Hey Family and Friends, So this week was another great week over in the Blue Water Mission (Out in the edge of no where, makes up most of the Michigan Detroit Mission). Joke that we have out here with other Elders that have served here because really no one does no what goes on over here ;)
Anyways this week we were able to fin 6 new investigators through media referral and putt 5 of the family members on date for July 19th!! :) The Hinkle was a referral from there great Grandpa that's from Idaho, from the sounds of it he is a Patriarch in the church. The farther is working on his way back into the church. The mother of the family we saw was raised in the church but never did get baptized. From what the family told us, is that the two daughters were calling up there great grandpa asking them questions about our church and what we believed. So he asked here gran daughter if he can send a couple of people to the house to answer there questions about the church. We've been over there twice so far :) Taught the Restoration and yesterday talked about The Book Of Mormon and where it came from and all. It went great planning to see them this next week on Friday.
Doina dropped us over this past week. Sent her a text asking her like always when we can set up and share a lesson and answer any questions she has about her reading through The Book Of Mormon. She said " Hi, thank you for all the time you spent helping me, but I've decided I won't be continuing with our meeting" Then the other Elder said to ask "why she is not meeting with us anymore" so I did, nothing back. So the next day I text'ed her and just said "Hey Doin, if there is anything we can do for your or your husband you can always give us a call. It's been great to be able to meet with you and get to know you also help you. We encourage you to keep reading and praying. If anytime you want to come to church you always welcome" She text'ed back a couple minutes later and said that will do with the reading and praying. Hopefully we left her in good feelings with the church so if she does want to know she will ask to set up another appointment. I'm pretty positive that she will accept the Gospel in this time or in the next! :) She has what she needs to begin.
My first District meeting went great! We had the Zone Leaders at it, Elder Uptain (goes home with me) and Elder Bytheway (not related to John Bytheway) but anyways had the focus on Retaining New Members! Went great from what the Zone Leaders told me after District meeting. Then I gave the discussion/ instruction on Retaining New Members and then made up a practice that went into........practicing the Gospel Of Jesus Christ Pamphlet on really focusing on Enduring to the End .
Don't have to come up with any assignments this week because of Zone Conference on Wednesday.
Love the Mission it's so crazy it's almost at the end. I would not give anything back for it!! Just still keeping focused and enjoying every last few weeks I have out here. The Church Is True and everything in The Book Of Mormon is for our day!
I found a cool little insight this week while I was flipping through my Book Of Mormon trying to decide what we should share with a family in the ward. So I have shared to you about Nephi killing Laban, Right?! Anyways this his what I believe how he prepared him self for that moment in life. As we see in the very first chapter in the first verse of 1 Nephi he says " I Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my farther.........." Nephi recognized that he had some amazing parents. So
the Lord trusted him. Then in 1 Nephi 2: 3 it talks about being obedient as Nephi saw in his farther. Then when the Lord saw that he was learning from being obedient and saw that he loved his parents he told Lehi to ask his sons to go back to Jerusalem. We see in 1 Nephi 3:7 Nephi's willingness to "will go and do". The Lord was preparing Nephi to kill Laban even if Nephi did not know that. By listening to the still small voice and his common sense.
Well Love Your Family and Friends!! :) Have a great week!
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