Hey everyone!
It has been quite a week to remember. It has been one that
has had its ups and downs. We, as a companionship, took the time to
center our efforts more on the Savior and His will. We strived to
involve Him more in our finding and teaching. The crowning moment was on
Sunday as we invited many church members to fast with us for the hastening of
the missionary work here in Érd. On Sunday, the Lord answered our
prayers and we saw 7 investigators at church and nearly all of them were in
tears at one point or another during our testimony meeting. We have
decided to keep the spirit of the fast and continue to fast every Sunday until
we see our first baptism together. It is going to be wonderful!
Elder Hall and I also did all we could to improve whether in
obedience, intentions, goals and many other aspects. It was a humble
experience seeing the change the Lord brings into our lives due to obedience
and diligence. We were able to witness in church the announcement of one
of our investigators baptism. He made the decision after sacrament
meeting and during gospel principles; he shared his thoughts on the gospel of
Jesus Christ and told the class that he is going to be baptized.
Outside of that, we had the opportunity to have one of our
investigators we recently put on baptismal date share her testimony with us as
we walked her home after family home evening. She asked us how we are
going to have family home evening after I leave and I simply told her that she
will be able to receive callings to hold activities like this. We helped
her see the vision that our goal is to have the members supporting the other
members, not just the missionaries. She sounded very excited!
It has just been a huge testimony builder for me to see the
miracles I have. I am just so grateful for my mission; it is just going by way
too fast. I will trust in the Lord though. He really does know
best.
On a sad note, I felt the prompting to stop my work out before
finishing today and while walking back to our apartment, we ran into a friend
of one of our baptismal dates. He lived in the building next to us, but
we received word that he passed away. Elder Hall and I just didn't know
what to think, but all I can say is that I am grateful that he started gaining
a testimony of these things when he did. I am so grateful for the plan of
salvation.
Everything is going great; I am just trying to sprint to the
end. The Lord has blessings in store and I can't wait to receive them.
I am a blessed man! How can I not smile at a moment like this?
Sok szeretettel,
Elder Jake Nelson
