Kellie!!! That's so exciting! I can't believe she's going to Ohio, that's awesome. And tell Adam Cameron I say hi, I miss that guy.
I can't believe Elder Holland was at MTC. I guess it's about time, but I think I'll just be jealous every time he goes over there.
So! This week was awesome. We were just given blessing after blessing, it was crazy. We found a bunch of new investigators who I'm excited to go visit, like Huritan from Romania who's an orthodox Christian who LOVED the idea of a restored church. And! It was a miracle. We went over to Martine's house this week, for the first real lesson with her, and it was amazing. She's had a super hard life, and has a lot of struggles right now, with her boyfriend and 10 year old kid, but she was willing to listen to us even though she couldn't admit why. So we talked about Christ's atonement, and read Alma 7:11-14 with her. She said she needs Christ, and she kept saying, "this is what i need". And then she read verse 14, and said that she wanted to have that, to be baptized and 'born again', before we even extended the commitment. It was amazing. So we'll be working with her, for her date in January. Then! Our good friend Huguette, a 72 year old Quebecois lady, one of the cutest, and sweetest person I've ever met, just accepted the invitation to be baptized last night, on January 5. She's just awesome, she rides the bus metro for an hour each sunday to come to church, reads the pamphlets 3 or 4 times before we come over, and in just over a week is at the end of Mosiah (she's reading more than anyone else I've helped teach so far). She's awesome.
About what Dad had asked, we're trying to figure out ways to serve people here, because I've seen it work. Because of that one time cleaning the kitchen at our less-actives home, we're now teaching their two kids and a friend who previously wouldn't even take their eyes off the xbox the whole time we were there. It really just changes people when they see you're there to love and serve them. That's basically what we're trying to do for the ward, our investigators and the less-active members. I think I just need to start being more creative, but that's maybe the hardest thing in the world for me hah. I'm trying though!
I read President Monson's talk from this October's Priesthood session, See Others as They May Become, and it got me. I don't know if I've ever read a talk that was so directed for me before. I want to just memorize it and always keep it with me. I just love how he explains that really people ARE ready to change. We've seen that in the last week, with investigators, and less actives, and even active members! When you just serve them, or even just ask, they are willing to change, because they recognize the right, and the Spirit, and what they must do. I also want to 'develop the capacity' as he said to see others as they can become, which really comes through exercising and using the Atonement of Jesus Christ every day. I know it's a process, and it'll go slower than I want it to, but I'm ready.
Also, we got contacted by some Jehovah's Witness missionaries this week, that was awesome hah.
Love you!
Elder Murphy
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