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I got my pants fixed, I am going to go get them today, 15 dollars for everything
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Yes, transfer calls were Sunday and we are staying six more, woo
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haha no just kidding though we are staying another transfer more and I'm excited.
Great week this week, although it's been crazy because the Salem
sisters got booted out, so we are now covering the Salem Ward in full force and
the Young singles branch. which is fine, we are just trying not to sacrifice
quality for the quantity of time we have to spend on both. It should be pretty
fun though. We now have like 10 investigators and a bunch of less actives so
with all of the people we are working with in singles and in Salem we should
just come home and pass out. That is what I want, to just work so hard we are
just dead at the end of the day. YESSS!
Ok so here's the list, first, for the Salem ward, our
investigators
Margie, and her daughter Felicia, who is a YSA. Felicia has a
date set for July 7. Margie wants to be baptized and we will meet with her
tomorrow night. I'm excited to meet them haha
Esmerelda, who's husband is a member. He wants to baptize
her.......... She wants to be baptized............ cool :) she just needs to
work on some things. We'll get her there. and then baptize her friends.....
Kim, also knows it's true and wants to be baptized, she has a
crazy situation though. She lives with a member but is married to someone else?
She is trying to get a divorce.
Sonya, she dropped the sisters but we want to at least meet
her. Hopefully we can spark some interest.
Cory who loves the gospel but won't be
baptized, we'll see what he's all about this week
The Edwards Fam, who have 2 non- members that requested Elders
but we can't seem to get a hold on them. We will though, today we hope.
Dusty and Sherrin, no progression but we're hoping this week
they will.
Alan - same, if he doesn't do anything this week we have
to drop him :(
The Less actives include Liz, Chrissy, Tammy, Sis. Dunmire,
Sis. Galotti, Edwards (again), and Valarie. Great!!! so much work.
Plus 4 or 5 recent converts.
Then we have the YSA branch investigators
Billy, hasn't come to church yet, he's scared to, but we are
having a church tour with him this week if he'll call us back....
Daniel, lesson tonight, we'll be on splits so I don't get to
teach him but hopefully good things!
Lacey, We had a thought to have a lesson at Melinda's
house, who is in a wheelchair, I think I've told you about her. It should be
good. We will have it this week and we were going to have the sisters teach her
but now they are gone.
David - what a cool guy. He doesn't believe in Jesus but he
keeps coming to church. He is praying still to find out if Jesus is the Son of
God. He is just having a hard time trusting the Bible. Lesson on Saturday should
be fun:)
Sarah- she knows the Bible in and out and says she finds
contradictions with the Book of Mormon but she can't come up with any when we
are there. She just needs to come to church and she would but she has work.
We're just waiting for a window to get her in and help her find out.
Vanessa-Sarah's friend, comes to every lesson, does whatever
Sarah says, a little frustrating haha
and then we have all sorts of recently baptized people that we
are correlating with the Salem ward leadership and ysa branch leadership to make
sure they are staying close to the gospel. It's so much fun! We are going to be
pretty busy for the next while. Hopefully it stays this way and we can keep this
teaching pool up. If everyone gives us one friend, then they give us one
friend....... we could just baptize everyone! What a cool experience to be this
busy and also watch over our missionaries. This is just too much fun!!
There were really no big spiritual experiences this week, but
last night and this morning were pretty emotional and exciting. I got calls from
Elder Wright, Elder Carpenter, and Elder Wheelock, all who fly home today and
just wanted to say some last dying words. I was so touched. They each gave me
advise and I am just so blessed to know and be friends and be influenced by so
many young men and women out here serving. I'm convinced they are the best in
the world. Elder Wheelock (my first zone leader) told me something that really
meant a lot. He told me about the influence that I will have on others if I will
live like the savior did. He said that the Savior did three things, he lived
perfectly and was exactly obedient, served and sacrificed with love, and then
invited others to better themselves. He has served as a mission leader for
pretty much his whole mission, meaning he trained, was a district leader, zone
leader, and assistant, and one thing that always impressed me was that he ALWAYS
invited me to read a scripture and get back to him. ALWAYS uplifting me and
praising my gifts, that's the type of leader I want to be. BUT, Dad, you taught
me an important lesson too. You said "drop out of leadership mode and learn
something from someone else this week" or at least that's what I got from it
haha. So It's a balance, always learning and teaching, uplifting and being
uplifted, edification happens as we use the spirit in all things. So, can I
invite you to study some scriptures and get back to me so I can learn what you
have to say about them? These are my favorite scriptures about the Atonement.
Mosiah 15:9 esp. "standing betwixt them and justice" , D&C 45 3-5, and
D&C 110: chapter heading and 1-5. Just envision the Savior standing betwixt
you and justice, saying those words in section 45, and apply it when you partake
of the sacrament. I LOVE IT!!! I hope someone can get something from that and
that I can learn from your responses. I would love to discuss through pen and
paper anything about the atonement :) :)
I love you all so much! Thanks for another good week :)
Love,
Elder Skyler Mark Andreasen
P.S. I CHOOSE CHRIST!!!!!!
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