In my email it sounded like Brock is struggling
a little bit right now, he’s still loving his mission, but he hit the 10-month
missionary slump. I think he could
really use some words of encouragement!
Friends and Family,
The "Sunshine State" lived up
to this title this week, and the 7 year old's belting "Jesus wants me as a
sun... BEAM" in the Primary Program helped as well! It was another great
week in Winter Park, and Elder Wesemann and I are seeing a lot of
progress in
the area, and in ourselves along with that. We have been meeting a lot with two
of our main investigators, Tyrone, and Bob! Bob is the man in the nursing home
who has a baptismal date! They want us to stop by just about every other day,
so this makes our job easier! They are both really progressing towards the
waters of baptism and enjoy the lessons!
Monday- District had a sand volleyball
tournament for P-day! It was a great time, and some pictures are included
below!
Tuesday- Exchanges with Elder Robert!
Elder Robert finishes up his mission next Tuesday and will be heading back to
Boston! It was great to serve for 24 hours with a very experienced missionary.
We found some new people for me and Elder
Wesemann to teach and put in some
time contacting as well. We found this Vietnamese church that was celebrating
Easter at that time. We weren't sure why, but we took a sweet picture of the
Church's name. As long as they are grateful for and worshiping Jesus Christ we
were good with it :) It was pretty cool to see this group of people witha
different culture, that didn't understand too much English, but they still
believed int the same thing about Jesus Christ!
Wednesday- Me and Elder Wesemann visited
with Tyrone! He is still loving the Book of Mormon and knows it's true. His
baptismal interview is coming up, and we can't wait! He is very excited and the
change we have seen in him has made these 10 months worth it alone. The Gospel
of Jesus Christ and the Plan of Salvation changes people. He says that he goes
around smiling now understanding what will happen to him and his family after
they die, and is no longer afraid of death. Very great testimony builder, and
experience to see him change!
Thursday- District Meeting and some
finding! Thursday
night, Elder Wesemann and I had an awesome experience. It was
around 6:30 and
we were knocking doors in a pretty ghetto neighborhood just outside of Downtown
Orlando. We were walking in between doors, and all of the sudden this homeless
man jumps out from behind a bush and Screams at the top of his lungs for like
20 seconds as me and Elder Wesemann just stare as we try not to
laugh. After he no longer has any air in his lungs and his face is dark purple,
he takes a giant breath in and says disappointed, "Man, you Mormons aren't
afraid of anything." He then walks off down the street and doesn't
say another word. The people of Orlando are awesome.
This picture was on the Florida Orlando Mission website. It was labeled "A special musical number......" I've heard Brock sing, it probably was really special :) |
Friday-
We had a long meeting with Bob after
weekly planning. We were planning on going over the the Word of Wisdom with
Bob. We were anxious to see how he would take quitting smoking because each
time we meet with him, he smokes a giant cigar. During the lesson, when we told
him he would have to quit, it was almost as if he checked out and didn't want
to listen anymore. We asked him what was going on and he told me this story
that blew my mind. He said that when he was 12 years old he smoked his first
cigar, (That's amazing alone,) to make the story even crazier he said he has
smoked a cigar every day of his life since!!! I honestly didn't know how he
hasn't died from lung cancer yet, but the doctors tell him his lungs are fine!
I couldn't and can't believe it. Now, the man has had 4 heart attacks and 3
strokes but his lungs are fine! To continue on, we invited him out to church
and told him he wouldn't be able to smoke during the meetings. He said it would
be a challenge but it would be worth it!
Saturday-
Finding, working, teaching, and biking!
Sorry the time is running short today!
Sunday-
Bob and Tyrone were both at church, and
loved it! They said the spirit during the Primary Program was fantastic. It was
a pretty great couple of weeks for us as missionaries having General Conference
then the Primary Program back to back! We finished off our Sunday night by
meeting with some investigators and my favorite family in the ward which fed
us! They day couldn't have gotten better.
Today- We got a call from Bob earlier
this morning. We could hear it in his voice that he was excited about
something. Almost crying, he told us that yesterday (Sunday) was the first day
in over 50 years that he didn't smoke. The spirit he felt at church was worth
it to give up smoking for a day. It was definitely a miracle that Elder
Wesemann and I saw!! We hare hoping to continue to see him and Tyrone change,
and progress towards baptism!
Things are great here in the F.O.M.
Thanks again for all of the support and inspiration given to me! I hope
everyone has a great week!
Much Love,
Elder Doman
Luke 22:32-But I
have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted,
strengthen thy brethren.
District Pday volleyball |
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