Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
1. Gospel of Jesus Christ cycle 2-4 splitttt 5. Lunch and fruit roll up tongue tattoos! (I promise I'm not high) 6. Dinner at the Ortiz 7. We found a pic that made it look like Reynaldo was smiling so I had to send it. Sooooo this week was sick! It all started with Elder Gong! It was cool. It's crazy. Time and time again every time I hear an apostle or seventy speak I'm always so amazed how simply they talk about the Gospel! Time and time again I am reminded how simple the Gospel of Jesus Christ really is! I feel like everyone complicates living the Gospel. I know I do. I am so thankful for the opportunity to listen to the Prophets, Apostles, and general authorities! It's an upward cycle of lasting happiness! I love it. I drew a little visual to help people understand that it's not something you just do over and over and over again. It's a constant cycle of progression and learning. It never gets boring! "It works wonderfully!"-President Uchtdorf. Best talk! Read it.
Oh snap! And we had zone meeting. Such a spiritual meeting. It has been miraculous watching Elder Lusk's growth. He was asked by the Zone leaders to give a Testimony at the end of zone meeting and so he did. He had been studying Jacob 5 during his studies that morning and had been taught by the spirit and had really more fully understood the parable of the vineyard. He explained that not all of us have been producing good fruit all our lives. He then quoted this scripture it's Jacob 5. It says: 26 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck off the branches that have not brought forth good fruit, and cast them into the fire. 27 But behold, the servant said unto him: Let us prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer, that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee, that thou canst lay it up against the season. 28 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant of the Lord of the vineyard did nourish all the fruit of the vineyard. He then went on to say that Jesus Christ wants to nourish us all a little longer. No matter what situation we are in or what we've done or anything! He Literally everyone in zone meeting crying. I am so proud of this man. He is going to be such an amazing leader in this mission! So blessed that I got to be his first companion! I got to arrange Splits with the Elders in my district which was fun! I went on a split with Elder Visaya who is Elder Norton's trainee. It was a good time and lots of learning went down! It ended up being his birthday so I took him to McDonald's for dinner because it is his favorite and it was great to talk to him about his goals and his purpose as a missionary! And what he does well and what he could work on. He made this crazy sandwich at McDonald's and I took a pic of him. Sunday happened! And it happened real good. Man, we have been seeing progress in this ward! Everyone is so supportive of Reynaldo and his decision to be baptized! Brother Clayton gave him the priesthood and ordained him to the office of priest! Reynaldo payed his tithing for the first time and Brother Collazo was paying his tithing at the same time and basically bore his testimony to Reynaldo about the blessings that come from paying tithing. It was awesome! Then Brother Ortiz invited Reynaldo and us over for dinner and that was awesome! Reynaldo showed up in his white shirt and tie and man did he look fresh! It was so cool! I have a Testimony you of the Gospel changing people. It can change every single one of us for the better! Oh, and almost every single person we have been working with less actives and investigators showed up to church this week too which was such a cool blessing. Hard work will pay off when you least expect it! WOW WOW WOW! and yeah that was out week! I love being a missionary! And I love you all!
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