Subject: Hello Family and Friends!
Elder Smith and I have not even been in the city for a week and we already have to leave! Today we are headed out to Smolensk to do splits we the Elder's there. It is a huge waste of time but we have to do it! It will be a whole day trip there, we will work with them tomorrow, and then we will travel all night Friday to get back on Saturday and work here. I am just starting to understand what they meant when they told me that this zone is the most spread out in our mission! But, I am excited to work in Smolensk because I will see my good old friend Elder Bybee! That will be fun. :)
Well I went to church last Sunday and it seems like they called me to be the 2nd Councilor in the Branch Presidency. Haha they didn't even really asked me and kind of just called me to that position. There is a lot of work to do in the Branch! They young people are awesome and actually help us out on almost every aspect of the work, We basically have a member on every lesson and that is ideal! But, other than the young people the branch is falling apart because it seems like there are some hard feelings about the Branch President. Haha I have found out that even adults can be little children and get offended about the dumbest things... so offended that they leave the church! I hope we can figure out ways to get them back!
Right now we are in hardcore finding mode. We don't have many solid investigators. The weather isn't helping us much because it is getting cold and starting to rain and probably snow soon.. but it is time to show some faith and get to work! We worked hard this week and gave a lot of Books of Mormon and got a lot of contacts and so I hope we can just keep it up when we get back from Smolensk!
I have on experience that I want to share this week but to understand it you have to understand my companion... but, before I explain my companion I have to tell you that I love him and that he is amazing because it is going to seem like I am insulting him even though I really am not. Elder Smith is a small town kid from Vernal, Utah who has been sheltered his whole life. He is shorter than me and about twice my size. He has had a rough mission because he came out weighing about 300 lbs and had to deal with a lot of mean companions and mean russians. He dealt with trunky companions who didn't do anything but watch movies or sit at home all day. He has had a lot to deal with! So this all had quite the toll on his Russian. He doesn't speak the best Russian. Elder Smith is very talkative and hilarious. He has a hard time staying on subject and our lessons really do not make sense a lot of the time to me and I think to our Investigators. But, Our investigators love him! He has put up with a lot and will be going home in less than six months... anyways that is my companion. He is an amazing guy and I love serving with him! He has helped me gain so much joy in this work!
So now the experience... this experience helped my testimony grow on how there are certain missionaries chosen for certain people! We have this investigators named Irina. She is an older lady and speaks ok english. She has met with the elders for awhile and hasn't really talked about the gospel with them. Well, Elder Smith and I decided that it was time and she came to church. After church she had a ton of questions so we set up a meeting to talk about the questions she had. At the meeting she had crazy questions about God and life and death and everything... the lesson was crazy! We ended up teaching the Plan of Salvation and part of the Restoration and about prayer and faith and who is God and it was just all over the place!!! Elder Smith was just teaching everywhere, going in and out of English and Russian, and honestly speaking to me it was not understandable at all... I was so confused! But I went with it anyways just to see where things would go. Our investigator loved it! She got very interested and started asking more and more questions and promised to come to church again and even to pray about baptism! The spirit was so strong! When Elder Smith and I got home we were so hyper that we couldn't even go to bed. Haha it was amazing... I can't even fully explain the experience! All I know is that that investigators was chosen for Elder Smith and no one else could have opened her up! It doesn't matter the crazy attributes that we have, those crazy attributes are what can open certain people up and get them thinking and pondering. This is exactly what happened in this situation. This Church is true! Our callings are from God and there are people out there specifically for us!
Well, that was my experience for the week I hope you all liked it! I hope you all have a great week! I love you! Remember who you are!
Elder Weihing
No comments:
Post a Comment