This week was insane!!!! Soooo many miracles and tender mercies!! First off we got transfer news and I'm staying here in the cumming area, over the Chesstatee and Pilgrim Mill wards still! Super super excited!! Elder Shaw is staying with me and Elder Payne is leaving and is gonna be a Zone leader in a different zone! Super happy for him! Truly truly grateful for him for training me the last 3 months! Definitely an amazing guy and an amazing friend! We just clicked with everything we did! It was amazing! So Elder Shaw and I are staying and we’re picking up...(drum roll please)....
ELDER LARSON!! my man from my MTC district!! He's a good close friend! We’re all excited to be together! All three of us have been out for a little over 3 months now! Soooooo were gonna learn alot! But I'm excited to learn and to rely so much on our Heavenly Father for help because I know he’s always there!! SOOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!! REALLY EXCITED TO BECOME BETTER AND TO CONTINUE TO LOVE THE PEOPLE WE’RE TEACHING!!
This week WAS THE BEST EVER!! Only one sad thing, that I will address now... Jeanette the lady we've been teaching, she texted us and told us that the church was not for her and that she'd appreciate it if we didn't contact her... this was just heartbreaking :( she was progressing and truly she was learning the gospel, I know she was feeling the spirit and she wanted and desired to learn more and change. We know she had some things at home going on but it's just sad to see her walk away. But I know without a shadow of a doubt we planted that seed God needed us to and that she’ll find her way from someone else!
SOOO Wayne Stalcup is the guy that got baptized on Saturday! He's a heck of a man!! We had his baptismal interview on tuesday and we taught him just a couple more points that we needed to hit on! He was taught previously by sisters in Florida! That Saturday he was baptized!! Then confirmed on sunday! He is a great man and is engaged and after learning all these great things, HIS GOAL IS TO BE MARRIED AND SEALED IN THE TEMPLE WITH HER!! literally the coolest and cutest thing ever! He has been working and sacrificing to get himself to that point! He can’t be married in the temple for a year because he was just baptized but he will be continuing the steps on the covenant path, priesthood, other things! He is super excited and we’re happy to be here to help!!
Thursday was our district council... our last one together before 3 people from the district will leave this transfer! The 2 questions we had for this council was
• how can I receive personal revelation?
I learned alot about this question, it's become personal to me and I hope it does to you as well! Personal revelation is key, and as President Nelson has said, there is no way for us to survive spiritually without it! A huge part of this is acting and making sure we’re putting forth effort and looking for ways to figure out the answer then turning and trusting God! The Talk we read was
"The Spirit of Revelation" by Elder Bednar! I invite you all to read this and make it personal! Everyone feels the Holy Ghost different, and we all have different questions and different ways they'll be answered! One major thing I loved was these quotes,
"Always put yourself in a place to receive revelation" this hit me! Am I always striving to be in a place where the Spirit of God can dwell with me and speak to me in the way He needs too? Are my thoughts, words, actions, body language etc., connected to the Holy Ghost and the way Christ would be?
The next question was, "What do I have to do to be the best person I can be?"
I have been non stop thinking about this!! And for me personally, all my thoughts and feelings have come back to THE PURE LOVE OF CHRIST! CHARITY!! AHHH I HAVE SO MUCH TO SHARE! but it all comes down to what I've been saying and what I've been striving to put into the nature of who I am and that is
FORGET YOURSELF AND LOVE OTHERS!!
We read the talk
"Charity Never Faileth" - President Monson!
This talk is WORSE THAN GOOD! you need need need to check it out! The other one, and this one woke me up and literally changed me, is by J.B. Haws in a BYU devotional called," Wrestling the comparisons" I INVITE YOU ALL TO READ BOTH! I promise you need it! I also invite yall to share your thoughts I know I say that every week but friends please do I wanna hear from all of you and hear all your thoughts! Because they mean something to me!
Friday!! Was a good day! In the morning we met with Andy Coleman! He's a man I found on Facebook and we've been teaching him the last two weeks! We gave him a Book of Mormon and also The plan of Salvation pamphlet! We taught him the first 2 lessons! Then invited him to read those and come to church and HE DID WITH HIS DAUGHTER HARTLEY! SHE LITERALLY IS THE CUTEST THING EVER!! and after we talked and he loved it and he said I think I want to bring my whole family next week so that includes his other two kids and wife!! We’re super excited to get to know them even more and to deepen our relationship with Christ together through the ward! We did service later and the lady we did it for asked us to come back over and teach them so we have a return appointment for Paula next week! We have had Member meals everynight and have even more next week haha super excited! The Family Mission Plans have been taking shape and we’re excited to follow up and see how it is going!
I'm grateful for everything I've learned this week! I finished the BOOK OF MORMON AGAIN! and I'm super happy! I'm happy I got to start all again! The bible has been cool reading I didnt read it a ton before my mission but it has so many amazing things and it connects with the Book of Mormon perfectly! I read alot about the prodigal son in Luke 15! And guess what hahaha it is about forgetting yourself (the older brother) and serving and loving( the son that was lost) it's about forgetting yourself! Yes you've done good and yes you've done what God has asked but... It's not about me or you or him! It's about others and especially those that are desiring to change and come to Christ! We need to be ready and open to receive those like Christ would!
I'm so happy to be a missionary/disciple of Christ!! He is everything my friends! We can learn from him and strive to be like him! Remember the invitations I gave you!! I love you all so much and appreciate all that you've done for me in my life and for the love and prayers! Don't worry you get that same love and prayers!
Have a fantastic week and everyone, let's work hard and forget ourselves and LOVE LIKE CHRIST WOULD!! share your experience with me as you do it this week!!
LOVE, ELDER WOLD!!
Pictures:
1. Cruzado's (family)took us out for dinner and ice cream! (Alex in the picture has a mission call).
2. Last District council with this district
3. Find Joy!! Its important;).
4. Wayne being baptized
5. Wayne, fiance, bishop, us
6. Taka and I at a BBQ, we made some bling, be jealous!! 7. Zone Pday!! Lots of people leaving
8-9 Homan and Newbold family!!
10. District breakfast!! (If you're wondering we’re like super duper close! Literally we cried)
11. We got our district shirts that came in and we went to Sandy's home to just be with her, also helped her with lots of family history!! WE LOVE SANDY!
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