I
can't believe it's already December, I'm pretty confused about that. Oh well,
it's looking out to be a good month! We are looking out to have a lot of
baptisms for our Zone this month, so that's really exciting. A little recap of
this past week:
Tuesday
we had exchanges with the Portsmouth Elders and I got to go with Elder
MacDonald to Portsmouth. It was a good exchange and I met a lot of awesome
people. One thing that was really funny is that we were teaching one of their
investigators, only the 2nd time and he asked us some questions at the end of
the lesson. He asked us if we were the same Mormons with lots of wives on TV,
to which we replied no. Then I clarified that our full name is The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Then, looking dumbfounded at Elder
MacDonald, he says "Well I've already been baptized in that church!".
What?!?! It caught us off guard that's for sure. He claims that he was baptized
as a teenager, but apparently the Book of Mormon or the missionaries didn't
trigger any memories of the ward he was baptized into. We still aren't
sure if that story was true, but it was pretty funny.
We
did a lot of planning for Zone Meeting on Friday, which was awesome. We talked
all about being a consecrated missionary and member of the church, uniting
families and creative finding. Then I got to go on exchanges with the
assistants. I went with Elder Kidd to Charleston for the exchange. It was super
fun. Most of our things fell through so
we ended up knocking doors for a while, but it was fun nonetheless. Elder Kidd
is awesome, such a happy guy!!
Some
people we are teaching:
We
got to teach this guy named Kennedy. He is a middle-aged student and he's from
Kenya. He is such an awesome guy and has the strongest testimony of Heavenly
Father and Jesus Christ! We taught him a review of the Restoration of the
Gospel and it went really well. He was a little concerned last time because in
the past he had talked to Jehovah's witnesses and they really confused him, but
this time he was really open to taking a Book of Mormon and reading it!
Kayla
is another person we are teaching. She is doing awesome. She's been taught for
about a month before I got here. She's really sincere and has a great testimony
of the church. She's even told tons of random strangers about Joseph Smith's
experience with the First vision! She really just needs to quit smoking before
baptism. We'll start teaching her boyfriend this week once he recovers from his
concussion. They are both really nice people though.
We’ve
gotten to teach a lot of the college students here at Marshall University recently,
so that's been pretty fun! We even got to teach some Muslim people, so that was
a fun flashback to Morgantown. It's been good though and we are trying really
hard to find people to teach. It's hard here, but we are trying a lot of
different things, so hoping for the best!
Anyways,
something I wanted to talk about was gratitude and remembrance. Remembering
where our blessings in life stem from and being grateful for them is hard, but
it keeps us closer to God! A quote from Jesus the Christ book I really like
is:
"The man with much finds it easier to forget his dependence than he who must ask with each succeeding day of need."
I love that, because it is true. We shouldn't just be grateful
or ask for help when we need it, but we should seek for heavenly guidance and
strength daily or even more often!
Well, we have a Zone Conference tomorrow and it will be awesome.
We also just finished reading the Book of Mormon as a mission! It is easily the
best book I have ever read and I know by the power of the Spirit that it is
true. I know that it testifies of Christ as the source for remission of sins
and I know that Christ really is that source. He did everything for us.
Anyways, hope y'all have a great week and don't go too crazy on
the Christmas shopping! :)
Take Luck and don't get ran over by a Reindeer!
Elder Goold
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| Elder Kidd and I on exchanges |
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