AUTHORITY - General La Madrid

Good week here in CBA. Ill share a quick fun experience I had this week. We had exchanges with the zone leaders, and as we were waiting for the bus, a guy came up to us and asked "What is the sword of the Spirit?" He caught us off guard, but told us that we had it in our backpacks. he said "the sword of the spirit is the Word." He continued to cite scriptures and talk loudly at us, getting us all hyped up saying stuff like "you are a man of GOD. You are a man of POWER. Your body is FILLED with AUTHORITY!" He wasn't a member of our church, he just really loves Jesus. He didn't even let us talk enough to ask his name. He talked to us like this for about 10 minutes until our bus came, and continued to yell to us as we rode away. It was a solid experience, and it definitely got me hyped up. It got me thinking about the calling of being a missionary, and the power and authority that comes with it. I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve, and now that I'm officially HALFWAY THROUGH  MY MISSION, I'm excited to make the most of the half I have left:)

Elder Jenkins