weekly update 6/13/2011

Hello Family!
>
> First off, things in preston are going great. The weather has been a
> bit 50-50 lately. Sometimes it can be pretty sunny but still be cold.
> Atleast this week there hasn't been a great deal of rain, until
> yesterday. Today looks a bit wet too.
>
> This has been a great week, again we have taught a few on the spot
> lessons. So we have been blessed with a few new investigators.
> Unfortunately the people we teach on the spot don't progress. That
> could either be the effect of not effectively following up, or it
> could just be the agency of the people. Either way we are in a sifting
> process to find the gold nuggets.
>
> Elder Cofone is doing great! He is a very obedient missionary. He is
> not only confident in himself but much more importantly he is
> confident in the lord and his message. Some other strengths are; he is
> personable. When he plans for the investigator, he plans specifically
> to teach to their needs, and he truly applies what he learns in his
> personal study.
>
> Things are going great here in Preston; again it truly is a blessed
> land. Thanks for everything each of you do. I just want to say I can
> feel each of your prayers pushing me forward and I greatly appreciate
> each one. Also know that I pray for each of you everynight before I go
> to bed.

>
>
> --
> With Love,
> Elder Ballantyne

weekly update 2/7/2011

>

> Hello Family and Friends!
>
> The rest of the week was great! We weren't doing so well for finding
> but on Friday we prayed specifically to have success in finding, that
> day we had doubled our QGCs and appointments. Prayer Works!
>
> In other news, we have been teaching a less active for a while now,
> and he finally made it to church this Sunday! Not only did he show up
> but also he bore his testimony in the testimony meeting! It was such a
> blessing to see him there!
>
> Sunday was just full of miracles. We had planned to go to a village
> called Wardle and tract, but seeing as we didn't have time to go to
> Wardle we changed plans and chose a street closer to us. On the street
> we weren't having any success, until we came to Steve and Sarah's
> door. Steve answered the door and saw that we were wet from the rain
> and invited us in! I love the rain! We asked if they had a few minutes
> that we could share the restoration with them. And the responded with,
> "We have all the time you need." So we shared the restoration with
> them. It was a great lesson with them. I think we were blessed with
> this miracle because we were trying to use our time wisely.
>
> Thank you! I love you all!

>
> Love,
> Elder Ballantyne