This week has gone well! Yesterday we had a Regional Conference in the Orem, Provo and Saint George Utah Area where Elder Gary E. Stevenson spoke. He shared a story where when he was out in the middle of his mission he was called to Japan and it was humid for him, he ride bikes, and everyday eat mostly eats rice and fish. During the time the Church decided to make Utah a mission area and he received a letter from his parents about it. He learned that there are 2 missionaries from Utah that are called to Utah and how Elder Stevenson's parents offer to have the missionaries in their home taking his room where to sleep, his truck for transportation and being prepared for his mothers delicious pancakes for breakfast. He also talked about 3 Christlike attributes and he found it in the lane HOV in the Highways. HOV: Humility, Obedience and Virtue. Amazing he talked he gave along with others who talked about following the prophet, prayer, and being of good cheer.
We have done a lot of service this week. Our first service was helping with landscaping for this family in which one of them is inactive and a deacon was a convert. Another service was for a lady over 60's who has a lot of wood wanting to be stack in the backyard. She loves the south because of southerners saying mam and sir a lot. another service was painting houses for a service project for the American Fork Harbor Ward Focus Area.
Another service opportunity I had was helping a less active male who wants to have the spiritual experiences with the church again, wanted a new couch. Not so long after that, there was a woman who is less active who wants to get rid of her furniture because she wanted a new couch from big lots. What made it interesting is that we got to help 2 inactive members that was beneficial to the both of them. I say it was tender mercy for the both of them. They both promise they will come to church and I am looking forward into seeing them there.
Last Tuesday, the Bishop had a barbecue for the ward because of his son's arrival home from The Phillipines. His name is Josiah Shettell and he has such a strong testimony and he has been a great help for being a fellowshiper for this family we are looking forward to meet. There is a young man who bishop claims he is ready to be baptize after everything he has gone through. At last we found a new investigator!
Not only that, at regional conference, there was this lady that was not a member who wanted to meet with us this week. What's interesting is that she wants to hear us out and how her fiance and his mother were really anti to it. I pray so strongly for an oppotunity to finally meet someone who is waiting for us to meet. I hope this won't slip by.
I hope everyone back in the East is going okay. I have people telling me about the hurricane after telling them where I was from. I prayed for your safety and for others for their personal success in what you can acheive. I love you all!
Photo 1: At the wood service,
Front Row Left to Right: Elder Mcowan(6' 8" and is from Texas that plays basketball), Elder Jasperson(football player from Texas and was my MTC companion), Myself, Elder Oyunbold (form Mongolia, my companion, great cook, District Leader, a convert and his birthday is a day below mine)
Back Row: Elder Seyfer(from Colorado, plays a lot of video games and knows the ones I love), Elder Sorensen (from Floridia and is an awesome tennis player)
Photo 2 & 3: Barbecue with Josiah Shettell behind the camera. American Fork 1st Ward is amazing!
