He is holding a microphone, it was supposed to help with background noise.
We convinced him to do something funny... this was his pose. :)
WE had an amazing 1 hour Skype with Elder Paxman last night, our last one.. We feel blessed we have had 5, 3 mother's days and 2 Christmases. So
this letter is very short.
Also, it is official, we received Elder Paxman's travel itinerary,
he will arrive home June 30th at 10:12 a.m.
Dear Mom,
I am not getting buff sadly, we have been struggling the last
few days working out. My body is trying to kill me lately; it feels like
yesterday and today I have been running a fever and have been achy all over and
tired... It stinks, also sleep is going pretty bad, so hopefully that will fix
itself here soon.
Are you okay with having
your homecoming on July 19th?
I know it’s almost 20 days after you get home, but the weekend before is
Calin’s farewell and I thought you would want to be to that. Yes I do. I am excited to hear him speak and be there
for him!
During our skype you said
you were wearing a suit that was left in the apartment. Do missionaries often leave stuff on purpose
and have you left stuff behind before? Yea we always leave stuff. I have left all
sorts of things it various on the area, mostly just food, sometimes some random
stuff. It all depends.
Elder Paxman skyped us from an investigators home after giving
them a lesson and having dinner. How did the lesson with the investigators go? Did they seem really interested? We kind of made a return
appointment, they were not the most interested, they are a little hesitant, but
they said we could come back. So we will see we are hoping to just go little by
little with them.
Are these investigators
the same ones you asked us to add to our prayers last week? Yes if I remember right
it is.
Transfers are next week,
do you hope you get to stay and finish out your mission in Lafayette? I hope you do. I hope I get to stay as
well, but I will go and do the things that the Lord hath commanded, right?! Yea
I will keep you posted about that.
How has the work been
this past week? I wanted to ask more
about that in our Skype, but with the investigators being around I didn’t want
to do that. Any fun stories? Well
as far as the work goes, things are going good. We are still trying to find
more people, and help as many as we can along the way. Other than that a lot is
pretty much the same. Stories, I do not really have any, except me trying to
jump a chain-link fence and cutting myself on a rusty fence and maybe breaking
a finger... tehehehehe yea that was right before I talked to you guys hahaha.
No just kidding, I just jammed it badly I think, it’s a little swollen and
starting to bruise. The cut wasn't deep just enough to draw a little blood that
is about it. So yep adventures.
Anyway spiritual thought. I shared it in my testimony at the end
of our Skype, but it was in Spanish so you probably didn't understand it. So
this last week I was reading in Jesus the Christ (it is next to the toilet in
our apartment, hehehe). I read a part
and for some reason it coupled with the scripture touched my heart in such a
way, it was amazing. It is one I have heard so many times, yet it was very
powerful to me at this time, I think for several reasons. So the scripture is
in Matthew and probably a few other places haha. I am not sure; I am not the
greatest at the scriptures. Anyway it goes like this basically. Christ after
talking to a multitude asks the disciples "Who do you think I am?? "Or
whom thinkest thou me??” If you want
more scriptural sounding. One of the twelve then goes on to say, stuff like
people say you are a prophet, some say Elias, and some John the Baptist brought
back to life. Anyway Christ than asks again but whom do YOU think I am? Peter
being that eager apostle and loving friend says "Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the Living God..." Afterwards Christ says something like, “you do
not know this by wisdom or sight, but because my Father which is in Heaven has
given it unto you”. When I read this it almost brought me to tears, because I
felt then as I do now, that Jesus is indeed the Christ, and I know it not of
myself, but because the Father hath granted it unto me by the Holy Ghost. I
have known this in degrees throughout most of my life, but I have found out,
that often times we learn the same lessons over and over again in this life. It
was one of those sweet moments for me to re-learn or realize again that great
knowledge, which in turn helped me to realize something of my Pat. Blessing
which was really cool. So anyway that was my cool experience for the week. I
think we all strive like Peter to say those same sweet words. I know, as I have
known earlier in my life, that Jesus is the Christ, the very son of God. It has
blessed my life, and can bless the lives of others. I know it. It means so much
to me and can to so many others. I love that I have come to know this, and I
cherish it greatly. Well I love you and I will talk to you next week. I hope
you have a great week! I love you all so much.
Love, Elder Paxman
No comments:
Post a Comment