We were talking to this member in our ward this week that is
way too cool. He is a cop here, and in addition to being in the police
department, he is also on swat, and a specialized sniper for the swat team. He
is beyond ripped, and he is too awesome. He had a big sniper competition and he
was showing us all the targets. They had like civilians and everything.. pretty
crazy targets. and he was dead on. So i am glad i became friends with him. It
makes me feel safe.
We had interviews with the mission president this week which
was awesome. He was able to give me some really great advice, and helped me
really get excited to get out and baptize! speaking of baptizing, we are getting
4 people ready for baptism. We have been working really hard and we are really
seeing the blessing come. We have a newer investigator named John. he is like
20 and we are teaching him and his mom. We taught him the plan of salvation,
gave him a book of Mormon, and gave him a promise that God will show him that
our message is true. In this lesson I really felt like I was
teaching, really teaching in unity with elder Larsen, switching off equally,
and it just turned out to be an amazing lesson where the spirit was so strong.
I am excited to see how he progresses. We also finally got ahold of some other
potential investigators we have been trying to track down for a long time. I
convinced Elder Larsen to go to this one ladies house that we had basically given
up on. I had a feeling we should try there one more time, and she was actually
there and we were able to get to know her and her 2 boys, and really set things
up well. It was so amazing.
We are teaching one of the only black people in Wilton. He
feels like Brigham Young was a racist, slave supporting man that he doesn't
agree with. So that will be quite the concern to overcome. haha but The Lord
will provide :)
Another awesome thing we were able to do this week was go
golfing with the High Priests. We were able to go because there were 2 less
actives and 3 non members there golfing with us. We golfed 18 holes, and by the
end we because good friends with all of them, and set up appointments with all
5 of those guys. It was incredibly successful. Plus i golfed really well and
blew them away. On one of the holes i pulled out my driver and hit it 285
yards... the high priests in my group almost wet their pants.. haha it was
funny. But it was a lot of fun. And after when we were in the clubhouse getting
to know the non members and less actives better, the BYU game just happened to
be on.. I may have glances a few times. It was really nice seeing my cougs.
haha
Overall it was a great week. I have really seen the Lord
bless us for our obedience. It amazing being an instrument in the Lords hands,
and with him I know that i can do anything out here. I love being able to
spread the gospel, and i am so grateful for all the support i am
continually getting from back home!
Love you more than Californians love to roll through stop
signs!
haha
XOXO
Elder Gage Black :)
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