May 10, 2010

Elder Ellis did send a letter after all but he sent it to the wrong address. So here it is:

Well this week.

I got a new companion. Said goodbye to my old companion spent two days waiting for my new companion to come. and yeah many other things.

This morning while studying i learned a little bit about analyzing my mission. The past and what the problems are. My companion and i looked at the numbers from last transfer. Something that i have rarely done so far. I learned a whole lot though! a Whole lot. We just kept beating the same dead horse it looks like. or at least thats what my new companion thought. We got new investigators but we just never had anyone progressing never had anyone come to church. So this morning looking over all that he said well if we dont have anyone coming to church we need to find people that will come to church we need to find people that will obey the lord commandments. That is so true.

This week i spent the two days without a companion with Elder Roggeman and Elder Maxwell. I was able to observe them. Watch and think about what was in their heads. Elder maxwell was trying to teach them everything they need to know. Elder roggeman got frustrated that elder maxwell was teaching so much and so then just sat there without wanting to say anything. and elder maxwell would just continue on and keep teaching. now personally i think that form of teaching is not effective at all. Not to mention they werent really listening to the people they were teaching they were both focusing too much on either what they wanted to share or what the other was sharing. that they forgot the importance of observing one another. Watching this i learned and reflected on past transfers with other missionaries. seeing that i have done the same things at times. and really learned a lot about people. and mainly realized again recieved an added testimony of the importance of the holy ghost. What a vital tool that we dont use/ This week i was also studying the Book of Mormon and really feel like there are many missionaries that really are the condemnation of not using the Book like were the early missionaries of the Church. That is why president invited us to read it again. because he felt we needed to use it more. I have been studying to do just that. Better use the book in our teaching. How great a tool. It explains so clearly the apostasy and the restoration of the gospel. We use the bible way too much as missionaries thinking tht if we dont show them from the bible they wont believe it. So untrue. There is nothing to bring the spirit stronger than show them Revealed truth. I hope to use it better this week and for the rest of my mission!


I Love you all! Hope you have a good week!