Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
Sick Christmas tree!!! Ward mission leader! Merry late Christmas everyone! It was a good week! We got to go on a couple splits and that was fun! Elder Edlefsen and I tore it up over here in West Point! Oh my goodness. We were invited to a bible study and we asked if we could use the Book of Mormon there and the dude told us we could. So we try to go and nobody is there. So, we go to his house because I know where everyone lives here and we ask him why it got cancelled so he let us in and we taught him about the book of Mormon and he wouldn't accept a copy! Ahhh it was like a solid lesson too. He was from down south and he only likes the bible. Ah well.
I can't think of much more to say other than I love the members here! They are so nice and serve with all their heart, might, mind and strength! They had us over on Christmas for lunch and dinner. Bought us ties and gloves and wow. So etching else I love are the scriptures. I want to be a scriptorian so bad. I have a list of 42 scriptures I am memorizing the reference and a phrase so I can use the scriptures more in teaching! They bring so much power to the table as you teach! I love you all! Elder Murray
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We are now teaching 2 cadets! Both member referrals. Ines name is Tim and ones name is Jeff. They are studs. The only problem is Christmas break! They will be gone until January 4th! Transfers are on the 2nd and I'm scared I am going to be gone 😐 I don't want to leave this place. So elder tabor just emailed me and he just got engaged!!! Isn't that sick? Holy cow he's only been home for like 7 months!? Oh my goodness. Love that guy.
We are praying for Christmas miracles this week!! We had a lesson with Jeff and it was solid. First one we had we invited him to be baptized, second one we set a date. It's super far away but we prayed about it and we both get up off our knees and both of us are like 3 came to our minds. So February 3 it is! So during the second lesson we committed him to that date and he said yes! After asking how he will know for sure. He will need a little bit of help with the wow. He was telling us how he was reading the Book of Mormon under the light of his cigar and it was just awesome. He is so ready to receive the gospel! I got an enormous bride on my knee. I couldn't walk yesterday so that was fun! We were playing basket ball and I just drove in to the hoop to make a lay up and on my way up to the hoop I kneed someone's knee with the soft part above the knee cap of my knee and it kills! Just a little limp. So yeah no more time for now but Merry Christmas y'all! I hope you have a wonderful one! I love you! Scripture of the week Moroni 7:33. Elder Murray Bear crossing! Our door 😁 Teacup pig. Breeder lives in Utah! They said it won't get bigger than that! It was pretty cute. Sheesh! Just listening to Christmas music has me crying left and right. I feel like am really coming to take the true meaning of Christmas from my head to my heart. So for the week!
Went on a split with my new district leader elder Taylor! He's a stud. It's cool because that morning we planned and set goals to find a new investigator. Literally 30 mins into the morning we found him! It was awesome. His name is Kavaughn. He's pretty cool. We met with Laisha too and holy moly it's awesome teaching her. She is truly seeking for truth. We followed up with her about her praying about if the Godhead were three separate beings. If I can remember correctly she said i got kidnapped, then there was God on her right hand side and Jesus on her left and then the spirit was on her shoulder leading her along the way. She said he helped her pick a university, graduate, find an apartment, and everything. It was pretty cool. Reynaldo had a very similar dream to that. It's crazy how God works! We had MLC which was awesome. We got to split off into zones and counsel together about our missionaries and how we can help them. It was so totally awesome. I was pumped! We got a lot of inspiration and ideas flowing and we set a goal to be able to have each companionship in the zone who doesn't have anyone on date to have at least one person who is investigating the church on baptismal date by the end of the month. So far one of the companionship has! That leaves 4 to go! Woohoo! Let's go! So yeah really good meeting. Then we had zone conference. Super awesome. Sister Smith gave an amazing training. She had us all close our eyes and asked us questions collectively as a group and we answered them silently in our heads. The one that hit me was when she asked who is Jesus Christ to you? And the hymn 112 immediately came to mind. It was so powerful! I love feeling the spirit! After we got home from zone conference we went over to this ladies house. She was too busy the night before but she told us to come back the next day so we did! And she let us in and her whole family was there! We shared the Christmas initiative with them and set up a return appointment to have a family night with them. It is going to be awesome! I love you all and hope you have a great week! Elder Murray |
MissionariesElder Murray called to serve in the New York New York North Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 6/22/2016 through 6/22/2018 Write to Matt
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