What a week here in Daytona! It was
Elder Harman's last week, and we
wanted to make sure to finish it out
strong! We were pretty busy most
of the week and had a lot of good
memories when getting the work done.
Monday-
We met with a former investigator named
Mrs. Jackson. We started
talking to her and she was accepting
almost all of the message. After
further conversation, Elder Harman and I
both felt impressed to extend
the baptismal invitation and set a
baptismal date. She responded,
"Well, here's the thing young boys.
I love the Mormon Church, the
family feel, and the Book of Mormon. The
only thing holding me back
right now are those boring, monotone
hymns of ya'lls. I feel like I’m
about to fall asleep in the songs!! Why
don't we have like a band or
something?! Get some drums up in
there!" Yeah, Elder Harman and I
started busting up laughing. Mrs.
Jackson came from a Southern Baptist
background and definitely likes that
style of hymns at church!
hopefully this week we are able to
address her concern!
Tuesday-
We did more finding and had we were
blessed to have a media referral
come first thing in the morning. We went
to visit Phil and he lived in
a humble apartment. As we started
talking with him, he said he had a
pipeline in Nigeria which would make him
over 15 million dollars in 3
years. He was kind of a crazy guy, but
he was down to hear the gospel!
Wednesday-
We had a great district meeting where
Elder Harman bore his
departing testimony. After district
meeting, "Grandpa" took all of the
missionaries out to lunch and it was a
blast! We then finished up the
day by meeting with our investigators
and saying some goodbyes.
Thursday-
We had our ward summer party! They
brought in some Texas Roadhouse
steaks and some other good, home-cookin
bar-b-que! We had some
investigators and less-actives attend
which was great. They all felt
really loved from the Ward! Our recent convert
Jackie started crying
afterwards and we weren't sure why. She
said that her whole family has
passed on and she's been alone for the
past 15 years She hasn't felt that loved
and part of a family since.
Friday-
Here in the Florida, Orlando Mission
when missionaries are about to go
home, they are able to attend the Temple
with President Berry one last
time before heading home. Unfortunately,
the companion staying in the
mission isn't able to go through. I was
able to do some good studies
with the other missionaries whose
companions are going home. It was
fun to go to lunch with some of those
missionaries going home. Friday
night was the weekly basketball with the
Elders Quorum. I love this
ward!
Saturday-
Our recent convert Sky finished up 4 of
his family names to take the
to the temple to do baptisms for the
dead! We had a great hour and a half
drive with the second counselor In the
ward take us down. We as missionaries are unable to participate with baptisms
but we can help with confirmations. We were stoked to help out! We ended up
getting Scandinavian names... I'll just say it was a struggle trying to
pronounce them correctly, and it was even a bigger struggle trying not to laugh
hearing Elder Harman trying! It was an experience I'll never forget. The spirit
in the Temple is unreal. I've only been able to do baptisms for the dead once before
my mission, and it was great. This experience was pretty special, and it was
something I'll always remember.
Sunday-
Elder Harman said his Goodbyes to the
ward and our investigators!
Sunday evening we had a less active in
the ward calling us crying. She
told us her brother had committed
suicide Saturday night, and needed
someone to talk to her and her family.
Again, this was a high pressure
situation and it was pretty intense. We
were both pretty nervous
heading into the home, but once we
prayed for comfort and confidence,
we were confident and collected. We were
unsure what to say as she was
really struggling holding it together when
we started bearing
testimony of the Plan of Salvation and
specifically the Spirit World.
She told herself over and over about the
Spirit World, but just needed
someone else to bear testimony of it. We
felt like we were able to
help lift her burdens even if it was a
little bit. She called us
earlier today and said that we invited
the spirit into the home, and
that's exactly what she needed. We
weren't sure how much of an impact
we specifically made, but we know we
helped out the most we could. The
Spirit is real. The church is true!
Mosiah 4:9
Believe in God; believe that he is, and
that he created all things,
both in heaven and in earth; believe
that he has all wisdom, and all
power, both in heaven and in earth
-Elder Doman
No comments:
Post a Comment