I don't know if I told you about our baptism last week. It was awesome! She was a 73 year old lady and as soon as she saw us walking towards her door, the first time, she said she knew we were the answer to her prayers. We confirmed her at Church yesterday. It was awesome, she is amazing. We might have at least 3 more baptisms this transfer that I am praying for. So remember to keep them in your prayers as well as your prayers for me ;-)
One of them, another Great Lady, we used 2 Ne 31 on Saturday and taught her the importance of baptism and invited her to be baptized, and it was amazing! She said she has wanted to get baptized, but she has just been waiting for the right missionaries to come along. She's had missionaries that would come by but never taught her the gospel, they were just her friends. So she was very excited that we taught her and asked her to be baptized and she could say Yes! She will be getting baptized this Sunday if all goes well. :-D
I did get the Missionary Mall pants last week, they are fine, they aren't as good as the originals that I came out with, but they will work, no worries. I noticed that you put more money on my card. thank you.
Rick and his family look so good! I can't believe how big and broad Daniel is getting, Wow! he might be able to beat me up by the time I get home ;-) I have to write president his letter so I better get going. Thank you for all that you do for me and all the support. I think I will be sending a box home during this transfer. So sometime before 11/25/09 and there will be some amazing hot sauce in there. I fell in love with this stuff. it is guacamole with habenero pepper sauce. I think Bishop and you and Rick will love it! but anyways, I got to go. love you! ~ELDER GARDNER
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Golden contact
We had a lot to do this morning so we got on email a little late. Yes, we had transfers last Wednesday... and unfortunately, Elder Gunnell was transferred out to the desert. So I have a new companion, he has been out 4.5 months and his Spanish is... well, I won't judge. So yeah I am officially a senior companion now.
I have an awesome story for you,,,, Yesterday, we were on our way to Teresa's home to help her get ready and tell her the things she needs for her baptism on Sunday. I had to call our ward mission leader so he would know what was going on with Teresa, while I was on the phone, my companion saw this guy beating up his wife right out there on the street. So he took off and didn't tell me, and I am left there by myself not knowing what was going on. I hurried up and hung up and jet over to my companion, he had broke up the fight without getting physically involved so that was good. He had the cops called and they took like 20 min to get there. All this time the husband was cussing us out continually. He came over to us and got right up in our faces ready to fight, just then two K-9 units and one regular police unit showed up and stopped this guy in his tracks. So yeah that was pretty exciting.
We were now an hour late in getting over to Teresa's home but we knew we had to go over there, and while we are biking there, we see this guy walking toward us so I am thinking, oh oh, not again. We stopped and he asked us what was going on, we told him, then we got on the subject of religion, how convenient ;-) so we get talking and I pretty much teach him the first lesson right there and he is soaking this in like a sponge. I gave him a Book of Mormon and he said he wants to read it from cover to cover. I was so excited at this point and told him that we have a church just up the street and he is more than welcome to come, he is like "ok awesome I will be there tomorrow I am really interested in what you guys have to say, I know that God put you guys in my path for a reason." I just wanted to scream,,,, I was so happy!!!!! We got his info and all and he did come to church, all 3 hours and after church he said, " you guys are more than welcome to come over anytime you want. and I will definitely be coming to church next week!" I was Super Happy and we know that we need to work really hard with George so we can get help him get baptized. he is Awesome.
So yes we did have a baptism yesterday, That makes 7 now, President called last night to congratulate us and as we were talking he mentioned how it was my first baptism as a senior companion, and that I now know how to baptize... so I'm not sure what that means but usually when he says something like that, someone becomes a trainer or a District Leader or Zone Leader, and right now, I don't think I could do that so we will just have to wait and see.
