Monday, December 31, 2012

Line upon line: Luke 17:11-19

Hey all. The mission is doing real good. Christmas time was pretty fun. Thanks to all that sent letters/packages. 

Instead of telling you about random adventures like cutting my companions hair, or biking 20 miles on the only day of the year it snows, I will share a little about what i learned during my personal study. I am trying to dig dipper into the scriptures and understand them more. When we feast upon the scriptures we understand them better and our knowledge grows.

*Note that this passage of scriptures has only one footnote.
Luke 17:11-19
11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

Now i will run through this section of scripture with my notes added.

11 And it came to pass, as He..
HE! This is Jesus Christ. The Son of God. How awesome is it that God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
11 went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
He followed his own advice, as revealed to Joseph Smith that
it is not needful for this whole company of mine elders to be moving swiftly upon the waters, whilst the inhabitants on either side are perishing in unbelief. On his way to Jerusalem he passed through and talked many. I could not see Jesus rushing to get to his next meeting.
12 
And as he entered into a certain village,
He really is ANXIOUS to help us. (Ezekiel 34:11) Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12 there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
I came into the world not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance; The whole need no physician. (Mormon 8:8)
BD: Leper: "Living Death" Both infectious and contagious. They were forbidden to enter any walled city. 
If we feel like we have been rejected or cast out. He will come to help and heal us.
I have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me. (1 Samuel 8:7)
There is never a wall between us and the lord. Nor a pavillion (D&C 121:1)
All have been rejected or cast into a pit without water. (Genesis 37:24) as was joseph, this time without his coat.
13 And they lifted up their voices,
We need to arise and cry unto the lord for his help.
And my soul hungered and i cried unto him (Enos 1:4)
13  and said, Jesus, Master,
He has come. He lives! He is our master! The Master is come. (John 11:28)
13 have mercy on us.
He is Shewing mercy unto tousands that love him and keep his commandments. (Exodus 20:6)
Really his Arm of mercy is extended to all. (Mosiah 24:26)
Trust in the mercy of God (Psalm 52:8)
14 And when he saw them,
If we will step towards him he will brace us.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Revelations 3:20)
14 he said unto them, Go
I say unto this man go, and he go. (Matthew 8:9)
God has given all of us things to do. To me he said.
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature; (Mormon 9:22)|
But no matter what we have been told to do, it is possible. 
The Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them. (1 Nephi 3:7)
14 shew yourselves unto the priests.
We need to be as The servants of the most high God, and shew unto the way of salvation. (Acts 16:17)
15 And it came to pass, that, as they went,
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. (James 1:22) (see also 1:24)
15 they were cleansed.
We need to answer the call, Wilt thou be clean (Jeremiah 13:27)
Thou canst make me clean (Mark 1:40)
15 And one of them,
He will rejoice over one sheep. (Matthew 18:13) 
The worth of one soul is great (D&C 18:10) (see also 18:15)
15 when he saw that he was healed,
We have all been "healed" or given a very valuable give as members of this church. not everyone can recognize this.
Many have known not that (he) healed them (Hosea 11:3)
15 turned back,
Let us search and turn back to the lord (Lamations 3:40)
Turn to the Lord and put your trust in him (Mosiah 7:33)
15 and with a loud voice glorified God,
We need to do good works to glorify tour father (3 Nephi 12:16)
16 And fell down on his face ,
The Brother of Jared fell down before the Lord. (Ether 3:6)
16 at his feet
Be like Mary, who sat at jesus feet and heard his word. (Luke 10:41) Choos(ing) that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (Luke 10:41)
16 giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
Always return thanks (Alma 7:23)
Let the heart be full of thanks (Alma 37:37)
17 And Jesus answering said,
Ask and ye shall recieve (a billion times)
He is quick to hear the cries of his people and answer their prayers. (Alma 9:26)
17 Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
Maybe it was to simple. Becuase of the simpleness of the way or the easiness of it, there (are) many who perish. (1 Nephi 17:41) Many forget the Lord (Hosea 2:13) The gospel is proclaimed by the weak and simple (D&C 1:23)
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God,
For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift. (D&C 88:33)
18 save this stranger.
If you feel like he is a stranger to you maybe even you are a stranger unto him, and is far from the thoughts and intents of his heart? (Mosiah 5:13) Please Look unto (him) in every though, doubt not fear not (D&C 6:36)
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way:
Arise and shine forth! (D&C 115:5)
19 thy faith  
Without faith it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6)
Have faith or a surety for a better world (Ether 12:4)
19 hath made
He spake and it was made (D&C 38:3)
We are made or changed from glory to glory. 
19 thee whole.
Wilt thou make me whole (John 5:6)
Little children are whole (Moroni 8:8)
They are the greatest in the kingdom of God. Because they are humble (Matt 18:1-3)

All i got time for this week. Thanks for the love prays and pencils.

amor, Elder Toomey.



