Hiya everyone!
First off, I want to tell yall about the morning we've had thus far. We came to the library on time for email, but when we tried to lock our bikes up, Elder Cadwallader's lock broke. We stood there for like 10 minutes trying to fix it but nothing worked. So we headed over to the bike shop to get a new lock. When we explained the situation they said there was a guarentee on it so they just gave us a new one! That made him happy. Then we came all the way back to email, but all the computers were taken. So we went to Asda to buy groceries. While in there, we recognised the song that was playing but I couldnt remember who the band was. Side story real quick: I miss music soooo much and I hate it how I cant think of certain lyrics to some of my favorite songs or even the bands I listened to! Its made me really frustrated haha Okay, back to this morning...We went to check out and I asked the cashier who the band is of the song and it was Maroon 5! Ahh, it made me happy haha
Anywayyysss, so this week was alright. Elder Cadwallader made me do a senior week this week so that was interesting. I had to pretty much plan for every dad of the week and what we were doing each day. It wasnt as bad as I thought it was going to be. What made me the happiest though is that finally an area that I chose for us to go tracting in was actually a successful area! It was a street called St. Andrew's Close. We found a couple good people in there, but havent gotten a solid return appointment yet. And some of them have funky shifts at work so its a little hard to catch them in. This one woman seemed really interested in our message and took a Book of Mormon and made a return appointment for the next day. Upon our arrival though, we noticed that she had put the book in a plastic bag with a note stating she wasnt really interested and for us not to call by again. Its was heartbreaking, but I guess thats better that us going back many times just to be ignored.
Nothing else really happened during the week for us here in Cwmbran, just lots of rain, cloudy skies and tracting haha One teaching experience we did have this week was at an inactive member's home. He has not been to church in 16 years and we ran into him on the street about a month ago. He still remembers the church and keeps his patriarchal blessing near to him, but he stopped going because he got bored of the lessons. Kind of a lame excuse but its what he said. We watched the Restoration DVD with him and his partner so that went well. After the movie, his partner started asking lots of question pertaining to the Plan of Salvation. We taught her the second half of the lesson and will teach her the rest this coming wednesday! And the best part of that is that the inactive was getting excited during the lesson because he knew all the answers to the questions haha
On saturday, we went to Newport for a baptism. The Elders in Newport got a baptism!! The first one in our district for a while! It was was exciting to see someone get baptised. I just hope that we can find someone to teach and get progressing so that another soul will be brought to our Heavenly Father.
So this week will be the last week of this transfer. We will know this next monday if we are getting transfered or not. I really dont know whats going to happen because ive had both feelings that im leaving and staying so beats me haha My next pday will be next wednesday so I will let everyone know then whats goin down.
Spiritual thought for the week: I was flipping though my scriptures this past week and found 3 really good scriptures that I think everyone should look up. They are all in the Doctrine and Covenants...42:61, 90:24 and 123:17. They all relate to how we should live our lives and receive blessings from God. We should always rely on our savior Jesus Christ. He is the light and the life of the world. Everything good thing we receive is because of His atonement! I love him so much. I believe these scriptures will help each and every one of us endure to the end and get the blessings we want.
I hope you all had the opportunity to pray for a missionary experience this past week! If anyone did, I would love to hear about them! Love you all,
-Elder Jaquish
Monday, November 22, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Say cheese
Sorry for the delay in postings. I have been working on getting the pictures up, soooo now they're up!
Giving someone the "Fork" and a great birthday dinner
Hello Everyone! Beth wyt ti'n ei wneud? (Welsh for what are you doing? haha)
So quick story...first off, instead of using the middle finger here, they use the peace sign backwards (fork) to say the equivalent of using the middle finger for us. This car was pulling out into the road and I looked at the guy driving and smiled and waved at him. He gave me the fork, so I smiled bigger at him and waved my hand harder at him to pretty much not allow him to gain gratification because I didnt get mad hahahahah I hope that made sense...it sounded better in my head that on paper.....
Anywayyyss, this week was awesome! Despite the rain that drenched us everyday haha On tuesday, all the district and zone leaders had training so I went on exchanges with Elder Ruesch in Bridgend. Justin will be proud of me for what we did pretty much all day...we helped a member take out the cell box (I think thats what its called) of a car in order to place a bearing inside so the car wouldnt make so much noise between shifting gears. It was pretty fun slash interesting. I never got uder the car, but I helped in the front by taking out the bolts and screws that held the cell box to the engine and battery tray. Fun stuff! The member was really thankful for our help and afterwards we went to his house and gave a spiritual thought to the family; we talked about families and the atonement of Jesus Christ and i felt the spirit pretty strongly.
