Well transfers are here again. So this last transfer I had been training Elder Mickelsen in his first six weeks. He has been having some medical complications and he needs better care, so our mission president is transferring him to Roanoke to be around better doctors. Well, I was asked again to train a new missionary straight out of the MTC. This makes number four. It will be a sweet way to end the mission, though; I will finish out training the next 12 weeks. I am going to miss Elder Mickelsen. He is so humble and has been through a lot in his life; it really showed me that you can serve no matter what is thrown your way. I am also going to miss his sense of humor, we had some good laughs. He will do great things in his next area.
Things have been kind of moderate. We had a fireside that we put together finally last week. The theme was "Who are you?" It was geared towards the fact that we are God’s children and what he expects from us. Doing something like this in a branch that consists on average of twenty or so people, we actually had a really good turnout. We even had friends that have not been to church in a while come and bear testimony. Our friend Sam, who is not a member of the church yet, but is pretty much family, gave the closing prayer; it was sweet. We are now trying to pull together an Easter Celebration in a few weeks.
The Weather has been so much nicer! People have been nicer too! This last week we started teaching a man who we found by talking to him at the library. We went over to his home and we taught him the Restoration. We were closing by talking about prayer and this man was unsure of how to pray, so we kneeled down and taught him. We said some prayers to kind of be an example, then he prayed and it was so heart felt it blew me away! It was really powerful--so simple but so great. If nothing else, we just helped a man pray to his Heavenly Father; could you imagine how excited our Father in Heaven must have been? It is so fun to be a missionary.
I have really noticed and reflected a lot on the quote, "We answer the questions that they should have asked." I have found a lot of truth with this. I think it is cool how the Savior taught. He did that very thing. I have noticed a lot of the time people ask the wrong questions, looking for the right answers. Missionaries really are guides. I have learned to be a guide, to guide people to the source and that is asking our Heavenly Father if what we teach is true and then ACTING in FAITH. It is so fun when you see someone really searching for the truth and discover it.
When is the last time you asked for a reaffirming witness of the truthfulness of the Gospel?
I love you all and thank you for the prayers and the support.
Keep the faith, talk to you on Monday!
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