Hiii
Well, President
surprised me on Sunday night when he called to tell me that I am being
transferred.... I thought I was going to have another 6 weeks at least in the Lakewood
ward but apparently the lord has different plans. President said it was a last
minute change, and right now I am not too fond of last minute changes. The
other crazy thing is that there will be no more Spanish Elders in the Lakewood
ward so the 3-4 people we were teaching a week in Spanish are probably just
going to be dropped now. My next area will be in the Toledo 2nd ward in Toledo
Ohio... (I don’t know where that is either don’t worry ha-ha) But I am excited
for the new things to come but sad to be leaving this ward after what seems
like such a short time, especially when after a lot of hard work we are seeing
the fruits of that labor pay off. Maybe it’s a good thing anyways because I
would have been evacuated out of Cleveland for two weeks due to the RNC...
Well, here is
the good news from the week. We went with Charisse and Alexis to the temple! I
think the greatest moment of my mission so far was when I watched both of them
go into the font to be baptize for family names. When Charisse got into the font started to cry and the spirit
present was really strong. We were able to confirm them as well afterwards. The
other cool part is we were able to drive down with Elder Titera the area 70 and
his wife. She is Charisse’s fellowship member and has been working very closely
with her to get some family names for the temple. It makes the work so much
easier when you have a really good fellowship for investigators and recent
converts. The ward also helped to make Charisse and Alexis like a part of the
ward while driving there and back. It has definitely helped in making the
transition from missionaries to ward members. I guess the big reason I was sent
to this area was to meet the Stubblefield family because I met them the first
night I was here and the last weekend here we were able to go to the temple. It
has been the greatest experience to watch them make the changes necessary and
see their testimonies grow. The other miracle that has come from the temple is
that when Charise got home and told the rest of her family just how great it
was, more of them decided that they were ready to meet with us and also Charisse
has invited like 7 or 8 of her friends to take the missionary lessons at her
house. She is almost a better missionary then we are. I am going to miss her
and her family a lot, when I told her yesterday that I was leaving she started
to cry and it was the saddest thing. They have become like another family to
me. Missions are great and I am very grateful for the relationships that are
made here.
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| Kirkland with the Hollyfield's |
Other good news,
Brother Crowning, the returning member we are working with, has finally quit smoking
and set a date with the Bishop for getting his temple recommend and going to
the temple! He is another miracle of my mission. More good new is that Doug and
Jessica from my last area let me know that they are getting baptized on August
14th! I am hoping that president will allow me to be there for when they are
baptized, but if not, I am so happy to hear that they are making that step
forward. Also, Willy Hollyfield has set a date for baptism and has basically
quit smoking... watching people come unto Christ and change their lives is a
great thing to watch.
I love this
gospel and I am grateful for the knowledge and peace it brings me.
Thanks for your love and support!
Alma 40:25
Until next week,
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