Hello from the
City on a Hill -- good ole' Wilkes-Barre.
WAYYY up north. What
an........... interesting place to say the least. Pretty run down,
economically depressed, odd city -- I LOVE IT! The scenery up here is to
die for and I'm actually online 45 mins to an hour from the Priesthood Restoration site!
It was so sad
to say goodbye to Elder Andrus, I miss him so much already!
After I
dropped him off at the airport, we went back to the airport a few hours
later to pick up the new Goldens!
The new
missionary I am training is named Elder Sandberg. He is from
Grantsville, UT. He is 20 years old, a solid tennis and basketball
player, which means the basketball lineage continues on. He's a great
guy. I was blessed.
It has been
quite the experience already just watching a brand new missionary grow
and learn - its pretty remarkable. Makes me think a lot about my early
days as a young buck in South Phila. Wow I was prideful. Sorry, Elder Andrus.
We have been
blessed by miracle after miracle in only three days here in Wilkes Barre. We
have found a few families with so much potential. We invited three
other individuals to be baptized and they all said yes. We have a firm
baptism this upcoming Saturday as well! Elder Sandberg is definitely on
cloud 9 - as am I. It is quite a powerful feeling watching your brand
new companion invite someone to baptism for the first time. He about
tackled me after the lesson he was so hyped.
We are taking one of our new investigators to the Priesthood Restoration site on Tuesday which we are super excited for.
Meredith spoke
at the recent convert fireside on Sunday and absolutely killed it --
once again. I was able to Facetime into it and watch it. Amazing
experience.
James E Faust
once said: "I wish to speak about the greatest event in all history.
That singular event was the incomparable Atonement of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus the Christ. This was the most transcendent act that has
ever taken place, yet it is the most difficult to understand. My reason
for wanting to learn all I can about the Atonement is partly selfish:
Our salvation depends on believing in and accepting the Atonement. Such
acceptance requires a continual effort to understand it more fully. The
Atonement advances our mortal course of learning by making it possible
for our natures to become perfect. All of us have sinned and need to
repent to fully pay our part of the debt. When we sincerely repent, the
Savior’s magnificent Atonement pays the rest of that debt."
Sincerely,
Elder Wilde
Elder Wilde wrote: "Elder Andrus got home last week and gave his homecoming talk on
Sunday. Pretty cool that Bracken was able to see him"
Sunday. Pretty cool that Bracken was able to see him"
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