Hey
Everyone! I just want to let you know first off that I love you all and
appreciate all the prayers and support! I'm loving my time out here serving the
Lord and helping bring people unto Christ. Seriously, it is the greatest
decision I have made in my life thus far! For those who may question whether or
not to serve a mission....just do it! You will never regret it! Anyways here's
a little update on the past few weeks for you!
3
weeks ago was transfers and I got transferred to the Santa Juanita ward here in
Folsom/Orangevale. What is super awesome is Elder (Taylor) Ludlow is a Zone
Leader here in the stake just boarding our area so hopefully one of these days
we will bump into each other at the mission boarder haha! My companion is Elder
Allen from West Haven, Utah. All I can say is that he has been such an
incredible blessing! He just completed his training and he is a very hard
worker with a strong desire to be obedient and just go out and serve. We have
been working very hard talking with as many people as we can and we are
starting to see some amazing blessings! Elder Allen has really helped me to
step it up and be better. I know I will forever be grateful for him and he will
be a true lifelong friend.
We've
been teaching a couple really amazing people. One of them is named Cody Gerton.
He's 19 and he is a total stud. He is committed to be baptized on February 16th
and he is such an incredible example of faith and diligence. I'm so excited for
him and I know his life is about to be forever changed. He's so excited to not
only be baptized, but to be able to go to the Temple because that is how he
first met the missionaries was he went to the temple grounds everyday for 2
weeks and then requested to meet with missionaries. Total legend. Another man
we are teaching is Chris Gerber. Chris has 2 daughters who are members and so
he decided he has wanted to learn more. We have had 2 amazing lessons with him
and in our most recent lesson he was very touched by the Spirit as we were
discussing the Plan of Salvation. And he made it out to church this Sunday!
Seriously he's so amazing and so sincere.
The
ward here is incredible. The members are so supportive and love being involved
so it has really helped us out. We are really working on helping the members
get more energized in going out and doing their own missionary work so they can
help to find people who are ready to hear our message. I'm hopeful that we will
start seeing some results in the near future! All in all, these first 3 weeks
here have been incredible and I've really seen a change within myself. I've
really felt the Atonement of Christ change me and help me become the missionary
the Lord needs me to be over the past few weeks. I'm really looking forward to
these next few weeks and I have great faith great things are in store. I love
you all so much and I miss you and seriously it would mean so much to hear from
each and everyone of you! Have a great week and I promise to actually send out
a weekly next week!😂
California Roseville Mission
8583 Watt Avenue
Antelope, CA 95843
