June 11, 2012
Dear Family & Friends,
I am so glad to hear that Mom and the
girls are going to the temple every Tuesday. These experiences you will
have together will affect their lives forever. What a wonderful
opportunity to all have to go there together. And good job Jamie on your
talk. That takes a lot of courage. Wish I could have been there to
hear it. Also I wish I could have heard Melissa's song.
This week has been a pretty good and crazy
week. We drive a lot ha ha. Our zone is huge but we only have 6
areas in it. Smallest zone area wise but geographically it is the
largest. We also were assigned to move some furniture up to an area in
the Toledo zone this last week so that was another 3 hour road trip on Saturday.
I have been learning many things with these new responsibilities and am
enjoying this time that I have to serve the missionaries, members, and
investigators in this zone.
Our teaching pool in Lima is small
right now, however the changes occurring here are incredible. We are
helping lay a solid foundation for this area to really grow over the next
several years. The Bishop here was called a couple months ago and has the
vision of what needs to happen here. He is leading by example and the
members are beginning to follow. We have enjoyed working with him and are
looking forward to continuing serving with him here in Lima. One of our most
prominent investigators right now is a lady named Mariah. She is a Pastor
at a church she runs and has investigated for many years. She has read
the quad 4 times and preaches from all the books at her church! She
invites the missionaries to come and preach to her congregation as well.
We invited her to be baptized this last week and she said, "I've never
been invited to do that. I think I will." Oh my...never
invited? Are you kidding me? If missionaries haven't then they need
to stop fearing the invitation! However, maybe this time it just really
hit her and she actually listened and accepted what we were inviting her to
do. Either way it has strengthened my testimony of our need to constantly
invite our brothers and sisters to partake of this Gospel and feel of the
blessings that our Father desires to give us.
Well I love you all very much and
hope you have a great week!
Love,
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