Subject: Hey Guys!
Hey! How is everyone doing! It has been quite a week!
This week Elder Nutt along with another elder and sister left Kazakhstan, the bad part is that we haven't gotten the new elders and sisters to replace them yet, so we are down three missionaries out of the eight that should be here! I am not with my new companion yet, I am with an Elder Putnum from Bountiful this week. We have to juggle all of his investigators and my investigators this week so we have already had a ton of lessons! It is weird because I am basically all alone in the sense that I have all of these investigators who are now all in my hands. No one else knows anything about them but me, it is a different transition and feeling for me. I am responsible for them where before it was me and Elder Nutt. I should be with my new Russian Companion next week, Elder Malanin. I am excited to get to work with him.
Sergei's baptism was great! He is an amazing guy! I have seen a few baptisms since being here, but it is a completely different feeling when it is your investigator who is getting baptized. The Spirit was so strong as I watched him go under the water! Now I realize what a miracle he really was for us.. haha when he went up to bear his testimony he did a great job. In our lessons he always does this thing, we kind of talk about something random and start laughing before the lesson and then in one instant he gets all serious and says, " Let's pray my brethren to bring the Spirit of the Lord.." it is so random and amazing. He did the same thing when he went up to bear his testimony. He finished his testimony and then said, " Let us pray brethren and sisters to bring the spirit of the Lord.." and then he prayed. Haha it was so random and funny. He is a great guy. When he received the Holy Ghost on Sunday President Wooley gave it to him. The Spirit was also very strong there. President Wooley started crying during the middle of the blessing and afterwards he said he felt the Spirit so strong tell him the Segei is going to be an amazing leader in this branch. It was a great experience.
I had two other lessons that were really cool this week. With one of Elder Putnum's investigators named Alya and with a lady named Endyra. With Alya I was not sure how things were going to go. She started talking about how she took a break from meeting with the missionaries and she realized that she missed the feeling and presence of whatever was in the church. So, obviously we wanted to talk about what that feeling was, the Holy Ghost. But, the lesson got a little side tracked and she started talking about trials and failures in life and why we have them even when we try our hardest. I was able to tell her about a person experience of mine and the spirit was so strong. After she told said that she had met with a lot of missionaries and she always had the feeling that those missionaries believed really strongly in what they were talking about, but she said when Elder Putnum and I taught she was caught in an almost trans, a feeling that she said she only gets when reading the Bible. So it was a very good lesson! Endyra is a girl who has been coming to the church for a long time. She started coming for english and then ended up learning all of the lessons. She will not accept them and believes that Islam is correct even though she doesn't live the laws of Islam. She is always at the church, comes to all of the activities, and is always trying to make up excuses to be in the church and be with the missionaries. But, she just wont recognize that everything that she has felt here is because it is true. So, Elder Putnum and I were tired of this and so we kind of just started like nagging at her a lot. We were just really bold and upfront and told her exactly what we thought. She has never made much progress and will never ever pray, she has never made the commitment to personally pray and ask God what is right. We talked to her about how God knows all and it is just that simple, just ask and she would know. Finally, after everything she made the commitment to finally pray! It was the most progress I have ever seen with her, so hopefully she will pray!
Anyways, it was a great week! Things are moving along! thanks for all of the love, support, and prayers! I love you! Remember who you are!
Elder Weihing
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Wednesday April 21, 2010
Subject: Hey Everyone!
Hey Everyone! I hope everyone is doing great and holding strong to the Iron Rod :) Well the work is still moving at a pace that I can barely keep up with! We are so busy all day everyday it is such a blessing! This week Elder Nutt and I found out that he is going to be transferred to Moscow and is going to be and Assistant to the President. He is not excited because he does not want to leave Kazakhstan. I am sad to see him go but know that he will be an amazing leader of the mission.
My new companion is going to be Elder Brown's current companion. (Elder Brown was my comp in the MTC and is still in Kazakhstan with me) His name is Elder Malanin. He is a native Russian, so my Russian is going to be getting a lot better a lot faster! I am really excited to start working with him and see where things take us! hopefully he will bring new advice and ideas on how to help our investigators progress!
Elder Nutt and I are really excited for this Saturday because Sergei is going to get baptized. He is amazing! He was asking about missionary work this past week and how we can grow the church in Kazakhstan. I think he is really interested on going on a mini mission. He is going to be an amazing member. Elder Nutt is going to baptizing him and I am going to speak on the Holy Ghost at the service. It is going to be great! All of our investigators are going to miss Elder Nutt so we have been meeting with a lot of them lately so that he can see them before he leaves. Nona is doing great and still reading. The family we are teaching has kind of come to a still but maybe when I get Elder Malanin that will help them progress because he will be able to understand them a lot better than either of us, Those are our main investigators.
Yesterday Elder Nutt and I went to a New Members home. A member who elder Nutt baptized before I got to Kazakhstan. His name is Bahit and is amazing! He is such a strong member! He is about 30 years old. He has had some really amazing experiences in his life and has truly recognized the hand of the Lord in his life. Anyways, elder Nutt said he was a great cook so we went over to see him. Wow.. he lives in such humble circumstances. He basically lives in an old shack with two small rooms. In one room is two chairs a small table and a small bookcase full of a few books. the next room is a small kitchen. The spirit was so strong in there! We had an amazing meal and then had a small lesson. I learned more from him than he learned from me I can bet on that one... he is amazing!
