Wow did this week go by fast. Probably one of the fastest on my mission thus far. We had a lot of good things happen which I am excited to tell you about.
I forgot to say last week but we have an investigator named Gladys that is getting baptized on the 10th of September and she grew up in Tampa and went all her life to a Missionary Baptist church and sings in the choir there. The missionaries met her a couple months ago and she has been coming to church for a while. She still goes to her church mainly for the choir and comes to our church 3 out of the 4 weeks. All week last week she had a revival where a pastor came from Texas and preached every night. She invited us to one night so we went. It was pretty much just what I imagined. The Preacher was really into it and there was a lot of singing and amens and hallelujahs! We were the only white ones in there of about 100 people. They were all really nice though. I love seeing what other churches are like. It makes me appreciate the peace we feel in Sacrament meeting where we can really focus on our own commitment to follow Christ.
Kyona and Antwan are doing really well. We saw them a couple times and were able to introduce the Book of Mormon to them and committed them to read it and promised that it would bring them closer as a family. It was great testifying of that because I have really seen that in my family. Waking up at 6am every morning to read the scriptures as a family has really been able to make an impact on my life. I will never be able to forget that as long as I live. Did I want to wake up to do it every morning? I cant say that I did want to 100% of the mornings but I can say that it has brought us closer as a family and has helped me to know the importance of the Gospel in the family unit.
Our mission was super blessed this past week. We were not only able to receive training by one General Authority but two. Elder Foster from the seventy trained us as well as Elder Costa of the Seventy did too. Them and their wives were able to train us on how to be more effective missionaries. They trained a lot on member missionary work but what I was able to pull out of it that was my favorite part was that when us as humans can understand ourselves in relation to God everything changes within us. He explained how God showed Moses the many worlds that God has created in the Pearl of Great Price and He did that to show Moses his relations with God and the potential that he had. I believe that is what really moved Moses to be such a great prophet. He understood his relation with God and his life changed and because of that he was able to bless the lives of many others. That is what I love about being a missionary but really all of us as members of the church. We know our relations with God and we are to help others to understand and see that. It is my testimony that we all are in a great world. We have a reason why we are here and God has made a plan for our eternal happiness.
I love you all!
Elder Gardner
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