Hola, Familia!
How
are things in Nebraskaaaaa?! Things here are pretty much the same here
in good ole Butts County (I'm not kidding, the county is called
Butts...?)!
On Tuesday, we got to meet a family the Elders
before us were teaching for awhile, but then they were out of the state
for months; they came to church to hear Elder Indriamiarina's talk,
which was awesome! The husband is hysterical, and his wife (who actually
used to be a member...) is really sweet; the branch was awesome at
fellowshipping them, and I think a lot of good will come from this.
Still seeing Author; he has become an eternagator (an eternal
investigator); not that he does not want to get baptized, but we have to
wait for some legal issues outside his control before we can do so;
we'll probably have to wait till November or so.
One of our gators, who is a deacon at his brother's baptist church,
has told us he enjoys learning from other religions, but not in
conversion to it; I kind of figured that from how the lessons have been
going, but it's still a bummer to hear it. He loves the Book of Mormon,
but doesn't quite understand the concept that if the Book of Mormon is
true, our church is the only true church, because that is what it
teaches (1 Nephi 14 for example); not too many people do, it seems. We
either run into people who hate the Book of Mormon (most of whom haven't
read it) because it's not the Bible, or they love it, but can't grasp
the concept of One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: One Church and One
Authority. That's why it's our job to present and explain the message of
the Restoration, share testimony of it's truthfulness, invite them to
find out for themselves, and, hopefully, let the spirit that is there
testify to their hearts if they allow it. I have never been more
frustrated with other peoples' agency than on my mission lol. But never
have I been more happy than when someone we teach "gets it", and uses
their ability to choose, to choose eternal life through the Great
Mediator (2 Nephi 2: 27).
Anyway, I digress.
We did pretty good on dinners with
members this week; that also gave us great opportunity for some
team-ups, which is key; we can't really help our Lord accomplish great
things in His Vineyard unless we have the members' help. We went out
with our branch president a few times to see some less-actives and the
elderly; making sure everyone is covered.
That is probably the biggest thing the church, at least in the
south, is focusing on; the rescue of those who have strayed from the
fold. Like President Hinckley said, "There is no point in doing
missionary work if we cannot hold on to the fruits of that labor (or
something like that; I struggle with quotes)." There are so many people
who have been baptized who need help to come back to their Savior; it is
missionary work, and a work that everyone, in particular the members of
that ward or branch where the names of those lost sheep our on the
records. We need to all work together to save souls for the Father.
Digressing again. We had a zone meeting for the first time this
past Tuesday; once a month, we are to gather as a zone for a training.
Before, we just had District meetings and zone conferences, so that
means us bike Elders have to find rides to Conyers once a month lol. Oh,
and Elder Youd, my companion in Kennesaw and the one who went to my
high school, is now my zone leader! What a co-wink-e-dink. Looks like we
are in for some fun and laughs, as well as some awesome missionary work
about to go down in Conyers Zone!
That is actually probably all I have to report. I'm sending mum and
dad's birthday package today, so look for it by the end of the week,
probably lol; I hate snailmail. Hope you all are well, take luck, love
you all!
Love,
Elder Casey Guy Dickson
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