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Elder Money is on the
left he is from Utah and knows Shawn and Janae.
Then Elder Tingey
again and then me.
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We have this program that President Walton created that helps members get
involved with missionary work. He was never able to implement it and our
mission as a whole is not doing it, but we are trying to do it as a Branch.
Basically what it is, is a
list of things that members can do on a daily basis, weekly basis, monthly
basis and yearly basis to strengthen their own testimonies and to share the
gospel, then it has a space for where you can put peoples names and then
you create specific dates of when you want to give that person a book of Mormon
or invite them to church or invite them to sit with the missionaries or be
baptized... things like that, so we are trying to impletment that in the
branch!.
We got to teach them once Monday
night before they left. It was a good lesson, but we have not been in contact
with them since they have left.
I will write you about
(investigators) in the family letter
I dont have any (pictures) today,
I will try next week
Sister Merrill said that she was going to write you today and let
you know that you should get my flight plans this week, and then you have to confirm
the flight plans within 24 hours or something like that, but she said she would
write you about it.
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Elder Whitaker is on the
left. He is a really smart kid got a 34 on the ACT he goes to BYU, he is a
really good missionary. Santa is my old Companion Elder McCune, he dressed up for the end of the party. Then me and then
Elder Tingey. Also a really good
missionary and a lot of fun to be around... we like to talk business together:)
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Fam!
So this week went really well I did 104 push-ups in a row before I collapsed!
(Got to get in shape before I get home ;) )
This week we had an awesome
missionary experience happen. One day elder fountain and I were knocking on
apartment doors and we knocked on this guys house named Eugenio (Ugene in English, I dont know how to spell that) so we
asked if he had some time that we could talk about the message we had about
Jesus Christ, he said he had a few minutes, but we just taught him really
quickly at his door and then marked another time to pass by him. For what ever
reason i felt like he had some potential, but I don’t really know why. We
passed by him I think the following day we sat down and before we could even
say a prayer he just starts talking about his life and the things he has been
through and how he was an orphan from
the age of six and he had two older brothers, but the oldest was 11 and
they lived for three years without any help from others. He explained the rest
of his life and how he did not really worry about religion and things like
that, but then he changed and he saw the difference in his life and he started
to go to the Pentecostal church and he said he felt happy there and then he
said he left the church for a time and he saw the blessings leave him and so he
went back to the Pentecostal church and he said he saw the blessings that he
had before come back. As he was explaining this I thought to myself "how
are we suppose to tell this man that his church is false and that ours is the
only true church when he has felt happy and joy in the church he is in and
has seen blessings when he has gone to it?" As I was thinking this he then
said that he felt like he was weak and he wants to be more involved in the work
of God, but doesn’t know how to. I asked him if it felt like there was
something missing in his life and he
said yeah he felt like there was something missing. We then very briefly
talked about the restoration and I told him that I believe that what he is
missing is this church, the Restoration of the Gospel. He was very intent on
listening to what we had to say. We were not able to teach all of the Restoration
that day, but we asked him to read the restoration pamphlet and pray and pray
to know if this is what he was missing in his life. We went back and taught him
on Saturday in the morning and I asked him if he read the pamphlet and he said
he did. Then I asked if he had any questions and even though this is not a question
this was his response "at the end
of the pamphlet it says to pray to know about Joseph Smith" he paused
and so i asked him if he prayed about it and he said he did and then I asked if
he had received an answer and his response was "No, but I Know it is true!" Kind of a funny response :)
saying no, but then saying he knew that it was true. So then we taught in
detail about the restoration and what it means to know that Joseph Smith was a
true prophet (it means that this is the only true church on the Earth). I invited him to be baptized and he
accepted and then Elder Fontaine invited him to be baptized with a specific
date (we decided on the spot March 8th)
and he accepted as well. He said that he had never been baptized, but would
like to be. We explained that this time between now and his baptism would be a
time for him to prepare and continue to pray and read the Book Of Mormon to
discover if the Book of Mormon is true!
We left him a book
of Mormon and he said he would come to church. He came to church and he
participated and I think he really liked it.
It was a great experience!
Love you Family!!!
Elder Tilley
Dad: Those are awesome experiences! Those are so cool! I am really
glad that you shared them with him. Let me know of the Miracles that
happen in the future. We also had a really cool experience with a guy in his
twenties named Eugenio. I wrote about it to the family so you can read it!!
Love you Pops!!
Your are a wonderful Father and Husband and Church Leader !!
Elder Tilley
I look up to you alot!!!!!!!!
Love you!!
Elder Tilley
(Becca) Keep up the great work Bec!
Mom said you are kind of in a slump, but are just coming out of it! EYE of the
TIGER! Go tear them apart! Dont worry about anyone in the stands! Just go play
your game! Go play Tilley Basketball!!!
Here is an inspirational quote for
you! "Its not about how hard
you get hit, but how hard you CAN get hit and Keep moving!!!"
That is what it is about!! When you
get hit by LIFE or pressure or anything like that and continue to move
forward!! and not just SURVIVE through it, but to see how hard you get to hit
it back, that is how Champions are made! Love you Bec! Go hit them
back hard this week!!!
Love you !!!
Sparkily Buns Power!!
Elder Tilley
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