Today I just hit my 22 month mark of being a missionary! I am 11/12 of the way done with my mission! Time is going by really fast and It will only go faster as time goes by! I have really been feeling that lately. This week went by really fast.
Elder Chugg got transferred this week so now it is just down with Elder Nilsen and myself. Things have been going good in our area and a lot of things were able to happen. About a week ago I told Elder Nilsen that we will have to baptize a family before we go home and ever since we have been finding family after family both big and small! It has been amazing to see, pretty much this whole week we have been teaching families. And Boy are we busy, God has been blessing us big time.
We have been teaching a lady named Tanya for a little bit now and she grew up in the church when she was young and loved it but never got baptized. She committed to come to church this past week so we were excited to see her and her family there and then about 2 hours before church started we called her and she said she got called into work... We were a little bummed out but we said a prayer and then 30 minutes before church started we got a text saying that her manager told her she doesnt have to come in til later so she could come! She and her boyfriend and 3 kids all came to church and really enjoyed it.
Another family we taught this past week is an African American family that the husband used to be Jehovahs witness but not active. We taught them once or twice and they committed to come to church and to prepare to be baptized on the 24th of September so we got them a ride to church. Not the whole family came but 2 of the kids, Antwan (14) and Kyona (18), both came and seemed to really enjoy it.
This past Saturday morning I was able to participate in a baptism in the Hudson ward. I got a call from Elder May on Wednesday and he told me that MallyRose from the family from Guam wanted me to baptize her! It was really a great service. All the hard work that we do is really all worth it when people like that get baptized. I am so grateful that I have been called to serve as a missionary in such a great area of the world! I am grateful that I have been able to be in great areas and to participate in quite a few baptisms throughout my mission. Being a missionary has been the best experience of my life!
Thank you for all the love and support!
Elder Gardner
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