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FDREL 250-42 23 September 2016

 Disciple Project  Lesson Two :  Write one paragraph of promptings you have as you reflect upon the question “What lack I yet?” As with most people on Earth in this and age, I lack quite a few amiable qualities. I have only touched upon a great many Christ like qualities, such as patience, forgiveness, understanding, and love. If you could focus this semester on just one thing that you lack what would it be? This semester I would love to focus my efforts on loving more. A few experiences in my past have caused that quality for me to fade. Write a summary of your findings and thoughts and submit them to the "L02 Disciple Preparation Plan Submission." Use the arrows on the right to navigate to that page. This semester I would like to do more selfless acts for others. Christ has inspired me, through my recent readings of the New Testament.  Lesson 3 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends:John 15:13;

This verse is important to me because it shows that Christ was ultimate in his love.

This semester I would like to perform at least three larger scale acts of service around campus and my home town. These will be as follows:

Volunteering ten hours at my local museum.

Donating blood at my local blood drive.

Performing a random service for my visiting teaching girls.

Lesson 4

John 21:15–17)) Peter, lovest thou me more than these? Feed my sheep: (John

After coming across this verse in my readings this morning I felt that I should focus on one my projects that I outlined in this Disciple Project. I called up my museum from home and asked them if they needed any help with any new projects. They said they needed some transcribers for a new set of life histories they had received. I said send me one and they did. I have begun it, but will continue to work on it the next couple of weeks.

This is just the beginning but I feel I have made progress already.

Lesson 5

After prayer this morning I worked on my museum project and felt great about it. I’m about a quarter way through a man’s life story and feel great that I have this wonderful privilege. He talks about the church quite often and I sometimes write down what he writes in my journal in regards to the gospel. His life was so long ago, yet what he is saying feels so relevant to today’s problems.

I like the method I have been using to track how far I am with my discipleship progress. It’s very neat, which I can work with.

So far so good.

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Lesson 6

I’ve hit a roadbump. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find time to work on my project seeing as I have test after test in my other classes. This is a test, seeing as this is a discipleship project and the disciples had to endure many tests but I’m hoping I can carve out some time in the morning tomorrow. If I do have enough time I will get another 25% done and will feel pretty accomplished.

“Like Paul, we can find positive meaning in weaknesses that are not taken away. Surely nothing is quite as humbling as having a weakness that we cannot overcome but must continue to struggle with throughout our life. Such a weakness teaches us, in a very personal way, that after all we can do we must rely on the grace of Christ to make up the difference.”

https://www.lds.org/topics/disability/scriptures/quotes/comfort-and-hope?lang=eng

“As we humbly submit our will to the Lord’s, we find that our weaknesses can indeed become sources of strength if we put our trust in Him.”

—Anne C. Pingree, “Making Weak Things Become Strong,” Ensign,  Dec. 2004, 30 

Lesson 7 After getting to the middle mark of my last project I decided to take a break and work on the next one, which was to donate blood. I asked around and ended up taking my friend Andee with me to go since she is a nurse and we both have viable blood types. It was nerve wracking at first but as soon as it was done we were happy we did it. I will continue with my museum project next week, which so far is going great. Lately my prayers have been a lot more sincere, which is probably due partly to this project. Throughout this week a quote from Joseph Smith has held with me; 

“It is a duty which every Saint ought to render to his brethren freely—to always love them, and ever succor them.” —Joseph Smith, in H  istory of the Church, 2:229

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Lessons 8-10

It took a few weeks more than I wanted it to but I finally finished my project for the museum. It was sad to say goodbye to my project and send it back to the museum because it was like saying goodbye to a friend that I could just sit and listen to. I was happy to finish it because it meant one more history for Teton Valley, which is always nice to share.

What scriptures and teachings of living prophets have been helpful to you in your efforts to change or improve? One talk that I enjoyed was one title Perseverance by  James E. Faust. In it he talked about what going on a mission takes, and reading it I realized it’s very similar to what it takes to complete an education. I simply just replaced the word mission with education. Here he states: “A young man recently shared with me how much he had learned from his perseverance as a missionary. I draw from his experience some of the things you can learn that would bring opportunities and blessings to you:  1. How to organize and use time wisely 2. The importance of hard work—that you reap what you sow 3. Leadership skills 4. People skills

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5. The value of gospel study

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6. Respect for authority

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7. The importance of prayer

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8. Humility and dependence on the Lord1 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/04/perseverance?lang=eng 

Describe specific efforts you have made to bring about the change or improvement you desire; I have tried my best to make a change in myself concerning giving myself over to what needs done over what I want to get done (or waste my time doing.) Briefly describe the tracking method you are using. How successful do you feel your action steps have been in helping you reach your goal? I have completed my second, out of three, goals in respect to my progression. This means I am 2/3rds of the way done, which seems like a pretty easy way to keep track of where I am. I already feel 2/3rds of the way better than I previously did upon deciding what my goal was going to be.  Provide an honest assessment of the progress you have made in achieving your desired change or improvement (i.e., How have you grown? How have you improved as a disciple of Christ? How have you been blessed as a result of your efforts to apply eternal truths?). I have a lot more energy knowing what the end consequences of good actions can be. I wanted to be the kind of person that is described in this verse: “ they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: Matt.  5:6 .” I wanted to hunger and thirst after it because I knew what the positive consequences would be, not just because I would get praise for it. I feel blessed already for this pursuit, not in the ability of others to bless me but for my ability to bless myself.

Lesson14 Lesson14

What I have learned this semester is that patience and hardwork are cliched, but completely useful ways to become closer to Christ and closer to the work that you need to be doing. Discipleship isn’t just something that you can do in your spare time. It takes patience and hard work, and what most people don’t realize is that it is more than just a way of life, it’s a way of being. The Savior taught many things

on this Earth in his time here, but my favorite lesson of his is to Love One Another. By doing his work I can accomplish this seemingly insurmountable feat of superhuman strength and will. ...