On wednesday, we went to Rhiwbina for my first Zone Conference! It was amazing!! President Ogden spoke a lot about how we need to take control of our areas...the area we have been assigned to is our area so we need to follow the spirit and do what is best for the people. He got rid of the 10/10/10/20 rule so we dont have to keep track of finding time and how many books we give out each week. At one point, he was telling a story about this missionary who thought he did little work in his last area because of the lack of success he experienced. Like 15 years later, he visited this area and found out that the current Bishop was some kid that he had given a Book of Mormon to randomly. It was an awesome story. He said to us to never feel like our efforts are wasted. And also about how the things we go through now are preparing us for the future. He even pointed me out saying that I will become a Bishop in the future!! Super dodge haha So yep, according to President Ogden, Im gonna be a bishop haha
Thursday was awesome pretty much because it was my birthday!! It seems super weird to say that Im 20 years old haha Doesnt seem right. Its gonna take some time getting used to. Another reason why thursday was great is because I had a really good spiritual experience. On the bike ride up to Green Meadow in the rain, I say this guy walking down the street. I went by him and thought that my companion would go talk to him, but he went by as well. I turned around and went to speak to teh guy. We had a really good convertsation with him about religion and the relationship we have with Heavenly Father. Even though we didnt give a Book of Mormon to him, I had the impression that he will come into contact with the missionaries in the future...it was sooo cool. Later that night, we were invited over to the Burri's house for my birthday dinner! We had hamburgers and fries...so good! It made me happy that someone had me over for dinner on my birthday :)
We had the opportunity to watch the film Joseph Smith: Prophet of teh Restoration a coulpe times this past week with some less-actives and I'll tell you what...that is one powerful movie! I love it. It strengthens my testimony every time I watch it. On of my favorite quotes in the movie is about the Book of Mormon...."No wicked man could right it, and no righteous man would write it." It just goes to show you how true the Book of Mormon is. It is a divine record that was preserved for us by the hand of God for our time. I have grown to really love reading and studying the Book of Mormon. Im so thankful that I came on this mission because it has strengthened my testimony so much already, even through all of the persecution. But hey, it is in our blood as members of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ to go through persecution! We just need to always trust in the Lord.
Saturday was really good, well the second half of it. We went to Newport in the evening time because Elder Cadwallader had to interview an investigator for baptism! Its really exciting for our district because this will be teh first baptism in our district. The baptism will be next saturday in Newport for the Newport elders. Hopefully we will be able to attend. Towards the night time, Elder Cadwallader didnt have anything planned because we had to cancel our appoontment due to teh baptismal interview so we went to Sis. Jones house to pick up an apple tart that she baked us, which was really good. (Im gonna learn how to bake english pasteries for when i get home haha). On the was over to her house, this drunk guy started talking to us. He kept asking us the same question over and over again even though we had tried to answer it. He kept saying that we were wrong. And that he loved God to bits and that he went to church. Then he would condemn God for his suffering and say he hadnt been to church for 52 years. He finally said bye and left us after muttering a bunch of rubbish. It was so funny though. We tried to help him but he just kept refusing haha Oh well. Then later that night these like 12 year old girls started talking to us and said we were really cute haha But im pretty sure they were tipsy as well hahaha I gave them some of my skittles though, so I did a good deed! haha Then we ran into this other guy who had just been kicked out of his girlfriends house and was walking to his friends house to stay while carrying his clothes in plastic bags. He said he had always wanted to talk to us. We said some comforting words to him and comitted him to come to church the next day. He seemed like a pretty solid "elect", but he didnt come to church. We got his address though so we will visit him this next week.
Ahhhh, so thats pretty much my past week. I love taking time at the end of each day to see how much the Lord blesses me each day and directs us in this work! I love this work, The church is true. I know that without a doubt. I hope everyone has a great week! I would like to challenge each of you to pray for a missionary experience this week and tell me about it! :) Love you all!
