What a week! This week was great. It felt like a long week but it wasnt a bad week at all. We had a lot of things happen. We had a zone conference this past week and got trained on the basics of missionary work and how to teach repentance and baptize converts. Literally the basics are so key! We are teaching people what we learned in Primary. And still people cant understand it which is frustrating but its ok. He pulled pulled out the missionaries going home within the next 6 months and trained us all on how to use the tools we have learned here. He explained how we need to go home and be pro active and be adventurous not comfortable! There was so many things I learned from the mission president it is crazy.
Elder Farr left this morning, he is going to the mission home for a day and then flies home tomorrow so I am with a temporary companion for 2 days and then I get my next companion Wednesday. We will see what the Lord has in store for me now!
As for the people we are teaching Bill who was planning on getting baptized this weekend got sick and couldnt come to church so we have to bump his baptism back to the 28th. Keep him in your prayers his health is not doing so well right now. He is continuously growing and learning it is great to see.
Cheryl is always so solid. She loves learning about the gospel and it blows me away. Meeting people like her makes me realize how much Heavenly Father prepares His children. She is really looking forward to being baptized. We have a lesson a week at a members home who picks her up and brings her to her home for the lesson. They love having us over and teaching her in their home so its a win win situation.
The Africa family has been doing ok. They tried coming to church this past week but their car was not starting so they couldnt make it. We are going by later today to talk more and meet the wife/mother who we havent met yet.
I gave a talk this past week in Sacrament meeting as well so Dani and I gave a talk the same day! I didnt give a end of mission address though. I talked on how we can come unto Christ. I explained how we can do that by living the Gospel. As a missionary we invite other to come unto Christ and how they do that is by the restored Gospel! I explained how enduring to the end is key. In 1st Nephi chapter 8 Lehi talks about the Tree of Life. He talks about 2 types of people that ate the fruit, those that tasted and those that partook. The ones that tasted fell away but those that partook stayed and desired others to partake. We need to partake of the Gospel not taste of it. Each week we Partake of the sacrament and we need to make sure we don't just taste.
I love learning new things and having new experiences!!!
Elder Gardner
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