Sheppert, David

The rumors are true. I still buy green bananas, even after all that the prophet has taught. In other news... this is the last week of this part of my mission. I'll be back in the Couve on Friday!  The last few weeks people have asked, "Are you nervous, excited, scared, or what?" I'm really just feeling good! It'll be good to keep grinding, living and sharing the word of Christ. That doesn't change! I'm pumped to see the fam, and one may even say I am pumped to call and talk with all the friends I've made along the mission.  TAKEAWAYS 9) Do the best things as much as possible. This life is limited. Don't waste it on you. Mark 12:28-34 D&C 16:6  10) God's plan of salvation is awesome! I've seen it blow more socks off than any other doctrine. 21) There's a bunch of good people out there. God loves 'em all, and where there's a whip there's a way. We talked to a lady yesterday while she was walking to a baby shower. We had a ...

Yes! We had a lovely dinner with a nice family in the ward. Trying to relate the gospel to some of the kids, I brought up Mr. Beast. The littlest brother asked, "Who's Mr. Beast?" His older 4th grade brother stated, "You don't know Mr. Beast??? He's only the greatest YouTuber of our time!" Let me just say that it was beautiful! So, let us get to the weightier matters! It was an excellent week. Like 5+ times this week I was biking around and was just thinking, "Man, that was awesome! I love this work. This is Christ's work." We had some big-time lessons this week! After getting rejected by a lot of people on our way from one appointment to another, we stopped to talk to yet another lady. I asked if she would like to hear a message about Christ. She said, "Absolutely!" but I heard, "Absolutely not." This led to an interesting next few seconds where I leaned into the conversation and testified a little bit about how Christ ...

Highlights -We got to teach a family and call in the father while he was in jail. Twas a very cool experience to see how the gospel really can unite families!!!! -After interviews a few weeks back, President Phelps be like, "Dame got traded!" It was a very, IT WAS RODRICK moment. "TO WHERE??"  "THE BUCKS!"  "That's a walking chip." "I know Elder, it's scary." -Our district gets to go to the Temple this week! The anticipation is killing me! It's like your mom says you can pick a candy at the grocery store if you stay in the cart. You already know we gon' grab them J.Ranchies and we gon' perform them ordinances. -I felt more connected to the scriptures and the gospel than ever. Please check out Dale G Renlund's April 2023 talk! It's so good!!  In other news... The ordinance of baptism does not exactly wash away sin. Ordinances are like the pill capsule that carries the medicine to our body. The covenants we mak...

The other day, I was on an exchange in an area that had only 1 friend who was meeting with the missionaries. We deeply prayed that the Lord would guide us to the elect! At one point, we had pulled up to neighborhood. As we were about to get out of the car to knock some doors, we felt that we weren't supposed to do that. So we chilled in the car, looking at the maps and options. After 5 minutes of thought stupor (much like the cool beans song), we decided to pray again. The moment we epically ripped apart our crossed arms and gazed into the high sun, a FedEx truck stopped across from us and the man was asking us if we were okay. He had passed us a minute earlier and thought we may have been passed out in a car in the 100+° heat. We told him we were just praying, and then asked if he would want to learn more about Christ's gospel. He said yes!! Hooray for Dean and Hurrah for Israel!! That was a day of miracles! Our boy Michael got baptized this past Saturday! It was amazing to se...

Eeh Er, Eeh Er, Eeh Er Pull out da Couve with the rod, Told em teach the word, teach o' God, I just taught fam with the rod, out here Goin ham with the rod, Look at the whole fam 'Couve, out here going cra-ay-ay-zzz We got the new Tem-ple, families for et-ern-ih-ih-ty!! Well, if you happened to fly to Papua New Guinea yesterday morning, and your plane crashed, and you lost all your tech and connection to the outside world, and then you hiked 4 miles into the jungle, and then rappeled 230 ft into a massive cave only the Natives know of, then you may not have heard the news. But everyone else best be aware... COUVE GANG GETTING A TEMPLE!!!! The week was awesome as well. I love doing this work! People keep surprising me with their willingness to change and serve. It's awesome! This last week I have been studying a lot about what the gospel of Jesus Christ really is! 3 Nephi 27:13-21 is just perfect. Enough to make a grown man cry, but not this man. (Get back in there tear) I k...