Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
Split, Snapper, Newt, Snake, Top of the tower! So I will just get the fun stuff part over with first so ya'll can end reading this with the spiritual goodness. WE CAUGHT A SNAPPING TURTLE! it was on the side of the road and Elder Newbold says "look! I think that was an armadillo!" Haha so I looked back and saw that it was a snapping turtle! So we had to catch it/make it so it didn't get run over/kill someone in the process. The thing had a long neck that could reach around his she'll and try to get at ya! Super sketchy. It was like a 20 pound turtle! We also barbecued out of our apartment it was pretty funny. Probably not the best idea but hey gotta have some fun 😉
We were able to go on splits twice this week! There are aways what we call split miracles whenever we go on splits. So the first split was with Elder Hughes. He is a great guy and he's almost had to get home multiple times for some health problems but he's very optimistic and I learned alot from him about patience and charity. Then like 2 days later we went on another split and Elder Viera and I had some sweet miracles. We were in Elder Viera's area and the first door we knocked the man totally was open and told us he just barely started looking in to religion because he knew he needed to change his life around. We taught him all about the book of Mormon and set a return appt for the next day! So stoked to hear how the appt goes. And then in our area we finally have a new Investigator! His name is Kevin and he has a wife and 4 kids! Elder Newbold invited him to be baptized and he said yessss!! So excited! So Sister Burton sent me this fantastic talk. The talk is amazing! Ya'll will have to read it. It's called "The Transforming Power of Faith and Character" by Elder Richard G. Scott (October 2010). Man it is such an awesome talk! It is just what I needed to hear! The biggest message I got from it was consistency. Consistency in living the gospel is so key in our lives! There was a paragraph that I loved that I could really relate to. The imagery makes it so real! He says: "Noble character is like a treasured porcelain made of select raw materials, formed with faith, carefully crafted by consistent righteous acts, and fired in the furnace of uplifting experience. It is an object of great beauty and priceless worth. Yet it can be damaged in a moment through transgression, requiring painful, prolonged effort to be rebuilt. When protected by self-control, righteous character will endure for eternity." When we live the gospel consistently we are constantly molding our character and faith to become stronger and stronger and when adversity comes (because it will) we will be better prepared to face it with all of our heart, might, mind, and strength. When we have our father in heaven and Savior Jesus Christ fighting with us nothing is impossible! A great chapter I read in the book of Mormon this week was 2 Nephi 4:26-30. Nephi talks about how he is sorrowful because of how sin can so easily beset him. He then realizes all of the awesome experiences he's had given to him by God and that because Christ new we would mess up he became our Savior and redeemer. My invitation to ya'll is to REMEMBER all the incredible spiritual experiences you've had! They don't have to be big! I love you all! Elder Murray
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