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| Elder Willes and Elder Porrozzo |
3 Nephi 13:31-34
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.
32 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.
Hello everyone! This past week has been another incredible and busy week here in the good old California Riverside Mission. I am so sorry if my emails seem repetitive, but every week the Lord continues to bless us with miracles and so I love sharing about those! Here is how my week went.
Monday night and much of Tuesday we had the opportunity to do some good old Seeking With Faith. We were blessed during that time to talk to many awesome people and to help them feel the Spirit. We have had to shift through our teaching pool this week which is always hard, but I know the Lord is with us in this work. Tuesday morning we had our DLC, and we discussed the needs of the companionships in our Zone. Our Zone is doing amazing and working so hard. As a Zone, 2 weeks ago, we found 30 new investigators! Miracles are everywhere! What a blessing it is to be working with such hard working missionaries.
Wednesday morning before our English Class we had the opportunity to meet with Cathy Xu again. It has been a while since we last met with her, but we had a great, short and powerful lesson! Shannon Yang came and helped us out with the lesson, and it was amazing! We helped Cathy resolve her concern about coming to church, and we shared with her
3 Nephi 13:31-34 which talks about putting God first in our lives so we can more fully receive His blessings and help. Cathy came to church this past week, which has been very difficult for her! After another great English Class, we had the opportunity to meet with Dennis and Yancy again. We taught them the importance of keeping the Sabbath Day holy. We shared Moroni 6 with them, and we also were able to follow up to see if they have been praying and reading from the Book of Mormon recently. It was another great lesson! Wednesday night during Seeking With Faith we met a super nice couple Mrs. Fang and Mr. Han. They recently came to the United States, and we first contacted them at a park. After talking to them for a little while, we asked if we could share a message with them to strengthen the family. They agreed and so we had the opportunity to teach them right there in the park. They are going to be busy for the next couple of weeks so please pray for them that they can pray, read from the Book of Mormon, attend church, and continue to meet with us. They are a great family! It was a great lesson.
3 Nephi 13:31-34 which talks about putting God first in our lives so we can more fully receive His blessings and help. Cathy came to church this past week, which has been very difficult for her! After another great English Class, we had the opportunity to meet with Dennis and Yancy again. We taught them the importance of keeping the Sabbath Day holy. We shared Moroni 6 with them, and we also were able to follow up to see if they have been praying and reading from the Book of Mormon recently. It was another great lesson! Wednesday night during Seeking With Faith we met a super nice couple Mrs. Fang and Mr. Han. They recently came to the United States, and we first contacted them at a park. After talking to them for a little while, we asked if we could share a message with them to strengthen the family. They agreed and so we had the opportunity to teach them right there in the park. They are going to be busy for the next couple of weeks so please pray for them that they can pray, read from the Book of Mormon, attend church, and continue to meet with us. They are a great family! It was a great lesson.
Thursday we were on exchanges. Elder Carter came to be with me in our area, and we had another great day. We went to Menifee to teach the Du family. We taught them about the importance of the Book of Mormon and also the importance of coming to know that the Book of Mormon is true. They asked a lot of questions, specifically about why we need the Book of Mormon and also about agency. We taught very clearly, and they understood the importance of using their agency to gain their own testimonies. It was a very spiritual lesson! They committed to reading the Book of Mormon everyday, and also to pray about it's truthfulness. Please pray for them that they can have their prayers answered!
We had our Multi-Zones Conference this week. During the conference, Elder Crowther and I gave a training on the importance of setting goals and following up. It went well! We also received training from President and Sister Hammon, President Hansen, and also the Assistants and other Zone Leaders. It was a great day! This week we also met with the leaders in our Chinese group. It was very productive, and we had the opportunity to discuss the needs of the group.
The Hu family is progressing and I love teaching them! We are still working with them and we talked with Brother Hu about the importance of the Book of Mormon. We showed him how he could listen to the Book of Mormon, and he said that he would listen to it on the way to work. Lou Di Xiong has been reading from the Book of Mormon and is doing pretty well. Please pray for him specifically that he can come to church this next Sunday!
Sunday evening I had the wonderful opportunity to go down to Hemet and attend DeeDee McCrary's Baptism!!!!!!! For those of you that don't know, Elder Sorensen and I found DeeDee and taught her while I was serving in San Jacinto. Over the past 9 months, DeeDee has continued to grow and continued to overcome many trials. 9 months later, she was baptized a member of God's Church. It was so incredible! There were like 8 different missionaries in attendance who were also a part of her teaching process. What a miracle! DeeDee will be an incredible member of the Church!
Sunday evening I had the wonderful opportunity to go down to Hemet and attend DeeDee McCrary's Baptism!!!!!!! For those of you that don't know, Elder Sorensen and I found DeeDee and taught her while I was serving in San Jacinto. Over the past 9 months, DeeDee has continued to grow and continued to overcome many trials. 9 months later, she was baptized a member of God's Church. It was so incredible! There were like 8 different missionaries in attendance who were also a part of her teaching process. What a miracle! DeeDee will be an incredible member of the Church!
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| DeeDee's Baptism with all the missionaries who taught her |
Sunday was another good day! This past week, Cathy came to church and had a great experience. Also during Sacrament Meeting, Bishop Loudon confirmed Anna Yu a member of the Church and she received The Gift of the Holy Ghost. It was so spiritual and such an incredible experience.
Sorry everyone this email is super long but again this week was full of miracles! I love the Gospel and I love my mission. It truly is the happiest and most spiritual time of my life. I want to give my all to the very end. Love you all have a great week!
Elder Willes
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