Hey there everybody read this
Dear President Jergensen
It has been a great week with the work here in the 2nd Ward. Elder S and I have been spending much of our time still searching for people to teach and that has been the hardest thing for us so far. We have been knocking a lot of doors and are starting to fill up our potential sheet. Now it's time to start seeing who of those potentials can become investigators.
The highlight of the week was actually yesterday when we extended an invitation to baptism to Brandon. He said that he had been pondering it over the past week and had been thinking about something that his son brought home from primary class and it was a colored key which read "Covenant, The Key To Salvation". It had just enough influence to get him thinking about how he needs to make that "Covenant", and get baptized. It may have struck him in the heart when on Thursday we were reading with him in the Book of Mormon in 3 nephi chapters 9-11. It talked much about baptism and it's now set for the 14th of April and he had a big smile on his face when he accepted the date. We will continue to teach him the rest of the commandments and get him on his way.
Elder Fenn and I had a great exchange on Wednesday and I learned from his example that I need to plan out my days a little better so that I always know where we need to be and what lesson we are going to teach at the end of a dinner. I'm going to try and focus more of my studies like he is, which is to dig deep into a chapter of the Book of Mormon and see what hidden treasures and there.
The District is going rather well at this moment. I'm going to go on an exchange with Elder Mckeon this week and see how he and Elder Hanna are doing. I know that at this point in time the Sisters are also having some tough times trying to find people to teach so this next district meeting we are going to take some time and brainstorm different ideas for teaching opportunities.
Elder ___ and I are doing great we have had a few different ideas at times, but are getting out and working as much as possible and we have already seen improvements in the work here. Sometimes I have to get his motivation to work going but he's doing great.
The highlight of the week was actually yesterday when we extended an invitation to baptism to Brandon. He said that he had been pondering it over the past week and had been thinking about something that his son brought home from primary class and it was a colored key which read "Covenant, The Key To Salvation". It had just enough influence to get him thinking about how he needs to make that "Covenant", and get baptized. It may have struck him in the heart when on Thursday we were reading with him in the Book of Mormon in 3 nephi chapters 9-11. It talked much about baptism and it's now set for the 14th of April and he had a big smile on his face when he accepted the date. We will continue to teach him the rest of the commandments and get him on his way.
Elder Fenn and I had a great exchange on Wednesday and I learned from his example that I need to plan out my days a little better so that I always know where we need to be and what lesson we are going to teach at the end of a dinner. I'm going to try and focus more of my studies like he is, which is to dig deep into a chapter of the Book of Mormon and see what hidden treasures and there.
The District is going rather well at this moment. I'm going to go on an exchange with Elder Mckeon this week and see how he and Elder Hanna are doing. I know that at this point in time the Sisters are also having some tough times trying to find people to teach so this next district meeting we are going to take some time and brainstorm different ideas for teaching opportunities.
Elder ___ and I are doing great we have had a few different ideas at times, but are getting out and working as much as possible and we have already seen improvements in the work here. Sometimes I have to get his motivation to work going but he's doing great.
Elder Gonzalez 2nd Ward
So things are going great here in the area and Elder Steele and I put a ton of miles on our shoes this week because it wasn't our time to have the car, but this week we do. Something cool that happened was we had dinner with the Knight family here and I told them where my family is from and mentioned that I have a ton of family in Indio and they said that they just moved from there and then Sister Knight said "oh no don't tell me that you are related to Jaime"? and I said yes and we talked about how she knows everybody down there and the Jaime was her Bishop for awhile and that he helped change the lives of one of her daughters and that he's a great man with the little Gonzalez eyebrow raise!!
I had to bring some of the pictures that you sent me to sacrament to show them Erica's wedding and it was pretty cool.
So if you're sending a package some of the things that I would love to have is still a role of quarters because laundry is a Killer to the MSF Missionary support fund aka missionaries starving ridges account. Also while your on the package deal how about some beef jerky I sure love a nice piece of cow to chew on during studies....
So I''m glad that you are having the treatments done because I know that if you listen to what the doctors say and pray with faith then you'll be just fine. Good to hear what's going on with that but not good that we have to talk about that.
I'm so glad that drew got baptized I mean he was the one who only went to one hour of church his entire life and that was when he was at Sam Butterfield's farewell and that's almost 2 years ago and he said that it was the most boring hour of his life. Crazy to know that he had that happen I wish I could call him and tell him that his life is now changed forever. I can deffinantly see Drew being a good Bishop one day he just has such a good work ethic and once he starts to notice the good looking mormon chicks he'll be sucked in forever. If there are any of those in the Chairforce!!!
So yup I'm starting to get a taste of what summer is going to be like and it's going to be hot and it will probably kick my %$# but that's ok I'd rather burn my knuckles on doors then have them frozen there. I don't understand how Iowa can have both of the extremes..... Just a messed up place I'm guessing.
I want all of you to know that this gospel is awesome yes awesome because that's what a less-active said in his prayer this week and it truely was awesome and that as Bishop Smith always puts it " the sky is blue, the church is true". He's a good man and I hope that he is Bishop when I get home..... wow home that's forever away..... not really because Des Moines is my home and this is where I belong.... After thinking long and hard about why I'm here in one of the most difficult missions in the world/US I remembered a part in the Movie "Pearl Harbor" when the men are lined up and are given a hard and top secret assignment and are told that many will probably die and then the sargent says." if you choose this path step forward" and I think that back in the premortal life we all stepped forward with our brother Jesus Christ and said " I will go" and here we are.
I love you all and I hope that all goes well with the Chemo and I know that questions will be answered durning General Conference.
Elder Gonzalez 2nd Ward
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