Weekly update.
#WTD
Well Mommy, it finally happened, the moment that we've all been waiting for..... ELDER JOHNSON
AND I WENT ON AN EXCHANGE SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We'll cover that
when the time comes! Other than that some pretty swell things went down
this week. We found out the higher law of missionary work, we found a
super duper prepared guy who will be baptized come April, we also saw a
lot of cool little miracles throughout the week. In our area in
particular I had the best week I've had statistical wise since I began my
mission. Particularly due to the fact that Elder Johnson and I just
killed it on Saturday. It was a pretty good week and over all I'm
pretty happy
with it!
So to start I'll tell of a miracle that took place this week. On Thursday Elder Thornock and I were
diligently out searching for new investigators. We were seeing some
success but nothing really notable. With a prayer in our hearts we
pressed on. Being hungry as we both were, we thought lets go get some grub!
So we were on our way to get dinner, when I had the thought to hit
up a media
referral that we had who requested the Bible. Elder
Thorncok felt it right so we went. As we knocked on the door a lady answered and asked who we were looking for and we answered Reginald. Well
literally he was sitting there just like waiting for us or something. It was
amazing. Turns out he had been talking with sister missionaries
online for a month and was really interested. On my exchange with Elder
Johnson we committed him to a baptismal date of April 2nd, please pray
he makes
it! We know he will! He then went to church on Sunday and even
told the ward he loves how the church is structured and wants to
join as soon as possible! #MannaFromHeaven Seriously miracles have not
stopped happening, that's for sure!
So then..... it happened. Elder Carter Crismon and Elder Jaden Johnson reunited for the first time
since we both began our missions over 15 months ago. What. A. Day. We
went ham in dat paint though! I seriously don't even know where to
begin! We stayed up till 2:00 the night before talking about
missionary work and what we've learned. Then the day of the exchange we just went off like
David Hasslehoff. We literally did every aspect of missionary work
except baptize, although we did set a baptismal date, so we'll take
it! We found, taught LARCs, taught Gators, saw miracles, and had a
crazy experience or two.... LOL! Maybe Johnson will mention it.
Seriously though what a sweet experience. Two best friends since fourth grade got to go out with our missionary name tags on and boldly
declare the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and when I say boldly I mean
Boldly!!! We had such a good time, we even did a little experiment in this
area to see if we could "find" in a different more effective way. And it
worked #HigherLawOfMissionaryWork. The best part of the day was the
very last lesson. We had a little Testimony meeting with some of
Johnson's recent Converts. It was so so cool to feel the power there,
and to watch my brother testify of the eternal truths of this
glorious
gospel. All I know is that Jesus is The Christ, the Eternal
God. What a tender mercy and moment it was for both of us. Literally
all day. Plus it's just weird to teach with and see your bro all day
as a
missionary. LOL. We loved it, it's cool to know that
Heavenly Father cares enough about me to allow that to happen. I think it's
just a tip of things to come.
So funny story of the week actually happened last week that I forgot to mention.... Hahaha so
after our Zone Training Meeting we had to make sure everything was in
order. Well we had to roll in a piano to the High Council room,
where the meeting took place. We had some elders roll it back while we
had another meeting with a small group of missionaries. Well
afterwords we
were doing some final clean up to make sure everything was
Gucci Mayne. And we couldn't find the piano! Here we are two fellars, and a lost piano. Seriously only this guy could manage that. So we
start frantically looking around this church, and we can't find
it. In my mind I'm like "Are you Freaking Kidding me?! Someone
Stole a Piano?" Like I'm not even mad, I'm Impressed! Hahaha!! Anyways, after
a couple of long, hard, sweaty minutes of searching. We found that
instrument in a random room. This was the literal fulfillment of the
saying "If you want something done right, do it yourself." Maybe I
didn't give good instructions... that is possible too! ;)
Other cool things that took place this week, my email wasn't working on Monday so if you didn't get
an email from me I apologize. I swear I sent you one! LOL! Also we
found some
other people that could turn out to be solid. We taught just
a ridiculous amount of lessons, and really helped some lost
souls find peace! That's cool. For another cool thing, here in the
coming weeks
Elder Johnson and I will tag team training at zone
conference coming here shortly. That will be sick. I'll get another chance to
testify along side my best buddy! It'll be 40 minutes long, so
that's pretty
nuts.... Hahaha! We have a couple people on date, and we are
looking forward into the future here in the Long Wood area. I would
ask that you all continue to pray for me as we keep going on this new
way of finding, I'm so excited to go out there and teach some
people! God will put some people in our paths that are ready to be
baptized! So please pray we find them!
Well honestly this was probably the best week of my mission. Largely in part to the killer exchange I had
with Elder Johnson. Honestly, it was just one of those weeks you can
proudly look back upon. It's cool to see how the mission changes you and
who you are. I love my mission, with all my heart. For those of you
reading this who maybe thinking of serving a mission, please do so!
It will bless your life, and your families lives forever. What you
learn here is priceless. Something I learned this week is the
importance of Hope. "Faith is the substance of things HOPED for, and the
evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1) Hope comes before faith,
and in order for us to truly put our faith in someone or something we
must place our hope in it first. Especially in the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. Hope is the prerequisite for the power and action of faith to
truly take hold in our lives. I now know that this principle is true. I
know that Jesus Christ lives. This is his church and His Prophet President Thomas S Monson stands at the head of it. The Book of Mormon
is true, and as we read and pray about it we will come to know the Savior, and have the ability to become like Him. I hope you all have an
amazing week this week! LoVeS!!
Love, Elder Carter Crismon
P.S.- CAN'T BEAT IT!!!!!
Pictures of Carter and Elder Johnson from their time together! Priceless!!
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