Well I hope that Tommy had a good birthday. Maybe Dane gave him a present or something, at least I sure hope so.
Hosting the talent show!! Dang. Good luck this week Dallin.
I loved what you said about fasting mom. I felt that way too the other week, and then we fasted 3 times that week for different needs of our investigators (it was quite a lot) and it was amazing. Ive really seen my testiony of fasting grow on my mission so far. It really does help you stay more intune with the Spirit, and that helps me feel it more. It's awesome.
Well, yes, transfer calls were on Saturday, and I'm going back to La Salle! Wasn't a big surprise, but it's still a little sad leaving my two friends here in Ville Marie. But, some good news is we'll be staying in the same apartment as the Ville Marie elders now, so it's a 4 man! It's going to be pretty fun. My companions Elder Lanning, and I've just met him once or twice. Seems like a really good elder. This will be his 3rd transfer out in the field.
But man, this week was just packed with things to do and learn, every minute. I don't know what was so different about it, but it was awesome. We didn't get to see Martine our investigator, but she's been pretty sick. And same thing with Huguette! Our poor Quebecoise women are all getting sick so we can't go over there. So sad.
I loved that talk by Elder Dallin H. Oaks mom, Powerful Ideas. I feel like it really applied to any missionary serving, or teacher or anything. Focusing on these `powerful ideas` and then doing that until the Spirit helps you and others change.
That kind of goes along with a lesson I've been learning over the last few weeks. I feel like this transfer we've done a better job of explaining why we're here as missionaries, and why we're visitng people. It was good to ask our less active members as well as our investigators, because the responses we got were pretty remarquable. They had no idea! It really made me focus and think about if I've been explaining that well enough to our investigators and less actives, or just expecting them to pick it up with lessons we give, or service. But it was very powerful as we explained a number of times this week that we're hear to help you change your life, by allowing yourself to receive the blessings from the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Iit was no longer just, we're here to share little messages and then leave, even though that was not what we were intending to do. I saw a lot of wide eyes, a lot of tears, and felt the Spirit pretty strongly this week, because people want to change. I believe what Elder Rasmussen said this morning actually, that every one wants to change. I don't know of anyone really who doesn't want to change for the better, even just in a small way. And it's amazing that we get to offer that to people in its fulness, to be able to change their character, even their nature, in order to be happier and to start over again. That was one of the reasons why this week was so great. I feel like those were miracles that God planted in our path this week, he help us realize with the people we teach that change is an option, and that Christ is waiting with his arms stretched open. There's a powerful idea right there.
Some other cool things this week: We had a lesson in three languages this week hah. It was great. The father of these two sibligns only spoke Persian well enough to speak to us, even though he could understand what we said. Then, the brother preferred english, and the sister wanted French. So that lesson was crazy. But still, the Spirit can testify in all three of those languages, isn't that sweet?
We also had an awesome lesson with a 23 year old girl named Amanda. She's living here in Montreal away from her family in Jamaica in order to have a good job and eduacation, and shes a recently baptized Penecostal. So we got to share the message of the Restoration with her, and she just loved it. We explained a number of times that yes, our church has the prophet of God, and also 12 apostles, just like in the New Testament, until she finally got it, but oh boy, when she did! Her face just up hah. It was awesome. It was great testifying of that, of our prophets and apostles, and then getting to watch the devotional last night, because it just reconfirmed our testimonies that we had shared just a couple days before. I hope the next lesson we have with her can help her get ready for baptism.
But yeah! This week has been great. It'll be fun going back to La Salle and working with the ward again. Till next time then
Elder Murphy
P.S. It wasn't that cold this week, but I'm sure its coming soon.
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