We were having dinner with a member family in the Stony Point Ward on
Thursday. Who was it with? The P family. Brother P
is a half-Brazilian from Uruguay and Sister P is from
Brazil. What are they doing in Round Rock, Texas? He's in the MBA
Program at BYU and interning at Dell. In fact, he was in the same
program as my brother! He has probably talked to my brother more than
I have for the past year. It was mind blowing to sit down with this
family who knew my family. That doesn't happen on a mission.
Yet it all felt familiar to me. Here I was, having dinner with a
Brazilian family, the Dad interning at Dell from the BYU MBA program,
talking to them about my brother and his wife and his family. How
could this be familiar?
It's because it happened to me a year ago! The G family had us
over for dinner last August. He was interning at Amazon and coming
from the BYU MBA Program. They're originally from Brazil. There you
go. Let's see what happens next summer.
Wednesday we found out that our amazing investigator, M, will be
unable to be baptized for at least a few months. It was a little
disheartening, but M understands the reason perfectly. He came
to church with us all three hours for the first time this Sunday.
Afterwards he helped us put up chairs with the Elders quorum and
talked to his fellowships in the hall afterwards. It was like he was a
member like anyone else. And that is how it should be. He was
completely in the church. It was like he was another member. It's a
blessing to be able to teach Matthew.
The B family came to church. The kids will get baptized in less
than two weeks. I do not understand the B family. We are not
teaching them, we are reminding them what is right, and then we are
aren't inviting them, they are telling us that they're going to do
what we were about to ask them to. When we first started to meet with
the B, the goal was to reactivate the parents. Now, the children
are getting baptized. What can you do?
I was able to teach the T for the first time in two weeks. It's
not that we haven't been teaching this family, it's just that we have
been going on splits almost every single night with the amount of work
that we have in between the three wards, and I've been missing out on
some of the best lessons of my mission! With most families, going two
weeks in between appointments isn't that big of a deal, but we teach
the T about 2-3 times a week. So it was a happy reunion to teach
them again. They have to be one of my favorite families I've taught on
my mission. And I can thank that to the missionaries who first taught
them, Elder G and Elder A. Elder A is one of the most
amazing missionaries I have ever met. It is no surprise that I am
doing his work. I'm glad that he is one of my trainers.
I got to give one of my recent convert families a call to see how they
were doing. New members of the church are exciting to talk with. They
are still fresh in the gospel but have a confidence and faith that is
so powerful. I know that the blessings of being a member are
unmatchable to any perceived blessings that would come outside of
having a faith in Christ. One of my favorite scriptures of late comes
from the Book of Mormon. It is part of a beautiful chiasmus in Moroni
7,
"For behold, God knowing all things, being from everlasting to
everlasting, behold, he sent angels to minister unto the children of
men, to make manifest concerning the coming of Christ; and in Christ
there should come every good thing."
We don't have to guess or struggle with what is of God and what isn't.
We don't have to question. Every good thing comes of Christ. He knows
all things. His laws will be good, and they will be from everlasting
to everlasting. Otherwise, they are not of God.
Elder Richard Hall
1. Me and the P family
2. Me and the G family, back when nobody told me that I
couldn't wear skinny ties
3. Me and the A family. Apparently they're good friends with
my Brother's family.
Thursday. Who was it with? The P family. Brother P
is a half-Brazilian from Uruguay and Sister P is from
Brazil. What are they doing in Round Rock, Texas? He's in the MBA
Program at BYU and interning at Dell. In fact, he was in the same
program as my brother! He has probably talked to my brother more than
I have for the past year. It was mind blowing to sit down with this
family who knew my family. That doesn't happen on a mission.
Yet it all felt familiar to me. Here I was, having dinner with a
Brazilian family, the Dad interning at Dell from the BYU MBA program,
talking to them about my brother and his wife and his family. How
could this be familiar?
It's because it happened to me a year ago! The G family had us
over for dinner last August. He was interning at Amazon and coming
from the BYU MBA Program. They're originally from Brazil. There you
go. Let's see what happens next summer.
Wednesday we found out that our amazing investigator, M, will be
unable to be baptized for at least a few months. It was a little
disheartening, but M understands the reason perfectly. He came
to church with us all three hours for the first time this Sunday.
Afterwards he helped us put up chairs with the Elders quorum and
talked to his fellowships in the hall afterwards. It was like he was a
member like anyone else. And that is how it should be. He was
completely in the church. It was like he was another member. It's a
blessing to be able to teach Matthew.
The B family came to church. The kids will get baptized in less
than two weeks. I do not understand the B family. We are not
teaching them, we are reminding them what is right, and then we are
aren't inviting them, they are telling us that they're going to do
what we were about to ask them to. When we first started to meet with
the B, the goal was to reactivate the parents. Now, the children
are getting baptized. What can you do?
I was able to teach the T for the first time in two weeks. It's
not that we haven't been teaching this family, it's just that we have
been going on splits almost every single night with the amount of work
that we have in between the three wards, and I've been missing out on
some of the best lessons of my mission! With most families, going two
weeks in between appointments isn't that big of a deal, but we teach
the T about 2-3 times a week. So it was a happy reunion to teach
them again. They have to be one of my favorite families I've taught on
my mission. And I can thank that to the missionaries who first taught
them, Elder G and Elder A. Elder A is one of the most
amazing missionaries I have ever met. It is no surprise that I am
doing his work. I'm glad that he is one of my trainers.
I got to give one of my recent convert families a call to see how they
were doing. New members of the church are exciting to talk with. They
are still fresh in the gospel but have a confidence and faith that is
so powerful. I know that the blessings of being a member are
unmatchable to any perceived blessings that would come outside of
having a faith in Christ. One of my favorite scriptures of late comes
from the Book of Mormon. It is part of a beautiful chiasmus in Moroni
7,
"For behold, God knowing all things, being from everlasting to
everlasting, behold, he sent angels to minister unto the children of
men, to make manifest concerning the coming of Christ; and in Christ
there should come every good thing."
We don't have to guess or struggle with what is of God and what isn't.
We don't have to question. Every good thing comes of Christ. He knows
all things. His laws will be good, and they will be from everlasting
to everlasting. Otherwise, they are not of God.
Elder Richard Hall
1. Me and the P family
2. Me and the G family, back when nobody told me that I
couldn't wear skinny ties
3. Me and the A family. Apparently they're good friends with
my Brother's family.
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