Monday, September 27, 2010

I also had the chance to go to lunch with the mission president

hey everyone,

We had a pretty good week. Some things were a little disappointing. Lexi Reay was planning to get baptized this past saturday, but her mom went into the hospital, so we have to push the baptism back a few weeks. On the flip side we had a really surprising event on tuesday. right after district meeting one of our investigators, Jordan Long,  called us and asked us to come visit him. It was a little odd for him, because he wasnt really interested at all in coming to church, or in reading the scriptures we left him. He had been struggling with some drug problems for a long time before missionaries had met with him, and even while we had been meeting with him. And when we went by after he called he had a total change of heart. He told us he wanted to serve a mission! We told him he needed to get baptized first. Now he's planning to get baptized on the 9th of october. He even got up on Sunday and bore his testimony in front of the whole ward, whithout anybody asking him to. He really started to see where some of his friends that were getting into bad stuff were headed, and where the gospel could take him. He had definitely been humbled a bit, and he was ready for it. What made it even more funny for us, is that he was the last person in the world we expected to call us and tell us he wanted to get baptized, and better yet, go on a mission. People are prepared, or being prepared. Our only responsibility is to find who the Lord has prepared for us.

I also had the chance to go to lunch with the mission president with Elder Pizzey, another district leader in our zone. that was pretty cool. We got to talk about a lot of thigns happening in the mission right now. I went on exchanges with the zone leaders, (they are spanish missionaries)  it was fun. I understand about half of what's going on when they were talking so I wasnt totally lost. I got to talk to Elder Burleson about some things that would help out my district and our zone. Not much else this week. Daybreak is all really young families, a lot of less active part memeber families and unbaptized kids. We have some things coming up here pretty soon that i'm getting excited for.

Love you all,
Elder Wright

1 Nephi 10:19

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

we'll have 19 wards to work with. WOOOO!!

Molly Case Baptism

Hey everyone,

We had a pretty good week. We had been able to teach a bunch of our investigators, but none of them came to church this week. That was sad. But other than that, we've been working with all the ward leadership a whole bunch. 2 of our wards will be splitting right after general conference, so, we'll have 19 wards to work with. WOOOO!! I've almost met with all the ward mission leaders and bishops. I was able to go back to Draper for a baptism, for Molly case. Hopefully we have a few more here in the coming weeks in that area. I was able to stop into the Salisbury-Hurst family while I was back there. They're the CRAZY family that we were able to attend the wedding for last month. They need the most help they can get ;) Also, we were able to speak in one of our sacrament meetings yesterday. I am working on perfecting my talks written the morning of. This one ended up being written on two sticky notes. It lasted me abut 10 minutes and I even had to cut a bunch of stuff out. I am getting better at it slowly, but I still dont enjoy it very much... I spoke on bearing testimony and being a good example. Also, they built a new building in one of our stakes, so we were able to attend that and be there for the dedication. Also, part of the south-western part of the valley caught fire yesterday in the herriman area. they evacuated over  1000 homes. It reminded me a lot of all the fires in California a couple years ago.The wind here is pretty bad so that was fueling it pretty good and making everything super smokey.

We are working hard. I have been refocusing my efforts on my studies. I have come to really value the time we are given to study in the morning and and there is so much knowledge to gain. It always seems like 2 hours isnt enough time to get in everything. We are feasting upon the words of christ every day, to treasure up in our minds continually the words of life. (D&C 84:85)

I hope everything is going well at home, I love you all,
Elder Wright

PS The mission president approved board games on Pday so we have been cracking down on some killer bunnies!!!



Greenies biking through Daybreak


Monday, September 13, 2010

We had some emergency transfers this last week

hey pops,
The report sounds good from home. School and corn. My leg is feeling a lot better now, but the bruise is still pretty dark. I'm glad ricey is taking care of the landcruiser for me. the district is doing... ok.  It's been an interesting week. I'm starting to understand the area a little better now, and we're starting to work more with leadership. we also had some little changes in the mission recently that we hope will help us out, but I feel too many people are relying on structural things in the mission to increase our performance rather than the simple things like you said, obedience, humility, diligence, and faith. Elder Grow of the quorum of the seventy came and spoke to us this last week which was really great. Elder Huber and I are working hard to help the members in our area to do missionary work.

Elder Wright

Monday, September 6, 2010

I managed to crash into a light pole on my bike

Hey everyone,

I dont have a whole lot of time but i'll do my best. We had a pretty slow week. Things seem to be tapering off like crazy, maybe with school or something, but we're trying to keep the pace going. I managed to crash into a light pole on my bike. I'm surprised I came out of it with no broken bones, but I got pretty bruised up. I was trying to go crash free on my mission but it was unavoidable. The rest of the week was contacting and going by leadership in all of our wards. We taught a few lessons but our focus has switched to finding at the moment. A lot of the people that we are teaching have been taught for a long time and haven't been making many steps forward. We have a couple baptisms scheduled later this month, we're just praying hard that they will stick with it. A lot of this week has taught me how much this work depends on the Lord and our faith in Him. We are simply his instruments, and we need to be be ready for when we are needed most. It has been really tough lately in this area, with new companions, and a new district, but if I work hard the blessings will come in time. It is yet another test of patience and diligence.

I know this work is the work of the Lord. I embrace every moment of it. To share this gospel can bring the greatest joy to anyone just as it has to me, The gospel of Christ is the truth. 2 Nephi 25:26

Love,

Elder Wright