June 25, 2012

Discovering Life's Purpose

Hello All,
 
We continue to teach those we already have, but we continue to struggle to find new people to teach. We had a great lesson with Subeer before he left on his month-long trip to India. We caught up on how his testimony has progressed. He told us that since we began to meet with him he has been able to feel and be guided by the spirit. He even gave us some stories about times that he prayed for guidance, even when he was planning his trip to India he was inspired to choose an earlier flight. Many of his questions about life have been answered and he understands that understanding comes "line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." He loved Church last week, especially the open discussion in elders quorum. It truly is amazing to see the progress of someone that had no real knowledge or understanding of God just about a month ago. The best thing about it is that he would like to continue learning when he gets back!
 
We also continue to teach Lin and Amy. Lin, like Subeer, has a non-religious background, but his understanding is increasing and it seems like our lesson on Saturday about the purpose of life, repentance, and the atonement of Jesus Christ is really starting to click. He was at Church yesterday. We still aren't sure how much he understands, but he does feel the spirit when he attends.
 
Amy continues to progress, although she is starting to attend a singles ward in Redmond until she moves. The missionaries in California are going to have a really solid baptism when she moves there in a month.
I can't believe that I am 21 years old! Time is coming to an end here. There was a member that couldn't feed us on Saturday so she gave us money to go out to eat. A great treat to celebrate my birthday and Elder Walker's year mark!
 
The "bring your friend to Church" day went well. Although there were many new people that attended, very few attended the meetings after sacrament. But we'll see what happens from it. The talks were on service and fulfilling callings. They were really powerful.
 
So all in all it was an okay week. The work moves forward because this is the Lord's one true Church!
 
~Elder Fetzer

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