Hello Family!
Life is like (Bath New York weather) you never know what you’re
going to get! We wake up each morning
and there is snow on the ground in a couple hours, the sun is out and it’s warm
and then it’s raining… then warm then it’s cold again! It’s definitely been keeping us on our toes! However, despite our odd weather Bath Is On FIRE!!! :) I love seeing this area turn
around!
Tuesday all of our appointments cancelled on us, so Elder
Gibby said we should go tracting up in Pratsburg which is a small town we
missionaries haven't touched in a long time. So we went, and it was awesome,
not very many people were actually interested but we got to talk to quite a few
and plant some seeds. Then before we left we decided to knock on at least one
more house, and what happened? A mother answered and asked if we were J.W.'s-- we
told her we weren't - which she seemed relieved about. Then she asked what was the
difference between us and Christians! We were happy to relate the
restoration of the fullness of the gospel to her. She then told us she wanted us to come back
so she can learn more! :) There is something about the last door because I
believe the Lord loves photo finishes. We just have to be willing to push
forward to the end so we can see the blessings of enduring! Mosiah 4:27
OK, so on Wednesday we went to pick up one of the members to
go on splits with us at this dairy farm where this member volunteers to help his
neighbor out about each day. While we
were there he introduced us to Mark who is a hard working Dairy farmer, and one
thing about Elder Gibby-- he is a Pig Farmer!!! So he could really connect
with Mark, they just got to talk all about Farm stuff! I got to say I was around a lot of potato
farmers… but mostly I felt like it was a field trip seeing all these cows and
animals! I loved it. Mark was super open to having us come back
and sharing our message with him! We are
excited to go preach to him and his cows! :)
Thursday we had to do some training on our new iPad which
are really nice! Thanks Mom thanks Dad! During this training they mostly talked about
how we as missionaries should more effectively use the tools we have. So in one
of the videos it shows missionaries in action teaching and following the Spirit,
and they bought up a talk that Jeffery R. Holland gave April of 2008 called “My
words never cease”. It is an excellent
talk. He explains what the last verse in
Revelations was actually saying – the importance for Prophets and the
importance of always needing continuing revelation! We thought this would be really good for Ron,
so we went there and asked if he had any concerns about what we have been
teaching him. First thing he says is how
he is still confused about the last words of Revelations! We were like "well we are glad you
asked, this is exactly what we wanted to share with you!” It was exactly what he needed at that time!
One of the high lights of this week was being able to sing
with Brother Hopper in sacrament meeting! I think it sounded good! We were pretty happy about that, and one of
our investigators came and really like it as well!
Miracles are happening daily here and it is a privilege to
be a part of it! You are wonderful I
love you all!
Hurrah For Israel!
Love
Elder Houghton!
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