Hello family!
Sorry I wasn't able to write you this past week but things were super busy!
So with the last day of summer officially past the winter weather is quickly approaching. Last p day we spent pretty much all day trying to find coats that would work for us but no success. we will try again today though.
We had an appointment with Denise and Adrian on p day and they are doing so well. We have been trying to see them multiple times a week to keep them progressing and last week Monday was the only day she could do it. We had a great lesson with her about the importance of prayer. Due to prior religious views she felt as though she wasn't worthy of prayer but she committed to make small steps towards communicating with Heavenly Father. We met with her again on Thursday to follow up on her prayers and to our surprise she was praying daily! What a great thing to hear! We gave her a talk by Elder Holland entitled "Lord, I believe." She was super excited to read it.
Later we had a dinner appointment with one of the coolest families ever. They are the Smiths. Sister Smith and her husband have 3 kids. However the father is not a member. He lives most of the teachings of the church but is afraid of commitment. We shared the Mormon message, "Choose this day." We were a little worried how he would take it but it went really well. We had good conversation with the family and didn't put too much pressure on him. What a blessing it was when we saw him walk into church for the first time since we have been here. Maybe it was something in the short, yet powerful clip we shared with him. Sister Smith was so happy that he was there as were we!
Tuesday was Zone Conference and it was so great! President Jordan focused his thoughts around the Great Apostasy and why people had false ideas. It was a little bit of a history lesson but so spiritual. Everything made so much sense. He explained that most of the time people forming religious sects were good people teaching good ideas the only problem was they had not the proper authority. Revelation was not a part of the decisions that were made.
Wednesday I had a Zone Leader work over I was in Norwich with Elder Doudou from Berlin Germany. He is a great elder and i enjoyed the day with him. There are a lot of Chinese people in Norwich studying at Uni there so a lot of there investigators speak very broken English. Luckily for us the spirit speaks all languages and it was so evident that it was there in our lessons.
While this week has been really spiritual it has also had its fair share of difficulties. A lot of things have gone wrong that have caused stress between both my companion and I. Due to our backgrounds, we often have very different points of views on things. However, when things get difficult its important to press on. So that's what I did. There was a day this past week where things just felt overbearing. I couldn't handle it anymore. I felt as though i was going to lose my temper and need an emergency transfer. At that point our bishop was an answer to my prayers. He dropped off a picture of mom and dad with a member from out here named sister Rhodes. At that point I knew that the Lord was aware of me. He saw me in my weakness and sent a simple, yet powerful message of love my way.What a truly humbling experience that was.
I hope all is well with all of you guys! Thank you for the prayers in my behalf and please continue to pray for missionary work. The Lord truly is hastening his work! People are being prepared all over the world. In an area where people are devout in their faith, where it is largely described as a mission that does not baptize, over 50 people were baptized this past month. We have baptized 3 people as a companionship in this area alone. The Lords work will continue to go forth. People are being prepared. Share with them the joy that you feel for the gospel really is for everyone!
All my love and prayers,
Elder Evans
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