Dear Family,
First
of all, I am happy to report that this week I FINALLY GOT MY BIRTHDAY
PACKAGE YOU SENT LAST JULY AND ALSO MY CHRISTMAS PACKAGE!!
THANKS!!!!!!! My birthday package only took 8 months and my Christmas
box only 4!! haha. I have no idea where they have been, but it was so
FUN getting them and opening them up! It was like my birthday and
Christmas all in one! I love you guys! Thanks!
Also,
I'm sorry no pictures again this week. The computers at this internet
cafe are super ghetto and most of them don't have a connector. I'll
send pictures as soon as I'm at a good computer.
This
week my companion and I hit our goal and taught ten strong lessons!
We are really happy about it. Also, we will have a baptism this week!
Oyunjargal, our 16-yr-old investigator, will have her baptism interview
tonight and I am sure she will pass! She is super ready. Her school
exams and whatnot that she had to do in order to graduate are now
finished and nothing is holding her back from coming to church. She is
so excited and is going to be a great member! This week in our Zone, we
will have seven baptisms! We are so proud and excited, not to mention
super motivated! That means that this month we will have a total of 12
baptisms, one per companionship! We set that goal last month as a Zone
and we are reaching it. Reaching goals feels so great!
We
have a new investigator named Narnaa who is 23. She lived in Oakland,
CA for 7 years and then in London. She speaks perfect English and very
little Mongolian...haha. She moved away from Mongolia at a young age
and just returned to Mongolia. She knows tons about the Church and
actually lives right across the street for our church building here. She
feels every day that she needs to go inside and just check it out, but
has been scared. She has a son that she says she wants to raise in a
religion, and she feels like God is leading her to our Church. I taught
her a lesson over the phone this week, and it was great. Believe it or
not, the Spirit manifests itself even over the phone! More to come!
I
finished reading the New Testament this week, and am so grateful for
the time I set aside to read it. I learned so much from the life and
example of Christ. As I finished up, I read this scripture and it
really hit me and gave me great imagery of the Savior and how He is with
me always......It's 2nd Timothy
4:17,
"Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by
me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might
hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. " Of course,
the Lion is the adversary, and in the Bible it talks about how the Lion
is trying to destroy us. I know He is with me and He delivers me from
the Lions in my life. He strengthens me to do my calling and be a
better Zone Leader every day, a calling for which I feel not always
qualified for. I know He is by my side and trusts me, and that is why I
have been given the calling as a Missionary, a trainer, and a Zone
Leader. I know He raises me higher than I could ever imagine doing
myself. I love the New Testament and I know I will read it again.
, so I will have a new companion for a few weeks, but as of now, I don't know who. More on that next week.
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