August 10, 2015
Dear Family & Friends,
This week a lot of really cool things
happened. We had zone training so that ate up quite a big chunk of the first
part of our week. We focused the training on conversion. It was cool to see the
discussion that we had and how everyone has come to know Jesus Christ and our Heavenly
Father through many different experiences. We had one of the sisters that work
in the office email all the parents of the missionaries in the zone and get
pictures from their baptisms when they were little. It was cool because we put
the pictures up and everyone was able to think back on their baptisms and the
spirit they felt then. At the end of the training we set a goal as a zone to invite
711 people to baptism by the end of the transfer. We gave everyone a little
notebook to keep track of all the names. It will be cool to see the miracles
that come from this.
P-day sports with Elders Gammell, Wright and Witt |
We went on exchanges this week with
Elder Witt. We had an awesome day! I'll tell you a little bit about the
highlight of the day. So we went to this apartment complex to knock on some
doors and try to see some people we had met before. As we parked the car and
got out we saw a lady sitting on the steps in front of her apartment a little
ways ahead of us. We walked up to her and started talking to her. Her face lit
up right when she saw us and that's when I remembered that we talked to her
last transfer. The last time we saw her she was recently diagnosed with cancer
and had a lot of trials in her life. She did not want to be talked to. It was
different this time. She remembered me and said she was glad we came back. Then she opened up to us and told us about what she had been through. It was really
cool because Elder Witt had cancer right before his mission. So he was able to
connect with her on that. We testified about Gods love for her. Then we invited
her to be baptized on September 12th. She said yes to it!! We were so happy!!
We then invited her to church and challenged her to quit smoking. And she said
yes to both of those as well. It's so cool to see how Heavenly Father prepares
the heart of his children to accept his message. He also leads and guides us to
those souls if we pray specifically for the opportunity to be given to us. It
was such a big testimony builder.
Elders Gammell & Jenkins We were comps for like 10 hours |
Then later that night we were guided
to a young couple fixing their car. It was funny because before we talked with
them they saw us sprinting across the street and jumping through the gate to
the apartment complex right before it closed. Ha-ha I think that softened them
up so they would actually listen to us. They had some really great questions
and we gave them a Book of Mormon. They loved the idea of a book that contained
a record of the people here in the Americas. We invited them to be baptized as
well and they said they would be if they read from the Book of Mormon and felt
it was true. Awesome day right there. We will see what happens this week when
we follow up with them on it.
If you're looking for a good talk to
read look up, "True Conversion
Brings Happiness" by Richard G.
Scott. It's short but packed with great stuff.
As always thanks for all the prayers.
They really do make a difference.
Love you all!!
-Elder Gammell
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