-Elder Jaquish
So quick story...first off, instead of using the middle finger here, they use the peace sign backwards (fork) to say the equivalent of using the middle finger for us. This car was pulling out into the road and I looked at the guy driving and smiled and waved at him. He gave me the fork, so I smiled bigger at him and waved my hand harder at him to pretty much not allow him to gain gratification because I didnt get mad hahahahah I hope that made sense...it sounded better in my head that on paper.....
Anywayyyss, this week was awesome! Despite the rain that drenched us everyday haha On tuesday, all the district and zone leaders had training so I went on exchanges with Elder Ruesch in Bridgend. Justin will be proud of me for what we did pretty much all day...we helped a member take out the cell box (I think thats what its called) of a car in order to place a bearing inside so the car wouldnt make so much noise between shifting gears. It was pretty fun slash interesting. I never got uder the car, but I helped in the front by taking out the bolts and screws that held the cell box to the engine and battery tray. Fun stuff! The member was really thankful for our help and afterwards we went to his house and gave a spiritual thought to the family; we talked about families and the atonement of Jesus Christ and i felt the spirit pretty strongly.
On wednesday, we went to Rhiwbina for my first Zone Conference! It was amazing!! President Ogden spoke a lot about how we need to take control of our areas...the area we have been assigned to is our area so we need to follow the spirit and do what is best for the people. He got rid of the 10/10/10/20 rule so we dont have to keep track of finding time and how many books we give out each week. At one point, he was telling a story about this missionary who thought he did little work in his last area because of the lack of success he experienced. Like 15 years later, he visited this area and found out that the current Bishop was some kid that he had given a Book of Mormon to randomly. It was an awesome story. He said to us to never feel like our efforts are wasted. And also about how the things we go through now are preparing us for the future. He even pointed me out saying that I will become a Bishop in the future!! Super dodge haha So yep, according to President Ogden, Im gonna be a bishop haha
Thursday was awesome pretty much because it was my birthday!! It seems super weird to say that Im 20 years old haha Doesnt seem right. Its gonna take some time getting used to. Another reason why thursday was great is because I had a really good spiritual experience. On the bike ride up to Green Meadow in the rain, I say this guy walking down the street. I went by him and thought that my companion would go talk to him, but he went by as well. I turned around and went to speak to teh guy. We had a really good convertsation with him about religion and the relationship we have with Heavenly Father. Even though we didnt give a Book of Mormon to him, I had the impression that he will come into contact with the missionaries in the future...it was sooo cool. Later that night, we were invited over to the Burri's house for my birthday dinner! We had hamburgers and fries...so good! It made me happy that someone had me over for dinner on my birthday :)
We had the opportunity to watch the film Joseph Smith: Prophet of teh Restoration a coulpe times this past week with some less-actives and I'll tell you what...that is one powerful movie! I love it. It strengthens my testimony every time I watch it. On of my favorite quotes in the movie is about the Book of Mormon...."No wicked man could right it, and no righteous man would write it." It just goes to show you how true the Book of Mormon is. It is a divine record that was preserved for us by the hand of God for our time. I have grown to really love reading and studying the Book of Mormon. Im so thankful that I came on this mission because it has strengthened my testimony so much already, even through all of the persecution. But hey, it is in our blood as members of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ to go through persecution! We just need to always trust in the Lord.
Saturday was really good, well the second half of it. We went to Newport in the evening time because Elder Cadwallader had to interview an investigator for baptism! Its really exciting for our district because this will be teh first baptism in our district. The baptism will be next saturday in Newport for the Newport elders. Hopefully we will be able to attend. Towards the night time, Elder Cadwallader didnt have anything planned because we had to cancel our appoontment due to teh baptismal interview so we went to Sis. Jones house to pick up an apple tart that she baked us, which was really good. (Im gonna learn how to bake english pasteries for when i get home haha). On the was over to her house, this drunk guy started talking to us. He kept asking us the same question over and over again even though we had tried to answer it. He kept saying that we were wrong. And that he loved God to bits and that he went to church. Then he would condemn God for his suffering and say he hadnt been to church for 52 years. He finally said bye and left us after muttering a bunch of rubbish. It was so funny though. We tried to help him but he just kept refusing haha Oh well. Then later that night these like 12 year old girls started talking to us and said we were really cute haha But im pretty sure they were tipsy as well hahaha I gave them some of my skittles though, so I did a good deed! haha Then we ran into this other guy who had just been kicked out of his girlfriends house and was walking to his friends house to stay while carrying his clothes in plastic bags. He said he had always wanted to talk to us. We said some comforting words to him and comitted him to come to church the next day. He seemed like a pretty solid "elect", but he didnt come to church. We got his address though so we will visit him this next week.
