pull from our "reservoir" of knowledge.  With each time we study, it "fills up" my reservoir of the gospel and  the spirit helps me teach! It’s incredible. 



From my other pictures you’ll see I found myself in an ally with a lot of  paint and there were Jesus references everywhere! It was a reminder  that we can find Jesus everywhere in our lives if we look for it.... 



One thing I have been studying a lot is personal revelation and  agency. God wants to help us with everything he can, but he respects  agency more than we think. Sometimes when we feel our prayers  aren't being answering, it may be because of the agency we have.  Sometimes we need to pray for the opportunity so we can choose for  ourselves, or we may have that opportunity in the first place, or it may  be as simple as a "not yet." In the end, we may need to ask "what  can I do better?"  



I highly recommend you read the talk "What Lack I Yet? By Elder  Larry R. Lawrence" 



Here I'll make it easy 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2015/10/what-lack-i-yet?lang=eng 



Thanks again for all your prayers and support, love you all 

Elder Nick Kendrick 

Chelsea Michigan 






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