One thing Brock reminded me of in his
letter was one of the funniest things ever before he left.
He said, “well, here is a little
throwback moment that might make you laugh... last year at this time was when I
gave a talk in church the morning we got home from senior trip and I finished
it with "in the name of Jesus Christ... of Latter-Day Saints, amen."
yeah, I guess you can say I've grown spiritually a little bit in the last year!”
It was awesome, we teased him about it
for so long!
Friends and Family,
Hey everyone! Well, it's been a year
since I graduated High School,
and it almost felt as if I
"walked" straight into the mission field.
It was a little bit of a rougher week
this week with a few of our
investigators dropping us, but to even
up the scales, the Lord lead us
to prepared people!
Monday-
Around came District P-Day again! After
3 hours of basketball and
monopoly, off we were Monday night to
dinner at our Ward Mission
Leaders home! It was one of the best
bike rides I've had so far on my
mission. It was perfect weather as the
sun was going down, with a nice
breeze in the air. We were biking
through Downtown Winter Park feeling
fresh and living large! We've really
gotten pretty close to our Ward
Mission Leader and I'll definitely miss
this guy! *It was his idea to
take the selfie.
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| Brother Priesser, the ward mission leader with a bunch of the elders |
Tuesday-
Exchanges with Elder Gillen! It was
Elder Gillens 5th week on his
mission and we went out working like it
was his 5th month. We had a
few things fall through during the day,
so we started to walk around a
Lake in the mid afternoon talking to
everyone that was walking on the
path too. About 15 minutes in, we
spotted this this guy named Moses
and his friend Ryan sitting on a bench.
We started talking with them
and it ends up Moses was soon to be a
professional Boxer, and just
signed a deal and is sponsored by
Nike. Ryan has autism and is his
Motivational trainer/gym coach. They
loved the message of the
restoration, and it made sense to them!
We have another meeting this
week! It was really just pretty cool to
see this man who had just
signed a contract with Nike, stay humble
and have a truly motivational
friend along side with him the whole
time. We run into a lot of
hardened people on our missions, but
when we find the ones who are
still down to earth, and caring people
it makes all the rejection
worth it.
Wednesday-
Biking through the hot sun Wednesday, we
stopped and talked with this
guy waiting for the bus. He just
finished up serving the Country, and
was trying to figure out what to do with
this change of lifestyle. He
too invited us to sit down and talk with
him until his bus came. As we
testified of the afterlife, and the
peace we can have he started to
really open up to us and share a lot
about himself. It was a great
testimony builder seeing that "the
spirit can testify to a broken
spirit and contrite heart."
Thursday-
District meeting came around and It was
sad to think that I may only
have one more week serving in this area
with these Elders. After District
Meeting, we had to bike 13 miles to our
dinner appointment. To talking with everyone along the way, to the many
stop lights on the busy streets of Downtown Orlando, it took up a lot of our
day. The dinner we went to was with the family of the two kids Elder
Honda and I baptized two transfers ago. Through out all of the dinner, they
continued to thank us for the work and service we are doing. Not just for
the Lord, but for his children too. To finish up the night, we went and had a
lesson with our investigator Bob. When we arrived at Bob's room, it was evident
that he was having a tough day. As we continued to talk with Bob and invite
the spirit back into his room, everything about his outlook on life changed
as
we continued to testify of Eternal
Families. It brought him a lot of hope, and strengthened his faith in Jesus
Christ and His atonement so much! It's amazing what the Gospel can do.
Friday-
It was a rough day for us on Friday
having 3-5 appointments we had set up fall through. The evening
thunder/lightening storms prevented us from getting too much done, as it looked
like the 4th
of July outside. We were able to accomplish an in detail Weekly
Planning which is always helpful for the upcoming week.
Saturday-
Exchanges with Elder Olsen! This was the
fourth exchange Elder Olsen and I have been on! The first one was way
back when I was serving in Buena Vista! A lot of the day was spent recollecting
old memories and how much each of us have grown on the mission.
Sunday-
A great day of Church and Sacrament as
we had investigators, and less actives continue to enjoy Sacrament
Meeting. We spent most of our day visiting Recent Converts and lots of
biking.
Sorry about the pictures last week! I'm
not sure why they didn't load! I’ll attach them along with some pictures from
this week. It's sad to think that this might be my last week here in Winter
Park. I've made a lot of great friends in the ward! I hope everyone has a great
Memorial Day and stays safe.
Much Love,
Elder Doman
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