We are so
excited for Cam and Bobby. Bobby's baptism is on the 27th and Cam's is
on the 3rd of October!
I love every time that I get to teach somebody and help them learn about the gospel.
I love every time that I get to teach somebody and help them learn about the gospel.
Its
weird being in a singles ward here where its mostly older singles who
have careers and stuff, like last night at dinner we were at a member of
the bishopric's house with a bunch of people in the ward and they were
talking with Nielsen and the sisters and I and they all felt really old
when we said we were born in 95 and 96 since they ranged from 30 to 34
years old. They asked if they seem old to me and honestly 30 doesn't
seem old it just is a whole different stage of life and maturity since
10 years is a lot but I still love this ward.
This
week was super good but also super long feeling cause so much happened.
A huge focus of our week has been on "Flooding the Earth with the Book
of Mormon" On Tuesday I was on exchanges with Elder Larsen, one of my
Zone Leaders. It was so much better than my last exchange. We had a
super good day and even found a potential investigator. We got to have a
lesson with Cam and we finished all the lessons! So now all we have
left is to interview him and pray until he is baptized. Later that night
we went to institute with Cam and he brought another cousin of his,
also named Giorgio, and he told us he liked what he heard about the Book
of Mormon and that he wants to learn more so we are hopefully gonna
meet with him this week and teach him more about it.
On Thursday
we had Zone Training Meeting and President Ellis, a member of the
mission presidency, talked to us about how important it is to share the
Book of Mormon and talked about President Benson's talk about flooding
the Earth with the Book of Mormon which went perfectly with our zone's
goal of placing 249 copies of the Book of Mormon this transfer.
After ZTM Nielsen and I had to get the brakes replaced on our car so we
walked around and were able to place one, and then we met a nonmember at
the stake center setting up for Boy Scouts Round Table and we were able
to give him one too, then we gave one to the member we had dinner with
and committed him to share it with somebody, and then right before we
had to go home we gave another one to a boy in a park. This week we
have given five to nonmembers and three to members who will hopefully
keep the commitment we gave them and give them to somebody they know.
On Saturday
we got to go on an adventure to Oceanside, which is in the Carlsbad
mission, to help SOI cut down a tree in one of the Chaplains' yard. It
took all day long but it was a lot of fun doing it and it was so awesome
to see how grateful the Chaplain and his wife were for the service we
provided. It did make us glad we got called to the Irvine mission though
where its not humid and there aren't bugs. We had some bad news during
the day; our investigator Giorgio, the first cousin Cam brought to
church, decided he wasn't interested in learning more about the church
which was really sad to hear, but then we had a little miracle on Sunday.
A girl in the Newport Coast YSA ward called us and told us she has a
friend who has been reading the Book of Mormon and is now half way
through it. He lives in San Clemente so we are going to try to get in
contact with him and hopefully be able to pick him up as an investigator
and help build his faith.
I love being able to
share the gospel here and I know that the Book of Mormon is one of our
biggest tools in doing so. I know that it is true and that it testifies
of Christ. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that he translated
the plates into the amazing book we have now. I know that if anybody
reads it and prays to know of its truth with real intent, they will receive a
witness of it from the Holy Ghost. Since I am a missionary and inviting
people to make commitments is what we do I want to challenge all of you
to either read it again if you have not for a while and to then pray to
know somebody that you can share a copy of the Book of Mormon with. I
know that if you make the effort to bless somebody's life with this book,
Heavenly Father will provide you with the opportunity. I love being
here and being a servant of our Heavenly Father, this church is true,
and Jesus Christ is our Savior, and these people are good and I need to
be with them.
Love
Elder Cheever
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