Transfers and a Box of Roses

Transfer day was snowing hard, snowflakes the size of golf balls

Well, it happened again, six weeks have passed and people moved, I stayed in Post Falls, and my new companion is Elder Judd, so far we have had a great time here in Post Falls.

Well we met her a while ago, but we were finally able to have a lesson with a person we just walked into on the street a couple weeks ago, she has been recently divorced and was looking for something to help her through some of the rough time whe has been dealing with recently.  The lesson we had was so good, she was so receptive and willing to learn more, and we even got her to commit to coming to church THE NEXT DAY!  And she said she would read the Book of Mormon as well.....  THATS AWSOME!

Before met Elder Judd he had to sit in Trainer training,  so I had a temporary companion (Elder Dunn) and we tracted for three hours in Spokane.  It was snowing preety hard, and since it was transfers I did not bring my coat because I thought it would be a quick exchange, I was wrong.  So there I was, in my suit, shoveling snow for an old guy we encountered along the way, we were able to stay warm because we got to do lots of shoveling and we even got hot chocolate.  We also met some lady who was pretty nice to us, she was a non member and we talked for about 40 minutes, she told us that she had been praying to have compassion on the missionaries "because I hate them" those ate her words.

Well, not much else happened we have been doing a lot of finding and have not found much people with potential yet.

Scripture time:

Mark 11:24

24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

In my area, we have seen first hand the power of prayer, we have seen how we have been guided towards those who need us most and those who need comfort.  Know that the lord hears your prayers, and helps you through all your trails.  I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen

Thank you all for the letters and emails that you send me they are really appreciated.

  

By the way, these are the rules that we have for contacting family.  (We can now call and text people.)

President Thompson :

"Elders and Sisters I just received some clarification in regards to contacting family. I just received this in an email this morning:

1. Family is defined as the missionary’s immediate family (mom and dad and siblings living at home)

2. Calling home for Birthdays is only outlined as for the missionaries parents birthdays.

3. The missionary should be the only one to initiate all communication with their family whether it’s Skype, Chat, text etc.

4. All of this communication should be done on Preparation Day and conclude by 6:00 pm

5. Missionaries can call home for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Christmas.

6.The Brethren don’t want us to be putting time limits on the communications, but are giving more trust to the missionaries to do the right thing with their use of time.

7.The intent of this is to keep it simple. Teach correct principles and let the missionaries govern themselves and to bring the blessings of their family by helping support the missionaries infield."