There is a prevailing theme that I have never noticed before

Hello!

Not much new this week. We seem to be finding new people to teach all over the place, but most of them tell us up front that they wont join the church. We teach them a few lessons to see if we can build any desire but some of them just want to shoot the breeze. We are trying to focus our efforts more on our purpose of baptism, but the people we teach are just non-commital.

During my personal studies I have been reading through the Book of Mormon, and I just finished the book of Mosiah. There is a prevailing theme that I have never noticed before. It had to do with the deliverance of the people of Nephi from the Lamanites. The people had to do certain things to recieve freedom. A lot of times we teach people that they need to be free from bondage, whether from addiction, or from lifestyles, financial situations, spiritual deadness, etc... The equation to recvieve that freedom from bondage, is *ahem*

(trust the Lord [FAITH]) + (serve Him with all diligence of mind) + (humble yourself before the lord) + (cry mightily unto Him) + (submit cheerfully and with patience to the will of the Lord) = DELIVERANCE FROM BONDAGE.

 I have been applying this to our area, as it needs to be delivered from it's unfruitfulness. We have been praying recently a lot harder for success, and the people seem to just flow to us. Faith really works.

love you,

Elder Wright

we've been pulling weeds like crazy

aloha,

Summer is here. It's getting hot. We've been loaded up with service lately too. Elder Cartwright is turning black from the sun. We helped tear up a kitchen floor the other day, and we've been pulling weeds like crazy. We've also been biking quite a bit for exercise to get elder carwright awake in the mornings. He likes it better than running which is good, but i cant let him coast too much.

As far as the work goes, we had a really good week last week, and we were able to meet with our investigators several times, this week has had cancellation after no-show after cancellation. It's getting old. We push through it though, we try to meet as often as possible, daily, but we seem to just be catching people once a week at best. We are working with an awesome family who just moved in to one of the wards. Their names are stephanie and Justin Bloxham, and they have been really open and good to teach. Stephanie is a member already, but Justin has grown up here in utah, and has been surrounded by members all his life, but he is just now taking steps to be more involved in religion. They've slacked a bit on reading scriptures, but they are taking it more seriously now.

anyway,

Alma 5:14 have ye received the image of God in your countenances?

love,

elder wright

It's like it's own little world out here.

hey all,

 

Not much new happening here. We had transfers today, but both Elder Carwright and I will be staying here in kearns. By the end of this transfer I will have been here for 10 1/2 months!!! It's like it's own little world out here. We picked up a new investigator! His name is William Tyrie. He just got out of prison.He was there for 7 years, and now he's on parole until 2038... He cant get baptized until he's off that, but in the meantime, we want to help him understand the scriptures more and to pray. He really wants to make amends and repair the damage he had done in the past. He has been coming to church for 2 months now, so we just need to keep that up for the next 30 years or so...

I also had some exchanges to go on. I sent Elder Cartwright to another area and I got to work with Elder Huber for a day. We had a lot of success and we are starting to see the area turn around. When Elder Cartwright came back, I think his eyes were opened a bit to missionary work, and he has set some new goals to improve and become more actively involved in our area. Exchanges sometimes work in ways that I never would have expected. We are still working with 4 investigators that need to get married... It's coming slowly, but we expect at least one or two weddings shortly. We've had 2 or 3 days this week where we have been double booked for dinner appointments. I'm pretty used to it by now, but elder cartwright has been suffering. My motto: DONT STOP!

Life is good. the Gospel is true. Repent. Dont justify sins. 2 Nephi 28:7-9

Love ya,

Elder Wright

packed 200 missionaries into the train

Hey everybody,

We had a pretty awesome weekend! First, on friday, President Miller took the whole mission downtown to the tabernacle, and we were able to see the Messiah in America performance. The tabernacle was really really loud. Holy cow. they had a huge choir, a full orchestra, and the massive tabernacle organ. I had never been in the tabernacle before, and i was surprised at how small it was on the inside. I think it's because i compare it to the conference center. The whole mission took the trax down there at different times, but on the way back, we all loaded onto one train, and packed 200 missionaries into the train.

Then, on Saturday, we had the baptism for Sarah Schiermeyer at noon, which went smoothly. Her fiance (now husband) baptized her, and then later that afternoon, the bishop married them! They are now preparing to go to the temple. They both worked really hard and sacrificed a lot to make it all happen.

Now here in the area we are working with a few new investigators, but we may or may not see aother baptism here in teh month of june. we'll see

Love,

Elder Wright

It rained

Hey dudes,

 

It rained. It rained some more. If it's sunny, it rains the next day. We're getting a bike for Elder Cartwright this week so hopefully the rain stops. His birthday was on Sunday, so we celebrated with brownies and ice cream. We're trying to keep momentum going. He is trying to find more ways to improve and he is putting more effort in his teaching.

We have the baptism for Sarah Schiermeyer this weekend. Her fiance, Dallin recieved the priesthood this sunday so everything is set for the baptism, and then the wedding afterwards. She and all of our other investigators seem to be out of town. It's been tough with cancelled appointments, but we look for more people to teach in that time.

Love you,

Elder Wright