Dear family and everyone else,
I will first start out by talking about last Monday. We went to Turlock to finally wash the car because of all the farm dust that is around here. Through a little section, you can actually smell the cows. It's always revolting. Anyway, after we washed the car, we stopped by a Big 5 to shop for some clothes. I now have a completely new getup to run in the mornings than when I first started. After all of our shopping, we worked the rest of the evening starting at 6. Nobody home though.
We then exchanged with Turlock 5th ward, which is by the way the YSA. I however, got to stay in my area a second time. Oh well. Me and Elder Fowers had a great time together. Interesting thing was, we taught a less active that converted to another church called the Church of God, and he was just sharing some Bible scriptures he has been studying lately. Elder Fowers and I just listened so we could warm up to him. We talked to him about reading the Book of Mormon again but he didn't want to. His wife who converted him was reading some the Book of Mormon before and showed some interest. Old members who fall away can be difficult sometimes. Other than that, we did not have much teaching on the exchange.
On Thursday, we had a Zone meeting, and we learned what we need to do for the next while--work with the less actives, part-members, and prospective Elders. This was something we already were trying to do. After the training, I took pictures of me with Elder Fowers and Elder Wilks, his companion. On Friday, we served with the Catholic's as usual in serving food to the homeless. Oh the cooking makes me hungry every time. Saturday we did some yard work for a member. The back patio is free of cob-webs and dirty wood, and the lawn is all mowed. It felt good.
Then we taught Caroline the plan of salvation. {Now here comes the spiritual moment of my letter.} She loves us coming over. She was beginning to worry that we were going to give up on her because of how busy she can be. I say to myself, I will never give up on you. I feel you have been spiritually prepared for us to come over again. Then she said something to us that was just so awe striking. "I feel spiritually thirsty and starving. I feel I'm not getting enough nourishment from church (Southern Baptist). That is why I'm in my Bible studies, and Praise dancing." It was just so profound what she said. I being a representative of Jesus Christ, am here to feed those who starve from spiritual matters. We invited her to church and explained how church worked. She said she needed to find a way to get her mom there too because she can't leave her alone. We hope she will join us at church soon. Well, that's all I got for this week. Love you all.
Sincerely,
Elder White
I will first start out by talking about last Monday. We went to Turlock to finally wash the car because of all the farm dust that is around here. Through a little section, you can actually smell the cows. It's always revolting. Anyway, after we washed the car, we stopped by a Big 5 to shop for some clothes. I now have a completely new getup to run in the mornings than when I first started. After all of our shopping, we worked the rest of the evening starting at 6. Nobody home though.
We then exchanged with Turlock 5th ward, which is by the way the YSA. I however, got to stay in my area a second time. Oh well. Me and Elder Fowers had a great time together. Interesting thing was, we taught a less active that converted to another church called the Church of God, and he was just sharing some Bible scriptures he has been studying lately. Elder Fowers and I just listened so we could warm up to him. We talked to him about reading the Book of Mormon again but he didn't want to. His wife who converted him was reading some the Book of Mormon before and showed some interest. Old members who fall away can be difficult sometimes. Other than that, we did not have much teaching on the exchange.
On Thursday, we had a Zone meeting, and we learned what we need to do for the next while--work with the less actives, part-members, and prospective Elders. This was something we already were trying to do. After the training, I took pictures of me with Elder Fowers and Elder Wilks, his companion. On Friday, we served with the Catholic's as usual in serving food to the homeless. Oh the cooking makes me hungry every time. Saturday we did some yard work for a member. The back patio is free of cob-webs and dirty wood, and the lawn is all mowed. It felt good.
Then we taught Caroline the plan of salvation. {Now here comes the spiritual moment of my letter.} She loves us coming over. She was beginning to worry that we were going to give up on her because of how busy she can be. I say to myself, I will never give up on you. I feel you have been spiritually prepared for us to come over again. Then she said something to us that was just so awe striking. "I feel spiritually thirsty and starving. I feel I'm not getting enough nourishment from church (Southern Baptist). That is why I'm in my Bible studies, and Praise dancing." It was just so profound what she said. I being a representative of Jesus Christ, am here to feed those who starve from spiritual matters. We invited her to church and explained how church worked. She said she needed to find a way to get her mom there too because she can't leave her alone. We hope she will join us at church soon. Well, that's all I got for this week. Love you all.
Sincerely,
Elder White