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This has been a really busy week for me. We get up to a lot of teaching, training, working, and silliness in between.
As usual, let me start with the teaching pool. We had another great lesson with Chad this week. He is very thoughtful and brings a lot of questions to our lessons. We were able to review the concept of Repentance with him, while teaching him about the Holy Ghost, Enduring to the End, and Obedience. The idea of having a completely clean slate after we repent sincerely is a really hard concept for Chad to grasp, and I've been pondering that same thing this week. It has lead me to rely much more on the promise of the Sacrament, and how it allows me to recommit myself on a weekly basis. After a lifetime of membership in the church, I feel as though I've finally learned the significance of that ordinance.
We had another lesson with Sylvia where we taught the Plan of Salvation, which I really love to teach. It's been hard trying to find a way to teach her, because she has been taught for so long and knows so much. We are really just hoping for a miracle that her Dad will allow her to be baptized soon. We had another great lesson with Enrique as well, and he's now been "passed off" to be taught by some of the sisters in our Zone. He's also a really cool guy, and seeing the Spirit enlighten him during moments of teaching is really interesting to watch.
We continued our finding efforts, which to be honest, were pretty repetitive and tiring. I've had more rude comments over the last few days said to me while tracting just over the past few days than I have in a really long time. Tracting has brought a few very interesting people to the door. We met one man who is writing a series of books about people with superheroes based on the fruits of the Spirit, and another who was very much into heavy metal bands and surprisingly accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon!
We attended a lot of meetings this week; a Zone Conference reviewing our visit with Elder Uchtdorf and giving a training, and my first Stake Coordination meeting. In between all of that, we went on exchanges with the Brentwood 2nd/Marsh Creek Elders. I spent the day with Elder Fish in his area. We got to experience a cool miracle in finding a potential person with interest, which was very welcomed for their area, one where it's really hard to find. We managed to find her after a massive day of contacting people. Cool little miracles.
This has been a really busy week for me. We get up to a lot of teaching, training, working, and silliness in between.
As usual, let me start with the teaching pool. We had another great lesson with Chad this week. He is very thoughtful and brings a lot of questions to our lessons. We were able to review the concept of Repentance with him, while teaching him about the Holy Ghost, Enduring to the End, and Obedience. The idea of having a completely clean slate after we repent sincerely is a really hard concept for Chad to grasp, and I've been pondering that same thing this week. It has lead me to rely much more on the promise of the Sacrament, and how it allows me to recommit myself on a weekly basis. After a lifetime of membership in the church, I feel as though I've finally learned the significance of that ordinance.
We had another lesson with Sylvia where we taught the Plan of Salvation, which I really love to teach. It's been hard trying to find a way to teach her, because she has been taught for so long and knows so much. We are really just hoping for a miracle that her Dad will allow her to be baptized soon. We had another great lesson with Enrique as well, and he's now been "passed off" to be taught by some of the sisters in our Zone. He's also a really cool guy, and seeing the Spirit enlighten him during moments of teaching is really interesting to watch.
We continued our finding efforts, which to be honest, were pretty repetitive and tiring. I've had more rude comments over the last few days said to me while tracting just over the past few days than I have in a really long time. Tracting has brought a few very interesting people to the door. We met one man who is writing a series of books about people with superheroes based on the fruits of the Spirit, and another who was very much into heavy metal bands and surprisingly accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon!
We attended a lot of meetings this week; a Zone Conference reviewing our visit with Elder Uchtdorf and giving a training, and my first Stake Coordination meeting. In between all of that, we went on exchanges with the Brentwood 2nd/Marsh Creek Elders. I spent the day with Elder Fish in his area. We got to experience a cool miracle in finding a potential person with interest, which was very welcomed for their area, one where it's really hard to find. We managed to find her after a massive day of contacting people. Cool little miracles.
That's pretty much the brunt of it this week!
I love you. I love what I am doing. It can be hard and frustrating, but it is pretty rewarding. I am grateful for this experience.
Have a fantastic week!
Elder Butters/包长老
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