Hearing about the drought from last week, I thought about a
video I have seen. Thought I would share the link with all of you.
http://www.lds.org/training/wwlt/2013/hastening/ward-council-and-mission-leaders?lang=eng#media=14110200343112493770-eng
This week was another normal week, we had a Zone Conference
on Tuesday so we drove to that. The goal
for this year for baptisms for the mission is 700. They are really pushing us to teach and find
families, that can support each other and bring up the number of baptisms in
the mission. The goal for the ward is 12 baptisms this year. We, as missionaries, are looking to the ward
members to help us out on this. The
conventional way of finding by knocking on doors and street contacting isn’t
that successful. But more successful through
members reaching out and inviting their friends and family to learn more about
it as well. There was a missionary who
just returned from his mission and reported to the ward this week. It was really good to be able to hear about
his mission. He said the same thing. He
found out quickly that tracting and street contacting were not the best way for
finding to be done. It’s through the
members of the church. With 15,000,000
members and 80,000 missionaries; if each member talks to one person a day-
then they are talking to more people than 80,000 missionaries can talk to in one
day, all day. He said very simply, “Pray
for missionary opportunities to happen in your everyday life. If you are
sincerely looking to help the missionaries out, then you will find those people
through small and simple things. You
will be able to find those children of God that missionaries can teach. That missionaries are set apart to teach.” It was really kind of a very powerful time to
listen to him.
Had the opportunity of listening to a talk by Hyrum Smith
called “Spiritual Condition.” It is
about how we need to build ourselves in spirit.
Members of the church are always saying wow the missionaries have the
spirit so strong with them. He bluntly
said it’s because they want it. They study for 2 hours every day and have at
least 6 prayers a day. If every member of the church would do that, then there
would be no weak testimonies. Because
every member would have the spirit in abundance.
We found a new investigator this last week. We found him on Thursday and had a lesson
with him this morning. Between Thursday
and this morning, he had found the Book of Mormon online and read 1st
Nephi. He is doing really well. The one we were teaching last week is also
doing good.
We went out to contact a lady out in the middle of nowhere. Driving allows me to see more of the
countryside. A couple of shots from the
area.
Loved seeing the silos- first time
in 7 months for that!
And a sugar
factory overlooking the city.
Made it through six months so time to burn a tie. Don’t worry it was a tie I bought here and
didn’t like that well!
Love, Elder Stevenson
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