Letter #21
January 13, 2014
Area: Broadway 2 East
Companion: Galvez
Hey guys! This week has been pretty good for me too, but
sadly we are going to stop teaching some people for a while because they
are not all that interested anymore... :( But you all sound like you
had a pretty good week :) And by the way, I think the best wedding
picture was the Brothers-in-law :P Carolyn, they knew it was you having
the reception, so they had to have that counseling on a different floor
the same night :P
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| Carolyn, did you go? ;) |
Mom, the funniest thing happened when I went to get the
flu shot today, they need the information that you sent me, but I didn't
have it, so I just have to go back a different day...
Kimmie, glad that you are having a son...I am excited that the boys are really taking over in this family :P adding a couple more :) Being outnumbered with sisters growing up...this is pay-back!
Well,
now on to the week... We had a really fun week, we had
interviews/training with President Crawford on Thursday, and we found out
on Friday that we are doing a mission-wide 40-day fast. We aren't
fasting from food for 40 days, we are fasting from habits and behaviors
that detract from missionary work and the spirit. We started this
yesterday, and I am excited to show the Lord my willingness to follow his
will and give up some of my ways for His ways. There is an article that would be good to read (it is really long, but really packed full of good information)....it talks about "Come Unto Me" by Jeffrey R. Holland..."I say, Come unto him(Christ) and lay down your burden. Let him lift the load. Let him give peace to your soul. " https://www.lds.org/ensign/1998/04/come-unto-me?lang=eng
We saw a couple of miracles happen this week, and
the biggest one happened during Hour of Power. We knocked a street right
next to a less-active's house after we shared a short message with
them, and the second door we knocked was opened by this really nice
lady. She was talking to us for a little bit and when we asked if we
could share our message with her, she invited us in (which isn't very
common...). I was super excited until we asked if there was a man inside
and she said that there wasn't.(keeping to our mission rules that if there is no male in the home, then we, as males, are not to enter. The sisters would have been fine, since they are female, anyway rules keep everyone safe, and we will remain obedient).... so, We set up a time to come back the next
day and then continued down the street knocking doors. We knocked one
more door but this person told us to go away, so we knocked another
door and a couple of girls answered it. We talked to them and they were
super fun. When we asked them if we could share our message they pulled a couple of
chairs onto the porch and we taught them. .We had been super sad that we
weren't going to get our Hour of Power lesson, but we followed the
rules, and because we followed the rules, God blessed us with the chance
of getting 3 new investigators instead of just 1. I guess the moral of this story is that obedience really does bring
blessings, so as we continue in obedience to the things that God has asked us to
do, he will bless us in more ways than we can imagine :)
When we went back yesterday to teach those 2 girls
again, we found their family on the porch and talked to them. Their
uncle ended up being really interested, so we got his information to
give to the elders in the area where he lives :) We were blessed in
finding the girls, then blessed even more in finding their uncle for the
other elders.
Bye, until next week....
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