Dear Mom - That is awesome to hear about the whole missionary page you found! What video did you watch? 0.o SO this week was pretty good, had a lot of meetings and a lot of opportunities to find new people to teach! Hopefully this week will show the fruits of our labors. I did get a surprise letter from the Keegans! haha It was sweet! I actually wrote them back and sent it off today. Mail comes pretty fast when it comes from someone in the same state! haha.
Companions: 1 1/2 months = 1 transfer
Elder Dale Evans- Syracuse South - 3 months (trainer)
Elders Jordan Bell and Jacob Sarsozo - Scoharie Valley - 6 days
Elder Jace Dalton - Greenwich - 1 1/2 mo.
Elder Wilson - Greenwich - 4 1/2 mo.
Elder Jensen - Owego - 2 weeks
Elder Cosman - Owego - 1 1/2 Mo.
Elder Evan Prestwich - Owego - 1 1/2 Mo.
Elder Spencer Jackson - Syracuse North - 3 months (so far- transfers on May 14th!)
Hope all is going well! Love yas!
Elder Zenger
Dear Elder,
How are things this week? Today was Regional Conference for us. We went to the church to watch it broadcast from the Conference Center. Elder Neal Anderson of the Twelve was our Presiding General Authority. It was really good as usual.
How are things this week? Today was Regional Conference for us. We went to the church to watch it broadcast from the Conference Center. Elder Neal Anderson of the Twelve was our Presiding General Authority. It was really good as usual.
I
hope this email finds you in good spirits. I know you were a little frustrated
and a bit discouraged last week because of the size of your teaching pool. I
remember being in the same situation when the numbers weren't as high as before
and felt like we were going through a "dry" spell. This happened to me in Mesa
when I was a Zone Leader. My companion and I prayed and fasted and tried to do
all we could think of. After one of our morning companion prayers it struck us
that we wanted to "sacrifice" something along with trying to be strictly
obedient to the mission rules. And I'm not saying you aren't obedient in any
way and we weren't being disobedient either. We had been getting up and going
to to a gym to workout every morning which we were allowed to do. But after we
started thinking about it, it donned on us that in the group we would work out
with, we were the only males! We were always with females working out. It
really didn't hit us until we started trying to think of something to
sacrifice. So we decided to stop going to the gym every morning and found
another way for exercise. It seems like something small but as we did that and
also became more strict in our following the mission rules, we started being
blessed with more people to teach. Sometimes we just need to show the Lord we
are willing to give up something and better ourselves, even if its just a small
adjustment than what we were doing before, and He will bless us for doing so.
That has stayed with me all these years and it still stands true today. I will
never forget that experience and am grateful for it. I don't know if this even
makes sense or if this even helps but its something that I learned when I was in
the same situation you are in. Everything we did each day we would ask
ourselves, is this really in line with the mission rules? Again, we just became
more strict about how we conducted ourselves and what our activities were from
day to day and just rededicated ourselves to the work.
The Lord will bless you and He knows you are righteous. He will bless you if you just stretch a little more to better yourself and your situation. Sometimes its easy to get into a "routine" of doing things the same way. It helped us see things in a different light and we got a new perspective on the work. You aren't doing anything wrong but look at it as an opportunity to grow and He will help you do that if you include Him.
Take care and and you are always in our prayers. I love you.
Love,
Dad
The Lord will bless you and He knows you are righteous. He will bless you if you just stretch a little more to better yourself and your situation. Sometimes its easy to get into a "routine" of doing things the same way. It helped us see things in a different light and we got a new perspective on the work. You aren't doing anything wrong but look at it as an opportunity to grow and He will help you do that if you include Him.
Take care and and you are always in our prayers. I love you.
Love,
Dad
Dear Dad,
Thanks so much for telling me that. That has got me to start thinkin of what I can start sacrificing that would help in the work. This week has definatly been better, we talked to a lot of the potentials and got some appointments this week to see some of them. I have not gotten my garments yet, I do bet they are in the mission office haha I am so grateful that I grandma and grandpa want to help out. It is truly a blessing! Nothin else to epic has happened this week but hopefully some new and exciting things will come to pass in the land of New York!
I love yas and hope that you all
will be blessed in many ways this week!Thanks so much for telling me that. That has got me to start thinkin of what I can start sacrificing that would help in the work. This week has definatly been better, we talked to a lot of the potentials and got some appointments this week to see some of them. I have not gotten my garments yet, I do bet they are in the mission office haha I am so grateful that I grandma and grandpa want to help out. It is truly a blessing! Nothin else to epic has happened this week but hopefully some new and exciting things will come to pass in the land of New York!
Elder Zenger
