Christmas is coming to Temple Square! While Sister Fogg and I were sitting in the West Gate Booth today they started putting up Christmas lights on the trees by the booth. I asked the man who was putting up the lights and he said that if you're experienced it takes about three hours to put lights on one tree, if not it could take you five. Perhaps putting Christmas lights up in August isn't such a bad idea--especially if you live in Chicago--because you don't run the risk of getting frostbite.
Yesterday was my six-month mark. It's weird to think that I've been on a mission for that long. One of the things that I've learned so far is how important the Spirit is in conversion. This scriptures comes to mind for me: 2 Nephi 33:1, 2:
1And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men. 2But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things of naught. There is no such thing as a perfect tour--I might not ask the right questions or share the right scriptures--but it doesn't matter in the end because it is the Spirit that ultimately does the teaching. Some of the best tours that we have taken were when we didn't really teach very much but just let the guest feel the Spirit of Temple Square and absorb the experience. So like the scripture says, I can help bring the Spirit, but it is up to people to decided if they want to let that in and act on it. It takes a lot of pressure off of being a missionary at Temple Square.
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