Ahhhh, so thats pretty much my past week. I love taking time at the end of each day to see how much the Lord blesses me each day and directs us in this work! I love this work, The church is true. I know that without a doubt. I hope everyone has a great week! I would like to challenge each of you to pray for a missionary experience this week and tell me about it! :) Love you all!
-Elder Jaquish
Here comes the rain...
Helo, sut wyt ti?! (Hello, how are you/how is everyone)
I have been learning some more welsh phrases this week haha And i learned that welsh is the oldest european language ever! So cool. And another ramdom thing, we have this old Jehovah Witness couple that we have become friends with that told us that approximately only 5% of Britain goes to church. So just a little stat on what people think of religion here.
This week was very very very wet and cold. Today is the first time ive seen the sun since last monday haha It doesnt bother me too much though. People just dont like to talk when the weather is like that so it makes things a little hard. But nonetheless, we stop them and talk to them! I think our best day this past week was on tuesday. We made a random stop-by the house of the investigator we have been working and had a pretty good conversation with her on her doorsteep. We pretty much did half of the baptismal interview with her to see where she stands. And.....we committed her to baptism!!!!!! Her date is November 27th. Sad to say though that she got into a fight with her husdand who is against all religion saturday night so she wasnt able to come to church yesterday. This is a hard situation we as missionaries are in because we want her to receive the gospel into her life but the gospel isnt meant to break up families. So, we will get into contact with her this week sometime to ask how we can help. She did mention though that she wasnt going to let her husband stop her this time from being baptised. Just please pray for her everyone. Thank you. Another event that happened that day is that a less-active YSA called us wondering about church saying that she wanted to come! But, she never did. Sad, but at least she put forth the effort of wanting to go. We will be in contact with her and her friends throughout the week. We got her!! haha But just a small testimony real quick, these blessing came upon us and our investigators through fasting and prayer. Those two things are powerful stuff, i love it.
One other exciting thing that happened this week was bonfire day! That is a silly holiday the British people celebrate for when they burnt this guy on the stake because he tried to blow up parliament but failed. So all night they shoot off fireworks and have giant bonfires. Due to low clouds and lots of rain though, it wasnt too good. But, the next night everybody was shooting off fireworks it was awesome! Elder Cadwallader and I went to the top of this one hill so we could look out over all of the valley and see the fireworks. It sounded like we were in the middle of a battlefield! haha So cool. That was on the 5th and 6th.
Hmmmm...the rest of the week was pretty normal. A lot of talking to people on the street and sharing the gospel to everyone! Oh, last night we went over to Sheldon and Evangeline's house adn made pizza from scratch! It was soooo good. And we watched the film Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration. I absolutely love that movie. It strengthens my testimony everytime I watch it. There is no doubt that this church is true. I know it.
Spiritual thought for the week comes from the zone meeting we had this past wednesday. Our purpose is to gather the elect and bring them to the gospel. These elect are those who are ready to hear the gospel. They will have a broken heart and a contrite spirit. They will accept the gospel in its fulness. Everybody isnt one of these people. Our duty is to spread the good news of the plan Heavenly Father has for us and the path through Jesus Christ that we can come back to live with Him. We should never get discouraged because when we do, we are not giving everyone the chance to partake of the gospel. I know this church is true and that Jesus is the Christ. I love how just being out here for almost 3 months has strengthened my testimony so much. And it has come through continued scripture study and prayer. I love this work. Its the best! haha Look up these two scriptures: 2 Nephi 2:27 and D&C 18:10-15. I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Love you all.
-Elder Jaquish
I have been learning some more welsh phrases this week haha And i learned that welsh is the oldest european language ever! So cool. And another ramdom thing, we have this old Jehovah Witness couple that we have become friends with that told us that approximately only 5% of Britain goes to church. So just a little stat on what people think of religion here.
