HOLA FAMILA!!!!!!!!!!!
This was a really good week. We were noticing that so far in the transfer, the success we have been seeing started gradually. In the first week we saw miracles in our finding. That finding then led to new investigators the following week, which led to more total lessons this last week. It was good to notice that. It help to see the benefit from working diligently even if you can't notice the progress at first.
I went on exchanges with Elder Webb this week. He is a great missionary he had a great balance between finding and member work. He had great ideas to use while finding. We also had the opportunity to go to a baptism with our investigator ash. And even though Elder Webb is not in the ward he was still working with building the trust of the members.
Elder Schmid is doing great! I have truly been blessed with a great companion. Right from the start he has been giving great ideas for member work and general missionary work. He has fantastic leadership skills by keeping on top of things. I almost feel like he has already served a mission, with the experience he seems to have.
A miracle that we saw this week was, Ash, our investigator. Read the book of mormon and prayed to get an answer. He said that he had received his answer! I was so happy to hear that. The only thing that is keeping him from accepting a date is the fact that he has to much going on in his life at the moment. We are working to resolve that concern.
Thanks for everything!
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With Love,
Elder Ballantyne
Monday, September 12, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
weekly update 9/6/2011
HELLO EVERYONE!
This week has been a very successful week! We saw the hand of the lord this week. It started on Monday, when we went to the temple on p-day. While I was sitting in the temple, I pleaded with the lord that he would lead us to find his prepared children. And through out the week we had seen my prayer answered by finding many people that the lord has been preparing. I think a very important part of my pray being answered was the principle of working to have that pray answered. I pleaded with the lord like it all depended on him, and then Elder Schmid and I got up and worked like it all depended on us. I that is when the lord was able to place these people in our path. Prayer + work = BLESSINGS!!!!!
This week we had a church history tour with the rest of the mission for zone conference. We visited a few different sites including, Liverpool (Albert Dock), Preston, and Downham. All three of these places have a significant roll in the history of the church here in England. I enjoyed going to Liverpool and going to the museum to look at some of the ships that the saints would have been on, during their journey. I can't help but to think of the dedication these people had towards the lord, to just pick up and leave to go to America. I also enjoyed coming back to Preston to be reminded of the history that this place has. I am so blessed to work in the same place that some of the first missionaries served. We are "standing on the shoulders of giants."
With University starting in the next few weeks we have been focusing our finding on campus. We have found a few Chinese students to stop and listen to us, their names are Alan, Carol, Ireese, Jo, and Duxing. The Chinese are great!
Elder Schmid is doing great. He is probably an expert at teaching the restoration now. He is still consistently speaking to everyone on the streets. There were a few times during the church history tour when Elder schmid would be asked a question, and he would immediately strike up a conversation with them about the gospel. He is a forever finder!
Thanks for everything I am excited for this coming week. Everything seems to be on a rise!
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With Love,
Elder Ballantyne
This week has been a very successful week! We saw the hand of the lord this week. It started on Monday, when we went to the temple on p-day. While I was sitting in the temple, I pleaded with the lord that he would lead us to find his prepared children. And through out the week we had seen my prayer answered by finding many people that the lord has been preparing. I think a very important part of my pray being answered was the principle of working to have that pray answered. I pleaded with the lord like it all depended on him, and then Elder Schmid and I got up and worked like it all depended on us. I that is when the lord was able to place these people in our path. Prayer + work = BLESSINGS!!!!!
This week we had a church history tour with the rest of the mission for zone conference. We visited a few different sites including, Liverpool (Albert Dock), Preston, and Downham. All three of these places have a significant roll in the history of the church here in England. I enjoyed going to Liverpool and going to the museum to look at some of the ships that the saints would have been on, during their journey. I can't help but to think of the dedication these people had towards the lord, to just pick up and leave to go to America. I also enjoyed coming back to Preston to be reminded of the history that this place has. I am so blessed to work in the same place that some of the first missionaries served. We are "standing on the shoulders of giants."
With University starting in the next few weeks we have been focusing our finding on campus. We have found a few Chinese students to stop and listen to us, their names are Alan, Carol, Ireese, Jo, and Duxing. The Chinese are great!
Elder Schmid is doing great. He is probably an expert at teaching the restoration now. He is still consistently speaking to everyone on the streets. There were a few times during the church history tour when Elder schmid would be asked a question, and he would immediately strike up a conversation with them about the gospel. He is a forever finder!
Thanks for everything I am excited for this coming week. Everything seems to be on a rise!
--
With Love,
Elder Ballantyne
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