Hey family,
D got baptized!!! We had a wonderful meeting Sunday morning and it was a great experience for her. We had a really good turn out to the baptism especially with Easter weekend. The entire country shuts down Easter week and everyone goes to their cabins or to their second homes in Spain and France. D was so happy and it was a huge blessing to be part of her baptism. It will be cool when her two daughters get baptized in the next few years.
One of the nights this week that we were teaching her, she got her cell phone out and started calling someone. Come to find out, she was giving us a referral of 19 year old boy from Kenya named F. She gave me the phone and I talked to this kid in Kenya. It was way legit! I told him we would contact the missionaries in Kenya so he could be taught. He kept telling me thanks and expressed how grateful he was that he can learn more about the gospel. I didn't feel like I did anything to be thanked for but I hope that the missionaries get in contact with him. D also has a son who is 19 who is friends with F. It would be so cool if they became members over there. I would probably have to make a trip down to Kenya. Who wants to go on that adventure with me? haha.
We had a really busy week this week with two zone conferences. In our mission and maybe in all the missions around the world we have whats called a burnomy. When a missionary has their last zone conference they go up and bear their testimony and basically share what they have learned some advice for the other missionaries. Well I held my burnomy this last week. It was a sad day...
I have been studying about the gathering of Israel lately which is a topic that I don't know a lot about. I have been able to learn a lot about the history of the old testament as well as the importance of the gathering of Israel. We as members of the church play a big role in this great work of gathering the lost tribes of Israel. We live in an exciting time with the restored church on the Earth and the technology that we have to help spread this message to all the ends of the Earth. I'm way excited for Jake to devote two years of his life to this great work. I hope I can give him a few tips or pointers before he goes on his mission if he will listen to me ha ha.
Well we have been doing a lot of traveling and it's just going to pick up in the coming weeks. We were in Trondheim this week for zone conference and definitely have this flying thing down now ha ha. Elder Van Wagoner and have just planned a trip to the north where we will fly to four cites in 48 hours and spend time with each companionship. We will first fly to Alta and spend about a half a day there. We will then fly to Tromsø, Bodø, and Narvik before we fly home. It will be a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to that adventure. This trip will be on the 10th through the 12th of April and then in the coming weeks we will be flying to Trondheim and Stavanger.
I love the gospel and love studying from the scriptures. My biggest advice to Jake right now is just study the scriptures and Preach my Gospel. Preach my Gospel wasn't just written to help you know what to teach your investigators or to help you become a better missionary, it was written to convert YOU!!! You have to be converted to the gospel first before you can help others become converted! I love you all and I hope you all have a great week.
Eldste Godfrey
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