Greg came to church on Sunday! Which means he can get
baptized this Saturday! He has been smoke free for 5 days now, and is
doing amazing! His whole family is smoke-free! At church, someone asked
if Greg was a member. He told them that he will be on Saturday, and that
his family will be very soon too! Heck ya! As soon as they can figure
out their working on Sunday problems, they will get baptized. Greg
really wants to go to the temple as a family! The plan is for him to
baptize his family. What an incredible experience that will be for him.
The ward loves him too. Such a great transition has taken place from us
to the ward. Greg is already talking about how excited he is to Home
teach! That's what this church needs! Members who are excited to do
their home teaching! He will make an incredible Priesthood holder.
Lauren came to church as well! We found out that a
recent convert lives right around the corner from her. This recent
convert has an incredible conversion story that meshes perfectly with
what Lauren is going through. Coincidence that they live so close to
each other? I THINK NOT! Lauren grew up a member of the Seventh Day
Adventist church, but became Agnostic in her teen years. She is 23 now.
We are praying that the she will recognize the Light of Christ that is
in her. I gotta say that teaching her has been a tricky one. But she has
changed SO MUCH since we first met her. She has gone from totally NOT
believing there is a God, to coming to church and actually asking
questions if there really is a God. We have even gotten her to pray and
ask for a confirmation that God exists! We see REAL GROWTH happening
within her and it is incredible to be a witness of that.
Elder Packer (son of President Packer) came to the
mission! We had a conference with him yesterday. It started at 8:15 am!
If any of you have ever been to DC, you know how awful the traffic is!
Going northbound on I95 in the morning is THE WORST! We had to wake up
at 4:30 am, picked up another companionship at 5:30 am and drove 50
miles to the Stake Center where it was held at. We didn't get there till
8:00 am. One of the negatives of living the furthest south in the
mission. Traffic on the way back was just as bad. We didn't get home
till 5:00pm. The conference was from 8:15 am-3:00 PM. There was a
meeting before and after the conference for a small group of
missionaries (8 in total) and I had the priviledge of being one of them!
It was incredible! In the small meetings, we had the opportunity to ask
Elder Packer questions about the Gospel, being a missionary, and life
after the mission. It was an experience that I will never forget (that's
why I have a journal haha!). I don't know what caused it, maybe lack of
sleep and food, but in the middle of the conference I felt like I had
to throw up. I told Elder Norris that I had to use the restroom and we
left the chapel. I ran to the batheroom (while running I was taking off
my suit coat as to not get it messy) and threw up in the toilet. Such a
gross feeling, but after I was perfectly ok. Elder Norris grabbed me a
bottle of water and a mint while I was in the bathroom. But other than
that experience, the conference was awesome! In the small group, I asked
Elder Packer for his advice on getting missionaries to have a desire to
be obedient. His response was short. He told us that missionaries are
disobedient because they lack the faith of the blessings that come from
obedience, and that their testimonies are struggling. He told us to
concentrate on strengthening their testimonies, and by doing so
obedience will improve.
Funny story... Since being with Elder Norris, any
time we encounter a BIG dog, the dog attacks (not really attacks, but
barks and jumps on) Elder Norris. He has never been a dog person either
which makes it that much more funny. So anytime we hear dogs in a house
that we knock on, he steps behind me. One time a big dog ran around me
and jumped on him as the person opened the door to their house
hahahahahahahah!
Happy Holidays!
Elder Michael Litchfield
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