Dear Hennens and Hennen extensions,
My week has been amazing. The storm missed us by 10 miles, we only got 6 inches of snow but its is so cold...
,
my pea coat is so warm!!! Tom and Bill... well, Bill won't come to church
and we can't do anything else so we are going to have to drop him....
.
Tom on the other hand well where do I even begin... I guess the beginning. Friday morning we start our day at 6:30. I
go play some
darts, then get ready, and eat breakfast. It's personal study time, I do
my
reading, learn lots and envision stuff, I started the Book of Mormon
from beginning!
Next is companion study time, we go through our investigators, members,
and less
active lesson plans and go through role plays. Then we go through our
day and head to the Morristown Stake Center, the stake is doing a mini
mission and we
got chosen. I was the only newbie there, it was awesome. We went in and
just like a transfer conference the members got assigned to each
companionship that was there. Elder Hintze and I got a kid from Ledge
Wood, his name was Logan Cowley, he spent the next 24 hours with us from
5
to 5. Went back to our apartment and made plans for the next day and he
helped. Saturday came, woke up at 6:30 again and he was out of it!! It was
hilarious...
We did personal and companion study, then hit the road. We went to a
meeting for Elder Hintze, we went with some other missionaries and had
our own meeting... we did role plays and talked with a member and
shared some insights about expectations from a investigators point and
how we as missionaries can get that information out of them. It was
cool. Me and Logan did role plays while the other set went to a lesson.
After we went to go get gas for the car, we turn onto the road by the
gas
station and the car shuts off....I mean really, come on I'm right here.
So I have Logan drive while I push... oh well it was easy. Filled up,
drive back, pick up both packages and voila safe. We go see a member
named Fred Smith, he is less active and disabled, he doesn't see any
point
in going because he doesn't have a family to be there with, he feels
out
of place. We tried to explain to him but he didn't really want to hear
it. He is a great man, he understands a lot but won't put forth effort
to
come even though he knows it's right. While we were talking to him a guy
in his early 20's came up and we started chatting with him about Mormons
and stuff and then he said he would like to meet one.Smith says,
"well you are in the presence of 4 Mormons and 2 are missionaries and 2
are
members". His face lit up and that opened up the jar of bottomless
questions!!! We seriously sat there for a half an hour constantly
answering questions, finally we needed to go see Tom. We gave a
Restoration pamphlet and a card to get a free book of Mormon. He was
intrigued and we set up an appointment to see him. YEAH A NEW
INVESTIGATOR!!!!. Tom's house we go... get there and Brother Jones our
team up is there. We go into Tom's house and those two, Brother Jones
and Tom hit it off right off the bat. We get to the middle of the lesson
and
earlier this is where we felt like we needed to ask a very important
question... we get to the part where the priesthood is restored and
there
are really no words that can describe how I felt. I looked at Elder
Hintze and he nodded his head, I looked at Logan and nodded my head and
he got the message...Logan smiles and says,"Tom will you be baptized?"
Tom starts laughing and goes of on a tangent for like 10
minutes and Brother Jones chimes in and says things that get him and Tom
on
other subjects. It gets all silent and I chime in... "Tom will
you follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized, by someone
holding the priesthood authority of God?" Tom say's "I don't know"...
Elder Hintze says "lets pray right now." I then said "Tom we want you to
ask
a very specific question, ask if getting baptized is the right thing to
do?" Brother Jones then grabs hands with me and Tom and the rest of
us do likewise. He prays and says amen and we sit in silence and let the
Holy Ghost do his work. Tom asks "Feb 22...
that's fine with me!!" Then the Holy Ghost just floods the room with
his presence and Tom starts laughing and he says, now that is funny he
was feeling all tingly... we talk for a little longer and then leave .
It was insane... and now I'm here typing again. Holy cow my week
has gone by supper fast!! Love you all and want to thank you for the
support I feel, all your prayers helping!!!
Love Elder HeNnEn,
my pea coat is so warm!!! Tom and Bill... well, Bill won't come to church
and we can't do anything else so we are going to have to drop him.....
Tom on the other hand well where do I even begin... I guess the beginning. Friday morning we start our day at 6:30. I
go play some
darts, then get ready, and eat breakfast. It's personal study time, I do
my
reading, learn lots and envision stuff, I started the Book of Mormon
from beginning!
Next is companion study time, we go through our investigators, members,
and less
active lesson plans and go through role plays. Then we go through our
day and head to the Morristown Stake Center, the stake is doing a mini
mission and we
got chosen. I was the only newbie there, it was awesome. We went in and
just like a transfer conference the members got assigned to each
companionship that was there. Elder Hintze and I got a kid from Ledge
Wood, his name was Logan Cowley, he spent the next 24 hours with us from
5
to 5. Went back to our apartment and made plans for the next day and he
helped. Saturday came, woke up at 6:30 again and he was out of it!! It was
hilarious...
We did personal and companion study, then hit the road. We went to a
meeting for Elder Hintze, we went with some other missionaries and had
our own meeting... we did role plays and talked with a member and
shared some insights about expectations from a investigators point and
how we as missionaries can get that information out of them. It was
cool. Me and Logan did role plays while the other set went to a lesson.
After we went to go get gas for the car, we turn onto the road by the
gas
station and the car shuts off....I mean really, come on I'm right here.
So I have Logan drive while I push... oh well it was easy. Filled up,
drive back, pick up both packages and voila safe. We go see a member
named Fred Smith, he is less active and disabled, he doesn't see any
point
in going because he doesn't have a family to be there with, he feels
out
of place. We tried to explain to him but he didn't really want to hear
it. He is a great man, he understands a lot but won't put forth effort
to
come even though he knows it's right. While we were talking to him a guy
in his early 20's came up and we started chatting with him about Mormons
and stuff and then he said he would like to meet one.Smith says,
"well you are in the presence of 4 Mormons and 2 are missionaries and 2
are
members". His face lit up and that opened up the jar of bottomless
questions!!! We seriously sat there for a half an hour constantly
answering questions, finally we needed to go see Tom. We gave a
Restoration pamphlet and a card to get a free book of Mormon. He was
intrigued and we set up an appointment to see him. YEAH A NEW
INVESTIGATOR!!!!. Tom's house we go... get there and Brother Jones our
team up is there. We go into Tom's house and those two, Brother Jones
and Tom hit it off right off the bat. We get to the middle of the lesson
and
earlier this is where we felt like we needed to ask a very important
question... we get to the part where the priesthood is restored and
there
are really no words that can describe how I felt. I looked at Elder
Hintze and he nodded his head, I looked at Logan and nodded my head and
he got the message...Logan smiles and says,"Tom will you be baptized?"
Tom starts laughing and goes of on a tangent for like 10
minutes and Brother Jones chimes in and says things that get him and Tom
on
other subjects. It gets all silent and I chime in... "Tom will
you follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized, by someone
holding the priesthood authority of God?" Tom say's "I don't know"...
Elder Hintze says "lets pray right now." I then said "Tom we want you to
ask
a very specific question, ask if getting baptized is the right thing to
do?" Brother Jones then grabs hands with me and Tom and the rest of
us do likewise. He prays and says amen and we sit in silence and let the
Holy Ghost do his work. Tom asks "Feb 22...
that's fine with me!!" Then the Holy Ghost just floods the room with
his presence and Tom starts laughing and he says, now that is funny he
was feeling all tingly... we talk for a little longer and then leave .
It was insane... and now I'm here typing again. Holy cow my week
has gone by supper fast!! Love you all and want to thank you for the
support I feel, all your prayers helping!!!
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