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| Our little twig is referred to as The Squad |
Thank you for your letters and for your prayers. Unfortunately this is
going to be a short letter because we've got to head to St. John's for
a special zone conference with Elder Perkins from the seventy. It
should be exciting. Nothing like a giant drive to fill a Preparation
Day. It's also very foggy because a hurricane is coming up the coast.
We like to keep it real on the rock.
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| St. John's or bust! |
(audio clip of a typical morning of street contacting for Elder McGuire)
Perhaps some of you heard a sampling from what we do everyday all day.
I think it's interesting how people react to missionaries. I love it.
I get to be myself around strangers and learn how to think on my feet.
It's taken some time to contact well. I've talked to thousands of
people over the past year. Thought it would be good to give you a
taste of my day in actuality.
This past week we set another mission record. We taught 12 member
presents. We are getting to the point of teaching so much that we
hardly have time to find new people to teach. Three of our
investigators are coming along really well. Darren is cutting back
hard on smoking. He only smoked two cigarettes a day this past week.
Much better than his usual two packs. The atonement is real.
Donna got her answer that this is the Lord's church. She decided that
she is going to get baptized. We taught a lot about priesthood
authority and just bore testimony that this is the only true and
living church on the face of the earth. We will have a branch in Grand
Falls.
Helen is going to be the next Relief Society president. She came to
church in a dress which is way more than any of the members do.
Absolutely amazing how the spirit works with conversion.
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| Everyone needs a good whiteboard |
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| I love studying! |
To close here's a miracle from the week.
On an exchange on Wednesday Elder Sortomme and I were out checking
formers and potentials. We had originally planned to go parking lot
contacting but we felt prompted to stay in the neigborhood and contact
around there. After talking with a few potentials and referrals I had
to use the washroom, so we started to walk down to a member. Walking
down the street we 'clover knocked' around a less-active and met this
woman who was actually a minister for the United Church. She said we
were a cult but we asked for a referral and she said that there was a
Muslim family that just moved in down the street. We were walking down
the road when we saw a man standing outside of a house near the corner
of the street. He definitely wasn't from Newfoundland. We began to
contact him but he spoke no English and only a little bit of French.
He decided to go and get his son Hement. Hement then had us in for
juice and a first lesson. He had actually met with the missionaries in
Montreal when he was studying Biology at McGill University. Hement
learned French there as his second language and he's learning English.
He isn't too sure if Joseph Smith was a prophet but he wants to read
the Book of Mormon. He and his wife just moved into Grand Falls about
two weeks ago so she could work at the hospital. They have two
children. The Lord will have a branch in Grand Falls!
HURRAH FOR ISRAEL!
Love,
Elder McGuire
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| P-days are for conference talks |
Question for the week: How many fruits are on the Tree of Life?
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