Dear Family,
This was a great week of growth
for me. I learned so much and saw many miracles. I am so very grateful
for the plan that God has placed for me. I know He is a part of
everything I do. I am grateful for the spiritual nourishment I have
received in the last few conferences I have attended. I have realized
that focussing on making the little things better makes the biggest
difference in the end.
Right now our investigator
pool is as healthy as ever. We have received an outpouring of blessing
and Ï can't thank the Lord enough for His help in this work. Our
investigator B. has taken monumental steps in the Gospel. She has
been reading the Book of Mormon and was concerned that it did not have
reference to the Virgin Mary, someone she had been praying to her whole
life. We had her turn to Alma seven where it explains the prophecy of
Christ's birth and talks about his Atonement. She didn't understand why
we, being Mormons, did not worship her. I began to feel uncomfortable.
How we were supposed to tell this woman that a practice she had been
living her whole life was doctrinally incorrect. We prayed for the
Spirit as we asked her to pull out her Bible. We read the first two
commandments in the Ten Commandments and explained the truth. I thought
she was going to freak out, but in that moment, I saw a miracle. She
looked at us after our explanation with a face of surprise and sorrow,
not confusion and anger. She was so sad that she didn't know the
scriptures well enough to know that all those years she had been living
in error. We comforted her and helped her understand that she did know a
lot about the scriptues, however there is so much more light and truth
we can add, due to the Restoration of the Gospel. In the end of the
lesson we commited her to be baptized in the coming month.
We had our specialized training with President and Hermana
Dayton. We love having them with us. It was so stressful preparing all
the church, snacks, etc. We also had a big meeting with the stake
president and President Dayton about the missionary work and that was
very stressful.
My clothes
are hanging in there.... losing socks by the day, but we fight on..... I
am an Elder, if something gets stained or ripped, we just put a sweater
over it.... hahaha
Elder Campbell is now a district leader.... lucky.... He is loving it!!!!
Definitely
send the packages to the mmission home.... especielly if it doesn't
arrive before christmas. Transfers are the day after.
Love you,
Elder Tyson
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