Drippin' and Droppin'

Down by the river

Buenos,

Well, winter weather is settling in here in Lenoir City. Things are getting colder, and we've gotten LOTS of rain this week. It's a blast. We didn't have the best week, but, not every week can be perfect. Lately we've struggled to find new people to teach, and on top of that, P dropped us this week after talking with his pastor about the Book of Mormon...ugh. On a better note, we were able to see R this week, and he is still progressing well, and he was at church again! Also this week, we participated in the worldwide day of service as part of the church Christmas initiative. We helped one of our older investigators, a different R, by cleaning out his gutters. He was really appreciative, and even took us to lunch the next day!

Honestly though, the highlights this week were our two visits with our investigator J. For the first one, we had our branch mission leader Bro. E with us, and he was able to develop a pretty good friendship with him. We talked a lot about his Book of Mormon reading. He is absolutely tearing through the Book of Mormon. He usually reads 3-5 chapters a day, and he has to read it over a few times before he understands it. He was just kind of jumping around, but ultimately he ended up in 3rd Nephi reading about the Savior's ministry among the Nephites. He said it "inspired" him, and that he wanted to be a better person. It was super cool to hear him talk about how much he already loves the Book of Mormon.

Our second visit this week was even better! We taught J about the Plan of Salvation, and it just answered so many of his questions! He also opened up to us about some challenges he is having right now, and it was just so powerful to be able to testify to him about the power of the atonement. Then at the end of the lesson, (keep in mind we hadn't even brought up baptism at all) he asks, "So, how does the whole baptizing thing work? Cuz well, I want to be baptized!" What?!?!?! It'll be a long road to get him there, but we are really excited about him!

My ponderizer this week is Moroni 7:19 which says, "Wherefore, I beseech of you, brethren, that ye should search diligently in the light of Christ that ye may know good from evil; and if ye will lay hold upon every good thing, and condemn it not, ye certainly will be a child of Christ." Not only do we need to search diligently in Christ's light, but we need to share diligently the light of Christ. We will emanate the light of Christ as we lay hold upon every good thing. As Mormon explains in the rest of this chapter, we lay hold on every good thing by developing faith, hope, and charity. So strengthen your faith, have hope, and share Christ's love and light this Christmas season! Have a good week y’all! 

Love,
Elder Mitchell 

For p-day they explored a bit down by the river

Helping R clean his gutters

Ball is life??