Dear Family and Friends
We had a good week, a
fantastic week. Numbers were not where they could of been, but we were
following God's guidance and he really doesn't care about numbers like I
do. And that is good because numbers are good, getting good numbers and
having a couple good lessons is better, but following God 100% is Best.
That is what I feel we did as best we could with what we had to do. We
are working with Kevin and Manny, two young men, on going on missions.
Manny has the papers and Kevin doesn't, but we are going to change that.
They are growing so much in their faith. Manny has been helping us in
our lessons with Moses, and now Moses is going to come to Church because
of Manny. The power of a pure Spirit and a member present lesson, that
was Sunday
the 26th and ya it rocked. We found one of our Maria's, we taught her
the Plan of Salvation and she had some misconceptions and it was awesome,
because in the car before lesson we decided to have her read Alma 40
and it is about the resurrection, and guess what her misconception and
her problem was? It was the Resurrection! It was a cool little miracle,
if this week could have a title it really should be little miracles. I
am so blessed to be in Omaha, to work with the people I do. If I hadn't
come here I don't think the match would be good as it could have been.
Johnson and I are working together in unity and we are connecting with
the people. We connect in different ways, but between the two of us and
our personalities we cover everyone.
We met with our
crazy anti-Mormon investigator Chito again this week, and it was crazy
we got him to simply text us his questions. And we have nine questions to
answer, some are simple, some are doctrinal points that other churches
have that disagree with us. So we are excited to work with him, since his
sister is a member, but we are going to take it slow, play our
basketball, then have a mini lesson. Another miracle is his nephew, the
recent convert's son, believes us. He is just not ready to act since he is
in his teens, but I think we can maybe baptize him in the next transfer. I
loved what he said, "Chito is crazy man he believes everything he finds
on the internet." Oh how sad and true, but we love Chito. He is a cool
guy and he really honestly wants to find the truth, he is just scared to
be led away by deceiving men.
Probably one of my
favorite people is Hermana Urquidez, she is such a sweet and humble lady
and wants to do everything right. She has given up so many bad habits
for herself, her husband, her children, her membership in the Church,
and Christ. She has done a complete 180 degree turn. She is back in her
house, after the gang forced them out. I have such great love for her and
her husband, they are so humble and willing to serve us when they need
the help. I can see in many ways where God has prepared me to help them.
I love these people and we have had some great conversations with them,
we are going to for sure teach their neighbors. Hopefully we will be
able to baptize them in the next transfer as well, so this next transfer
might explode with baptisms and we are so ready. The only sowing part is
over, and it is time to start gathering in. Father, or Brother, Bruun is
the guy who, I believe, is the Stake Young Men's President and he came up to
Johnson and said, "Have you ever been kicked in the but by an old man?"
Johnson replied, "No Sir," and to which Father Bruun said, "Do you
think you will be today son?" and Johnson smartly replied, "Yes Sir."
Well he basically said to us, "I am coming out with you this week, whether
you want me to or not and I dare you to say no." He is so funny and he
said, "Do you run in the mornings? I don't think you do, Tuesday morning get up at 6:15, run three miles and call me to tell me you did it, and we know what happens if you lie." So Tuesday
morning Johnson and I are running three miles minimum. And it is so
funny, and we are excited to go work with him and with the youth.
Johnson had the cool opportunity to see some of his recent converts at the Trail Center on Saturday,
and it was so sweet for him. I love my trainer, man he really is the
best. We are different ends of the spectrum, coming from different
directions, but we are one in faith, heart, purpose and it is cool to get
back on the same team and see success. So that is my week, it may not
be as organized as week pasts, but it was a much better week with amazing
miracles of things that happened.
Create
miracles in your lives my friends, study the Book of Mormon Daily, pray
about it and find some principle, or principles, to apply everyday The
best manual for life is the Book of Mormon, you just need to look for
answers. How to pray for answers better, how to trust in God more, how
to repent, how to raise children it is all there. I love you all and I
miss you, but I don't. So TWENTY more months it is.
Love Elder Logan Joseph Draper
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