HEY EVERYONE!!!! LITERALLY LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH!! Sorry I've been so bad about emailing. It's been super duper busy. Well it's been like 3 weeks so I have lots to update on but not enough time. Im still at Kennesaw State University! I have Elder Hegewald and Elder Mendes with me now. Elder H. Is from San Clememte CA. Elder Mendes is from "Recife" Brazil! He is such a stud and super fun to be with. He is still in his training so it's been great to all learn together!!
Okay! Soo I'm gonna update on only 5 people because they are the most progressing and because we have been changed to more of traveling Zone Leaders to help our zone out. KSU is slower around this time of year so not a whole ton of places to find so we are going to do exchanges/blitzes every week with all the Elders to help their areas and to find more people and to teach more people! We will focus 2 times a week on our area (pretty much just lesson days) we stacked all our lessons on Tuesday and Wednesday so we have about 11 lessons on Both days! Super excited about that!! But im more stoked to let you know about it next week when we are in full effect!
Blake Evans:
- Blake is a friend of a member who is on a mission. We've been teaching him for 3 months now. He is awesome and is more into now that we had his friend that would join him not be apart of lessons haha (he was holding him back) but Blake has a date to be baptized on December 2nd which is this week but because of this past week he had some things happen so we need to push it back more! He still has the desire to be baptized so he is all good.
Ebow Mensah:
- Ebow is from Ghana, he is a straight stud he is super fun and has been taught 110 percent of the principles of the gospel HAHA he has some things he is working on but will be ready to be baptized January 2nd!! We are suepr excited for him!! We go over and watch the chosen with him and re teach him the lessons. He reads the book of Mormon every morning and prays!
Cameron:
- Cameron lives about 40 minutes from campus but is at campus like everyday because of classes. He has a firm, strong, powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon! He even shared a couple copies with his family when we invite him to. He is ready to he baptized. He wants to wait for his family but we said he could be the example for them to come and belong! He accepted for December 12th to be baptized!!!! SO excited for him and his family!
Omari Miller:
- Omari is a track star and is the coolest guy! He is from Jamaica and had been taught before! We taught his simple in the first lesson and explained our purpose and set expectations! We talked a lot about the Holy Ghost (Which is a huge focus right now) we explained the role, testified of it, and explained how it feels! As we did so he understood and shared an experience! We talked more and told him about Baptism. We then felt like December 25th was the right day! He said YESSS then explained that would be the best day because that's when Jesus Christ was born that day and he will always remember it!! So excited for him too!
Matt:
The last one! Matt does not have a baptism date because he wants to finish the whole book of Mormon! He believes its true and from God but wants to finish the whole thing! He literally resembles Christ! Matt has a testimony in Christ’s Gospel and has a struggle with one aspect! We are working through it but he flat out told us he will be baptized in the next 3 months! Super excited for my man! He is in Alma 14 right now!!
Friends and Family, my heart is extremely filled with gratitude! I have wonderful friends and Family Family love and care for me! I have a Heavenly Father that is so aware of me and guides me and helps me reach my divine potential. I have a Savior who has literally saved me from spiritual and physical death! He loves me and allows me to use his Atonement to become better and to be strengthened! We have the Holy Ghost who protects us, guides us, loves us, and gives us peace and joy! I have an opportunity to be in Georgia to preach the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ to the most outstanding people I've ever met! I get to invite others to change, I get to love and serve them! I get to be an extension/instrument for the Lord!! What many blessings we have!! I know with the Fullness of my Heart that This is Christ Church, This is His Work!! I know He Lives I know he Cares I know he knows you!! If you don't know that I urge you to pray to your Heavenly Father with full purpose of Heart to feel that love and I can promise you ,with everything that I am, he will answer that prayer through The Spirit giving you that love and peace and comfort!!
I read this talk the other day its called, "Bing" it is such a good talk and one that I would extend to yall to give it a read! It has helped me tune into my celestial radio and to have ears to hear and eyes to see God’s children how He does!! I have so much more I want to say but ultimately just know that I love you! I have felt God's love so powerfully on my mission for so many people I know it's real and I hope I can share to some extent what that feels like to yall! Jesus Christ has compassion constantly for everyone! In the new testament, Book of Mormon and even in modern times! Please tap into that Compassion! I'll end with this quote
(Elder Soares -> Oct 2021)
My dear friends, I testify that as we strive to incorporate the Savior’s compassionate example into our lives, our capacity to compliment the virtues of our neighbors will increase and our natural instinct to judge their imperfections will decrease. Our communion with God will grow, and certainly our lives will become sweeter, our feelings more tender, and we will find a never-ending source of happiness. We will be known as peacemakers, whose words are as gentle as the dew of a spring morning.
I pray that we will become more long-suffering and understanding of others and that the Lord’s mercy will, in perfect meekness, soothe our impatience with their imperfections. This is the Savior’s invitation to us. I testify that He lives. He is the perfect model of merciful and patient discipleship. I bear my testimony of these truths in the holy name of the Savior Jesus Christ, amen.
I love you! Jesus Christ knows you!
- Elder Wold
Pics:
1. Elder Mendes, Sister Ferrell, Elder Hegewald
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