This email was sent November 13, 2017
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| Lake Conroe |
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| MLC November 2017 |
Hey everyone! I hope some of you are
still reading this. If not I don’t blame you. 95 letters is a lot of reading.
But let’s get to it! This week included lots of missionary meetings. On Tuesday
we had MLC. It’s always an uplifting meeting that I enjoy. We learned about the
role of the Holy Ghost in teaching. Obviously a big part of qualifying for the
spirit as a missionary is preparation which includes thorough study and
obedience. However an investigator must allow the spirit to enter his or her
heart in order to be truly converted unto the Lord.
On Thursday I went on exchanges with mi
hijo, Elder Garcia in Conroe. I was able to see firsthand the progress he’s
made. We ate dinner with their bishop and he lives all the way in Montgomery
and we arrived 10 minutes early so we found a gated community with an open gate
right on Lake Conroe and took pictures. It was rather scenic.
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| Trio with Elder Sobotka |
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| Trio with Elder Sobotka |
And then on Friday after district
meeting we picked up Elder Sobotka and were in a trio with him for a day. Him
and his companion’s next door neighbor in their apartment is a chain weed
smoker and the smell has permeated through the vents and now their clothes
smell like marijuana. So the mission housing coordinator gave them some sort of
bomb that eliminates odors. They had to be out of their apartment for 24 hours
so Elder Sobotka came with us and it was a riot. He’s from American Fork and
played baseball at BYU before the mission. We knocked some doors and made him
talk to some Hispanic people even though he’s an English missionary. He made
them laugh a lot. He taught us all about how to talk to white people. It was
cool hearing some of his stories.
On Sunday night we finally got to visit with a family that was a
referral from some English missionaries. They were really excited to become an
eternal family and come to church in Spanish, the language they understand.
As for my spiritual thought for the
week, I came across a quote from President Boyd K. Packer:
“The Church and Gospel are not on trial.
We are.”
Elder Barrus
THM
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| Elder Barrus and Elder Fitt |
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