Its been another week here and just about the same old stuff to
report. We talked to tons of people again and still managed to find only
a few who were remotely interested so we shall see what happens when we
follow up with them.
On Wednesday we got to
go to President's house for a dinner for the missionaries going home. It
was so awesome to hear the testimonies of those who are leaving and to
hear what others have learned from them. It was crazy to realize that
Elder Greenberg is going home as well as Elder Butler. I have really
come to love those two guys and will miss them a lot once they leave.
On
Saturday we got to attend the baptism of 4 siblings in Elder Butler's
last ward. They got special permission for the oldest to be baptized,
confirmed, and then ordained to be a priest so that he could baptize his
siblings. The Spirit that could be felt there was so strong and it was
such a great opportunity for that family, especially the father who has
previously been pretty anti-mormon, to feel the Spirit and to draw
closer to our Heavenly Father. We actually had a pretty cool experience
along with that baptism. I don't know if you remember me telling you
about the fast that Elder Butler and I had to try and line somebody up
for baptism on the 13th in our ward. Well as that day went on we
changed our prayers to be that somebody would be able to be baptized on
that day and then about a week later we got a call from Elder Blue,
Butler's last companion, telling us about the Hardin's baptism. It was
so cool to realize that we had been prompted to pray and fast in a more
broad scope and that in some way our faith helped to allow those
siblings to be baptized that day, which was amazing for Elder Butler to
have that experience on his last Saturday on the mission.
I
love being a missionary, even in a harder area like this. I get to
learn so much and to become so much more converted to the gospel myself.
I thought I knew how much Heavenly Father loved me before I came out
but I have come to realize it so much more now. I now truly know that
Jesus Christ is our Savior and that without His Atonement, true
happiness would be impossible. I hope that y'all can take time to think
about how much the Atonement has blessed your life and to then share
that happiness with others.
Love
Elder Cheever
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