Week 71--November 23, 2014

This past week was a very interesting one. Investigators going out of town for the Holiday, Investigators moving, Multi-Zone Conferences, Unexpected letters, and much more.

So, Lets start with our investigators. We were able to have a really good lesson with Candice this week. It is crazy how close she is to just stepping in the water. It is frustrating because when you talk to her you can just tell that she know's the church is true and that the Book of Mormon is true, she just doesn't realize it. We have tried so much but she still doesn't realize it. Unfortunately for us she is now out of town visiting some family in Indiana until December 3. Then there is Peter, We tried to set up an appointment with him this week only to find out that he has moved to Long Beach. That was also a little frustrating! Then there is Kassie, Kassie finally talked to her friends and established that they will come down the weekend of December 13, and she will be baptized then. That is pretty exciting for us. It has taken a long time to get to that point.

Multi-Zone Conferences, Friday our zone and the Corona zone (I am in the Temescal Valley Zone) met with President Mullen and the Assistants to the President. It was a really good meeting, we talked about finding for most of the conference. There were some very good trainings given. President Mullen, along with his training on finding, trained on the Doctrine of Christ, and more specifically repentance. It was a great Conference! At the end of the conference they had The Outgoing missionaries bear their testimonies, and it was kind of sad for me, because all of the Sister Missionaries that I came out with are going home this transfer or next, depending on if they are Spanish or English, and also I saw my Trainer give his Outgoing testimony, and as much as we did not get along when we were together, he mentioned me in his outgoing testimony and it was a very tender moment. I will be very sad to see him go home in a couple weeks, but I am so very grateful for the opportunity that I had to serve around him before he goes home. 

Now, Unexpected Letters. On Wednesday Elder Wesche and I walked out to the mailbox to get the mail on our way out of the complex, and I open the mailbox and see a letter addressed to my Companion, no big deal, and then as I am handing it to him I notice the return address, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles." I saw it and I was like "What the!" and it turns out that Elder Wesche had gotten a letter from Jeffrey R. Holland. He had a very cool personal experience with Elder Holland before his mission, and Elder Holland gave him permission to write him. It's not every day that there is a hand signed letter from an apostle in your mailbox.

Anyway I love Y'all,

Elder Bangerter

PS- Happy Birthday to My Mom who's Birthday is on Sunday!