Hey hey hey everyone! How is everything going? I hope all is well down there, or over there, I’m more south then you all. I don’t know really know what to write today which is kind of a bummer. I’m in a weird mood.
So last Saturday was pretty cool. We started teaching a member’s niece who turns nine on December 20th. It’s exciting and she’s planning for her baptism on December 24th. She’s a very interesting girl and I have a lot of love for her. Our lessons are super fun because we have to make sure we keep her interested and learning. We are always trying to come up with new lesson plans and different things, but she is a very smart girl and she’s learning well. We are super excited for her!
Last Sunday we had a bunch of people at church, but only one of them had a BD so it was ok. Sunday night we met with president and sister Trayner. It felt like it had been a while but we met to talk about the different meetings we had coming up. As well we learned that Elder Vasquez is leaving and Elder Maldonado will be coming in to be the new assistant with me. It is exciting, but I will miss Elder Vasquez. Then Monday the work began. We went by and taught the girl again and had a fun lesson about the Holy Ghost. Where you use soap and pepper to show how the Holy Ghost helps protect us from sin. Then Tuesday we were able to get by RITA, who will be getting baptized on the 11th of December. We are super excited about that and we talked to her about Modern day profetas. It was a good lesson, but short, but she is excited for her baptism and knows that this is what our Heavenly Father wants from her.
Wednesday was a great day! We had struggled on Monday and Tuesday to find new people to teach. Wednesday we had ZLC and we talked about our goal for the end of the year! It is a very very exciting time to be in the TMM because we are super close to our goal of 1200. This month we are planning to bring 151 souls unto Christ. It will take mucho effort! But nothing that can’t be done, because the Lord expects it of us. After ZLC we went by and had some good lessons with FIRM a guy who is getting baptized on the 24th, and the member niece. It was fun we talked with them a little about the restoration of the gospel. Then Wednesday night we planned to meet a member at the chapel. This member had brought his friend from work to church last week and now his friend is really interested. As well the member’s niece and nephew just moved down here from Laredo and are super prepared and ready to be baptized. We toured the church with all them and then had a lesson by the baptismal font about baptism. We read from Mosiah 26:21-22 and we set BDs with them for the last day of the year. It’ll be cool because we are going to help them get married and baptized, and they really want this change in their lives. So we are super excited for them! And yesterday we went by and taught them again and it’s exciting because we began to set dates for their progress in the gospel.
Its cool to read the letter from Jake and to see how the mission is over there and how well he’s doing. He has some great ideas it sounds like. I loved being a zone leader, because we did the same sort of things that Elder Lessie plans to do and we doubled the baptisms in the zone in a month. It was great! And now its time to continue to raise the vision. I think one of the most important things I’ve learned about goals on the mission is that we always need to raise the vision. If we don’t raise the vision we will never get better. And then we have to give the missionaries the faith and the encouragement, be a cheerleader, show lots of love and gain the trust. And you need to make plans to achieve a goal! It’s a recipe, everything needs to be measured out and all ingredients are needed, if we want to change the outcome, change the ingredients.
Well I love you all. I hope everyone is well. How’s Colby Kipp doing? I miss that guy. Haha I love you.
-Elder Stone
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