Sorry For The Wait. (No Lil Wayne Reference)
Ciao Ciao Mi Amicos
Ciao Ciao Mi Amicos
Whoa...will you look at
the time. Goes by faster than you think. Sorry that i've been M.I.A
these past few weeks. I spent my whole P-Day yesterday gettin me Lumber
Jack Steeze on, cuttin down trees. With Axes and Chainsaws. Needless to
say, there are currently 22 chopped trees cut up into pieces in the
backyard of Brother Moss' house ready for the winter time. If that wasnt
the longest day of my life, i dont know what was haha. So, yeah let me
catch you up to speed on Elder Asiata's Mission Life these past few
weeks..Since the last time i wrote (When was the last time i wrote? .__.
) I've had 2 baptisms and set 3 more from this upcoming saturday
(September 1st) till the end of September and another 2 in October.
So...If i dont get transfered on September 19th, I could leave this area
with 8 baptisms!! Boiiiii!!! I DO IT!!! Well...me and my comp but hes new and I already dont like him so...haha Anyways...heres my past few weeks. HereWiiKoo!!!
August 14th-August 19th
The
biggest and main thing about this week was that Rocky Bain was baptized
on the 18th. I was blessed with the chance to confirm him a new member
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It was great. Its
been such an incredible blessing to see him go from not even believing
in a god to having one of the greatest testimonies I've ever heard. Its
sad to see him and his family move out of the ward but i will always
keep in contact with him. His story of conversion lead to something even
more incredible in the upcoming week. I'll get to that later. CONGRATS ROCKY!!
Monday August 20th:
Today we had a Zone Training Meeting and found out that Aurora is
leading our Zone In Numbers and Baptisms for the month of July (Numbers)
and August (Numbers & Baptisms) So that was pretty awesome news!
During this meeting, President Shumway was doing interviews and I got to
spend some time with him. He's a a pretty solid dude (Can you call your
mission president a dude? haha) But it was a very spiritual meeting.
Kind of a spiritual renewal. After this meeting we met with Isabella and
our Zone Leaders and she got the green light for her baptism September
1st (This Saturday) She will be baptized by her Grandpa. We're still
working with her dad to get him back to being an Active member. It was
sad to see his face when he told her he couldnt baptize her. Tears for
days (Killed the mood haha) But hes came a long ways since i first got
here and met him back in May. Of course, dinner with the Alms family
followed.
Tuesday August 21st: Our P-Day was moved to
today because of zone training yesterday but we really just bummed
around at Matts all day haha Didnt do much. I took and nap and wrote a
few letters to some people but thats about it haha. I was being lazy and
didnt write my weekly email so...sorry everyone. haha
Wednesday August 22nd: Today we planned Beth
Austin's baptism and tried to set a new date for Paul Austin to be
baptized. He started smoking again so we had to pick a new day for him
to be baptized. He wasnt home when we got their house so we just planned
Beths baptism. After we tried to meet with Cynthia but were
unsuccessful so we had decided that we need to drop her momentarily. We
found that she only wanted to meet with us to get a spiritual feeling
which is fine but if it goes no where, we gotta drop them for a little
bit in hopes that they realize the absence of the spirit. So, hopefully
when the next set of missionaries pick her up, she'll be ready to go.
Thursday August 23rd: Did some service for
Matt today. Started work on the beautiful 73' Challenger hes got. Im
trying to learn what i can about being a machanic and working on cars
while im out here. Gotta learn sometime haha
Friday August 24th: Today we did a whole lot
of nothing. We had to go to Willard which is like an hour from here to
interview someone for a baptism and Matt was our only ride so, we had to
ride up to Springfield with him and wait while he was in class for him
to take us haha. So we went to the singles ward building and played pool
and talked with a lot of the members that were there. It was a good
time. Tracted around Springfield for a bit and then went to our
interview in Willard. After that, we visited Matts best friend Josh who
had pretty much gone off the deep end. He went on a mission and his
fiancee to be got married and today him while he was still out in the
field. So, its a sad story but now hes mentally insane...smh. The things
females can do to people...hahaha just kidding. I still love you ;) All
of you haha
Saturday August 25th: Today was Beth's
baptism!!! Yey Buddy! I was blessed with the chance to be the one who
baptized her and wow. The difference of spirt at the baptism when you
baptize and when you watch it is very apparent. It was a great
expierence for sure! After her baptism we had lunch some member and went
home and studied the whole afternoon. There was a huge down pour with
lightning warnings so we had to stay inside. Still, it was a good day.
Oh! How did i forget. So, earliar, when i was talking about Rocky,
during his lessons, all the disscussions we had with him, the member
family whos house we taught at, their daughter had a friend over every
time. She was fundamental methodist and she sat in a listened to all of
his lessons. They were never directed directly towards her but we found
out today that she wants to be baptized. Her family is tremendously
Anti-Mormon and she stood up to them and bore an amazing testimony of
this gospel and how false the worlds speculations about the LDS faith
is. Such a great expierence to hear that. She will be baptized September
15th.
Sunday August 26th: Today was a great sabbath
day. Sister Beth Ann Austin was confirmed a member of the church! So
great. I also recieved some very uplifting comments from our bishop. So
every month, as missionaries, we have to talk to the Bishop about the
Success of our ward as well as the Concerns. The success was "Great
Missionaries and Baptisms" and the concern and i quote "Whether or not
we'll be keeping you as a missionary in our ward Elder Asiata. Dont get
transfered yet. Your work here isnt done yet" -Bishop Sherwood. :) Haha
Thats always a great thing to hear right? Great to know that our ward
appreciates the work that my companion and I are doing.
So, that was my past few weeks...kinda
haha. Its great having some many people be baptized but the only
downfall is that now our teaching pool is getting smaller haha Its hard
to find people to teach in our area so we rely a lot on referrals from
members, the church website and non members. Thats what I wanted this
weeks spiritual thought to be on. President Spencer W. Kimball said "Every Member a Missionary"
So i challenge all of you to pray for missionary opurtunities. Pray
that you will be able to see the same work I do every day here in your
every day lives. Think of friends and family who you think could recieve
this gospel. Get in contact with the missionaries in your ward and give
them referrals to those who the lord has prepared to recieve his word. I
promise you that as you do so, the lord will bless you and your family
for your efforts.
Just one more thing on a non-spiritual sense...shout
out to all my Ute Family in the 801 who bout to hold it down against
Northern Colorado on Thursday!!! Utes Up!!! Good luck. F.O.E!
Till Next Week (Hopefully haha)
-Elder Isaac Asiata