What's up guys!!
This week was awesome! The work is hastening for sure, especially
here in Hagerstown! We picked up 3 new investigators this week, the Lord is
making sure that we have people to teach and I'm not complaining! We couldn't
do anything if it weren't for Him! 2 of our new investigators are the friends
of some members in our ward who invited them to meet with us, so we went over
and had dinner with the members and then afterwards taught their friends! It
went really well and they are really interested in the church! So for all of
you that have friends in mind that you think need the gospel, don't be afraid
to invite them! There is no such thing as a failed invite!
Mary was interviewed by our district leader for her baptism
and she passed and is ready to be baptized this Saturday! We got everything set
up for her baptism and we are super excited! So is she! Unfortunately we are
going to have to move Alvin's baptism back because of some health issues, but
he will get there! And this week we put another one of our investigators on
date to be baptized on March 26. His name is Larry and we found out that he is
autistic (slightly) and is on the special olympic basketball team! So we get to
go watch him play on March 5 which is gonna be awesome!
On the more spiritual side of things, we have been working
with a less-active member named Brother Bunch since Thanksgiving. He is a
Vietnam veteran and recently lost his leg due to exposure to Agent Orange in
the war. But we visited this guy like twice a week for the longest time in the
hospital. He has been bouncing back and forth from the VA to a bunch of
different hospitals because he has a ton of medical issues and he refuses help
from the nurses and doctors because of his severe PTSD. While we were visiting
him last week with Elder Jaccard, he felt impressed that we should give Brother
Bunch a blessing to help him slip easily into the spirit world if it is his
time to go. So we gave him a blessing and we left with an assurance that the
blessing we gave was needed. I have given many blessings to this very
individual because of health issues in the past but the feeling I felt after
that one was much different from the rest. It turns out that this brother
passed away yesterday morning and I knew that was the best thing for him. It is
amazing how the Spirit can work through us!
Also our investigator Lawrence is really struggling right
now, he is going through radiation treatments for cancer every day and it
doesn't look like he is going to be around much longer:( Please keep him in
your prayers!
Anyways, I hope y'all have a good week!
-Elder Larson
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| Elder Peery and Elder Larson with Larry |
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| We made a cake for Elder Jaccard's birthday |
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