Holy Cow it snowed!!!!! That absolutely blows my mind!! The weather here is starting to cool off. Now it only feels like 90 degrees instead of 100! HAHAH cold right? I have to keep telling myself that its November other wise I think I am still in August! Makes the time fly by, I guess!
This week was one of those learning weeks that everyone has to have! Our week started out so good between Monday and Tuesday we had taught 8 lessons and had seen 3 less actives! We thought it was going to be a bomb week and we were just going to tear it up. Well then the Lord had to humble us. Like always! Thursday and Friday were not such great days. Our numbers were just the same as usual but for some reason the days just seemed long and nothing was going the way we wanted it too. So what does a missionary do? He gets on his knees and pleads and wonders what is going on. and what he needs to learn. On Saturday me and my comp both started talking about this and what we could do so that we could finish out the week strong, we came to the conclusion that it is all about the attitude! Saturday and Sunday our numbers were the same, only one thing changed and that was the attitude. Yesterday I was so spiritually fed and I know it was because I had that change. I have decided that the whole rest of the week and for my mission I am going to do my best to put forth a good attitude. No one wants to be around someone with a crappy attitude and if I have a bad attitude then this will be near impossible to do! I am so happy that I was able to have that experience this week. I felt like the Lords investigator and it was definitely a learning and growing week. Its so wonderful to see how Heavenly Father will put us through trials and hard time so we can learn and grow, during the trial we never realize why it is happening but once it is all done and over with we see how much we have changed and how we have become someone who Heavenly Father can be proud of.
Well enough of that you guys want to know how the work is going. Mom I guess I do make it sound like we commit people to baptism every week. We try to! I have One actually baptism! But its not staying like that for long, on Friday we are baptizing a young girl named Megan. She is awesome and I am so excited for her. She is so smart. At first we had a hard time with her processing things and understanding and we could tell that something was wrong or something wasn't happening. Then one time we went there for a lesson and she was completely changed. After that lesson Elder Halford and I talked about it and we both agreed that it was she finally read the Book of Mormon and prayed about it. Its crazy awesome how much a simple 10 minutes of reading and a 30 second pray can change someones life. I love it. Nothing else I would rather do than see how a simple act of faith can change the life of someone forever. So yeah Megan is super soild and so excited to get baptized on Friday. And then there is Rocky!!! I can't brag about him enough! First off he is getting baptized on Sunday so thats way cool! But listen to this.. His first fast Sunday ever, what does he do? Well during testimony meeting he says if you go up there I will go up there! Oh my goodness the kid is awesome, so I went up. Right when I get done he stands up and goes in front of everyone and just pours his heart out! It was amazing. The kids makes me speechless. To think that two months ago we thought he was some thug who would never listen to us. And then all the sudden you have this kid who has the biggest heart and is just awesome. I will forever remember my time in Golden Gate. When I first got here I was told that this was one of the harder areas and less successful areas of the mission. Well in three months we have three baptisms and so many more who right there ready to enter into the kingdom of God. This work can be done, it all starts with a good attitude and obedience to the Lord!
Fidel is the mystery man. We thought he was going to be super positive and willing to obey the commandments. Ever sense we started talking about the Word of Wisdom and trying to help him he really doesn't want anything to do with us anymore. He still comes to church every week and knows it is true but doesn't want to take that leap of faith and give up the coffee. We asked him if we could just come over and have a short lesson with him and the family, he just turned us down and didn't want any of that. We hope we can keep a relationship with him and keep him coming to church, that way he can feel the spirit and hopefully one day in the future give up those worldly things and come unto the gospel. It makes me sad to just talk about it because I love and care for him so much and I want him to enter into this awesome gospel. But we think we know why he won't do it, because he won't read and pray everyday like he needs to. He needs all the help he can get spiritually and that is where it will come from but he doesn't recognize that yet. Maybe one day he will see how much happiness this gospel can bring.
Well this letter has been long enough and you have heard about all the excitement that happens in the Golden Gate Estates! Before I go I want you all to know that it is all about inviting. I know in Utah most people have heard about Mormons before but as the prophet has said we need to invite everyone. If we are inviting we are doing our part and Heavenly Father will bless us and be proud of us. I hope this week you will try to find someone that you can invite to go to church or to read the Book of Mormon. We may invite 100 people and they all may say no. But if we are inviting then we are giving people there agency and the Lord will take care of the rest! I love you all so much! I hope you have a fantastic week and remember attitude is everything!
Love,
Elder Williams
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