Dear Family and friends,
I am happy to inform
you that I am doing very well. I had a great week, numbers don't mean
anything in reality but we were trying and they look good. So I am proud
of them because I am doing much better than I was before. Monday was frustrating, as you probably can recall through my email, however, it was
really sweet in the end.We did a family home evening with a family the dad is considered less active because his job keeps him out of town a
lot (he works for the railroads). Well it was sweet we shared
2 Nephi 28:26-31 and Helaman 5:12 and it was really cool. We gave them the
perspective and they knew and as a family figured out what they wanted
and could do better, it was sweet. We got a sweet lesson with an
English/Spanish investigator and we taught him the Plan of Salvation and
he ate it right up out of our hands. He really understands the gospel. I
love him to death because he is not much older than me, but he hasn't
had the gospel and he can see how it can make it happy.
Tuesday we had district meeting and it was good and I don't remember
where Hermana Miller got the quote but it says "puny preparation
precedes puny revelation." So I need to prepare more for my
investigators. We taught one of our investigators the law of chastity
because we have to even though I am not worried with him having a
problem with that anytime soon however he is 14. Let's suffice to say he
set a world record for shortest successful lesson ever! It was funny
being the missionary and teaching that one. We went to the leaving
missionaries testimonies at the Trail Center and it was nice and then we
went home.
Wednesday, a pretty sweet day, we got a LA
who doesn't like to do anything to commit to reading the BoM and her son
,who we mainly work with, is doing good at coming to church and
everything and he is cool I love him, and I will not let him slip up if I
can at all help it. We found out as we were leaving, since we had to go
early to make dinner, that the sister missionaries were coming over later
to visit them! He is in the middle of our area! and their area is
bigger than my area and the other elders area including Council Bluffs
combined! Yet they come in and "take our stuff", I really don't mind too
much and I am kind of like, "whatever it isn't a big deal" but the other
elders make it seem like they are evil and will never change, but
whatever. Either way the Elders and sisters are both at fault, when it
goes down in district meeting tomorrow.
Thursday
we had a full DAY! We taught a total of five lessons which is good
considering we had to go out to the church to pick up the greenie and
drive around with him and take him to a lesson and then back again.
However it was cool having three of us in the lesson I really liked it,
we committed her to be baptized and this week we find out the results of
our commitment! We talked to the less active up above and helped him with
his math, a total Travis, and it was sweet I have discovered three things
1. the gift of mathematics
2. the spirit literally bringing all things to my remembrance
3. you can't have the spirit to teach if you are not in your own area
3. you can't have the spirit to teach if you are not in your own area
So we had some sweet lessons and I think our LA is getting the difference the spirit makes in his life.
Friday
weekly planning and deep cleaning. I didn't get any lessons that day, it
was just off for us but we had a good time planning for the next week.
Saturday we got four lessons and got two new investigators and had
stake conference, it was sweet I love meetings! Look up the 14th Article
of Faith* but let me correct it by saying I love meetings when they do
not interfere with my proselyting time.
Sunday, a great continuation of the last night"s stake conference they
stole a man from our mission presidency for the stake presidency so it
was sad but cool. So I got to hear more from President Weston and Sister
Weston. We had a good meeting with a LA who we are going to get to quit
smoking and come to church. The guy from Monday who we had a sweet
lesson with is progressing and next Sunday we are going to find out if
he decided to be baptized or not, so we are praying for our investigators
to do the right thing and we got another one to commit to church.
The Work moves forward and I am doing much better. I am loving my time here and the people's food.
Love
Elder L.J. Draper
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Sincerely,--
Elder Logan Joseph Draper
*We believe in all of the meetings that have happened, all tat are currently happening and we believe that there will be many more great and important meetings pertaining to the kingdom of God.
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