29 August 2011

Hey!

 

I figure even though nobody but my buddy Tyler sent me an email I will send you one anyways cause my week was sweet! (haha EME, you got on too early and I hadn't written...yet!!)

 

So first we had a zone conference in which a general authority came whose name is Elder Lynn G. Robbins. He a very intelligent man. He told us about many ways to find new investigators. He told us about what kind of missionaries we have to be. He talked about different and fun ways to mark scriptures. It was a lot of fun having him there and it was very inspiring to us missionaries to hear all that he had to say. He told us that just by entering our mission, he could tell that there was a spirit of obedience. Because he has been to missions where he could tell that there was disobedience going on. This truly is the best mission ever!

 

Then on Friday we had a lesson with a less-active member who hasn't been to church in about 25 years. He told us that he used to have a testimony back when he was about 17 but has since lost that because he hasn't been nourishing it, but he said that he wanted to get that back. So we commited him to do the things that would bring his testimony back, pray, read the scriptures, and come to church, the primary answers. I didn't know those things were so important until I came out here and taught everybody that that is how you gain a testimony. The primary knows whats up. He came to church on sunday and seemed to enjoy himself. He was sitting with a ward missionary during the priesthood meetings. He told the ward missionary that the reason why he came was because the missionaries challenged me and it was the right time of my life. That was so awesome to hear! Even if we aren't getting baptisms, we are still bringing people back into the church. The Lord sure does prepare people that you may not know of.

 

So that was my cool story of the week.

 

Love,

Elder Robertson

 

ps (So I asked EME about the families he's teaching and also, we had a friend go to IN and said there was a lot of obesity, so I asked him if he noticed that)I see obesity more than you know. One of the families we are working with are going to move to missouri. The other one kind of half dropped us. They cancelled our appointment which makes 2 weeks of cancelled appointments. They said that we don't need to keep setting up appointments because they are so busy with their kids being back in school, which is a very bogus excuse. But they said they are going to keep coming to church, it is the weirdest situation I have been in out here. Love You!!