Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Well a lot of really cool things happened to me this week at the MTC. I guess i'll just start from the beginning :)
In the MTC there is this place called the RC. This is short for Referral Center. This is where people call in to get free Bibles, BOM, and Church Videos. When they call in you also try and get a convo started about other things of course like the Church and all that jazz... Then a little while later you call them back to follow up and see if they revieced these free item. When you do this you also try and get a convo started.
Well I have been to the RC twice and have never even had anyone pick up the phone when I call them, because I am always a feedback guy. So.. not success.
Well this last week I had someone finally pick up the phone for the first time. I talked to a guy name Henry Potts who lives in Michigan. His son had ordered a free Bible. so after I got talking to him for awhile I found out a lot about him. His son never got the free Bible, so I fixed his info which was wrong so that they could get another one sent out. Also, he told me a brief story about his life and how he had been in jail, but when he got out of jail he took a step back and looked at his life. He has read the Bible and loves it and truly beleives in the Lord. Now he just goes and talks to preachers about twice a week for advice. So of course, me being one with such skill ;) , I told him about the book of mormon and I also asked him about whether he would like to hear a message about Jesus Christ from two Representatives of our church. :) He accepted! It was fantastic! Great experience! I talked to him for a bit more just to get a feel of things but I just felt really cool that I got to have that experience and commit someone to the Book of Mormon and Missionaries. PS I also noticed that Henry Potts lives in Michigan so I thought that was cool cause Vince is there :) so you never know... But yep that was my first real missionary experience..
Another crazy experience was this past Sunday... Brother Wilkey, a member of our Branch Presidency, and Sister Wilkey are two amazing people. Every Sunday we have a district meeting for about a meeting which is like our Sunday School. One of the Companionships teaches and sometimes someone will sit in and listen to our lessons. Well for the past two weeks sister wilkey has sat in on our lessons. This week after the lesson she was asked to give the prayer. when she started praying she started crying... it brought an amazing spirit in the room! Then after the prayer Brother Wilkey walked in to get his wife and could tell that the Spirit was really thick in the room. He loved the feeling! He walked in and asked if he could talk to me and Elder Brown alone so he brought us out of the room... Brother Wilkey has always come out of his way to come accross and talk to me and Elder Brown and tell us how we glow or something cool like that. Well this time he took us aside and told us that he didn't know what it was but he felt like he needed to tell us that we were ment to do something great and that we were working really hard in everything we did. He said that we were there for something big but he didn't know what. It was crazy! But, then after he said all that he said that he could tell that we were working hard but that we needed to put forth the extra effort to do more... this came as a shock because in all complete honestly I have felt like I have been giving my all to my studies and working hard! but, I guess it is not enought and I just need to push myself a little bit more.... It's going to be hard but I know that the Lord will help Elder brown and me figure out a way to push ourself just a little bit farther! TIPS WOULD BE HELPFUL!
Well I have had a lot more really cool experiences but I really don't have time to tell you all of them sorry :) If you want to know more of them then write me and ask me :) I will be glad to tell you a few more cool things.. But those two were the coolest!!
Russian is very hard haha but that's ok I don't really care.. I know if I work my tale off then it will come in the end.. everything that I lack in will be made up by the Lord! I have complete confidence and faith in his power or else why would I be out here! But I still can't wait to get to Russia :) the MTC is fun and all but.. Russia will be better!!
Well I really hope that you are forwarding these e mails out to my friends... you still haven't confirmed that one with me?? :) But I love you all :) I pray for you all :) Keep writing me please! I love hearing from you it makes my day!! I love you all!!