Hey Family! lots of cool things to report on! I'm a day
late due to MLK Jr. day. We are
anxiously awaiting he arrival here of Elder L. Tom Perry of the quorum of the
12 to visit our mission on the 1st of February. He will be accompanied by a
host of other general authorities which is very exciting! Elder Rasband the
president of the presidency of the 70, elder Soares of the presidency of the
70, elders Kopishke, Zwick, Pino, and elders Heimis and Merideth local area
70's! Very exciting times indeed!
Monday- Brother R from Farragut took
elder Williams and I to a place called Nama for sushi which was great.
Tuesday- We had 2 solid appointments. The
first was lunch with Lee (Sarah's dad
who has been investigating the church) and his friend Brother S from a
neighboring ward. That went great! Sarah stopped in for a few minuets and
let us know she got her answer last Sunday! She is great and so close to being
baptized we are to meet with her this Thursday where we hope to solidify a
date! We were also able to meet with Steve Tuesday, Thursday and yesterday
(Monday) to teach him a little more. He is really starting to
"understand" the Gospel. Its moving from his head to his heart and he
is seeing the blessings in his life! he is progressing nicely and headed in the
direction of baptism real soon I think!
Wednesday- Most of the day was spent in
preparation for the upcoming Zone Training Meeting the next day. We went to
lunch in the midst of the chaos and some random guy offered to buy our lunch!
so that was great! We then come back to prepare for the meeting a bit more and
to help a set of sisters with their training. They were training on
companionship unity and everything was peachy when we assigned the training but
the week leading up to the meeting their companionship just fell apart haha...
So they were really not getting along and they were going to be training on
companionship unity... They told us they weren't going to do it, which worried
us, there was no one we could call the night before to train the next day so we
were going to have to prepare another training to fill in for theirs... Long
story short it all got worked out and they gave the training and all went well!
Just a little headache and heart burn in the process.
Thursday- Zone meeting went well and we
were glad about that. Elder Williams and I gave a training on Understanding to
facilitate understanding in our investigators. We enjoy training and hearing
all the other trainings for the missionaries, which all went splendidly.
The rest of the week was good, no other notable
experiences. A lot of ups and downs in missionary work and we definitely
had a good sampling of the whole wide spectrum this week. I continue to learn
and grow especially in all the new problems to solve and experiences to be had.
Joseph Smith taught there is no substitute for experience. Experience is one
thing a mission really gives you to be prepared to face the challenges of
everyday life to keep you strong in the gospel.
Love ya thanks for everything happy birthday tomorrow
Grandma!
Love Elder R.A. Bakker
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