Week 20

OK I am not going to to go through my week this time, because I can't remember most of it to be honest! But I did have some cool moments that I would love to share!

 ZTM- (zone training meting) we had on Friday morning and I was asked to give a spiritual thought for it, so I did! And wow I kinda did a throw down! But as I was pondering what to say or what scripture to give, I came across one that I liked a lot it is in James 4:7-8 it says 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands,... So I gave that and then I said "We don't have the right to act STUPID" then I went on talking about how we are held to a higher standard then the the rest of the world. But ya that was my two cents for the rest of the missionaries here. It was a real good ZTM and I learned a ton from it.

 

Ricky- so we went to a members home Wednesday night and we met Ricky (one of the sons) I have never met him before, but wow what a awesome guy. He is a member but a less active member. We talked with him that night and we invited him to come to do service with us the next morning, which he did and it was a blast to have him there. Then Friday night came and we were siting in our APT making dinner, when he gives us a call, we talk and he needed our help to give a blessing to a friend that is in the hospital. So he came and picked us up, and on the way we taught an awesome lesson to him about all sorts of things. We got to the room and we talked to the friend, and Ricky was so good at teaching him who we are and what we were going to do. We had the blessing and that was really cool. then Ricky said a prayer  and that just really brought the spirit, and I was just super happy and excited. We got back into the car heading home and it was raining so we asked Ricky if he could drive us to an investigators house, so he did and we had the best lesson with him we helped him read the intro page to the Book of Mormon and Ricky explained the the book so well to him and in a way that made sense to him, more so then I could have. We had a closing prayer given by Ricky and oh man when he was done our investigator and his dad had tears. so ya that was an awesome night for sure! 

 

Church- so we are getting closer to the ward and they are liking us more and more every Sunday which is the best. This past Sunday we started doing missionary moments, which is where one of the missionaries gets up right before sacrament and tells a story about an experience they had the past week or so and then shares their testimony.  It went really well and everyone loved it a ton. The only bad part was I had to do it. But oh-well it was nice to have the ward get to know me more! 

Love you tons,

Elder Gordon