Yes I did get my watch, and the Zucchini bread, Thank You, I got it last week and ate the bread in 6 days haha. The pants came in today and they seem to fit me well. We really don't have much going on other than those stories I told you so I will talk with you next week and let you know how George is doing. Thank you for all that you do. I don't know if you added money to my account but I need more money, I have to buy some stuff to keep me warm out here is this weird California weather. ;-) humidity is rough. I got to go. LOVE YOU! ~ELDER GARDNER
I have an awesome story for you,,,, Yesterday, we were on our way to Teresa's home to help her get ready and tell her the things she needs for her baptism on Sunday. I had to call our ward mission leader so he would know what was going on with Teresa, while I was on the phone, my companion saw this guy beating up his wife right out there on the street. So he took off and didn't tell me, and I am left there by myself not knowing what was going on. I hurried up and hung up and jet over to my companion, he had broke up the fight without getting physically involved so that was good. He had the cops called and they took like 20 min to get there. All this time the husband was cussing us out continually. He came over to us and got right up in our faces ready to fight, just then two K-9 units and one regular police unit showed up and stopped this guy in his tracks. So yeah that was pretty exciting.
We were now an hour late in getting over to Teresa's home but we knew we had to go over there, and while we are biking there, we see this guy walking toward us so I am thinking, oh oh, not again. We stopped and he asked us what was going on, we told him, then we got on the subject of religion, how convenient ;-) so we get talking and I pretty much teach him the first lesson right there and he is soaking this in like a sponge. I gave him a Book of Mormon and he said he wants to read it from cover to cover. I was so excited at this point and told him that we have a church just up the street and he is more than welcome to come, he is like "ok awesome I will be there tomorrow I am really interested in what you guys have to say, I know that God put you guys in my path for a reason." I just wanted to scream,,,, I was so happy!!!!! We got his info and all and he did come to church, all 3 hours and after church he said, " you guys are more than welcome to come over anytime you want. and I will definitely be coming to church next week!" I was Super Happy and we know that we need to work really hard with George so we can get help him get baptized. he is Awesome.
So yes we did have a baptism yesterday, That makes 7 now, President called last night to congratulate us and as we were talking he mentioned how it was my first baptism as a senior companion, and that I now know how to baptize... so I'm not sure what that means but usually when he says something like that, someone becomes a trainer or a District Leader or Zone Leader, and right now, I don't think I could do that so we will just have to wait and see.
Yes I did get my watch, and the Zucchini bread, Thank You, I got it last week and ate the bread in 6 days haha. The pants came in today and they seem to fit me well. We really don't have much going on other than those stories I told you so I will talk with you next week and let you know how George is doing. Thank you for all that you do. I don't know if you added money to my account but I need more money, I have to buy some stuff to keep me warm out here is this weird California weather. ;-) humidity is rough. I got to go. LOVE YOU! ~ELDER GARDNER
Teresa
I actually have a lot to tell you this time, yeah I hate my bike. it is the worst thing I have ever done. I have had nothing but problems with it. I've had to get my front and back derailers fixed cuz they were out of tune. and yeah $57.77 is the cheapest I could find. I am hoping that I get put in a car area pretty soon so I don't have to waste so much money on my stupid bike. I would like to have more money on my card so I don't have to call President Donaldson and get him to call you to put more money on my card, that is just embarrassing. I would like my balance to stay above $200. I have done pretty well with my money so far. I always buy whatever food I want cuz I don't buy the name brand stuff, I buy the "Kroger" stuff and it tastes just as good.
This week was pretty cool. we received a printout of all of the referrals for our area over the past year. We started going to all of them and this one lady, Teresa invited us in and started talking and everything. When we found out what her needs were, we decided to offer a prayer, I said it, and when we finished she was bawling, she said that just a few minutes before we got there she had been praying for some help and guidance, and we knocked on her door, so she was very grateful for us. We invited her to get baptized and she accepted and will be getting baptized this Sunday the 18th. I hope Elder Gunnell and I stay together one more time so we can get all these baptisms done. Speaking of knocking on doors, President Donaldson asked us not to knock that much because it isn't the best way to do missionary work. the best way to do missionary work is through the members. So we have been working with ward members and getting referrals and we have been pretty busy.
