temple. It was an amazing opportunity. It was a chance to be able to
sit back, and enjoy the peace God intends for His children. It was a
lovely reminder that this is where I want everyone to be able to be.
This is my goal for everyone I meet on the street. I want to see them
in the temple being able to partake in the Spirit that resides only in
that sacred building.
We were able to find a new investigator this week who was incredibly
prepared for us. I was out with a priest who has been preparing for a
mission. I asked him to pick a random door for us to knock. We go, and
he knocks. A lady answers and starts crying. She told us that her
children have been asking questions about God and Jesus Christ that
she can't answer because of her lack of knowledge. She asked us to
come and teach her whole family what They are all about. Miracles do
happen! The Spirit led us to that door and we had a wonderful
experience because of it. God truly directs this work.
It's been over 2 year since I've touched a tennis racket... Until
today! A member of our ward is a retired tennis pro. At dinner, we
discussed a lot about tennis. It turns out that Elder Katz is also a
tennis player. She let us borrow a couple rackets, and we played for
about a hour today! It was a ton of fun! I wasn't even kind of up to
par with where I once was, but it was still fun to hit around in this
100 degree heat.
We have quite a decent teaching pool currently and it keeps growing.
Started with 2 and now we are at 14. We have been able to find more
than that, but they weren't quite ready for the word just yet. That 14
are just the ones that we are regularly teaching multiple times a
week. We are hopefully getting 2 more tonight. We have the lessons set
up, so we pray that they will be ready.
Aerial, from Kirkland, has called and asked me to attend her baptism!
Not only that, but she has asked if I would be willing to baptize her!
I am so excited!! We will be traveling up there this Saturday for that
ordinance. She has come so far, and I'm so excited to be able to see
her take this leap of faith into the waters of baptism.
When I served in the Deer Valley Ward (over a year ago), a family
moved in that had recently gotten baptized and were pretty less
active. The young man was unsure of his testimony and his decision
that he made when he was baptized. He had dropped out of school and
wasn't making great choices. I worked with them for 3 months before
they moved. During that 3 months I got this young man to come out with
us to a couple lessons and start to come to church. Well it turns out
that he moved to Glendale in the La Pradera Park Ward. He's now a high
school graduate, and this Wednesday he will be entering in to the MTC
to be serving in the Salt Lake City West Mission! I was the first
missionary that he ever taught a lesson with and I was the last one
that he taught a lesson with (before his mission). He told me that he
was so grateful that I didn't give up on him in those first 3 months.
He's an incredible young man and it touch my heart to see him change
so much. I'm so excited for him! If any of you live in that area, be
on the look out for Elder Maltos! He's going to be the missionary that
takes the mission by storm.
I love you all! Have a great week!
-Elder Toph Tribe
sit back, and enjoy the peace God intends for His children. It was a
lovely reminder that this is where I want everyone to be able to be.
This is my goal for everyone I meet on the street. I want to see them
in the temple being able to partake in the Spirit that resides only in
that sacred building.
We were able to find a new investigator this week who was incredibly
prepared for us. I was out with a priest who has been preparing for a
mission. I asked him to pick a random door for us to knock. We go, and
he knocks. A lady answers and starts crying. She told us that her
children have been asking questions about God and Jesus Christ that
she can't answer because of her lack of knowledge. She asked us to
come and teach her whole family what They are all about. Miracles do
happen! The Spirit led us to that door and we had a wonderful
experience because of it. God truly directs this work.
It's been over 2 year since I've touched a tennis racket... Until
today! A member of our ward is a retired tennis pro. At dinner, we
discussed a lot about tennis. It turns out that Elder Katz is also a
tennis player. She let us borrow a couple rackets, and we played for
about a hour today! It was a ton of fun! I wasn't even kind of up to
par with where I once was, but it was still fun to hit around in this
100 degree heat.
We have quite a decent teaching pool currently and it keeps growing.
Started with 2 and now we are at 14. We have been able to find more
than that, but they weren't quite ready for the word just yet. That 14
are just the ones that we are regularly teaching multiple times a
week. We are hopefully getting 2 more tonight. We have the lessons set
up, so we pray that they will be ready.
Aerial, from Kirkland, has called and asked me to attend her baptism!
Not only that, but she has asked if I would be willing to baptize her!
I am so excited!! We will be traveling up there this Saturday for that
ordinance. She has come so far, and I'm so excited to be able to see
her take this leap of faith into the waters of baptism.
When I served in the Deer Valley Ward (over a year ago), a family
moved in that had recently gotten baptized and were pretty less
active. The young man was unsure of his testimony and his decision
that he made when he was baptized. He had dropped out of school and
wasn't making great choices. I worked with them for 3 months before
they moved. During that 3 months I got this young man to come out with
us to a couple lessons and start to come to church. Well it turns out
that he moved to Glendale in the La Pradera Park Ward. He's now a high
school graduate, and this Wednesday he will be entering in to the MTC
to be serving in the Salt Lake City West Mission! I was the first
missionary that he ever taught a lesson with and I was the last one
that he taught a lesson with (before his mission). He told me that he
was so grateful that I didn't give up on him in those first 3 months.
He's an incredible young man and it touch my heart to see him change
so much. I'm so excited for him! If any of you live in that area, be
on the look out for Elder Maltos! He's going to be the missionary that
takes the mission by storm.
I love you all! Have a great week!
-Elder Toph Tribe
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