Wow. I can't
believe that 10 months of my mission have has already gone by. It seems like yesterday that I entered the
MTC. That's the way I felt by the way as
I read the new dearelders this week containing Elder Steven Jex's emails. As I read his MTC experiences, they sounded
exactly like mine. Ah the good 'ol days
at the MTC: learning simple Tagalog, three giant meals a day, gym everyday,
going to the temple...Man - good times.
Steven’s been there over a month now, right? I had some of the greatest experiences of my
mission there. Even though it seemed
like I was there for an eternity (haha).
I also got a letter from my friend, Tanner Johns, from my BYU summer
term, who is serving his mission in Mexico.
It was hand-written back in the beginning of June and I just received it
(haha). It's awesome having so many of
my friends right now serving missions.
Special congrats to Dallin for going through the temple this week. Awesome, right? I loved going through for my first time. We had our entire family together there for
the first time. That was almost a year
ago. Wow.
 |
| Jerome (left) was baptized by Oliver |
Well, the work wasn't too great at the beginning of the
week, but it sure ended on a fantastic note!
Near the end of the week, we began teaching a new investigator that we
met just a couple of weeks ago while I was on splits with Elder Greenwell. She was over at member's house that we
sometimes visit, and we wanted to share with her a short lesson (10 minutes). She said that she really wasn't interested,
but after talking for a little bit, we were able to convince her. Our 10 min. lesson turned into 45 minutes as
we talked about prophets, the Savior's Earthly Ministry, and the Great Apostasy.
She turned out to be very interested in our lesson and we were able to
answer a lot of her questions. She still
kinda thinks that there's really no religion that has the power to save us, but
is still interested open to listen to us.
I'll take it. As we continue to
teach her, I'm sure she'll come to know that there is a Savior of the World who
has saved all who choose to follow Him.
I had the most powerful experience teaching the Plan of
Salvation so far on my mission with our investigator, Bessie, yesterday during
church. We went through all of the
questions of the soul: "Where did I come?" "What's my purpose
in life?" and "Where do I go after this life?" I also noticed that teaching the Plan of
Salvation is soooo much easier to teach when I use that little wooden puzzle
that I got at Missionary Mall, because it's an effective way for the
investigator to see the Plan clearly.
We've been teaching her all month now, and she’s just awesome. We extended the invitation for baptism and
she accepted. It was an awesome
experience. The Spirit was so strong
that she and my companion were crying.
She'll be baptized (hopefully) on September 1st. We also had a similar as we taught our
investigators Rechelle and Ruben. We
also taught them the Plan of Salvation with the similar result, except they'll
be baptized on August 25th.
So we were able to have three investigators with baptismal dates in just
one day! Woo! It really is rewarding to watch these people
make this change in their lives.
I have really enjoyed training. Even though it's really hard sometimes, it's
getting better. We'll be having our
transfer announcements next week, but am pretty sure I will stay because of the
12 week program. Still, who knows? It's happened before that trainers or
trainees to get transferred halfway through the program. But that's not likely to happen for me. I plan on still being here until at least
September.
Glad to hear that everyone had a good week. I hope that will continue. I love you all and for all of your prayers
and support. Oh, before I forget . . .
. Welcome home Mike Flagg and Kylie
Little! Way to serve! Now I think that's about it.
Mahal ko kayo.
ingat.
Elder Jordan "No Longer a 'Single Digit Missionary" Royal
No comments:
Post a Comment