what the heck everyone!? this week marks one year in the mission field. they tell you it flies by... trooof! no questions today so i guess y'all are gonna have to deal with me ramblin' for a while. first of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my favorite 25 yr old brother. Don Won Duh Boussss. hope your day is stellar ma maaaaan. Also, i think we're still brothers? maybe write me back soon you jack!
okay, so let's talk about dat mish life folks. This was a pretty solid week of ze work. We met a few new investigators and are striving towards finding at least one a day, which is our new mission standard. It's a work in progress.. to find that many people prepared in just our little rural area is tough.. requires faith! sometimes it takes time to develop the faith necessary to perform our labors. We talked about this in district meeting last week and we read from alma 32.. I believe as with anything in our lives.. it takes "nurturing the seed of our faith." it's not immediate always.. sometimes it just takes time, sticking to the fundamentals, step by step, to get to where we want to be. i think of moroni 7:33.. The Lord promises that with faith in him we will have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in him. That's the real deal! I have a testimony that that is true.. and even if it takes a while to develop the faith necessary, it will happen with faith and hope! it's all connected !!
Okay so thank you all for the prayers on behalf of us missionaries, and specifically for Scott. This week Scott agreed to be baptized, again! we set the date for march 29th and we are going to do everything in our power to help him overcome the trials and get to the point where he's ready to make this covenant. We had a great lesson with him on friday morning. it was in the church building and we talked about the ARP (addiction recovery program) class from the night before and focused on the second step, which is having faith that the Lord has the power to help us overcome our shortcomings. The lesson went well and we felt strongly that a church tour would be appropriate after a spiritual lesson. We started in the chapel ( which is generally the last place we go..) and circled the building.. looking at all of the chuch artwork and explaining it. the prophets.. The picture of Christ descending from heaven with the angels all around.. we also talked about Moroni- there was the famous picture of him praying as he prepares to hide the plates. We explained that he was the last prophet in the book of Mormon and that he, a glorified being, showed Joseph Smith where the plates laid hidden. This bridged a little gap for scott and added to his understanding of why the book of mormon is significant. We ended the church tour at the baptismal font, at which point we committed him to follow the example of Jesus Christ, and be baptized! It was awesome and we are really looking forward to staying right by his side, helping him step by step to find peace and comfort in the gospel.
moving on! we had a couple interviews this week for the two guys the zone leaders taught and committed to get baptized. they were both so ready and so solid! they wizzed the baptismal interview, and one of them wanted to get baptized at the church in lake tahoe, because that's where he grew up. that's out of our area and is off limits to missionaries because of the temptations or whatever. well the guy being baptized asked if we would be there, i turn to the ZL and ask if we can go and before he has a chance to respond, the guy i interviewed is like " yeah bro, you can't miss it! " haha so we got a free pass to see tahoe! it was beautiful and i'm looking forward to spending more time up there when the time is right! both of the guys we interviewed got baptized on saturday and the spirit the whole day was just awesome.
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