Howdy y'all,
I will just start off answering questions.
The trip to Texas was awesome it was soo cool flying out of Utah i
saw Bingham copper mine on the way out and was like whoa - I have been
there. I sat next to two other missionaries and some ward members from Texas and the plane was full of disappointed skiers because there is
not very much snow in Utah yet. I got to the mission home and had
amazing Texan food we went to the church and i stayed the night at the
assistants apartment along with most of the elders. the next day we just
did some orientation and then figured out I was going to Stephenville, Texas the farthest west area in my mission. It is all flat with no
mountains I like it though amazing sunsets and the stars are so bright
because it is basically country. Stephenville is actually the cowboy
capital of the world. My bike is here with me we are in a car mission
but i am putting the bike together today actually. It is awesome here
last night the first Texas storm hit with loud thunder lightning and
plenty of rain. My companion is elder Ericson he is awesome. He is from Denver, Colorado. we are working on exact obedience and we can already
see the benefits from it. 6 new baptisms scheduled and 3 just yesterday
it is so awesome we are doing a lot of teaching it i amazing.
I will share two experiences. There is Mary and Matt they are
engaged. the elders contacted her before I got here. So we went to the
address she gave them the first day and Matts dad Morris said to go away
and he did not want us there. Later that night we saw her walking with Matt scheduled a return appointment the next day and found out Morris
was a member along with a friend that lives with them and Morris and Bri
were both testifying of what we were saying by the end of the lesson.
They committed to baptism on the 28th and we have gone back to teach
them and they came to church and loved it.
(His second email...a few minutes later)
Oh my goodness i forgot to share my scripture for this week and say i love you all.
Anyways I just wanted to talk about Moroni's promise at the end of the Book of Mormon the reference is Moroni 10: 4-5. It talks about if you want to know if these thing are true to pray with intent and a sincere heart. As i a found out through teaching this it can be applied to anything. We ask investigators to apply this promise to not only the Book of Mormon but to what we teach. We want investigators to know for themselves and not take our word. It is so effective in teaching. Anyways I encourage all yalls (oh my goodness I totally just accidentally said "all yalls" by habit haha yay!) to use this promise to gain answers to anything you want to know is truth...like asking if the bible is true. You don't really think of it because you pray about the Book of Mormon to know its truths but the bible is also the word of God as far as it is translated correctly so we can pray about it too.
I love y'all,
Elder Shoemaker
Nate is in the same area as most of my dad's family. His aunt lives in Cleburne or Glen Rose I can't remember which. My grandparents are buried in Grandbury, TX. Actually, their ashes are there. None of my dad's family members are members of the church. Sounds like he is doing well.
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