Dear Dad and everyone,
Really really, I have been doing so good. I
love it out here and I recently realized this week that Texas is okay. I
am sorry for complaining how hot is was all of the time. It really is
not bad. This week is forcasted with above 100 degrees but I am actually
used to it. The work has been going great here. We have been finding
those who really are prepared to be baptized. We had a lot of
investigators with baptismal dates that we had to evaluate if were really ready and discovered they really had much more preparation. However,
this week we have truly been finding the elect and I feel like I have finally
broke through the ceiling so I can get out and fly. There was an
experience that was shared at a zone conference about an eagle that was
raised with chickens and acted like a chicken. A kind soul bought the
chicken and took it out of its comfort zone and to a high ridge where it
could soar. After different attempts at lower heights proved
unsuccessful, he found on a high ridge the eagle saw it's potential. I feel
kind of like the eagle and now know that the Lord can take me to that
ridge and allow me to fly.
Anyway this past week we did meet with the
students again. We have decided that we cannot fulfill our purpose there
but as me and elder (Fa-own-A-looa) were praying as to what we should do
about them there was one name out of the seven that just struck
us. We both had confirmed answers and hopefully this week we will see
the results of dropping the others and working with the student that we
felt prompted was ready. Also, we contacted a referral that was from a
member this week. We taught him and he is so ready. Alex is his name. We
went and were briefly talking before the lesson and he mentioned
that the missionaries had invited him to be baptized before but he
declined. He said however that if they invited him again he would accept
it. He was so ready and one way we could really tell was that when we
asked "What can the book of Mormon do for you?" he opened right to a page
and read how the spirit will become part of him and cleanse him. Take
note: The Book of Mormon He read out of was a blank copy, so apparently
he has been studying the copy he has that is his own. Anyway, it was a
really cool experience of how well Alex was prepared.
I am also going to try and write Chels and Spence so sorry for the shorter letter. It sounds like you trip to day
will be great and it sounds like things are busy. I have seen your
prayers mom and dad and everyone. I will make sure to keep you in my
prayers too.
Love,
Elder Shoemaker
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