the baptism was awesome, really highly spiritual meeting. there was a really good attendance too. of course im sure it was only to be expected his family had been in the church a long time (grandparents etc.).
im glad youre figureing out your place in your calling. its always stressful when we dont know just what we can do and how much we should delegate and so forth. this district leader calling has been interesting in that right. ive received very little instruction on what to do but i think im figureing it out. this week i gave a training on the importance of silence in lessons, i think it went pretty well. i shared with them my conversion story and a few favorite scriptures along with long pauses to allow for silence all so i could illustrate the relationship the spirit has with silence.
this week was a pretty good week. wee found and taught a lot of new people. theres this one guy though that sticks out from the rest. his name is Chris Mills. he initially invited us back to be antagonistic and see if he could make us look stupid. he admitted this later. he was impressed before we came back that he should pray and tell God that if we came back he'd go to church and see what we had to offer. when we came back he told us that on that merit alone he'd come to church. we then moved to share with him the restoration of the gospel through joseph smith. it was a very intrigueing lesson. all of the points and principles seemed kinda scattered but i knew that was the way he needed to hear it because of how strong the spirit was the whole time. id say that this single meeting was one of the strongest times ive ever felt the spirit in my life. he was speachless. i and Elder Adaoag were following the spirit on what to do and it turned into probably one of the coolest experiences of my mission. we scheduled to meet with him the next day at the church. he was there, he had bishop with us as well. and again had an awesome experience. hes been facing incredible amounts of opposition. he lost his job, but then the Lord gave him one soon thereafter. and other things have been getting in his way. satan really wants him bad. im excited for him and what amazing things may come from him, but i worry about his path there. its gonna be hard.
well i gotta write dad at least so i better go i love ya john
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