August 11, 2014

I feel like I am being trained by my companion. He is such an outgoing and good missionary. Definitely good at remembering things we planned on doing/people to call, and so forth. I'm still working at that memory thing... but it seems like that is why I am with Elder Harrison. Such a great companion!

This week we did service. A lot of it. Garden work and moving peoples' belongings to a new home, and moving furniture in another home made for a good week of service. The cool thing was that we were able to meet new people through it; possibly one of the most sincerely good people I have ever met. It was so cool! I am excited to meet with this guy and introduce something extra that can only add to the love he has for life. So cool. 

We enjoyed more than our fair-share of puffpuffs this week with the family from Nigeria as well as getting to see a precious little girl be baptized in the ward. Investigators at a baptism? Check. Spirit felt? Double check. It was beautiful. 

Oh, and we were in Belgium this week. Whohoo!! I love love love working with part-member families and helping take that "part" out of the picture. It makes us all happy in an eternal way!

We had a really cool spiritual time with a precious family in the ward yesterday evening. They have struggled with setbacks in the family and have regardless remained faithful to the church, but we felt that they needed a little pick-me-up. It was cool because we went through everyone in the family and pointed out gifts which each of them individually has. The Spirit that was there was very strong and the love in the family was very tangible. I think they felt encouraged and appreciated through this spiritual thought. It was a very great moment. 

The spirit is real and will help us if we let him! 

Just loving being a missionary. It's the best thing in the world!!

Love,
Elder Jack