Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
The olsen family (Elder Tatafu got transferred but he is still in our stake) we had a regional conference and they went hard on member missionary work! Elder Newbold drew this it's pretty sweet! The Menzer American bull dog. It's so fat but cute too I suppose The APF COMPANIONSHIP INVENTORY IS THE BEST! DO IT!
So it's been about a week with my new companion. He is awesome. But man I don't know where we would be right now without nightly companionship inventory! I've been able to learn how to improve more quickly and understand him and his points of view and then we meet somewhere in the middle and get work done. Elder Tatafu and I got along pretty well but we didn't do it as much as we should have and it just makes everything better. Miracles of the week: So many more service opportunities. I love it. We got to go to a community food pantry and help sort things for them, we got to help someone clean up their yard. And when I say clean up I mean clean up... like whoa. After looking up former investigator who is now atheist and just likes arguing about our beliefs we decided maybe if we could serve him it will soften his heart so we asked if we could do anything to serve him and he told us to come early the next day with the most grubby clothes we had so we showed up the next day and wow! Weird. He is this old Italian guy who does sculptures. The background music was this weird Indian music. He took us down to his shop which is basically just the unfinished basement of his apartment building and he mixed bronze powder and rubber together and told us to paint this silicone molding with it and we did and it took us about an hour. It was probably one of the most random service projects I have ever done Had a straight fire lesson with Teddy. We read Alma 34 with him and man it was like a kind but chastising spiritual slap in the face for him. We had to move his date back. This will be his second date so if he can't quit this time he is going to have to take a break. It's sad but we can only do so much 😔 Street contacting is my favorite! It gets me so excited! So ready to work it's so thrilling haha walking up to random people and talking to them about the purpose of life and what brings them hope. Man I love it. I love that we can work in the college it's my favorite thing! Obviously we are on the lookout for families but president also told us to work on campus! Love it. For all you missionaries out there use those inspired questions for street contacting. It makes for some great conversations! So yeah! This week's studies have been awesome! Revelation through the Book of Mormon is so real! Preach My Gospel is one of the most useful tools ever for everyone and everything! I was able to apply my studies as well on a split this week! Elder Viera and I went on a split in my area and it was good! Always room for improvement on my part but it was good. Learn from my mistakes. I can tell Elder Viera beats himself up a little too much sometimes so during our companionship inventory I explained to him that Christ didn't die for you so you could beat yourself up over your mistakes and get discouraged. He died for you so you can beat yourself up and LEARN from your mistakes, set goals and make plans to be better, and then be HAPPY! Man the atonement is awesome. It's helped me through so much and if we use the Atonement with just the small and simple things we will make so much progress. I've learned a lot about personal integrity this week. I've learned to never lie to yourself. If you can trust yourself and trust in Christ you can do anything that is God's will. I love you all! Thank you so much for your prayers and support. I❤NYNY Elder Murray
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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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