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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

1/3 mark

Bueno.

How are yall. Not much too happened here. We are just doing work. Its almost christmas. The world might end in 3 days. Im content if we all die. I will just get reassigned to the spirit world. and all that good stuff.

Hey i am 1/3 done with my mission

I have been reading the Doctrine and Covenants. Thats what mamaw said that she is reading so i thought that i would read it. I am half way done and have found a lot of cool stuff.

I got to talk to an old investigator!!!!!! back from loudon. David (long hair-ed dude; likely a picture below) i sent him christmas goodies and so he was pretty happy. He is still going to church and letting the new elders teach him more. He found my translator (phew) in his pantry? on the top shelf. not sure how that got there but that makes me pleased. i was gonna buy a new one on ebay but they were $100+. Smiles from here.

I will be here for atleast one more transfer, likely two. which means my addy for the next six weeks+ (until the end of January) is still:
622 S Liberty Hill Rd
Morristown, TN 37813
or you can send it to the mission office at
11320 Station West Dr. Ste 101,
Farragut, TN 37934

Thats probably all.

So bye until next p-day.

Elder Toomey.

D&C 62:1 Behold, and hearken, O ye of my church, saith the Lord your God, even Jesus Christ, your advocate, who knoweth the weakness of man and how to succor them who are tempted.



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Monday, December 10, 2012

Apostolic blessing

Elder Russell M. Nelson left an Apostolic Blessing on each of us that from notes he said the following,
"I bless you to feast on the words of Christ that they may become a part of you. I bless you to yearn to share those truths. I bless you to love the members and non-members you serve & to respond to their questions so that they can be brought to the light of the Lord – Concerning your families, I extend a blessing of healing upon those in need, consistent with the Lord's will."

Your families will be blessed (see D&C 31:1-7)



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Absolute Faith, Service, Love, Music, Q12

Real good week here in Tennesee.

First i got to say congrats to Ali Vincent and Mikelle Pyne on getting their mission calls. Missions are the best. Everyone should do at least one, if not several. Norway and Argentina are pretty cool places, i hope they get to have amazing experiences as grand as mine. It is amazing to look at all of the missionaries from our ward. Bishop Bowen and Brother Alder did a great job teaching the mission prep class. We will continue to have successful missionaries. I am sure that BigQ, Jordon, Halofome (spell check) and Tanner will be dece when they get out here.

I love Christmas time (now) because we can listen to anything christmas-ish I got a Boyz-II-Men album today aswell as the Pentationix album. Also maybe a lil JB. Music really keeps you going.

My companion and I have continued to do good work this week. We had to do lots of tracting, due to the lack of investigators but one day we found 13 new people who were all ready to hear the gospel. Also found a what seemed to be a naked chick (she put on a shirt to answer the door) We taught 7 lessons including a couple to a man named rick. His cousin is a mormon. It seams like if you know a mormon you know how good we are and know the happiness we can receive through the restoration of the gospel, a living prophet and his apostles (see below). It is so incredible to see the faces and lives of people change.

We received a referral from a member last sunday. The man, named Chuck, lives in newport about 40 miles away. Since we have a limit on miles for our car we do not get out there much. Good for us our car reached 50k miles so we found out that we are getting a new car (tomorrow, a ford fusion)... so anyhow. we delivered him a book of mormon and he was astonished because he just talked to the member (at a ice skating rink) 6 days before. (shoutout to member missionaries) We taught him the first discussion and he seemed way interested. He does not currently know what church to go to... -a few days later- we called him and he said that he had read part of the book of mormon and the pamplet about the restoration and got a couple questions so we get to revisit this week.

Jesse is also doing just grand. He is praying to find out a date that he thinks he should be baptized, i look forward to then.