So about this flu shot thing, we have to pay 25 bucks to get it so I was hoping I would get some money today from you ;-) but I think I will be able to get 25 bucks some other way.
I am not getting fat or anything I just don't have the same muscle mass that I did before when I was lifting weights and working out every day. I have lost the upper body muscle mass. nothing I need to worry about tho.
How is the family doing? How is Daniels football team doing? What is his position? Lexie is so big! she is going to be as big as Jeremy was when I left. wow. but that is just way the cookie crumbles ;-) I have to get going. I have to get my flu shot and all so I will talk with you later. love you. hope to have some money coming my way soon. LOVE YOU for everything. ~ELDER GARDNER
This week was pretty cool. we received a printout of all of the referrals for our area over the past year. We started going to all of them and this one lady, Teresa invited us in and started talking and everything. When we found out what her needs were, we decided to offer a prayer, I said it, and when we finished she was bawling, she said that just a few minutes before we got there she had been praying for some help and guidance, and we knocked on her door, so she was very grateful for us. We invited her to get baptized and she accepted and will be getting baptized this Sunday the 18th. I hope Elder Gunnell and I stay together one more time so we can get all these baptisms done. Speaking of knocking on doors, President Donaldson asked us not to knock that much because it isn't the best way to do missionary work. the best way to do missionary work is through the members. So we have been working with ward members and getting referrals and we have been pretty busy.
So about this flu shot thing, we have to pay 25 bucks to get it so I was hoping I would get some money today from you ;-) but I think I will be able to get 25 bucks some other way.
I am not getting fat or anything I just don't have the same muscle mass that I did before when I was lifting weights and working out every day. I have lost the upper body muscle mass. nothing I need to worry about tho.
How is the family doing? How is Daniels football team doing? What is his position? Lexie is so big! she is going to be as big as Jeremy was when I left. wow. but that is just way the cookie crumbles ;-) I have to get going. I have to get my flu shot and all so I will talk with you later. love you. hope to have some money coming my way soon. LOVE YOU for everything. ~ELDER GARDNER
Conference - week 12 Oct 09
haha Yes Conference made me pretty "homesick" but not the Priesthood session. that was the best Priesthood session I have heard in a long time. I definitely need to repent about my past and how I treated you and mom. I was retarded. I am sorry about the mischief I did when I was young and dumb.
I loved all of the conference tho, Elder Holland's talk was really good. I think we are going to use that talk with some of our investigators. It will be a powerful tool of conversion. The only thing is that our investigators are just too scared of what their families might think, or it would be too big of a change, so they say no to a baptism date. Hopefully things will start to look better, but transfers are next week... I am hoping that Elder Gunnell and I stay together one more time, or two :-D But we will just have to wait and see. We are making progress with all of our investigators so I am pretty sure that we will have some baptisms before next transfer.
I would much rather have the other missionary mall pants that I used to have. They are much more comfortable and have bigger pockets. so yeah. the brand of the pants are Missionary Mall and the stitching is yellow. Thank you for fixing my watch :-) I still have to write President so I better get going. Thank you for all that you do for me! :-D I don't deserve parents and a family as good as I have.
I love you guys. you have no idea. ~ELDER GARDNER
I loved all of the conference tho, Elder Holland's talk was really good. I think we are going to use that talk with some of our investigators. It will be a powerful tool of conversion. The only thing is that our investigators are just too scared of what their families might think, or it would be too big of a change, so they say no to a baptism date. Hopefully things will start to look better, but transfers are next week... I am hoping that Elder Gunnell and I stay together one more time, or two :-D But we will just have to wait and see. We are making progress with all of our investigators so I am pretty sure that we will have some baptisms before next transfer.
I would much rather have the other missionary mall pants that I used to have. They are much more comfortable and have bigger pockets. so yeah. the brand of the pants are Missionary Mall and the stitching is yellow. Thank you for fixing my watch :-) I still have to write President so I better get going. Thank you for all that you do for me! :-D I don't deserve parents and a family as good as I have.
I love you guys. you have no idea. ~ELDER GARDNER
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