- Sam's letter to the Family
- Valentines day - lots of candy
- Colleyville stake vs Alliance stake
- Benny in his 80's
- Prayer answered with Brian
- Dad's letter to Sam
- Priest/Laural activaty (Food on the Floor)
- Quote on missionary work
Sam's letter to the family
Happy Valentines day everyone <3 :) I hope you all had a good one :) We kept forgetting it was valentines day and we would show up at peoples houses but they would be doing something with their special someone and couldn't talk... lame.... We did get a few valentines cards and packages so we were happy about that :) Tons of candy! I mean TONS! It should last us a while :)
Nothing too crazy happened this week. It just flew by like all of the rest of them. It's a good thing I keep a journal or I don't think I would remember some days at all! Sometimes I have to go back and check it just to make sure that we actually had a Tuesday this week!
We did have stake conference yesterday, so that was exciting :) I am no longer in the Colleyville stake, I am now in the brand new Alliance stake :D They sure made a lot of changes, I'm glad I'm a missionary and don't have to worry about it :)
We met a guy named Benny this week while we were tracting who was pretty awesome :) We taught him about the Restoration and he just thought it was awesome! He was super excited to read the Book of Mormon and said he would read it all before we came back on Friday (this was on Tuesday). We invited him to be baptized and he gladly accepted :) We are pretty excited for him! He is like 80 :) Unfortunately when we stopped back by on friday his sister said he wasn't feeling well. She told us he really isn't interested and not to come back.... So we'll just have to stake out and wait for her to leave next time we go see him :) He's ready I know it! D&C 29:7 :)
I had a great experience with an answered prayer this week! We met this guy last week named Brian and when we were visiting with him he pulled up all of this anti- stuff on his computer and we tried hard to bear testimony to him of what we know to be true, but it didn't seem to be getting through to him. He said he wanted us to come back last Friday after he did some more research. I really really did not want to go back because I figured he would just find a bunch of more anti- stuff and try to prove us wrong and I've already heard it all and don't want to hear it again. So I was praying hard all week that that wouldn't happen. I was worried about it but when we went and saw him his countenance seemed to change. He said he had been praying a lot that week about what he wanted to talk to us about and he had a bunch of pages of stuff, but he just felt the overwhelming urge to talk about God's love. So we did! And it was really cool! The Spirit was really strong and he just asked us some questions he was genuinely curious about, like baptisms for the dead and about the spirit world. We were able to teach him about those things and show him the scriptural evidence backing it up. He thought it was very interesting and said he wanted to study it more now. I know he felt the Spirit and although he wasn't interested in learning more I know we left a good impression on him.
It's amazing how God can change someones heart and hear every prayer. It was cool how He answered my prayer by answering Brian's prayer!
The church is true! I know it is and nothing can make me change my mind because of all of the evidence I've seen throughout my life! It's amazing! I love this gospel and I love Jesus Christ! He is my Savior and my Redeemer! I know he loves me and I know he loves you! So show your appreciation this week by looking around you for all of the evidence of God's love for you and then kneel down and thank Him for it!
You all are awesome and I love you too! Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Johnson
Dad's letter to Sam
Dear Sam,
How are things going. Not to much has happened this week.
Probably the most exciting thing was our Priest Laurel activity we had on Tuesday. The girls cooked a meal for us. As it turned out, they did a salad, spaghetti and ice cream dessert. It was all pretty good, the only catch was they served everything on the ground, meaning they just dumped it out on a plastic throwaway table cloth, starting with the salad. They dumped it out then poured dressing over it. You had to use your hands and scoop it into your eating area and then eat it. Same with the Spaghetti and then the banana splits. Everyone really had fun with it. After we had the Hansen's talk to us about dating. Everyone really liked it.
BYU basketball update. They split this week, losing to Pacific and beat St. Mary's. Finally. They can be so bad some nights and then be so good. They are hard to figure out.
Still working on the boat. I have it all tore apart and need to get it back together. We have our fishing trip coming up here pretty soon and I need to get it ready.
Friday was Valentines day. We went out to Bevins and barbecued steaks and watched a movie. The steaks were good.
We told Jimi that he was going to come and live with us after he graduates and he is excited about that. I hope it works out. There is a good chance we will still have him when you get home.
Well got to get to bed, early morning basketball tomorrow. Here is a missionary quote I found that I really liked.
“Elders who go out to preach the gospel sometimes return and report that they know not whether they have been the means of converting anybody or not. But if they have been faithful, the harvest is sure. The seed they have sown may sprout and come to maturity years after they have been released.” (Smith and Sjodahl, Commentary, p. 434.)
Work hard, be humble and pray always.
Love Dad.
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