Whats up family!
We had a solid week here in the Ironbound. No distractions
or nothing. Just work, work, work and we saw some cool miracles. Spiritual and
non spiritual. So we just can't be any happier with how the whole week went.
Haha I laugh sometimes about how fun it is to be a missionary. Its nice always
having a purpose and knowing what to do next. There is no like "ok well, what
should I do now?" No its like sweet we got an extra 15 min lets find some
new people, or 10 extra minutes at night- let's study some Spanish. Its a lot of
work but when you balance it with fun and have fun throughout the day, it all
works out. I just enjoy it so much.
So we have a big push in the mission to find more people to
teach and get out of just trying the same old people in the area books and
going out and talking to people on the streets. Not going to lie, we dont find
a lot of people by street contacting and hardly any progress at all, but we do
show God that we are diligently teaching and searching and so he waits and then
when the time is just right . Boom. We get a text from our teenage member
who just moved in with her friend and her friend's family and they all want to
hear about the Gospel and come to church. And she even mentioned baptism. So we
were like sweet! Lets go on Wednesday. We went and saw them all Its a mom and
dad and three daughters and the uncle. The dad wasn't there this last time but
the rest of them were. Taught them a Restoration and they had lots of questions
about Joseph Smith. The lesson went alright but then the member texted us after
and said that he family had been asking her questions after we left and they
are all super interested and want to come to church. Sweet Miracle.
We had zone conference this last week with about a third of
the mission. It was nice to see everyone. Got to sit by Elder Aspinall. Haha
man we were just cracking up so much thinking about that transfer we had
together. So much fun. He is a great guy. The conference was all about how we
can go from just one progressing investigator to five progressing
investigators. They also talking tons about how to work with the ward councils
and with members better. Really good and powerful meeting.
Alright Saturday was a crazy day. I just gotta tell you the
whole story. So remember M--- and S---? So they got baptized last October
and still haven't gone to the temple to do baptisms and this last week on Saturday
was the ward temple trip and they had it planned to go finally. I mentioned a
little about that last week I think. Ok so the rule is that 2 missionaries can
go with a recent convert if it is their first time going to the temple. So for
the last 2 weeks I have been telling M--- and S--- that they can take 2
missionaries to the temple with them. I mentioned to them a few missionaries
that were here when they were being taught and when they were baptized because
I feel like those missionaries had more priority over me, because I have
only been here for like 2 transfers. So I mentioned this to them like 3 times
in the last 2 weeks and they always said okay yeah we will let you know. So
Friday comes around and they still haven't mentioned anyone and didn't even
mention they were going. So Saturday morning I was worried and wanted to make
sure they were still planning on going so I texted them, "are you going to
the temple today." And they respond " Yes! We are going with the
ward." So I was pumped they were going. About an hour after that I get a
call and its S--- and she is like, "Elder I want you and Elder Warnock
to come to the temple today with us today." I was like, "wow
okay sure when?" She says, "ahorita (right now)". So within 10
minutes I went from comp study to making like a half a dozen calls to being
dressed ready to go to the temple. Haha I called President Taggart right off
the bat and miracle he answered. He said yes. I called the temple. Then the
zone leaders. Then Elder Warnock, who had no idea. Haha I said, "Hey Elder
what are you doing right now?" He was like, "Um language study."
Ha well "Wanna go to temple right now?" IT was crazy. So we went to
the temple on Saturday with them and another sweet member here. It was a super
cool experience and they both loved it. It was super special for all of us. It
was a miracle to even be there.
So super solid week. We found new people and things are just
going strong. Haha yes we still walk A LOT. My companion's foot isn't
bothering him. He has only mentioned it like once in the past week or two. We
are doing great. Thanks for the prayers. I pray for you all so much every day.
I love you
Love,
Elder Sumsion
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