I can’t believe I have been out 8 months already. I am so thankful of where I am & what I’m doing. All the sacrifice has been worth it. |
Hi Mom & Dad,
I can’t believe I have
been out 8 months already. Time really does fly when the Lord is on your side.
I am so thankful of where I am and what I’m doing. All the sacrifice has been
worth it.
This week has been a
good week and a testimony strengthener for me. We still haven't been finding
any new investigators but have been working with the less actives in our Ward.
Elmira Maple Syrup Festival |
We got to go to the
Elmira Maple Syrup Festival to see if we could talk to some people. We got some
dirty looks and I realized just how much that some people don't like us. The
festival was cool. It reminded me of The Vernonia Friendship Jamboree back
home….without the dirty looks!
We Met with a man who
was active and then went less active because of family issues. During the Zone
Conference when we were talking about the Doctrine of Christ, I got the
impression to talk with him specifically about what we as missionaries teach
and the doctrine we are teaching. We had originally talked about going through
studying the scriptures, but we taught him our purpose instead. He had kept the
commitment of trying to pray and as we talked, you could tell the Spirit was
there and his face changed. You could tell that he felt the Spirit, and that is
what he needed. We could tell that he was making a sincere effort and as we got
up to leave, he said “you guys don't have to leave”, you could tell that he
wanted us to stay, but we had to make curfew at 9:30 pm. We felt like we had
accomplished our purpose and that we had helped him. He committed to read three
chapters of the Book of Mormon about the Doctrine of Christ in Alma 32-34.
Before we had the lesson, he said a prayer that his heart would be open and
that he would be willing to accept the commitments we gave him to improve his
relationship with God. Heavenly Father answered our prayers and we have had
some good progress with him.
Elder Jacob Perry, Canada Toronto Mission at the Brampton, Ontario Temple |
We have been talking
with everyone we see but still haven't found any new investigators yet. We will
keep it up though and hopefully we’ll find who needs us soon.
We helped a lady take
out some garbage because her thirty-year-old son didn't clean his room and it
was bad. There were over 100 coffee cups that had not been taken out.
While we helped her clean, her son just sat in another room. I know that my
Momma would have got on me, if my room ever got near that
point. (❤ You Mom!) We
helped her and she was very appreciative.
Zone Conference London and Kitchener, Ontario Zones Elder Jacob Perry, Back Row(Again) |
This was General
Conference weekend. It was good and I thought the talks were geared for
missionaries than members, but the principles they taught are exactly found in
Preach My Gospel and Elder Ballard even said the Mission Motto: Begin with the
end in mind!
My companion Elder Hanks
and I were eating with President and Sister Shields. In our discussion, we
volunteered to help President Shields in doing an analysis about a town named
Walkerton, Ontario and if missionaries should go there or not. I thought this
was fun. We volunteered to help him by finding the closest set of
missionaries. Also, we were able to recommend if it would be
effective to have missionaries assigned full time there or have another
companionship cover it.
"What do you mean we can't go to the temple all day ?? Don't make me turn on my Angry Eyes..." Elder Perry & Elder Hapuku having some fun at Zone Conference |
Being a Missionary is
either Feast or Famine, slow or busy. It doesn’t seem like there is a balance…
but we’re glad to be busier this week compared to last week.
I Love You and Pray for
You Every Day & Night!
Elder Perry
Waterloo Ward
Kitchener, Ontario
Canada Toronto
Mission
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