So... Saturday was our Mission Christmas Party/Meeting. and.... Elder Russell M. Nelson (yes that Elder Nelson) came to the conference. He shook everyone's hand and we got a large picture so thats cool. He spoke for a while and then did a q&a. Here are a few of the notes (4 pages) that i took:

-Advice- Sing with your investigagtors (we sang with Lance, Lisa, and Jacob - also thought about singing with deah and rodger back in loudon but we didnt)
Dont be afraid to ask for help from those called to assist, ie members, presidencies, families and so forth.
Heavenly Father is ANXIOUS to help us out.
Who prays for us more that members, the brotheren, our dad or our mom? Heavenly Father does.
(how cool is it that of all the names people refer when talking about God he perfers Father)
Psalms 116:15 it will be a bright homecoming
Missionaries our pouring in. Before conference 700 per week. Since conference 700 per day. Even now!
-How can we grow our faith to be like captain moroni (alma 48:11)?
Continue to learn. Build up your power. President Monson never stops growing.
Demand more of your own growth and development.
Demand excellence.
-How to have a good companionship (or marriage)?
Love you Compaion.
Shut your eyes half way.
Link your eyes. Praise the good, ignore the bad.
Focus on your companion.
-Be ye therefore Perfect
Christ said "on the third day i shall be perfect"
Be ye perfect is an invitation not a commandment.
The sermond on the mount he said be ye perfect as your father in heaven is perfect.
In the book of mormon (3 Nephi 12:38) he says be ye perfect even as i am perfect. (note this is after his Resurrection)
Be more perfect in the way we love people
There will be bad days. Endure to the end. Enjoy the good days. There is no limit to what we can do.
We all have challanges.
I have to be careful about ______.
Everyone has temptations and we can make it through help.
Feast upon the scriptures dont just take a sample.

7 Fassets of the gospel.
1. The Godhead
Read a book by the current pope about the last week of christ life. (gift from other religious leader)
the pope doesnt believe the Nicene Creed. He talks about God Jesus talking to God Father. (haha)
Eternal life is to live with God, Jesus Christ and our families.
2. The paln of salvation.
You write your own funneral speech.
3. The atonement.
The word atonement is in the New testament only once.
In the Book of mormon its in 39 times!!!
4.Restoration/Dispensation.
We will not be limited to time or location. We will fill the entire earth.
The gospel will be taken everywhere.
5.Prophets & Revelation
He knew Heber J Grant. (the 6th of 16 prophets)
6.Priestood and keys.
15 men hold all the keys.
7.Ordinance
for salvation and for exaltation
the difference. eternal life and being as he is.
8.Mariage ande the family.
eternal life is a family situation.
Death is seperation from his family.
I know i will be with my spouses and kids.
Your highest priesthood duty is to care for your wife.
9.The Commandments
These are not new commandments, (Law of C, Word of W)
Moses recieved a health code.
We do it through christ.
Family Proclamation.
Delcare what god has revealed.
Forget about what you did wrong before. (see Hollands talk in april 2012)
Move forward.
There is one Temple in Tennessee (tell this to my grandkids)
Increase the faith of others by sharing your own.

Have a great week everyone. Be blessed. Be happy. Let others be happy.

Love, Elder Toomey

"Make no small plans: They have no magic to stir men's souls. This is the vision I have for the South. I believe that one day the South will baptize more people into the Church than all other English-speaking missions in the world together. There are great hosts of marvelous Baptists, members of the Church of Christ, Methodists, and Catholics who are honorable people, and have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and love him. As they see the church veering off to the right or to the left of those basic teachings, they will begin to search for the truth; and as pivotal teachers come into the church and have influence they will see the time when we will baptize hundreds and thousands, tens of thousands, in your day you will see a million members of the church in the South. There will be temples plural in the South States. What a great call you have to serve with these marvelous people. The missionaries love the South. We are making great strides and expect to continue." -President Kimball



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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Burn all the money.

Howdy to yall,... i think i say howdy a lot so maybe ill say whats cookin.

Morristown is doing great. My companion and I are getting along for the most part, only thing is he doesnt like waking up on time... So most days we dont have companionship study... And yesterday he didnt get up until about 11 so we didnt get to do much on p-day. Sometimes he is down, and other times he gets crazy and dives 100mph on the interstate. but all will work out. We still have a lot of cool people to teach.

Cool Stories from this week.

-We teaching a lesson and some dude had a seisure in the middle of the lesson. scary
-One guy we are teaching use to be a top 10 drug dealer in TN, until he had a family and changed his life around. He says he has sold every drug that you can think of, but now he is a good guy so thats cool.
-Another burn 45,000,000.00+ Dollars when he was a kid. Suck! thats crazy. It was Confeterit (southern) money so it was worthless in the 50's but now its worth face value. oh boy...

And that the jist of this week. fun stuff..

Also someone told me that the monster (energy drink) logo means 666 in hebrew.. never dranken it but if true thats interesting

Love, Elder Toomey

P.S. Tell my sister Stacie HAPPY BIRTHDAY, she is 5!



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