Well I love you all so much! thanks for all of the support and prayers! don't ever forget the role that the Lord has played in your life and always realize how blessed you are! Remember who you are :)
Elder Weihing
Hey Everyone! I hope everyone is doing great and holding strong to the Iron Rod :) Well the work is still moving at a pace that I can barely keep up with! We are so busy all day everyday it is such a blessing! This week Elder Nutt and I found out that he is going to be transferred to Moscow and is going to be and Assistant to the President. He is not excited because he does not want to leave Kazakhstan. I am sad to see him go but know that he will be an amazing leader of the mission.
My new companion is going to be Elder Brown's current companion. (Elder Brown was my comp in the MTC and is still in Kazakhstan with me) His name is Elder Malanin. He is a native Russian, so my Russian is going to be getting a lot better a lot faster! I am really excited to start working with him and see where things take us! hopefully he will bring new advice and ideas on how to help our investigators progress!
Elder Nutt and I are really excited for this Saturday because Sergei is going to get baptized. He is amazing! He was asking about missionary work this past week and how we can grow the church in Kazakhstan. I think he is really interested on going on a mini mission. He is going to be an amazing member. Elder Nutt is going to baptizing him and I am going to speak on the Holy Ghost at the service. It is going to be great! All of our investigators are going to miss Elder Nutt so we have been meeting with a lot of them lately so that he can see them before he leaves. Nona is doing great and still reading. The family we are teaching has kind of come to a still but maybe when I get Elder Malanin that will help them progress because he will be able to understand them a lot better than either of us, Those are our main investigators.
Yesterday Elder Nutt and I went to a New Members home. A member who elder Nutt baptized before I got to Kazakhstan. His name is Bahit and is amazing! He is such a strong member! He is about 30 years old. He has had some really amazing experiences in his life and has truly recognized the hand of the Lord in his life. Anyways, elder Nutt said he was a great cook so we went over to see him. Wow.. he lives in such humble circumstances. He basically lives in an old shack with two small rooms. In one room is two chairs a small table and a small bookcase full of a few books. the next room is a small kitchen. The spirit was so strong in there! We had an amazing meal and then had a small lesson. I learned more from him than he learned from me I can bet on that one... he is amazing!
Well I love you all so much! thanks for all of the support and prayers! don't ever forget the role that the Lord has played in your life and always realize how blessed you are! Remember who you are :)
Elder Weihing
Friday, April 16, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Hello everyone! Things are just going great in Kazakhstan! I hope everything is going great in America!
Well Sergei is still planning on being baptized! He is going to be an amazing member! This past week his mom got hit by a car and yesterday he found out that she is going to be ok, so that brought new relief to him. He is amazing and I can't wait to see where his membership in the church takes him. Sasha and Lela, the family we teach, are doing great. We still have not made a ton of progress with them, but we found out that they are really interested in family history :) just yet another amazing resource that the church offers! So we are going to be teaching them about that very soon and are excited to see where that takes them! Nona is still reading the Book of Mormon and is probably going to finish before I do lol she is an amazing lady! We just need to get her to pray to find out whether the Book of Mormon is true or not!
Well transfers are coming up in like two weeks and Elder Nutt is really nervous that he is leaving Kazakhstan. He loves it here and doesn't want to leave, he has been here for ten months! But, we know for sure that we are going to get split up this transfer we just don't know exactly what is going to happen. I am down for going to Russia and getting 100 times better at the language! But, we will see how things go I guess.
Well it's an amazing time to be alive and be on a mission! The work is great and I absolutely love it! I hope everything is going great at home! I would really love to hear from more of you :) no pressure tho... I love you and thank you for all of the support!
ELDER WEIHING remember who you are :)
Well Sergei is still planning on being baptized! He is going to be an amazing member! This past week his mom got hit by a car and yesterday he found out that she is going to be ok, so that brought new relief to him. He is amazing and I can't wait to see where his membership in the church takes him. Sasha and Lela, the family we teach, are doing great. We still have not made a ton of progress with them, but we found out that they are really interested in family history :) just yet another amazing resource that the church offers! So we are going to be teaching them about that very soon and are excited to see where that takes them! Nona is still reading the Book of Mormon and is probably going to finish before I do lol she is an amazing lady! We just need to get her to pray to find out whether the Book of Mormon is true or not!
Well transfers are coming up in like two weeks and Elder Nutt is really nervous that he is leaving Kazakhstan. He loves it here and doesn't want to leave, he has been here for ten months! But, we know for sure that we are going to get split up this transfer we just don't know exactly what is going to happen. I am down for going to Russia and getting 100 times better at the language! But, we will see how things go I guess.
Well it's an amazing time to be alive and be on a mission! The work is great and I absolutely love it! I hope everything is going great at home! I would really love to hear from more of you :) no pressure tho... I love you and thank you for all of the support!
ELDER WEIHING remember who you are :)
Thursday, April 8, 2010
April 7, 2010
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