OPO

 

Our grandson, Nathan, Elder Mackrory, shared with us a mantra that he and his mission district came up with.

OPO

That stands for:

Opposition Provides Opportunity

They came up with it during the recent huge snowstorm that inundated the midwest and east.  All kinds of things happened during that that hindered their work and plans.  Elder Soares was supposed to come to their mission.  Because of the storm, his plans were on again/ off again several times.  He decided to push through and come "for the missionaries."  But they had to travel to be at the chapel by 7:30am so that he could get a flight out before the storm hit.  That meant being up and ready at 4am to get there on time.  But it was a great opportunity and Nathan outlined so much that he learned from Elder Soares including that opposition is a good thing.  We came to earth to have challenges.  Elder Soares challenged them to never complain.

Soon thereafter, a car backed into theirs in a parking lot= opposition.  The state declared that no one could drive on Sunday because of the snowstorm, so they spent the day in their apartment doing lots of phone contacting.  The opportunity came in that they could spend time on the phone, answering questions. They had some great gospel/teaching discussions on the phone.

 They had their district conference by facetime and came up with this mantra and shared miracles that have happened because of the storm, building one another's faith.  

I thought it was a great mantra and a great way of looking at opposition.