This week was very very very wet and cold. Today is the first time ive seen the sun since last monday haha It doesnt bother me too much though. People just dont like to talk when the weather is like that so it makes things a little hard. But nonetheless, we stop them and talk to them! I think our best day this past week was on tuesday. We made a random stop-by the house of the investigator we have been working and had a pretty good conversation with her on her doorsteep. We pretty much did half of the baptismal interview with her to see where she stands. And.....we committed her to baptism!!!!!! Her date is November 27th. Sad to say though that she got into a fight with her husdand who is against all religion saturday night so she wasnt able to come to church yesterday. This is a hard situation we as missionaries are in because we want her to receive the gospel into her life but the gospel isnt meant to break up families. So, we will get into contact with her this week sometime to ask how we can help. She did mention though that she wasnt going to let her husband stop her this time from being baptised. Just please pray for her everyone. Thank you. Another event that happened that day is that a less-active YSA called us wondering about church saying that she wanted to come! But, she never did. Sad, but at least she put forth the effort of wanting to go. We will be in contact with her and her friends throughout the week. We got her!! haha But just a small testimony real quick, these blessing came upon us and our investigators through fasting and prayer. Those two things are powerful stuff, i love it.
One other exciting thing that happened this week was bonfire day! That is a silly holiday the British people celebrate for when they burnt this guy on the stake because he tried to blow up parliament but failed. So all night they shoot off fireworks and have giant bonfires. Due to low clouds and lots of rain though, it wasnt too good. But, the next night everybody was shooting off fireworks it was awesome! Elder Cadwallader and I went to the top of this one hill so we could look out over all of the valley and see the fireworks. It sounded like we were in the middle of a battlefield! haha So cool. That was on the 5th and 6th.
Hmmmm...the rest of the week was pretty normal. A lot of talking to people on the street and sharing the gospel to everyone! Oh, last night we went over to Sheldon and Evangeline's house adn made pizza from scratch! It was soooo good. And we watched the film Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration. I absolutely love that movie. It strengthens my testimony everytime I watch it. There is no doubt that this church is true. I know it.
Spiritual thought for the week comes from the zone meeting we had this past wednesday. Our purpose is to gather the elect and bring them to the gospel. These elect are those who are ready to hear the gospel. They will have a broken heart and a contrite spirit. They will accept the gospel in its fulness. Everybody isnt one of these people. Our duty is to spread the good news of the plan Heavenly Father has for us and the path through Jesus Christ that we can come back to live with Him. We should never get discouraged because when we do, we are not giving everyone the chance to partake of the gospel. I know this church is true and that Jesus is the Christ. I love how just being out here for almost 3 months has strengthened my testimony so much. And it has come through continued scripture study and prayer. I love this work. Its the best! haha Look up these two scriptures: 2 Nephi 2:27 and D&C 18:10-15. I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Love you all.
-Elder Jaquish
Week 10.....dosent seem like its been that long
Hiya everyone!!
Hmmm wow. Im at week 10 already...weird. It doesnt seem like its already been that long. And it doesnt seem like it should be November yet haha I hope everyone had a good halloween last night! I didnt see too many kids out, but thats prolly because we had to come in at 8pm, mission rules.
This past week has been amazing! I have enjoyed doing the work so much this past week and despite the continuing large amouts of rejection, I dont stop in my efforts to share the Gospel with EVERYBODY. I like the challenege this are is giving me anyways haha Some exciting news...one of our investigators is progressing more than she ever has! She attended church the past two Sundays and will be going to a ward activity this tuesday. Things are looking good for her eternal progression. There are some little blockages in her path but I know that she can overcome them and we will be with her the whole way. Hopefully, as I have been impressed to think over the past few days, she will have a baptismal date by the end of this week! Very exciting! Especially since the last baptism was a year ago. So I will keep yall updated in the next email.
One experience that I had this past week that has encouraged me to be more dilligent in the work happened in District Meeting this past thursday. Elder Cadwallader, being our distrct leader, told us to go into a separate room to pray for guidence on what we can improve on in the next week. I said my prayer and opened the scriptures to Jacob 1. In that chapter, my prayer was answered in verses 7,8,19. Read them. I have experience a greater love for the people since then. I want to work with all my heart, might, mind and strength to proclaim the gospel to everyone so that they can feel the promptings of the Holy Ghost and experience its blessings.
