Week Ten - and our trio is down to two... - 11/17

This week was probably the best week of my mission. It was just super fun.

   

The work has been just going well, The other two Elders and I finally figured out how to teach together, and we were on fire. We are finding new investigators, getting less active members pumped about church, and we did SO MUCH service. It was great. We cut wood for a total of 8 hours, helped build a dog house, I put new belts on some guys van, built a drainage/trench system... and so much more. Isn't service just great?

   

Then this happened. Our Mission President promised an Investigator named Gerry that he would be back for his Baptism, Whenever it happened. And this weekend Gerry got baptized. By the Mission

President. And he hadn't ever baptized anyone except his kids... Not even on his mission. It was the coolest thing I've ever witnessed. Then after that we went to dinner and just hung out with the Heaps! It was the coolest experience ever.

   

Sadly enough, they had another reason they came down. Our Land Lady got quite angry when she found out we had three of us in our apartment, and called the Mission Office and told them one of us had to go... By Saturday. Anyways, it worked out that one of us could go. Because that day the First Presidency had called President Heap, and told him one of the Missionary's waiting for his visa had to leave to India, that night.

   

So Elder Carlson is gone to Lubbock. Just like in Lion King, Simon and Pumba lost there little lion friend... "Our trio's down to two..."

Anyway's the Lord needs him. He'll do great things for Lubbock! AND IT SNOWED. It's usually about 40 degrees in the day, and last night it hit 9 degrees!! I didn't expect that when I got called to

TEXAS. It's pretty great.

  

I just want to end by say this. I know that the Book of Mormon is true. If you don't know it is, Please read from it, and Pray and ask God if it is true. (Moroni 10:4-5; James 1:5) Write me with questions

you may have, Invite the Missionary's over. I know that if you do that, you can find Everlasting Joy (Mosiah 2:41).

I love y'all and pray for you. Please. Take my Advice, Member or Not, Invite the missionaries over to hear their message.

Love, Elder Shawn Murray