He likes to walk REALLY fast

Hi everyone,

We've had a pretty interesting week. Halfway through, president miller assigned us to go on a 3-4 day exchange with another companionship in another area. It was a little different being in a new area, for just a few days, but we kept really busy. It was a one stake area. without a car, so i was on foot again. I was with Elder Catterson, and he likes to walk REALLY fast. my feet were killing me. I cant really remember what happened before the exchange, but the rest of the week flew by pretty quick. they are pretty busy in that stake, which makes the time fly by. I think what helps them to be so busy is how great the leadership in that stake is. The people were on fire to do missionary work.

 

This week, it seems the theme of what i've learned and what i've been teaching has been the Atonement of Christ. One can really gain a knowledge and appreciation for the atonement, by bearing testimony of it. Simply, Jesus Christ will take upon himself the penalty of our mistakes, if we follow His example and his gospel. If we do, he will have mercy upon us so that we might be able to live with our Him, our Heavenly Father, and our families. It makes me happy to know that Jesus Chirst loved us so much to sacrifice himself for us.

 

http://mormon.org/jesus-christ/

Alma 34

 

Love,

Elder Wright

We have had some great teaching experiences

HI!

 

We have been having lots of great experiences this week, coupled with a few not so fun ones. Some of our investigators have taken off, and we havent been able to contact them. For the ones that have stuck around we have had some great teaching experiences. One family, the fitzgeralds have been coming along REALLY slowly for thepast few months. We have really great weeks with them, followed by really down weeks. We were asked to lay off for a while, so we have been just dropping by occasionally. We found out that the family knows little to nothing about Jesus Christ, so we decided to leave them a Finding Faith in Christ DVD to watch on their own time. Sister Fitzgerald watched it and texted us (we can text now!) and said she really really liked the movie and that she wanted to come to church on sunday! That was huge news because she told us before that she wouldnt go without her husband, and he simply said he wouldnt go. The family has such great potential to make it to the temple. If they just buckle down and start coming to church, they could start working towards the temple! They are so awesome!

 

The rest of the week has been a little slow but we've been very grateful for some new investigators. We also had 2 6 hour long leadership trainings (guh) but we learned a bunch of stuff on the apostosy.

 

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Love,

Elder Wright

Elder L Tom Perry came and spoke to us

Hey everyone,

 

Can you believe it's already 2011?! We had a great new years activity as a mission. Elder L Tom Perry came and spoke to us for a bit, and then after he left we had a fun time with some movies, basketball, volleyball, pizza... When we drove home it was something like 6 degrees outside. We spent some time scraping the ice off the inside of our windshield. I am reminded each winter of how much I dont love the cold. Only a few more months of winter! It also snowed on us pretty bad this week. We've been shoveling lots of snow and pushing tons of cars to get them unstuck. I think i'm getting used to the numbness in my toes all the time.

 

Besides the cold the work has been going alright. We are keeping really busy but we havent had a whole lot of outward results. We have a lot of investigators that are trying to quite smoking right now, which has been tough. Some really want to quit, and others are a little half-hearted. We're helping them the best we can, its just slow...

 

anyway, i'm outta time

Church is true

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Love,

Elder Wright