It's so good to hear from you all! I am just sitting here
chuckling to
myself at all the things that are keeping everyone busy at home! I am
sorry to hear about Mallory coming home early- Mom, will you please
let her know that I read every letter she sent home and what an
example I think she is? Please and thank you!
Today has been fun because we have had a district p-day. My district
(2 sets of elders and sisters) went to IHOP this morning and then went
bowling. We will also be attending the temple next Friday with our
zone! ( we get to do that on every 6 months). It's been good to be
able to look forward to doing things with other missionaries- it helps
me be more motivated to use all my time and energy throughout the week
knowing that I will have some time to slow down later.
It has been a good week. We accomplished many of our goals this week.
Our gator pool has changed some throughout the week. With D___
getting baptized, knowing we would have to drop at least one and maybe
more of our investigators, we really wanted to find at least 3 other
gators. We found 4 this week! And depending on getting approval from
Pres Berry to teach specific individuals, we may have 2 more to add on
top of that!!! 3 was already going to be a stretch, yet it just goes
to show that if your on the Lord's team, he will make sure His work is
accomplished. However it didn't come without some work. With the
exception of the 2 girls that we have been teaching, every one of our
investigators we have (or have to) drop for varying reasons. And
despite the disappointment we sometimes feel when we have to drop
people, I have never been nervous to hit my goals. Just Knowing that I
am on the Lord's errand has allowed me to expect miracles. Although it
hasn't been long that I have been out, I can already reflect on many
occasions where things just pulled through- and this week was no
different.
First of all, it was such a blessing to be a part of D____'s baptism
this week. She consumed much of our week as we finished teaching her
and coordinated her program. We had about 35 people show up and we had
a nice Spanish meal afterwords. The Spirit was strong, and after all
was about to be finished and done, her husband hoped up unannounced
and bore his testimony of his love for his family and the truth he
feels this gospel contains. We are confidant that in the next few
months we can continue to teach and baptize their family- I believe
that we will begin teaching her 10 year old daughter this week!
Secondly, I feel that several of our new investigators are pretty
solid. We got C____ back! Turns out he has been taught by missionaries
before, and even attended church for 6 months after the missionaries
stopped teaching him! We haven't been able to get to the bottom of
that whole story yet, but regardless I just pray that he feels a
desire and urgency to act this time around. We also had a really good
lesson with our new Gator named J____. If he worked at Vivint, he
would fit right in the the baseball crew. He looks like JC (the beard
and all) but acts like Justin Shutt. He is super cool. Eventually our
lesson became a parallel with baseball. Probably the coolest analogy
we shared was that baseball is the only game were you play defense but
the ball is in your hands-Dad, I thought you would appreciate that :)
I have really enjoyed seeing myself become a different teacher with
each person I speak with. There have been many times where I have had no
clue what question to ask, what gospel principle to teach, or even how
to console someone. But because I just opened my mouth, it was filled
according to their needs. My affirmation this week has been 1 Nephi
7:12. Regardless of our weakness, Let us be Faithful to Him!
Real quick here are some noteworthy items:
- I haven't sent any pics because I need to buy a chip to load my pics
on to the computer. But because you said you would send my other
camera, I didn't want to buy two different chips. Mom- it's good
advice to label your pics sooner than later. If I have time, I will
try to print them out at Walmart and label them then try to send them
home.
- it's been cold this week. I couldn't tell you the temp, but with
humidity it's almost irrelevant because it feels much colder.
Sometimes I forget to bring a jacket because it is always sunny, but
you actually really need one here! The rain comes every day but it is
mostly constant light rain- you can see it but not really feel it.
It's really beautiful.
- I print my letters each week to maximize the hour that have to
email. (So dad- you can send the journal entries if it works out ;) )
Really I just want everyone to know that I feel I have a front row
seat to the greatest miracle of all- the effect of Christ's Atonement
on individuals and families! Love you all!
myself at all the things that are keeping everyone busy at home! I am
sorry to hear about Mallory coming home early- Mom, will you please
let her know that I read every letter she sent home and what an
example I think she is? Please and thank you!
Today has been fun because we have had a district p-day. My district
(2 sets of elders and sisters) went to IHOP this morning and then went
bowling. We will also be attending the temple next Friday with our
zone! ( we get to do that on every 6 months). It's been good to be
able to look forward to doing things with other missionaries- it helps
me be more motivated to use all my time and energy throughout the week
knowing that I will have some time to slow down later.
It has been a good week. We accomplished many of our goals this week.
Our gator pool has changed some throughout the week. With D___
getting baptized, knowing we would have to drop at least one and maybe
more of our investigators, we really wanted to find at least 3 other
gators. We found 4 this week! And depending on getting approval from
Pres Berry to teach specific individuals, we may have 2 more to add on
top of that!!! 3 was already going to be a stretch, yet it just goes
to show that if your on the Lord's team, he will make sure His work is
accomplished. However it didn't come without some work. With the
exception of the 2 girls that we have been teaching, every one of our
investigators we have (or have to) drop for varying reasons. And
despite the disappointment we sometimes feel when we have to drop
people, I have never been nervous to hit my goals. Just Knowing that I
am on the Lord's errand has allowed me to expect miracles. Although it
hasn't been long that I have been out, I can already reflect on many
occasions where things just pulled through- and this week was no
different.
First of all, it was such a blessing to be a part of D____'s baptism
this week. She consumed much of our week as we finished teaching her
and coordinated her program. We had about 35 people show up and we had
a nice Spanish meal afterwords. The Spirit was strong, and after all
was about to be finished and done, her husband hoped up unannounced
and bore his testimony of his love for his family and the truth he
feels this gospel contains. We are confidant that in the next few
months we can continue to teach and baptize their family- I believe
that we will begin teaching her 10 year old daughter this week!
Secondly, I feel that several of our new investigators are pretty
solid. We got C____ back! Turns out he has been taught by missionaries
before, and even attended church for 6 months after the missionaries
stopped teaching him! We haven't been able to get to the bottom of
that whole story yet, but regardless I just pray that he feels a
desire and urgency to act this time around. We also had a really good
lesson with our new Gator named J____. If he worked at Vivint, he
would fit right in the the baseball crew. He looks like JC (the beard
and all) but acts like Justin Shutt. He is super cool. Eventually our
lesson became a parallel with baseball. Probably the coolest analogy
we shared was that baseball is the only game were you play defense but
the ball is in your hands-Dad, I thought you would appreciate that :)
I have really enjoyed seeing myself become a different teacher with
each person I speak with. There have been many times where I have had no
clue what question to ask, what gospel principle to teach, or even how
to console someone. But because I just opened my mouth, it was filled
according to their needs. My affirmation this week has been 1 Nephi
7:12. Regardless of our weakness, Let us be Faithful to Him!
Real quick here are some noteworthy items:
- I haven't sent any pics because I need to buy a chip to load my pics
on to the computer. But because you said you would send my other
camera, I didn't want to buy two different chips. Mom- it's good
advice to label your pics sooner than later. If I have time, I will
try to print them out at Walmart and label them then try to send them
home.
- it's been cold this week. I couldn't tell you the temp, but with
humidity it's almost irrelevant because it feels much colder.
Sometimes I forget to bring a jacket because it is always sunny, but
you actually really need one here! The rain comes every day but it is
mostly constant light rain- you can see it but not really feel it.
It's really beautiful.
- I print my letters each week to maximize the hour that have to
email. (So dad- you can send the journal entries if it works out ;) )
Really I just want everyone to know that I feel I have a front row
seat to the greatest miracle of all- the effect of Christ's Atonement
on individuals and families! Love you all!
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