Do I have a week for y'all, it has been a wild one!
We
first off had a huge miracle with David Jackson and his family. On
Monday when everyone in the house started asking us a bunch of
questions because they are seeing a lot of changes in Davids life. So we
got them excited and now they will be taking the lessons which is a huge
step for that family! And whats amazing is David this week in church
Blessed the Sacrament!!! It was awesome. He also bore his testimony. That
kid is changing so much. Then on Wednesday, we had our mission
council which went really well. It took out a lot of the day. Then Thursday was super crazy because President on Wednesday said he was
calling an "audible" and was gonna have everyone hold their zone
training meeting on Friday and not go to the temple and that we would
be the only ones doing the training for 3 hours so all day Thursday for
some odd reason so many companionships had problems and questions so we
were on the phone for 7 straight hours!!! and did no work and had to
scramble and plan for the meeting on Friday morning. But all the stress
and preparation paid off in the end cause we had a super spiritual
meeting! Because we weren't going to the temple we still wanted them to
have a really good experience. So first off we had the STL's talk about
faith and our barriers and walls we are facing to get over and then
Elder Barnes gave a training on Obedience, sacrifice and consecration.
then I taught about our teaching skills and how we need to invite and
testify more as we teach and we watched a video called "A man without
Eloquence" which talks about Brigham young and his conversion. Then got to
practice and it was really good. But the whole meeting we were having
them ponder and think about 1 thing they could acquire to bring them
closer to the Savior and 1 thing they could get rid of and this is
where we wanted it to be spiritual so we decided to have "The Joseph Smith
Experience" where we went and buried Book of Mormons for everyone and
took them out in the woods behind the church and took them out there and
talked about Joseph and his experience receiving revelation and we all
quoted the 1st vision and we knew that it would be from the book of
Mormon and then had them dig up the "plates" and committed them to write
down those things they could do to come closer to the Savior. and then
to have them study from that Book of Mormon. And to close the meeting
out there in the woods Elder Barnes, Shepherd and I sang a musical
number "Joseph Smiths First Prayer" to the tune of "Come thou Fount"
while Elder Barnes was reading the words in Joseph Smith history! It
was super powerful and the first time I've done a musical number like
that. But the meeting went great and we got a lot of good feedback what was sad, but great is that it was my last zone training meeting! What a way to finish!
Then
the last miracle is Monica and Eric are now Married!!! We had the
wedding last night and it was amazing and they are now so excited for
their baptisms in 2 weeks! it has been fun to watch their countenances
change! Its amazing what the gospel can do to peoples lives. But I'll
send pics from all the events. I love this work! It's crazy to think that
when you are at the top of your game and you finally feel like you know
what it takes to be a missionary they send you home! hahaha good
preparation for the real world!
I love you and miss you and cant wait to see you on Sunday!!
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| Last Zone Meeting |
They said "I do"!
May 17, 2015....
Crazy week this week. First
and foremost Monica and Eric were baptized and are now members of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!!! And they are loving it,
they are so happy and to see their journey they have made is incredible.
Eric was also interviewed for the Priesthood and will receive it next
week! But it was an awesome service, Elder Shepherd was able to baptize
both of them and a member who set up the wedding Bro Buck was the one
that confirmed them! It was great!! The rest of the week was super
hectic involving us having to drive a lot for baptismal interviews. We
did 2 exchanges on Tuesday with Jonesboro and Friday with Stockbridge. Then on Thursday we were privileged to join in with the Stake and be
apart of the Bishops Roundtable which was a very cool experience to be
apart of and to talk about the missionary work and to help them out with
some things. They have a lot of trust in us which makes it easy to have
them help us. The stake President is so on board with everything right
now, its awesome. and then my other miracle for the week, I told you on
the call that I didn't end up buying those boots but one of my favorite
members gave me 2 pairs of his old cowboy boots and they're legit! As
well the sickest belt!! I'll send a pic!
But
for transfers I will be staying here for my
last 2 weeks!!! I'm happy about that. Elder Barnes will be training a new
zone leader for when I leave and Elder Shepherd is going to be a District
Leader!! He is gonna be awesome. He is very prepared and qualified for
the assignment! We are excited for him.
May 27, 2015.....
Thanks for sending me those
things from President Hinkley. I have been pondering on those things for
the past few months and really tried to make sure I have secured each
one of them so I can be ready for when I get home! I cant believe its
almost time to give you a big bear hug again!! That's awesome that that
member called you, makes me feel good. And always remember that I will
always be proud to call you my mommy and you're the best one 4 knuckle
heads could ever ask for. I cant believe how many others are coming home
in the next few weeks its gonna be crazy with all the homecomings.
But
this week has been fun, the New Elder replacing me is Elder Hanson! We
have a lot in common. He is from Cedar City! He went to Canyon View
and wrestled and played football. We were both trained by Elder Goss and the last area he just came from was Carrollton!! So its been fun
talking and telling stories about the areas and companions and about
home. But he is great and will be a great addition to the Conyers ward.
Elder Shepherd went to Douglasville and what's pretty sweet, my first
baby Elder Talbot is now a Zone Leader in Griffin!! Oh and my MTC
companion Elder Nelson is the new AP!! lots of crazy stuff happening.
This
week was filled with a lot of meetings. We had to meet with each of the
District leaders and go over expectations and all that stuff which took
up a lot of time. We had a pretty sweet memorial day party at a members
house and had a few of our investigators come to that. But nothing too
crazy has happened. I am just ready to work to the last second and make
everything count! I love the Lord and I love this work!!
and of course i love you:)
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