I went on my first splits this week! I went with Bro. Hawskings and visited a few less-actives. It was pretty cool slash it felt weird because I was with someone other than my companion haha It was fun though. Oh, funny quick story: I watched this kid fall off of a tree branch and land on his bum so I started clapping at him. He realised where the clapping was coming from and started yelling at me, so I quickly turned around so he couldnt see me and told Elder Cadwallader to hurry up and walk away hahahahahahahaha Its okay though because he was far away from me as I watched from a bridge. I thought it was funny though.
Spiritual thought for the week: I have been studying various materials, namely the scriptures, old ensigns from the 70's and Jesus the Christ, that have been talking about the importance of the Holy Ghost. Everything we know is a byproduct of the promptings of the Holy Ghost. He is the one that has witnessed to us that the Gospel is true. Thanks to the Holy Ghost, we KNOW that our religion is truly the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in the latter-days. Striving to learn more about the third being of the Godhead will help us realise these things. Studying the scriptures well. I know that this church is true and that God lives. Jesus is the Christ and only through Him can we be exalted. Know that we can be exalted. Know that through His atonement, we can be forgive of our sins and shortcomings. I know all of these things to be true. I love this work. I hope everyone has a great week fully of missionary experiences!!
Love you all,
-Elder Jaquish
ps. Look up John 17:3, Mosiah 4:5,8-10, D&C 18:35 and maybe even study the parables in the New Testament!
Hmmm wow. Im at week 10 already...weird. It doesnt seem like its already been that long. And it doesnt seem like it should be November yet haha I hope everyone had a good halloween last night! I didnt see too many kids out, but thats prolly because we had to come in at 8pm, mission rules.
This past week has been amazing! I have enjoyed doing the work so much this past week and despite the continuing large amouts of rejection, I dont stop in my efforts to share the Gospel with EVERYBODY. I like the challenege this are is giving me anyways haha Some exciting news...one of our investigators is progressing more than she ever has! She attended church the past two Sundays and will be going to a ward activity this tuesday. Things are looking good for her eternal progression. There are some little blockages in her path but I know that she can overcome them and we will be with her the whole way. Hopefully, as I have been impressed to think over the past few days, she will have a baptismal date by the end of this week! Very exciting! Especially since the last baptism was a year ago. So I will keep yall updated in the next email.
One experience that I had this past week that has encouraged me to be more dilligent in the work happened in District Meeting this past thursday. Elder Cadwallader, being our distrct leader, told us to go into a separate room to pray for guidence on what we can improve on in the next week. I said my prayer and opened the scriptures to Jacob 1. In that chapter, my prayer was answered in verses 7,8,19. Read them. I have experience a greater love for the people since then. I want to work with all my heart, might, mind and strength to proclaim the gospel to everyone so that they can feel the promptings of the Holy Ghost and experience its blessings.
I went on my first splits this week! I went with Bro. Hawskings and visited a few less-actives. It was pretty cool slash it felt weird because I was with someone other than my companion haha It was fun though. Oh, funny quick story: I watched this kid fall off of a tree branch and land on his bum so I started clapping at him. He realised where the clapping was coming from and started yelling at me, so I quickly turned around so he couldnt see me and told Elder Cadwallader to hurry up and walk away hahahahahahahaha Its okay though because he was far away from me as I watched from a bridge. I thought it was funny though.
Spiritual thought for the week: I have been studying various materials, namely the scriptures, old ensigns from the 70's and Jesus the Christ, that have been talking about the importance of the Holy Ghost. Everything we know is a byproduct of the promptings of the Holy Ghost. He is the one that has witnessed to us that the Gospel is true. Thanks to the Holy Ghost, we KNOW that our religion is truly the restored gospel of Jesus Christ in the latter-days. Striving to learn more about the third being of the Godhead will help us realise these things. Studying the scriptures well. I know that this church is true and that God lives. Jesus is the Christ and only through Him can we be exalted. Know that we can be exalted. Know that through His atonement, we can be forgive of our sins and shortcomings. I know all of these things to be true. I love this work. I hope everyone has a great week fully of missionary experiences!!
Love you all,
-Elder Jaquish
ps. Look up John 17:3, Mosiah 4:5,8-10, D&C 18:35 and maybe even study the parables in the New Testament!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Chapel Reopening!!
Bora da! (Good Morning!)
