Sorry you had a slow week last week. Those kinds of weeks teach us to appreciate the successful weeks and to be humble and let the Lord lead. I'm always surprised at how busy you seem to stay and that there are so many people who are willing to listen to the missionaries. I bet the election stirred some people up to ask questions about who these Mormons are. A lot of good came out of Gov. Romney's run for the presidency. I'm excited to hear where you will be transferred. This will be a little tough since it's Thanksgiving week, but you will have some great experiences in your new area. We are so proud of your great efforts and testimony.
I'm so glad to hear that the Decker boy is having a good time in Poulsen. I have asked many missionaries here about him to see if we could have him to dinner, but no one knew him yet. Poulsen is up by Kalispell. It's really beautiful up there.
Mason and Micki were over until late last night-chatting. :) Dad was cutting up his deer and loving it. yuck. It's been very cold. I hope it warms up a little so that Chels and Jordan can come up for Thanksgiving.
We are so blessed and happy about the future for all of us! I hope you have a fun transfer week! Enjoy all of it!
I love you!
Mom
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So some transfer news: Elder Musick has been called to train a new missionary here in the 1st ward area. That should be awesome! I have been called to be a district leader in a new area. I will be in my new area with a new companion as of thursday. I am excited/apprehensive about leading a district. District leaders have alot of contact with the missionaries in their district and can affect the work a lot. I pray, and hope you will pray, that I will be able to help the mission achieve the goal of 400 by the end of the year. We are seeing miracles in the mission: we have over 300 baptisms and confirmations and over 130 dates, but they wont all get baptized statistically. I am excited for new challenges in a new area!
This week we set a baptismal date with Sandy Heidenpol. She is a nice old lady. The story is cool: So one day the work was slow, no appointments, no dinner, no new places to find...So I prayed and felt like Elder Musick needed to have an experience with the spirit in the area book. I asked him to pray and then flip through the former investigators section and pick one that the Lord would reveal to him. I could hear him flipping back and forth for fifteen minutes or so, and then he called me in. He pointed at a teaching record with a lady named Sandy that I always wanted to go visit, but never could. We went out there and taught her. In subsequent visits she has told us she knows the Book of Mormon is true and
we have scheduled her to be baptized on December 22nd.
I wish I could appropriately explain all my experiences with being guided by the spirit. It is indescribable. I know that the Lord knows each of his children. I know that he devotes a portion of that love to me before I even meet a person. I know that we had a pre mortal life. It makes it so easy to love as I have gained a stronger testimony of the pre mortal life because of the perspective it brings.
I love you,
Elder Tall
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