Dear Family,
This
week we had the privilege of having Leadership Training by President
Ahlander and Brother Donaldson (from the Missionary Department). It was
very spiritual! one of the most spiritual experiences of my mission so
far! (I will send the transcription from the meeting to those who ask).
We are teaching Jeff, a man that our elders quorum found and he is
progressing well. He said that he is not ready to come to church but
that he will take it step by step. One way to ask people to read the
Book of Mormon, that we learned from Brother Donaldson, is to ask them
how long it would take them to read a 500 page book, then ask them to
read the book of Mormon. Jeff said 1 week but that may be because he
hasn't ever read a 500 page book yet.
We lost Elder Hart, the missionary that was with us last week. He
is going back to his area with a Visa Waiter that we stole from Highland
Hills Zone. It will be difficult for him because he has only been in
the area for five weeks and one week of that he was in sick because of
his companion.
We have started to go into members homes and train them on
missionary work. Our ward mission leader, Brother MV Smith, has come up
with a great way to report and to help the ward members progress as to
their own member missionary work.
A few weeks ago I made a decision to memorize a parable each week.
So far I have memorized the parable of the tares (matt 13), the
unmerciful servant (matt 18), and I am almost done with the laborers in
the vineyard (matt 20). I want to continue that for the rest of my life!
Someday I may have the whole thing memorized!
So last pday Elder Manning bought a spider man sweat shirt for our
trunk or treat. while we were walking away from the clothes section we
passed a mom and her 14ish year old boy. I heard the mom tell the boy,
'I told you that sweater was cool'. haha it was awesome! So elder
manning also bought a tag from another missionary Elder Parker. Elder
Manning was going to wear this with his new spider man sweat shirt so he
could be Peter Parker. To our dismay the trunk or treat was cancelled
this last Saturday and moved it to Halloween night... they said it was
because they couldn't get enough people to participate. We cannot attend
because we have to be in by 6pm on Halloween. However, President has
approved 17 Miracles and The other side of Heaven for Halloween night
only. that should be fun!
Well that's pretty much my week!
Love you all!
Elder John
"We
may at times, I we are not careful, try to pray away pain or what seems
like an impending tragedy, but which is, in reality, an opportunity." -
Neal A. Maxwell
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