So this past week was the best week ever!!! Elder Cadwallader and I did work. This one day we went tracting and gave out 4 copies of the Book of Mormon out! Two of those were simultaneous doors! We had a lot of sit-down lessons this week as well. One experience that we had on the day that I previously mentioned is stuck in my head right now. Okay, so we ask people all the time if we can help them carry bags or do yard work or anything, but we always get rejected. As we were speeding down this hill, we saw this older lady carrying grocery bags. The thought came into my head, oh she will probably reject us anyways so whats the point of stopping. But, we stopped and asked her and to our surprise she accpeted out help!! She was very thankful that someone had finally offered to help her. Even though her flat wasnt too much further up the road, we were able to give service to someone. After reaching her flat, we explained who we were and she accepted a Book of Mormon as well! It was awesome. We are going to see her this tuesday.
Another reason why this week was the best; our chapel opened back up!! It felt so good to be in our own chapel. The members were so excited to be in there as well. We were able to get three investigators and four less-actives to church yesterday. It was such a great blessing from the Lord. Now that church is more easily accesible now, we have a better chance of getting people to church and onward to become progressing. We have this one investigator who has been investigating the church for a while. We had been visiting her alot this week teaching her about the Holy Ghost and how we can recognize its presense. I know that she has felt the Holy Ghost before, i sure felt it during one lesson. She has had a baptismal date once before, but a lot of things came up in her life around that date so she never got too close to being baptised. During one of the lessons, I felt something so powerful to committ her to a new baptismal date, and Elder Cadwallader felt the same thing. We never did because her situation is somewhat difficult; she needs time. But after talking it over with Elder Cadwallader and her fellowshipper, we are going to be bold and follow the promtings of the spirit and committ her this week to a date. So exciting!!
Spiritual thought for this week goes along with the previous two stories. We need to always follow the promtings of the spirit no matter what. We have been given that gift from God and we should use it. If we are prompted to do good, it is of God and of the Spirit. We should always look to do good. Always pray for missionary experiences each day, for if you do I know you will be richly blessed. I hope you all have a great week and I challenge you all to look for a spiritual/missionary experience this week. Please tell me what happens!! Tya (Bye in welsh haha).
Love you all,
-Elder Jaquish
So this past week was the best week ever!!! Elder Cadwallader and I did work. This one day we went tracting and gave out 4 copies of the Book of Mormon out! Two of those were simultaneous doors! We had a lot of sit-down lessons this week as well. One experience that we had on the day that I previously mentioned is stuck in my head right now. Okay, so we ask people all the time if we can help them carry bags or do yard work or anything, but we always get rejected. As we were speeding down this hill, we saw this older lady carrying grocery bags. The thought came into my head, oh she will probably reject us anyways so whats the point of stopping. But, we stopped and asked her and to our surprise she accpeted out help!! She was very thankful that someone had finally offered to help her. Even though her flat wasnt too much further up the road, we were able to give service to someone. After reaching her flat, we explained who we were and she accepted a Book of Mormon as well! It was awesome. We are going to see her this tuesday.
Another reason why this week was the best; our chapel opened back up!! It felt so good to be in our own chapel. The members were so excited to be in there as well. We were able to get three investigators and four less-actives to church yesterday. It was such a great blessing from the Lord. Now that church is more easily accesible now, we have a better chance of getting people to church and onward to become progressing. We have this one investigator who has been investigating the church for a while. We had been visiting her alot this week teaching her about the Holy Ghost and how we can recognize its presense. I know that she has felt the Holy Ghost before, i sure felt it during one lesson. She has had a baptismal date once before, but a lot of things came up in her life around that date so she never got too close to being baptised. During one of the lessons, I felt something so powerful to committ her to a new baptismal date, and Elder Cadwallader felt the same thing. We never did because her situation is somewhat difficult; she needs time. But after talking it over with Elder Cadwallader and her fellowshipper, we are going to be bold and follow the promtings of the spirit and committ her this week to a date. So exciting!!
Spiritual thought for this week goes along with the previous two stories. We need to always follow the promtings of the spirit no matter what. We have been given that gift from God and we should use it. If we are prompted to do good, it is of God and of the Spirit. We should always look to do good. Always pray for missionary experiences each day, for if you do I know you will be richly blessed. I hope you all have a great week and I challenge you all to look for a spiritual/missionary experience this week. Please tell me what happens!! Tya (Bye in welsh haha).
Love you all,
-Elder Jaquish
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