Hey
Everyone! I am sorry for not e-mailing the past few weeks, but because
of some extenuating circumstances I was not able to for the past few
weeks. So The transfer has come and gone once again. Elder Schoonmaker
is heading to Eastvale, so my new Companion is Elder Wesche, from
Bountiful, UT. He is a good guy and I'm excited for this upcoming
transfer in Circle City.
Things
are going so well compared to when I came to Circle City, We have
gained the trust of the members, we have a lot of people to teach,
investigators are progressing, Members are giving us referrals, life is
good. However things aren't going perfect. Kassie has been flaking out
on us still, and she hasn't been to church in several weeks. We need to
figure out what we are going to do for her. Then there is Peter, Peter
is awesome, he is a former Jehovah's Witness, he knows the Book of
Mormon is true, He knows that President Monson is a Prophet, he knows
Joseph Smith is a prophet, he has been to several temple open houses, he
is just awesome. He wants to be Baptized and he has a date to do so on
the 16th of this month, his only hold up is that his wife is fairly
anti-mormon, but she knows that this is what he wants, and he is talking
to her this week about it. Hopefully all goes well. Then there is
Candice, she is great, she came to church for the first time yesterday,
we have had some very cool experiences with her over the past few weeks.
She investigated the church several years ago, and had a blessing on
her home, the blessing really helped her, so a couple weeks ago we go
and knock on her door and she asks us for another blessing on her home,
then she agreed to learn more about the church. Her neighbors are LDS
and she has a great relationship with them so we have been teaching her
over at their house, She reads the Book of Mormon and she prays, but she
hasn't gotten an answer yet. Elder Schoonmaker and I both felt very
strongly that once she came to church she would receive her answer. So
this past week we told her that, and she came to church! We have a
lesson with her tomorrow, so we will see if she got her answer. The
other really cool experience that happened with her recently is that she
asked us for a priesthood blessing, Her Neighbors had told her about
them and she asked us if we would give her a blessing to help her and
her husband conceive. She asked me to give the blessing, and as I was
doing so I received the very distinct impression that when she gets her
answer about if the church is true and she acts on it, she will
conceive. I promised her that if she made every effort to follow the
savior and acted upon the answers to her prayers that the Lord would
bless her with what she desired. It was one of the most powerful
experiences that I have had on my mission.
I
got a call yesterday from Oscar (one of mine and Elder
McConkie's Recent Converts), He is going to the temple next week
(November 14) to be sealed to his fiance, and he invited Me and Elder
McConkie to go with him through the temple. I am SO excited! It is going
to be one of the Best days of my mission. I cannot put into words how
excited I am for it and how happy I am. I am on Cloud 9 right now I am
SO happy. I wonder if this is how Ammon felt when he reflected upon his
labors in Alma 26.
Well I Love all you guys
Elder Bangerter
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