Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
Matt checking out his cars brother in New York (; So this week has been awesome! Other than the fact of course that my trainee is really contemplating going home. I've been studying to be able to help him lately and man I've found some good stuff and was told about some good stuff to study. Elder Lusk is the first missionary ever in his family. So he's got nobody to lead by example. He is going to be that pioneer of his family! Ahh how can I help him realize that? I love Elder Lusk. We are totally hanging out when we get home. But man how to help him.
I got to go on splits with the zone leader this week and it was a crazy cool experience! The zone leaders are Spanish missionaries so I got to go to the Spanish program area which was sweet! Such good food. Had no idea what was going on most the time but at the end of each lesson I got to bear my testimony and Elder Frei would translate it for the investigators or members. He said every time I bore my testimony it would be spot on with what he taught. It was cool! I can understand kinda what is going on but not too much. Spanish is cool! Not the class in high school though ew. So that was cool! A funny experience... Elder Frei invited this family to baptism and they all said yes!... except for the 11 year old boy... they had formally all been Catholics but now are investigating our church. The boy was like, "I'm a Catholic, and always will be a Catholic." It was just funny because neither of us expected that from an 11 year old kid! Reynaldo is such a boss. His baptismal date is for the 25th of this month and we are so excited for him! The coolest thing is the ward is doing an amazing girl job at fellowshipping him! He has come to church 3 times in a row and is killin it. He committed to love the law of tithing, the word of wisdom, he is on chapter 18 of the Book of 1st Nephi. He has never read a book in his life and he says he is so captivated! It's awesome! Lots of teaching with a member present and let me tell you. It works wonderfully! Oh and we've been working with this less active member and we've been trying to get referrals from him, he has so many friends! Then the next week we went over there he had a friend! His name is David Flores and he already LOVES the book of Mormon! It's so cool. We are meeting with him again on Tuesday. He was supposed to come to church on Sunday but his ride which was with the less active slept in and David literally got mad at him haha. So we are going to baptize David and reactivate a less active! Oh yeah! Haha missionary work is the best. My good ol friend Elder Norton from the MTC is in my district and is training! I'm stoked for him and Elder Lusk to go on splits with the new trainee. But yeah! That was pretty much my week! Oh and I gave a training in zone meeting which was cool. The talk in the March 2000 ensign called Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence is one to read in Family Home Evening. It's so good! *president smith ALWAYS says this and it's hilarious. The first thing he says when he stands up to talk to missionaries is "grateful to be here!"
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