Greetings from the Great OCM!
What
a fantastic week, and great to hear from you via email. I always love
reading my emails! It sounds like things are busier than they have ever
been before in Hurricane. It has also been a very very busy week here as
well. . .
Tuesday I got a call from President Daines,
where he informed me that the district leader that was serving in my
district would be transferred (mid-cycle-transfer), and he asked me to
serve as the district leader. He expressed his appreciation that he was
very glad to have a "seasoned" missionary to help him in my district. He
also informed me that I needed to prepare district meeting for the next
morning.. . fun . . . I was very reluctant when he first asked me
because I know my number one responsibility right now is to ensure that
Elder Jones receives the training he needs, and that is a job in and of
itself to train a new missionary. So there has been a lot on my plate
right now but the Lord has been helping me. There has already been lots
of district leader responsibilities this last week which have taken lots
of my time, but I am glad I have another opportunity to remain fully
consecrated in the last portion of my mission. I am striving for that,
complete consecration and the Lord is helping me in doing so.
I
do think however, that me being a district leader will help Elder Jones
in his training needs. For example, this last Friday I went on an
exchange and left Elder Jones (with another missionary) in our area to
lead it for 24 hours, and he did a great job. He saw miracles, one of
which when they found a part member family that is not on our ward
roster, and they want to come to church and take the lessons! It was a
huge confidence booster in him, and I was so glad, for I had earnestly
prayed that he would find a measure of success on his own while I was on
exchanges.
Yes, miracles are happening here in
Mansfield. We found 2 part member families that are not on the ward
roster this week, both of which want us to teach them. And we found
another awesome family through tracting that accepted a soft invitation
to be baptized on the first lesson. We were able to teach the full
restoration and the spirit was nearly tangible in the air.
