This week was a struggle...
It was the week of continuously being cancelled on... it was really frustrating, so this letter is probably going to be short. We did have a couple great lesson with Jani who is going to be baptized on Nov 1. She is so cool, we met her in September and as of Saturday she was reading in Alma 5. How awesome is that??? She's been to church about 4 times now. I'm super excited for her.
We are teaching Brendon still and last night we had a lesson that was AWESOME! We watched the Restoration video with him, and then talked about how it has helped us in our life. We had Trevor there who is an RM who served in Mexico, having him there made all the difference. We came to find out what Brendon’s concern was, what was bothering him and making him hesitant in making covenants with our Father in Heaven. Now we know where to go, it was just a great lesson. He is starting to pray about the Book of Mormon which is awesome!! and he committed to pray to know if Joseph Smith is a true Prophet. I’m excited to continue working with him.
Last week I went on exchange with Elder Soelberg. He's from Oregon and was going to school at BYU-H. How cool is that? He's still in his first transfer but doesn’t really seem like it, he's very mature and very smart. He's going to be an amazing Elder.
On Wednesday we had Elder Clarke from the Seventy come. He's like 3rd in command when it comes to missionary work. Pres. Monson, Elder Nelson, then him, hahah. He's super funny. It was fun to watch him give President Moffat a hard time. He talked about a lot of things. Towards the end he said something that stood out to me that is very scary to think about, he said in the next 5 years, a 1/4 of you missionaries will become Less Active. That is just so sad for me to think about. How can someone who is teaching people this gospel and seeing the change it brings to people’s lives fall away? It doesn’t make sense to me. I can’t begin to explain how much I have grown on my mission. The things that I have learned, gained, the people I've met, I’m not willing to throw that all away. I know that this church is true, I love it. the Book of Mormon is the word of God, it is true!!
Elder Park
The White African... in Utah
He took a picture of his bed with the quilt I made him
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