This last week was a good one. I feel that Elder Barrow and I came closer together, and we helped each other learn what we needed to. Monday started off pretty typical, after our dinner we had a lesson with Maggie, we focused a lot on the Atonement, which has been a trend with our lessons thus far. Whenever we leave that home there is always a great spirit there, and we know that we have done good. That night as I laid in bed I was thinking about lots of things, and a thought popped into my mind that I got up and wrote down. It is this: my mission hasn't changed me, it's uncovered me. I am now who I was supposed to be all along.-I think that is true. We are each born as a son or daughter of God, and are divine. All we have to really do is become who we are supposed to be all along. I enjoy the little revelations and thoughts that He gives me.
Tuesday we had our first lesson with sister Kaufman, who our bishop invited to take the lessons. We taught her the Plan of Salvation, which was a little rough again, but much better. We also had splits that night, and I went with brother Hansford, and started teaching him and his family the lessons. I taught the restoration, and was able to ask lots of questions to keep the kids involved, they had a great time with it, and the Spirit was there very strongly. It was probably the best lesson that I've taught in this area. That night we started an exchange with Elders Holland, and Horton. Elder Barrow got to practice his spanish with Holland for a day, and I got the spend all day Wednesday in Dayton covering the YSA ward. It was a lot of fun, Elder Horton is a really good missionary.
Thursday we taught the Larsens in our ward the Restoration as well, and that went pretty well, during part of the lesson we talked about the Atonement, and on fast sunday sister larsen got up and bore her testimony about the missionaries, and how inspired they are, and how valuable their teaching is. It was a great sign of trust, and helped build the wards confidence in us. We also had our coordination, and we had everyone practice teaching the restoration. During his exchange with Elder Holland, Barrow learned a few things that Elder Corbridge taught us in our mission tour about teaching the Atonement in every principle, and so he wanted to just teach them how to do that. I couldn't dissuade him. It went well, but it was like trying to give them meat before milk. They need to know the material before they can get in deep with it.
Friday I was on exchange with Elder Burton. We had on ok district meeting. He taught us about "the prayer approach". To me it is more of a business technique than preaching the Gospel. That has pretty much been how is has been all transfer. In Portland our District Meetings were very spiritual, and everyone participated, and helped teach, and instruct each other on following the spirit, and how to do the work. Here it has been Elder Burton lecturing us, and then teaching us sales techniques, and specific approaches to use. Instead of here are some skills, follow the Spirit, it is here is the approach, use it. I'm not a fan. Our exchange was good though, we taught the Agho family the restoration, and they invited us to dinner tonight, they also came to church on Sunday. We did a little bit of service, and were able to do some tracting, and get a few potentials. Elder Burton thought they should be counted as new, but the one we didn't have a specific return appointment, and the other we didn't teach. I didn't feel they were solid enough to be considered new, so I didn't count them. I will count them if we are able to start teaching, not if we talk to them, and they tell us we can come back.
Saturday we saw Erick O, and were able to catch him at the perfect time. He was pretty upset, and was about to start drinking. We helped him calm down, and we gave him a blessing. By the end of our visit he was in tears. When we left he gave us each a transformer from his collection. It was pretty special. WE spent a lot of the day saying goodbye to some of the people that Elder Barrow had come to love in his time here, as he was told he was getting transferred. I was a little surprised that I was asked to train for my last six weeks. In Portland if you trained, it was for the whole 12 weeks, so I didn't expect it. I am excited to get that opportunity. It was a lesson to me about how God hears, and answers our prayers, even about the little things.
I think it was Tuesday that Elder Barrow and I got in an argument again, that ended in both of us praying together, and me reading my patriarchal blessing searching for what to do. Again I was guided and instructed by the Lord. I have been receiving more and more revelation to prepare me for my life at home, and it has been incredible.
