So first off Aiko got baptized! It was a great experience, she had so much member support and it was great to see her so happy afterwards. She was very prepared when we found her, and I know that the Lord is ALWAYS preparing the hearts of the children of men to be ready for the gospel. Alma 13:24 is a testimony to be that this is true, "For behold, angels are declaring it unto many at this time in our land; and this is for the purpose of preparing the hearts of the children of men to receive his word at the time of his coming in his glory."
Elder Gowdy, Aiko, Elder Balledos, (baptized her, he was Elder Gowdy's companion last transfer) and myself.
I love my new area, we have some wonderful people we are working with. We have a few other people on date for baptism and they are progressing nicely up to this point. Elder Gowdy and I are going to focus on finding a lot of new people to teach this transfer, because we are supposed to find when we teach and teach when we find.
I'm so grateful for the calling the Lord has given me as a missionary. I'm so blessed by how much the Lord loves me and how often he allows me to be an instrument in his hands. I know that when we try to do the will of the father, then we will be maximizing our potential. God is perfect, we are not, that simple doctrine to me says that God will make us better than we can make ourselves, that's why we must submit our will to his. The primary song, "I'm trying to be like Jesus", testifies that this is true. When we submit ourselves to God we become like the Savior.
Elder Gowdy is from Gerogia, he's about 6'4, I came out 1 transfer after him, he is pretty cool. We will probably be together for a while hahaha.
Dad, President just asked about your health and I told him how you are doing, he said he had been praying for you and for our family and he is grateful for the miracle that has taken place, God is real.
We have Zone Conferences this week and I'm very excited for that! I know that President Spendlove is called of God and that he has the priesthood keys for this mission. I'm grateful for him and Sister Spendlove, their family has sacrificed so much to be here for our benefit and to serve the Lord. They are great examples for all of us.
I'm grateful for your prayers on behalf of all the missionaries, thank you so much for your support! I love God and I know this is his work, I know that when we are are diligent in this work and obedient to the Lord's commandments, we will see miracles in our lives.
We do a lot of office work with the office staff, we help President
and Sister Spendlove with pretty much everything. We help a ton with
transfers, mission wide meetings, we attend area meetings with
President. Lots of different stuff.
This description is from the mission President's handbook:
Two
elders are assigned to serve as assistants to the mission
president. They should be sensitive to the Spirit, humble, and
respected by the other missionaries. They should have outstanding
leadership and proselyting abilities. They may or may not
finish their missions in this assignment. They help the mission
president:
• Plan, prepare, and present training for missionaries.
• Train zone leaders. They may conduct companion exchanges with
zone leaders either in their own proselyting area or in the
zone leaders’ area.
• Conduct companion exchanges with other
missionaries as directed by the mission president.
We are up
till about midnight every night doing stuff in the office or helping
President with the mission. Sometimes later haha. We still have a
proselyting area and we work that area as much as possible. Our p day is
still technically Monday but we don't go to p day activities simply
because we are too busy with other things. I'm always busy and sometimes
very tired due to our long, busy, and exhausting schedule but I love
it. I love being busy and I love dedicating more time to the Lord.
I love you all and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Strate
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