Hey yall it's another beatiful day here in Peoria Illinois the good ole' Land of Lincoln. I woke up this moring a little taller 6 foot 2 and 5/16th. a little heavier 214 pounds and a little happier because I had the " it's my birthday grin" on my face. I did do the normal study routine and it was great and they we had our comp study and we practiced for our investigator anthony and we set a baptismal date with him this morning for the 29th of September.
Here's Presidents letter..........
Dear President Jergensen
I'm very happy with the time that I have had to serve with Elder Manwaring, I'm sad to see him leave but excited to serve with a new companion and hit this area running.
We have had a slightly disappointing week trying to make contact with Hyland and Dedra. We had a lesson scheduled with them for Thursday and we rescheduled for Friday but had their phones turned off when the time for the lesson came around. We will continue to try and make contact with them and have some members try to make contact with them as well.
We did set a baptismal date with a man named Anthony this morning for the 29th of September. He is trying to find some answers in his life and comes from a rough background. We plan on having a church tour with him on Thursday.
We are very excited to have Pontiac open back up and to get some new excitement in this zone and continue implimenting the Spiritual vs Social conversions in the wards and branches.
We have had a slightly disappointing week trying to make contact with Hyland and Dedra. We had a lesson scheduled with them for Thursday and we rescheduled for Friday but had their phones turned off when the time for the lesson came around. We will continue to try and make contact with them and have some members try to make contact with them as well.
We did set a baptismal date with a man named Anthony this morning for the 29th of September. He is trying to find some answers in his life and comes from a rough background. We plan on having a church tour with him on Thursday.
We are very excited to have Pontiac open back up and to get some new excitement in this zone and continue implimenting the Spiritual vs Social conversions in the wards and branches.
So I'm so glad to hear every week that Mom is doing better and that things on the homefront are stable.
I can't believe that another school year is about to start and that it really means nothing to me besides all the little g-units will be in school and off the streets here. Jared still hasn't sent me a list of his classes and who his teachers are... I want to know.
SO i got to do some fun stuff this past week. We went on an exchange out to Bloomington( my home turf) and that was awesome. the elders out there are in some major help. they are piling out and that's not good. SO i gave one the talking to while we were out finding (very similar to a Tony rebuke) and so he didn't like that I stepped on his toes for not getting in with members and not even making a concious effort to really find by the spirit. He's been there every since i left there and so with a little email to president he's now packing his bags and heading to a new area.
I only had one transfer with Elder Manwaring and it's been great by far the best companion that I've had my whole mission. He will be at my homecoming so no worries you'll get to meet him. I do get a new fresh zone leader and so I'll have my hands full with all the assighments that i have to get done before sunday which is a stake coordination and then this next transfer I'll be organizing a Zone Conference, Interviews with 3 districts and a ZLC all the way to Des Moines and another Stake Coordination meeting in Bloomington. I'm a little stressed out by all the changes. We have 2 new missionaries coming into the zone fresh from provo and so we will be excited for fresh meat and there is going to be a big change with companionships here. 6 leaving the zone. 8 coming back because we are opening a new area. which will bring out total number of missionaries to 24 in the zone.
Yesterday we sang a song in sacrament meeting in the ward just the missionaries up on the stand. 2 sisters and 3 elders singing with Elder Manwaring on the piano. We sang joseph smith's first prayer to the tune of come thou fount. tears were all over the place. it was sweet i didn't know that i could sing that way. First I learn to ballroom dance now I'm singing............... what's wrong with me GET ME A GOLF CLUB GHAAAAAAAAAA.
Family I love you all so much and I know with every fiber of my soul that the work is true and it brings salvation to the children of God.
Pray for the Peoria ward they could use it. 6 missionaries in one ward and not a whole lot of missionary work going on.
Love yours truly Elder Gonzalez Peoria Illinois
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