I sure hope your week was a wonderful one! I hope you are finding ways to stay warm! For me this week has been a very exhausting one! Few random things before I get into it! First we played this game called KUBB! It is so much fun and I know that the Olsen Family would LOVE IT!!! Look into it! :) Second I'm becoming a huge fan of this crock pot and if anyone has some recipes they'd like to send we would put it to good use!
Alright so this week we have knocked on so many doors! It's been such a blessing because it has helped me improve my teaching! I am a firm believer in repetition after this week! We have meet many interesting people and we have found a few new investigators that we are super excited for!
One amazing miracle we saw this week while we were knocking doors begins with this former investigator named Fred! Fred was taught by missionaries a long time ago! He was almost baptized but a week or so before the baptism his mother died, a few days later his girlfriend died as well! He began to question his testimony and fell off the map! Well a month or so ago with Elder Gillen we went to his home and taught him and he seemed really interested in learning again! But every time we would go back he was gone! We have been trying to find this guy for weeks now! Well anyway we were in an entirely different part of our area knocking doors! We have made it a huge effort to pray more frequently because I came across 2 Nephi 32:8-9! So we were praying before each door! Well after a good 25 empty or unpleasant doors we knocked on this door and a lady named Francesca opened the door! After about a few minutes she calls for her fiancé...... FRED!!! Crazy right? Well we taught them the entire restoration and we are really excited to go back! I know that if we consistently seek God's help through prayer He will help us! If we are diligent and continue to do what is right we will find unexpected miracles! It is not always easy though! Life gets busy and we forget to do the basics like prayer, scripture study, and family home evening! Make these things a priority and you will see a drastic improvement in your life!
Another miracle we saw this week was with one of the less actives we are working with! We were able to see him 3 times through out the week and he is making a lot of progress! The best part was that he made it to church, stayed all 3 hours, and meet with bishop afterwards! It's amazing to see how the gospel blesses those you keep God's commandments! It's a miracle to see the gift of repentance change an individual! If there is anything I'm learning on the mission, it is the glorious gift of repentance! Why are we often afraid of it? Why don't we repent every second of everyday? It is the key to being happy, the key to success, the key to living with our Father in Heaven! We have the answers it's simply applying it and becoming better from it! Rely on our Savior! Have the faith that the atonement can help you! It will not only heal you but enable you to do things you never imagined possible! Oh how blessed we are!
To finish out the week we were able to attend the Baptism of Flavio Zulick! He is a Brazilian Supermodel and one of my favorite people I have met! He came to Pday today and taught me a lot about how to get fit and put us through this crazy work out! It was so fun! Anyway, he was taught by Elder Larson and they became super close friends! The baptism was amazing! It was the result of amazing member missionary work! Once again I couldn't understand most of it but the spirit was just as strong! I love this gospel!!! It is how we find true joy! Continue to improve and find joy in the gospel!
Your tired but happy missionary,
Elder Tracy
This is Flavio! My new Best Friend from Brazil!
This is my companion Elder Larson
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