We will write by
topic so this can go quicker!
Today is transfer
day! That is why this email is so late. It has been a long day. We had most of
our zone move. Elder Clark and I are staying but most of the rest of the zone
is leaving! Also Elder Dineheart is going home! That saddens me. Because of all
of this I am so tired!! I hope I will still be able to write a good email!
Now I am going to
talk about Larry. Larry is still doing really well! He is still kind of like a roller
coaster. He has made some amazing leaps this week and we were able to have a
good lesson with him a few times; he was able to come to a baptism this week
that he really liked! Other than that he is still struggling with finding a
place to go play football and everything.
We have been still teaching Tyler! She is great! She is
learning and growing so much that it is crazy! We were able to have a lesson
with her and with Bishop Bluth this week that was really cool! It was a real
cool lesson and had a special spirit there! She was able to ask some of the
most profound questions ever! Such as, "How do I know if what I am doing
is right or wrong?" and "Would it be possible for someone like me to
ever get to the temple again and what are those steps?" It was funny!
After those questions and lots of others she said, "Wow..every answer is
in this little blue book [Book of Mormon]." It was awesome! It really has
an answer for every question!
This week was valentine’s
week....... Let me tell you.....Valentines in a full singles ward area is
terrible!! We had absolutely nothing to do on the 14th and the entire rest of
the weekend was super slow also! On Valentine’s Day they did have a seminar
that we got to go to; but this time is was all about dating.... Yep! Fun stuff
for a missionary! The whole time I was thinking, "Ten more months! Ten
more months!" ha-ha it was crazy! They also had a Valentine’s Day dance on
Saturday that we helped setup for! Not a good time to be here as a missionary! Ha-ha
But it was all good! The other thing that didn't help is that it was also a
three day weekend! Everyone goes home for those times! It is pretty crazy!
We also had a really
cool little miracle that happened. This week we have been trying to find new
people and have been striking out! We were over at one of our ward mission leader’s
house and he explained something that really helped him out on his mission that
we decided to give a try! It is called purification. The whole point is that we
need to "purify" ourselves and get rid of the things that we do wrong
that keeps the spirit away from us. We have a 24 hour fast and during that day
we think and write down everything that we are doing that is not conducive to
the Spirit. After we break the fast we then "fast" from all of those
things for 40 days and then finish with another 24 hour fast. So we started on
Sunday. Saturday night we started our fast and then Sunday started really doing
it. It is amazing how many things came to mind that I need to change. So we did
all this and then broke our fast around 5:25 Sunday night and started our
dinner at 5:30. At about 5:35 our phone starts vibrating! Yep! Good referral
that is pretty solid! This stuff works! I am so excited to see what continues
to happen! This is going to be great!
The last thing that needs special mention is the best part
of the week. All of these are one thing with Tashena. The first thing is that
we were able to have a lesson with her out on the temple grounds! It was so
fun!! It was amazing to be able to teach about the temple with her while
sitting there! There is a special feeling there that is unlike any other! She
was really impressed and loved the lesson and is looking forward to the time
(she wants to go next week) to the time that she can go! She loves that
families can be together forever and the grave cannot take families away!
Also......TASHENA WAS BAPTISED ON SATURDAY!!! It was the most amazing thing
ever! It was one of the most, if not the
most, spiritual baptism that I have ever been too! Anther miracle happened;
Tashena's family just decided to come down for Saturday even though she had not
told them the day that she was getting baptized yet! So, seemingly by accident
(if you believe in such a thing! Especially with this work), her parents were
able to come all the way from Window Rock and were able to attend her baptism!!
it was a great thing for all of us! Especially for her parents! I think that it
was a spiritual sucker punch that they were not expecting! Anyways the entire
thing was great! LennaKay (her friend) gave a great talk that tied in the
Navajo culture and everything as well as the importance of Baptism and the Holy
Ghost! We also had a great musical number that was super spiritual! After that
she was baptized and then we (Elder Clark and I) were able to give a short
lesson on the Book of Mormon while she was changing. But the best was yet to
come! Tashena got up and bore her testimony after she came back out and it blew
us all away!! It was one of the most impressive testimonies I have ever heard!
I am not able to antiquity describe it now because of time but it is in my
journal and is amazing! It was such a cool thing! The church is true! People
can truly change with this gospel and it is amazing to see the extra happiness
that it brings! Also she was able to receive the Holy Ghost on Sunday and it
was an amazing experience! She was a different person that night when we had a
lesson then she was that morning! She was almost literally glowing! It was
amazing!
The Church is True!
That is it for now!
Elder Banner
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