I have been thinking a lot about what to do when I return home so that I am not a burden on you with the lack of money coming in, and I think that I am going to pursue the course that I talked about in my last phone call. I am going to come home, enlist in the Guard, contract in ROTC, and then get a second job as well. That way I can have enough money to pay for my own bills, and be prepared more for the future. I am going to take a strengths assessment test too, that President recommended, so I will let you know how that goes next time hopefully.
Love Elder Schultz
Tuesday we had our first lesson with sister Kaufman, who our bishop invited to take the lessons. We taught her the Plan of Salvation, which was a little rough again, but much better. We also had splits that night, and I went with brother Hansford, and started teaching him and his family the lessons. I taught the restoration, and was able to ask lots of questions to keep the kids involved, they had a great time with it, and the Spirit was there very strongly. It was probably the best lesson that I've taught in this area. That night we started an exchange with Elders Holland, and Horton. Elder Barrow got to practice his spanish with Holland for a day, and I got the spend all day Wednesday in Dayton covering the YSA ward. It was a lot of fun, Elder Horton is a really good missionary.
Thursday we taught the Larsens in our ward the Restoration as well, and that went pretty well, during part of the lesson we talked about the Atonement, and on fast sunday sister larsen got up and bore her testimony about the missionaries, and how inspired they are, and how valuable their teaching is. It was a great sign of trust, and helped build the wards confidence in us. We also had our coordination, and we had everyone practice teaching the restoration. During his exchange with Elder Holland, Barrow learned a few things that Elder Corbridge taught us in our mission tour about teaching the Atonement in every principle, and so he wanted to just teach them how to do that. I couldn't dissuade him. It went well, but it was like trying to give them meat before milk. They need to know the material before they can get in deep with it.
Friday I was on exchange with Elder Burton. We had on ok district meeting. He taught us about "the prayer approach". To me it is more of a business technique than preaching the Gospel. That has pretty much been how is has been all transfer. In Portland our District Meetings were very spiritual, and everyone participated, and helped teach, and instruct each other on following the spirit, and how to do the work. Here it has been Elder Burton lecturing us, and then teaching us sales techniques, and specific approaches to use. Instead of here are some skills, follow the Spirit, it is here is the approach, use it. I'm not a fan. Our exchange was good though, we taught the Agho family the restoration, and they invited us to dinner tonight, they also came to church on Sunday. We did a little bit of service, and were able to do some tracting, and get a few potentials. Elder Burton thought they should be counted as new, but the one we didn't have a specific return appointment, and the other we didn't teach. I didn't feel they were solid enough to be considered new, so I didn't count them. I will count them if we are able to start teaching, not if we talk to them, and they tell us we can come back.
Saturday we saw Erick O, and were able to catch him at the perfect time. He was pretty upset, and was about to start drinking. We helped him calm down, and we gave him a blessing. By the end of our visit he was in tears. When we left he gave us each a transformer from his collection. It was pretty special. WE spent a lot of the day saying goodbye to some of the people that Elder Barrow had come to love in his time here, as he was told he was getting transferred. I was a little surprised that I was asked to train for my last six weeks. In Portland if you trained, it was for the whole 12 weeks, so I didn't expect it. I am excited to get that opportunity. It was a lesson to me about how God hears, and answers our prayers, even about the little things.
I think it was Tuesday that Elder Barrow and I got in an argument again, that ended in both of us praying together, and me reading my patriarchal blessing searching for what to do. Again I was guided and instructed by the Lord. I have been receiving more and more revelation to prepare me for my life at home, and it has been incredible.
I have been thinking a lot about what to do when I return home so that I am not a burden on you with the lack of money coming in, and I think that I am going to pursue the course that I talked about in my last phone call. I am going to come home, enlist in the Guard, contract in ROTC, and then get a second job as well. That way I can have enough money to pay for my own bills, and be prepared more for the future. I am going to take a strengths assessment test too, that President recommended, so I will let you know how that goes next time hopefully.
Love Elder Schultz
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