Yes, my companion writes like a
journalist lol so much detail... sorry not doing that. hahaha But i think we
have learned a lot from each other.
Yes i would love that history of
Elder Walker and can show my president. He would be interested in that. The senior
couple here would also be interested... their surname is Stevenson. His great
grandpa or something like that was also the first missionary here. soo they
were comps! hahaha
This week was great! super super busy
with everything and zone conference went well. Our President talked out D&C
20:37 which is about qualifications for baptism. It was truly inspired cause we
had some questions about some investigators when we should baptize them. We
decided to postpone after that talk and let me tell ya, she was not happy!!! It’s
sad because she has such a strong
desire but i don’t think it was for the right reason so we are postponing it to
jan 21. (she is going to the villages for a while) We are going to have a few
baptisms this coming week. I think 3 which is nice. I’ll send you a picture
next week of it but really excited. 2 of them are former investigators who
kinda disappeared for a while but then realized what they have been missing and
now desire to be baptized which is awesome! It’s kinda true from that one
conference talk that said, if you leave where will you go? This email is really
jumbled sorry hahah but the other thing our president talked about was
budgeting hahaha. It was really interesting. I’m pretty sure he was a financial
advisor back home and he was tell us how when he went on a date with who is now
his wife, at dinner or something he just said lets talk about the budget and
then after they agreed he then asked to marry her hahaha it was really funny
but smart!
Well Christmas is on pday (Monday) so
I can call pretty much any time. We have a family that has already offered to
have us and we can skype there soooo now just gotta see a time when we can
because I’m way ahead of you. Also i will get a new comp right before Christmas
like 5 days before (sad for him) so i don’t know when he will be able to.
The number of youth coming to church
is increasing. i really try to focus on the youth cause that is who i get along
with the most and I teach them a lot! Some of them go on missions but its
almost like it’s not really a necessity here. They go if they want and are
really strong!
i haven’t contacted door to door in a
long time. If we don’t have anything to do, we go to members and ask who haven’t
you seen in church in a long time. We go and visit the less actives and then
get new investigators through them. It’s pretty much all referral finding and
also walking to appointments talking to people and setting times.
The Madagascar missionaries are still
here. i don’t know when they go back. I’m not sure of the situation.
I would like to study the beatitudes,
wasn’t there a talk on that just a little while ago? Or Jeffery R Holland’s
talk was kinda on that. I think it was about trying to be perfect but i will
look into it more. I have loved studying the talks when they come out!!! Man
they are so good. i cut some out and put them in my Book of Mormon. haha Like
the one about the sacrament, so i can read it during church to keep my mind
focused.
Great week, good energy this week
Elder Shaw
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