So this is Jordan's blog post from June 17. I know I know, I am a little late in putting it up but late is better than never right? Anyway, enjoy reading!
-Spencer A. Nielson
Hey Everyone!
I seriously can't believe another week has gone by already! I hit my month mark since I entered the MTC a couple days ago, and that was surprising enough. Seriously... missions aren't quite long enough... Considering there's about 4 months of training before you really get kicking, it's not as long as it seems. Then there's the fact that it flies by like no other!
This week has probably been the best week yet... actually it definitely has. My companion's subject for his weekly email was "Awesomest Week Ever!" and I think mine would also be that if it hadn't flown by so quickly!
On another note, you all should vote on if you prefer me going day by day or if you prefer just listing some cool experiences and scriptures... I don't really mind either way, but someone should get a vote going for me.
But anyway, Tuesday was pretty awesome! We were able to meet with a less active member and visit with him. He was pretty awesome, and I hope that he was able to feel the spirit that was there as we discussed the importance of reading scriptures daily. It was pretty awesome, as we just barely caught him before he headed out the back door. Then we met with a recent convert who hasn't been to church in a couple weeks and had an inspiring lesson with him about the importance of church. It really helped me to see really why we go to church and why it's important to make that sacrifice to get out of bed in the morning to renew the covenants I've made with my Father in Heaven. Then, because a couple members had cancelled on going out with us, we asked him if he wanted to go teaching with us that night. It was pretty awesome, as we got to visit with an older lady and teach her the stop smoking workshop and he was able to bear his testimony of prayer there and it was just a super awesome spiritual experience. Then we visited with a family we're teaching, and he was able to bear his testimony about the importance of church to them as they had come to church for the first time the sunday before. Then on the way back with him, we started talking about missions, and the coolest thing happened. He said that he had been considering if he wanted to serve a mission and do what we do, and that his experiences that night had helped him decide that he indeed wanted to serve! It was awesome to see the change in him just from that afternoon when he was kind of luke-warm about going to church to deciding to serve a mission by the end of the night.
Then came Wednesday, which was a pretty great day. We had a meeting down in the city for the new Veteran Missionaries (those who have been out for a couple weeks) and President Taylor, Sister Taylor, and the AP's gave us some awesome training and counsel. It was incredible! Then we headed back up to Ponca and with the two and a half hours we had left we got to work. We had asked in Priesthood on Sunday if any of the brethern could come out teaching with us to an appointment we had, and after none of them raised their hands our investigator who was there leaned over to us and told us he would ask his wife, but he wanted to come out with us. Then on Wednesday the investigator we had the appointment with cancelled, and all of our back ups were also not home, so we decided to see a less active older couple who lives around the block from him. It was an awesome experience as he was able to bear his testimony about church (even though he had only been there once) and they both shared some of their experiences with him. So, basically we had an investigator go out teaching with us to visit a less active... even though it probably is supposed to be the other way around. It was awesome!
Thursday came, and Thursday went. It was my first exchange, as my companion is the district leader and par tof his responsibility is to go on exchanges with all the members of the district. But... I'm out of time, so I'll start with this Thursday next week when I have more time!
Love,
Elder Nielson
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