Dear Family,
So good to see the Drama Banquet was a success. Congrats
with the Stewie Award. What a cool gift that you guys got Wilcock and Shelley.
I bet they loved it.
This week has been pretty weird I'll admit. Things were going
great. Giving service, teaching good, you know, the usual. All of a sudden, out
of nowhere, popped up 6 companionships of Jehovah's Witnesses. It was like a
plague that struck us in the core center of our area. Once again, we are back
to square one with finding. The work goes on.
The status with become a ward. I had an interview with
President Wilkenson last Monday. I walked in like the normal interview that it
was. We talked for awhile about the normal stuff, (how are you?,your
companion?, your area?,have any questions for me?) but then he changed the
subject. Elder, I want to show you something. He turned his computer around and
showed me how I can help this branch become a ward.
We have been working hard to clean up the ward registry
because their is a great difference between active members to inactive. Many
have simply moved or have passed away so they are reflecting bad on the
branches progress. Once we clean it up good we will have helped out a lot.
President is trying to put this new ward into place to create another stake
here. I'm trying to fulfill my part of the load. It's stressful but good :)
We also spoke with a lot of members about how they came into
the gospel. One of the newest members to move in told us of how as a teenager
she couldn't ever get into reading the Book of Mormon. She found a Jehovah's
Witness Bible that had pictures in it that she really liked. She said one day
she was sitting on her bed with both books. She said she began to pray to ask
which book would help her to come unto Him more. She said that after finishing
the prayer, she reached for the JW bible because she liked it more. As soon as
she touched it, she said it burned or shocked her. She obviously dropped that book.
She wondered what had just happened. She looked at the Book of Mormon and said
that she felt full of joy and peace when she touch it.
The Church is true, the Book is Blue. (Go Cougars)
I know that this church is true and that we are all in this
school of life to learn to put on perfection like our Father. He loves us so
much. He gives us these trials not to punish us, but to teach us and help us
grow.
I love you all lots and I hope that this week treats ya good.
Sigamos Adelante,
-Elder Neider
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