Elder Murray New York New York
6/22/2016-07/11/2018
So fun fact of the week. The only reason it is easy for me to wake up and get out of bed in the morning is because all throughout the night I practice. Practice makes perfect! Elder Norton told me that I'll wake up at like 1, open the blinds, get on my knees, and kneel to pray. Then check the clock, see that its 1 am and get back in bed and sleep until we wake up at 6! It's pretty funny! I do this quite often haha.
On that note we had an awesome week! We went on 3 back to back splits started it off with going on splits with the West Point Elders, then went up to Kingston NY, and then to Stamford CT. We have Iona College in our area and the students there are super open minded. So Elder Lewis and I set some goals and made some plans to go out and achieve while we were there. It was solid. We did it. It took us longer than expected but we did it! We set a goal to teach like 10 New York minutes which is basically 10 short but solid conversations, and to get 8 peoples contact info so we can follow up with them and we found miracles! On our way back to the car we were just talking to everyone when we met Norman! He was wearing these big ol headphones and he definitely wasn't going to hear us if we waited until he got to us so we just started waving to him at a distance he waved back and we just stopped and asked him a question. He quickly took off his headphones and listened to us. We found out some of his concerns, interests, and needs and asked when we could meet again to share more of our message with him. He then told us he had some time right then. It was pouring rain so we asked if he'd be down to take a sit in the nearest Dunkin Donuts. So we did! We started with a prayer, taught the restoration , and invited him to baptism and he said yes! It was a pretty cool miracle. He was so thankfull for us! We'll keep you updated on his progress. I love going contacting at college campuses around the Mission on splits. We've been to UCON, SUNY Orange, SUNY Sullivan, SUNY New Paltz, Iona, Colombia, NYU. The prophets have said one of their main focuses are on young adults and I can see why! A couple cool thoughts from the Book of Mormon. Last Sunday was an amazing spirit filled sacrament meeting. We sang Hymn 270. That hymn is very special to me. After that hymn was sung I was looking for a scripture that correlated with the hymn "I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go". I turned to Omni 1:26 it reads: And now, my beloved brethren (or sisteren😊), I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved. I absolutely felt the spirit as a read this verse. No doubt about it at all. Jesus Christ held nothing back. He gave us His all. We are here to learn to do the same and oh the joy that comes from it. Easier said than done but repentance is the plan not the back up plan. I love this wonderful work and the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is all so true! I love each of you! 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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