Hey everyone! It's so good to be
able to write to you again! I swear the weather here is bipolar! It got up
to 70 degrees this week and then it snowed this morning. It's ridiculous!
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| Hiking at Garden of the Gods |
So this week we had a really
cool teaching experience. On Wednesday morning we were getting ready for
the day with only a few things planned and wondering how we were going to
fill up the rest of our time. We got a phone call from a member in the
ward. She told us that she had a friend and her boyfriend visiting in town
for the holiday and they were interested in hearing the lessons from us!
She wanted to know if we could come over in an hour. We excitedly agreed!
Her friend is a member of the church, but her boyfriend is not. They both were
being deployed the following week and the country they were going to does
not have missionaries, and only has a small branch of a few members. They had
been reading the Book of Mormon together and he wanted to know more! We
taught him about the Restoration, and he just started bawling. He knew the
Book of Mormon was true and how much it had been affecting his life since
he had started reading it. After we finished the lesson we invited him to be
baptized which he enthusiastically agreed to. After that, he asked,
"I have another hour or so, can we start another lesson?" Because he
was leaving, he wanted to have all the lessons completed before he left, so we
then proceeded to teach all 5 lessons to him over the course of 2 days!
Talk about a marathon! One appointment took 5.5 hours! But we got it done
and he's so excited! It was a great way to spend our Thanksgiving week!
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| Elder Mogle fits in a dryer |
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We
had a fantastic dinner and everyone in the ward felt the need to give us
pies! We have so many untouched pies in our fridge its crazy! At least
most of them are pumpkin! (my favorite!) They asked me to speak on Sunday
for a few minutes to help fill up time and I got to share my testimony of
how the Spirit has really been a strength to me so far on my mission. It's
powerful to see it work in the lives of others. I am so grateful for it!
So this week is the start of the Christmas
transfer and with that comes a few changes. I'm staying in the Academy
Ward again! So by the end of this transfer I will have been there for 6
months (my entire mission) hahaha. I'm guessing I'll probably leave after that,
hopefully to an area that has a car. Sister Mangisi is headed home now
that she's finished her 18 months, and Elder Walton is going home for
shoulder surgery. I'm going to miss both of them! Elder Twitchell is getting
his brand new, just out of the MTC, companion tomorrow! I hope he's really
cool! I love and miss all of you so much! I'm grateful for another the
fantastic week and hope I have many more to come. I'll check in with you
next week!
God is Great!
Elder Gillingwater
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