Week Fifty One - Lubbock is Great 8/31

Dear Friends and Family,

I love Lubbock.  I love my new companion.  

One year gone. (September 10th so close enough)

Thus far on my mission I have learned so much. I have grown and I have become close to being the man that my father in Heaven wants me to be. I love this Gospel. I know that Jesus is the Christ and He is my Savior. Through Him I have found peace, joy, comfort, and the healing of His Atonement because of repentance. I have found who I am. I love my family, and am willing to do anything to spend eternity with them. I want that for others. I can only imagine the happiness I will one day have with my eternal companion. I am excited to serve the Lord with all I have for the rest of my life. He will know my name.

Love,

Elder Shawn Michael Murray

The first two are in his Midland area and the last one in in his new area in Lubbock.

Week Fifty - Going to the Temple 8/24

Dear Friends and Family, 

Well, six weeks in Midland has come and gone, just like that. Lubbock, you better be ready for Elder Murray.

This week as we got to go up to Lubbock for the Temple, I realized truly the importance of that glorious House of the Lord. I know that the covenants we make there, and the work that we preform is truly of God. He would be the only one that could bring us the opportunity for that much joy. I am so thankful for my Father in Heaven who loves me enough to help me prepare for an eternal family of my own. I am grateful He knows me.

I love y'all. Keep in touch.

Elder Shawn Michael Murray

Here is his new address:

Elder Shawn Murray

5501 Utica #94 

Lubbock, TX 79414

Week Forty Nine - Kind of a Rough Week, But I Smiled 8/17

Dear Friends and Family,

This week was rough. Haha. I smiled most of it, and am happy, but it wasn't easy. To start off, It's been capital H.O.T. Like 105+ in the day, and still 90+ at night. So in turn, nobody is outside, so we walk around aimlessly for hours, trying to find anyone.

Then for a few days one of my two companions and I were sick and didn't even have the strength to get up. That was real rough. Haha. I like moving. Sitting there all day kills me.

But it all turned for the better Sunday! This last week was Stake Conference, and so we didn't have the opportunity to take the Sacrament! Yesterday, when we got to take it, was amazing. I felt the power, literally. I know that we can be cleansed from our Sins through the Atonement and that is a fact. "No if's, and's, or but's." I know that Jesus is the Christ. He is the Son of God. He is my Savior and yours. I urge you all to act upon His request to "Come and See" what He can do with you.

Love - 

Elder Shawn Michael Murray

Week Forty Eight - Service, Service, Service 8/10

Dear Friends and Family,

Well this week we got to help an organization called ChinaAid in painting little red crosses to help keep up the spirits of those Chinese Christians who are being persecuted for the beliefs by the government! We painted hundreds.

We also got to help a family who is trying to come back to church remodel their double wide trailer.  I got to take a sledge hammer through the floor until I had a hole wide enough to dig a two foot deep one foot round hole for new supporting. Lots of fun comes from hitting things. 

Lastly we had Stake Conference this week and Elder Cardon of the quorum of seventy came! It was pretty good! 

Other than that we've done a whole lot of walking and talking to people. It's not been under 100 degrees, so it's pretty hard to find people outside. But we keep the faith and alot of prayers. 

I love you all. 

Elder Shawn Michael Murray

Week Forty Seven - Sweating to Death 8/3

Dear friends and Family,

Other than sweat to death, nothing really happened this week.

I guess this is a cool story!  So the other day we met this nice woman named Algeria Worsham.  She was outside just standing there with her girls.  They are Jaycin (said Jason, age 9) and Keirrah (age 7, almost 8).  Algeria had grown up in the church and then left due to some judgment and comments about her having a child out of marriage.  Anyways we talked to her about the church, and she wants to come back!  She couldn't this week, but her daughters came and LOVED IT.  They're so cute!!

I know that our God is a God of Miracles and he loves us more that we'll ever imagine. Remember that.

I love y'all. Love Elder Shawn Murray.

P.S.  This is the Midland/Odessa Zone Conference

This is the back of Shawn after Zone Conference