Hey Everyone,
This time I am emailing on Tuesday
and it should be this way for a while. The past 2 weeks were flukes
because of the holidays, just so all of you are aware. Well, another
week has come and gone. I did see Jeremy last Friday which was wierd, we
had just checked the mail and I see him in his car right in front of
me. I thought it was kind of odd and then I actually realized that it
was him. He came into the room and we chatted for about half an hour and
he gave me the package. Thank you so much for that by the way it was
pretty nifty cool!
Yesterday we had zone conference. It was a pretty good zone
conference, shorter than they usually are. They trained us on using the
Spirit in lessons, how to introduce the Book of Mormon, and goals. I
learned some pretty neat things that I can take with me and use in my
work here in Clearfield. Then we had lunch, took a group photo and got
to the second half. Sister Hiers spoke on hope and President Hiers
answered some questions we had and the like. He then put us into groups
where we discussed missionary experiences of getting people to the
temple, and some missionaries shared some of their stories. Then he did
something different and he called on a few missionaries to share their
testimonies. It was pretty neat and the Spirit was there pretty
strongly.
This past week some other missionaries had a baptism and we attended
that since our lesson canceled. That went pretty well. We also picked
up a baptismal date with Morgan. I dont think I have mentioned her
before so I will talk more about her now. Her mom was just recently
reactivated and her dad was just recently baptized and she has just
recently shown interest in learning more. So that is where we come in.
We kind of met with her and talked to her once 2 weeks ago, and then
last week we had the first lesson with her. The Spirit was there and she
recognized it at least partially, so we invited her to be baptized. She
said yes, but she is still iffy about it and has to find out whether or
not she really wants to do it. So we set a date with her, the 26th, and
by reading and praying and attending church she can find out whether or
not this is all for her. That is where we are at with her. We have a
lesson with her tomorrow, so we will find out where she has progressed
in the past week.
Ric, the guy who has to meet with an apostle, is still doing good. He first has to meet with President Hiers, which he will do on Thursday.
Kristen, another investigator, wants to get baptized, but first has to
get married. We are meeting with her tonight to figure that out some
more. She is thinking it will be after February because she wants family
to come, and they may not be able to come until then. Tekoshi was
interviewed last night to be baptized and he passed! The only issue is
that the baptism will be moved back to the 19th because his mom will be
working late this saturday.
It will happen, it just keeps getting pushed back which is not fun. All
the other peeps we are teaching right now are not really progressing
too much.
A less active couple we are teaching just recently had their baby!!
That is exciting and very cool. We are working a lot with the less
actives and recent converts to get them to the temple. That is the
mission vision, to get people baptized and then get them to the temple.
It is a good vision because we dont want anyone to go less active after
they are baptized because we dont want them to get lost. That is my
purpose as a missionary.
That is really all that has happened this past week, it hasnt been
too eventful. Hope all of you are doing well back home. See you on the
other side!
Love,
Elder Connell
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