Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
So, this week has been so sweet! As of now Reynaldo is getting baptized on the 25th! He has come to church the past 4 weeks, met with our bishop twice, everyone in the ward loves him and we have had more success with having fellowshippers here than ever before! It is so dang cool! I have officially vowed to always be 100% optimistic because it makes every single little to big thing 100% bearable and doable! It is so awesome! We get sooooo much more work done when Elder Lusk and I are both optimistic! Church yesterday was the most inspired meeting ever. Every single talk, lesson, prayer, and song all applied directly to him and how he can improve his attitude and change his desires! A few nights ago, he told me he has made a decision. HE SAID HE IS STAYING! Thank the heavens! Thank you all for your prayers and support and advice man it's awesome how prayer really changes things! Elder Lusk really likes baseball and the NY Yankees. I was thinking about things that could help him and I tried making an analogy for him that would help him out with his thoughts so the spirit gave me this idea:
So it's like you're in a baseball game, right? And Satan's the pitcher. He is going to pitch this fastball of bad thoughts at you and it's gonna be coming at you at 100mph. Well you're either gonna let it the ball hit you and sulk in all the negativity and homesickness that comes with that fastball OR you're gonna ACT, pick up your bat, be an agent for change, and bat that fastball of negativity and homesickness out of the park!!! I love the spirit in my life and the guidance it provides. Elder Lusk and I got to go on another split with the assistants to the president. It was sweet! It was a cool learning experience and Elder Krzymowski really taught me how to better follow the spirit and listen for answers. ELDER TABOR IS THE NEW AP! I'm so stoked for that man. He continues to be an amazing example of love and charity to me. He has made such a positive influence on me as a missionary and it's great he is in my zone now! Haha he came to our area on the split with Elder Lusk and helped him out a lot. The morning we had to unsplit was the morning it decided to snow a heaping foot of snow. It was straight crazy. Seriously cherry fresh pow pow bro brah. When we unsplit though, Elder Tabor does not like snow and as he walked out to the car he slipped and ate it soo hard! It was hilarious! I felt bad for him but it was pretty funny! Other than that, we have a new missionary in our district! His name is Elder Visaya and he's from Canada. Elder Norton will be training him. He is a super cool guy! Oh oh and we had a district leader training meeting which was awesome! I'm trying to be able to really have the spirit more present in my district meetings. And this training meeting helped a ton! It was great too! I got to see Elder Brown, and Elder Geppelt! Elder Geppelt is doing so much better now and has changed so much for the better! I love the enabling power of the atonement and how it can truly change anyone that wants to change! Oh, and the scripture for the week is D&C 98:1-3 but really the whole section is great! I love you all! Elder Murray
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