Tricky

 

River Mist

 

Elder Louw

 

PLEASE PRAY

Please pray for the missionaries and the investigators!

All Things Cheerfully

We are struggling to find any solid investigators but are definitely not giving up. I have had a renewed enthusiasm for teaching people about the Book of Mormon and giving out more copies after this last zone conference. Pres. Bulloch gave a great/amazing training on the Book of Mormon and its purpose and role in our day. He gave us a challenge at the end of the zone conference (from “Preach My Gospel” in section 5) to go through the Book of Mormon and highlight every time we see the name Jesus Christ or any other of his many names or references to him or the atonement. You should try it. I started today and can already tell I’m going to be doing a lot of high lighting. I gave a talk in church yesterday and based it on the talk by Elder Oaks called "The Challenge to Become." Look it up on lds.org. A great talk that really helps put into perspective what our purpose is and why we have all of the teaching in the scriptures and all of the teachings of the modern prophets and apostles...to help us become like the father!
Man, I’m learning a lot out here. Mainly that it’s important to "endure to the end" amidst all the rejection and let down. Good thing I have so many good teachers and examples out here and all of your prayers because I wouldn’t be able to go on without them. A scripture that has helped me out is D&C 132:17 "...all things....cheerfully..."

Still Cold...Still Tracting

The other day it was zero degrees and windy and it was misserable. I got a sore throat just from breathing in the cold dry air but finally today it feels better. It's been snowing really lightly here for the past like four days but not a lot of accumulation so far, just about a foot. Elder Burbank and I were blessed to find a new investigator. He was at this house way back in the woods with no trespasing signs all over so we were not sure if we should go but we ended up just trying it anyways and it worked out great. Also I ran into something I had never experienced before on the mission or in my life. I ran into people who are a part of a reorganized church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints. They read from the Book of Mormon but have different beliefs. It was interesting and so weird.