Hello all!!
Greetings from Centerton!
We are building momentum in this area, it was hard to start grooving with things when we were new, but now we are setting lots of return appointments with new investigators and working really well with the Ward Mission Leader to pair our investigators up with what seems to be an infinite number of really young, strong couples who work for Walmart!!
It's awesome to see how the Lord works miracles in His vineyard!!!!
One example is the following:
We were planning in the morning one day to figure out what we needed to do with a 3 hour block of time that was open (which is why we need to build momentum!), and we decided that we needed to go tracting for the first half of the time, and then visit members from the directory that we did not know, which is a good way to meet less-actives and part member families. We went to dinner at a member's house far away from where we wanted to go tract, but we felt like we needed to stay there for a little bit before going tracting. We had great success with that, meeting a really solid investigator who we hadn't been in contact with since we arrived in Centerton!! We also found a man named Terry who is very interested in our message! After that, we felt it was time to go tracting. We went to an entire apartment building, about 16 doors, and only one person came to the door, and wasn't really interested. We were wondering why we were prompted to go to that complex, and as we walked to another building to start knocking again, we crossed paths with a man named Johan, who we started talking to. It turns out that he went to a different ward last week, with one of his friends, and he's super interested in learning more!! There are so many experiences like that that I have seen in the missionary work here that can only be explained as tender mercies of the Lord :)
I hope y'all have a great week this next week, and I hope you will recognize the tender mercies that we all receive each day!!
What is a Tender Mercy? 👇
“The Lord’s tender mercies are the very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving-kindnesses, consolation, support, and spiritual gifts which we receive from and because of and through the Lord Jesus Christ” (“The Tender Mercies of the Lord,” New Era,Feb. 2012, 2).
Love,
Elder Eliason
Sorry for so few pictures, I have not been very good at taking pictures hehe.
We are building momentum in this area, it was hard to start grooving with things when we were new, but now we are setting lots of return appointments with new investigators and working really well with the Ward Mission Leader to pair our investigators up with what seems to be an infinite number of really young, strong couples who work for Walmart!!
It's awesome to see how the Lord works miracles in His vineyard!!!!
One example is the following:
We were planning in the morning one day to figure out what we needed to do with a 3 hour block of time that was open (which is why we need to build momentum!), and we decided that we needed to go tracting for the first half of the time, and then visit members from the directory that we did not know, which is a good way to meet less-actives and part member families. We went to dinner at a member's house far away from where we wanted to go tract, but we felt like we needed to stay there for a little bit before going tracting. We had great success with that, meeting a really solid investigator who we hadn't been in contact with since we arrived in Centerton!! We also found a man named Terry who is very interested in our message! After that, we felt it was time to go tracting. We went to an entire apartment building, about 16 doors, and only one person came to the door, and wasn't really interested. We were wondering why we were prompted to go to that complex, and as we walked to another building to start knocking again, we crossed paths with a man named Johan, who we started talking to. It turns out that he went to a different ward last week, with one of his friends, and he's super interested in learning more!! There are so many experiences like that that I have seen in the missionary work here that can only be explained as tender mercies of the Lord :)
I hope y'all have a great week this next week, and I hope you will recognize the tender mercies that we all receive each day!!
What is a Tender Mercy? 👇
“The Lord’s tender mercies are the very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving-kindnesses, consolation, support, and spiritual gifts which we receive from and because of and through the Lord Jesus Christ” (“The Tender Mercies of the Lord,” New Era,Feb. 2012, 2).
Love,
Elder Eliason
Sorry for so few pictures, I have not been very good at taking pictures hehe.
Featherston Rd! A super cool member family in my last area was the Featherston's, so shout-out to them!!
Taking notes!
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