Hello!! Transfers were a week ago, and I am staying in Olney. Last
transfer we received a new companion, Elder Child's,
for the last week of the transfer, and now Elder Childs and I are
together in Olney. We have been working hard this
week, and it has been amazing.
Sorry for the lack a literature I
send. I will do better, I promise, one hand on the white Bible. So yea,
I saw Audrey Burton at church. I was sitting there, and the man talking
said, my son is here with his girlfriend Audrey Burton, and they are
going to BYU. I'm like, I know an Audrey Burton that goes to BYU, I look
over and sure enough it is her. It is a small world.
Guess what, I love to make banana pancakes. I make them
all the time and they are delicious. I wish I could make zucchini
Bread. I miss Zucchini bread. I will try to make some and send you a
picture of what I whip up.
Happy Birthday Cameron. You are 14 going on 15 baby it's
time to ski! I miss skiing. I hope you are able to go and do some mad
shredding on the slopes.
I am trying to learn some Spanish because there are just
so many people from Mexico and South American countries. I am getting
to the point where I can introduce us, and ask if they would like to
meet with Spanish missionaries. It is so funny when I introduce us, and
then they just go off, and I'm like, what you just heard was all the
Spanish I know.
The primary president asked the missionaries to come and speak in
primary once a month, and it is so much fun. I remember what it feels
like to go to primary. I remember being in primary and singing "I Hope They Call Me On a Mission", and it is so crazy
to think that I am actually here now. It hits me every time I think
about it. I felt the spirit so strong in primary as all the kids sang
about the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
Happy late Saint Patrick's day! For dinner we had the traditional Saint Patrick's meal, corned beef and cabbage. I never knew that.
One of the best feelings to have as a Missionary is to see your
investigators at church, sitting next to members and being fellow shipped and being welcomed into the ward family, and
participating in classes. The struggle of trying to get people at
church
is worth it when you see them there, and when they feel the spirit.
This Sunday, there was a 'why I believe' at the Temple visitor
center, and the guest speaker was Dawn Armstrong. She was on the movie,
meet the Mormons, and she was the mother of the missionary. WOW! The
life story she told on the movie was a very PG version
of an R rated life. She suffered it all. Despite it all, there was
still a change in her heart. She was converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ. That is the thing
that amazes me the most. The Holy Ghost testifies
of truth to everyone, all people have to do is allow him to.
It is indescribable the change people make in there lives to live
according to the gospel of Jesus Christ. People's hearts are touched and
changed for good. The Holy Ghost will enter into the hearts of people
and they will be converted, but conversion
is not a one time thing, it is a continual thing and is a part of
enduring to the end. Like Dallin H Oaks said, " The Gospel is a process
of becoming". I made a list of scriptures that show ways that the Holy
Ghost has blessed my life.
John 14: 26-27, 2nd Nephi: 33 1-2, Alma 12: 7, D+C 42: 17, D+C 84: 85, D+C 11: 21,D+C 100: 5-8
I love you all... Become Converted!!! (More)
Love you guys more than banana pancakes!!!
Elder Dallin Spurgeon
