G'day mates!
Well this week just flew by. The Legend of Elder Christiansen and
Elder Nelson still lives on. Oh yeah, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! EVEN
THOUGH THIS HOLIDAY MEANS NOTHING TO A MISSIONARY! But Happy
Valentines to you mom!
Some exciting/crazy things happened this week. The craziest thing that
happened was yesterday at Stake Conference. They totally dissolved
Parramatta Stake! So there is no Parramatta Stake anymore and what
that means is, there is no more Parramatta Zone! Weird. When they
announced the changes Elder C and I looked at each other and were like
"Uhh does this mean we're released?" Of course it doesnt but it was
funny at the time. It does mean that next transfer everything will be
different though. Our zone members and areas in our zone will change
and everything. Change is good though. Parramatta Stake was really
strong so I think they are trying to spread the love.
We had a miracle this week! On monday we got a call from the Mission
Office and Sister Wight said she had a referral for us! Sometimes
these referrals are a bit "fluffy" but she said that this one she
recieved directly from the person interested in investigating. They
had emailed the office to get in contact with the missionaries. We
just so happened to be the missionaries in that area! Her name is
Theresa King and as soon as I heard her name I was like ah man maybe
she's mexican! (not that that even applies to me because I dont even
speak spanish). But she's Vietnamese. Born in Australia though. She's
22 and she is working as a high school Maths teacher. She comes from a
Catholic background and we had the priviledge of teaching her the
Restoration this weekend. I was so pumped! It was probably one of the
first experiences I've had on my mission where the investigator was
looking for us instead of us looking for them. The experience also
greatly increased my testimony that Heavenly Father really does
prepare his children to recieve the gospel. Do you know how she found
out about the church? Well apparently she made this friend on Facebook
who is a member in Utah. He is also confined to a wheel chair. They've
been having many good conversations and he has talked many times with
her about the church and testified how it can bless her life. So since
he always brought it up she thought it was only reasonable to
sincerely look into it. Look at the missionary work he's done! We've
only taught her once so far but she responded well to our message and
we're just praying that as she reads from the Book of Mormon and prays
sincerely she will recieve an answer from her Heavenly Father that the
Book of Mormon is the word of God.
Grace decided she wants to get baptized! Her date for her baptism is
set for the 26th of this month! We're so excited! She's such a
worry-er so she has this little concerns pop up here and there. For
example she comes from an African background and as she was reading
through the Book of Mormon she came across the scripture in 2nd Nephi
about how the Lamanites were cursed and were marked with a skin of
blackness. Just wait until I get to meet Nephi. Me and him are gonna
have a serious chat. Haha just kidding but we resloved the concern
with another scripture. Its Alma 26:33(I think). Its a good one. But
other than that she's feeling great about the 26th. She's such an
interesting story. I'll have to tell you her whole story another time.
The Lord's been good to us. We are enjoying some harvesting while we
plant some more seeds as well. Elder Christiansen and I have a lot of
fun.
I know that Jesus Christ is the head of this church. Why does this
work move forward unhindered? Why have the prophets given us prophetic
counsel to prepare us for the storms ahead? Why have millions of
humble people around this earth knelt in prayer and recieved a witness
by the Holy Ghost that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God? Because
this IS Jesus Christ's church. He IS the Son of God. We CAN recieve
Eternal Life through this Gospel. Thomas S. Monson IS a living
prophet. I know these things are true. In the name of Jesus Christ
amen.
Elder Nelson
Well this week just flew by. The Legend of Elder Christiansen and
Elder Nelson still lives on. Oh yeah, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! EVEN
THOUGH THIS HOLIDAY MEANS NOTHING TO A MISSIONARY! But Happy
Valentines to you mom!
Some exciting/crazy things happened this week. The craziest thing that
happened was yesterday at Stake Conference. They totally dissolved
Parramatta Stake! So there is no Parramatta Stake anymore and what
that means is, there is no more Parramatta Zone! Weird. When they
announced the changes Elder C and I looked at each other and were like
"Uhh does this mean we're released?" Of course it doesnt but it was
funny at the time. It does mean that next transfer everything will be
different though. Our zone members and areas in our zone will change
and everything. Change is good though. Parramatta Stake was really
strong so I think they are trying to spread the love.
We had a miracle this week! On monday we got a call from the Mission
Office and Sister Wight said she had a referral for us! Sometimes
these referrals are a bit "fluffy" but she said that this one she
recieved directly from the person interested in investigating. They
had emailed the office to get in contact with the missionaries. We
just so happened to be the missionaries in that area! Her name is
Theresa King and as soon as I heard her name I was like ah man maybe
she's mexican! (not that that even applies to me because I dont even
speak spanish). But she's Vietnamese. Born in Australia though. She's
22 and she is working as a high school Maths teacher. She comes from a
Catholic background and we had the priviledge of teaching her the
Restoration this weekend. I was so pumped! It was probably one of the
first experiences I've had on my mission where the investigator was
looking for us instead of us looking for them. The experience also
greatly increased my testimony that Heavenly Father really does
prepare his children to recieve the gospel. Do you know how she found
out about the church? Well apparently she made this friend on Facebook
who is a member in Utah. He is also confined to a wheel chair. They've
been having many good conversations and he has talked many times with
her about the church and testified how it can bless her life. So since
he always brought it up she thought it was only reasonable to
sincerely look into it. Look at the missionary work he's done! We've
only taught her once so far but she responded well to our message and
we're just praying that as she reads from the Book of Mormon and prays
sincerely she will recieve an answer from her Heavenly Father that the
Book of Mormon is the word of God.
Grace decided she wants to get baptized! Her date for her baptism is
set for the 26th of this month! We're so excited! She's such a
worry-er so she has this little concerns pop up here and there. For
example she comes from an African background and as she was reading
through the Book of Mormon she came across the scripture in 2nd Nephi
about how the Lamanites were cursed and were marked with a skin of
blackness. Just wait until I get to meet Nephi. Me and him are gonna
have a serious chat. Haha just kidding but we resloved the concern
with another scripture. Its Alma 26:33(I think). Its a good one. But
other than that she's feeling great about the 26th. She's such an
interesting story. I'll have to tell you her whole story another time.
The Lord's been good to us. We are enjoying some harvesting while we
plant some more seeds as well. Elder Christiansen and I have a lot of
fun.
I know that Jesus Christ is the head of this church. Why does this
work move forward unhindered? Why have the prophets given us prophetic
counsel to prepare us for the storms ahead? Why have millions of
humble people around this earth knelt in prayer and recieved a witness
by the Holy Ghost that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God? Because
this IS Jesus Christ's church. He IS the Son of God. We CAN recieve
Eternal Life through this Gospel. Thomas S. Monson IS a living
prophet. I know these things are true. In the name of Jesus Christ
amen.
Elder Nelson
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