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1:15 PM (6 hours ago)
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Greetings from The Lone Star State,
Another great week here in Westfield. Elder Yanzon has been on of my favorite companions. He is always focused on how to help those we are teaching and our fellow missionaries progress. He is one of our district leaders and works closely with 2 other sets of Elders and a set of Sister missionaries in the surrounding area. I love being here in this ward. Last night we had the opportunity to visit with Bishop McBride in our ward at his home. Elder Yanzon will be speaking in church this next week before he goes home in a little over three weeks. It's been a bit odd sending two missionaries home in a row but has given me an opportunity to evaluate where I want to be when the time comes for me to return as well. The lessons I have learned serving the Lord are something I will be forever grateful for. I have met so many amazing people and experienced first hand just what can happen when we put our trust in Him.
We have been teaching a man by the name of Jason from Jamaica. I have seen his faith grow so much in such a short time. He is scheduled for baptism mid-October.
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus Christ? What characteristics should we be looking for?
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Luke 18: 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
We learn from these versus that as disciples or followers of Christ we me do the works that He did, learn of Him, and follow Him.
I love you all. Let me know if there is anything I can do for any of you.
Haha. Since Bryan has been going to the U we have to like them a little:). If he gets accepted there to medical school we may have to like them a lot!!!
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3:27 PM (4 hours ago)
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Nope we love Bryan. Not where he goes to school. Haha :)
-- Elder Mark Vickers
-- Elder Mark Vickers
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3:28 PM (4 hours ago)
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Yeah that is super neat they will be able to many great things. He probably won't have dictation like he expects though. That is typically restricted.
-- Elder Mark Vickers
-- Elder Mark Vickers
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3:35 PM (4 hours ago)
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Haha dads saids that you're right
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3:48 PM (4 hours ago)
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Oh:). Is that speaking out loud and having it write.
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4:23 PM (3 hours ago)
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Yeah it's available through Siri but typically disabled in the mission iPads.
-- Elder Mark Vickers
-- Elder Mark Vickers
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4:56 PM (3 hours ago)
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Oh:). I'm still not very technology savvy
Monday, September 19, 2016
Mission Tour Assignment
To the Missionaries of the Great Texas Houston Mission,
It is breathtaking to witness the hand of the Lord as He works through you to work great miracles across this mission. We commend you as almost all of you accepted the challenge of 6 days of at least 15 ITLs and the fruits of been amazing. We want to give a special shout out to the College Station West zone for not being content with mission minimum standards and finding 50 new investigators last week. The Lord does His work as we willingly do ours. There is a disproportional increase in fruits as we do more than is expected.
We have more baptismal dates (at this stage of month) for next month right now than we have ever had for an upcoming month. Your faith, your fasting and prayers are leading to great blessings.
We look forward to the opportunity to gather with you and learn together from Elder and Sister Echo Hawk. In preparation for part of that meeting, we would like to request that you read Genesis 37,39-46 which is the account of Joseph who was sold into Egypt. We would like you to pay particular attention to the events that take place in Joseph's life and would like you to reflect on the following questions:
1. What did Joseph do to deserve the experiences he was asked to endure? Can you think of other faithful people who endured similar circumstances?
2. Why does the Lord allow faithful people to endure such circumstances?
3. How did Joseph respond to those circumstances?
4. What can we learn from Joseph's reaction to these events that can prepare us for any difficulties that we may encounter?
We trust you will gain valuable insights from pondering over these questions and counseling about them in your companionship studies after reading these chapters and any others that related to them.
We love you and are inspired by you!
Love,
President and Sister Mortensen
We held the 8 week follow-up training for the missionaries who arrived last July. It was a big group and it was an outstanding group. What wonderful missionaries already! Great teaching and a powerful spirit. Here are some pictures I took at that training.
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