March 19, 2012

Well this week has flown by super fast but it was an awesome
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On tuesday we went to district meeting
which was good and we talked about inviting people to church which i
always like to talk about because getting people to church is one of
the things that I have struggled with my entire mission so
far!!!!!!!!!!!! But after district meeting and lunch, Elder Byington
and I rode our bikes down to south Carrollton in Korea
town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is a part of Carrollton that has all korean
restaurants and markets and stuff!!!!!!!!!! Well there is a lady that
just moved into the Second Ward and she just opened a korean
restaurant down there and the ward has been telling us to stop by
because she is less active!!!!!!!!!!! She we stopped by and she is
sooooo mega nice!!!!!!!!!! She sat us down at a table and she gave us
this really good lemon honey korean drink (dont worry theres no tea in
it, i asked haha) and we talked with her for a little bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is really interested in coming back to church and having her two
daughters learn more about the church and she wants them to be
baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The restaurant got kind of busy so she had to
keep getting up to take care of the customers!!!!!!!!!! Right now she
is the only hostess/cashier/waitress in the restaurant until she hires
more people!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are going to eat there with some members
this week and it will be great!!!!!!!!!!! We also got her in contact
with a korean lady in the First Ward and she is going to invite her to
a lunch that the korean sisters go to every month
together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on tuesday night we got to meet with the
Morenos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite family ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are
still working with Sister Moreno and helping her recognize the spirit
that she felt when she made the commitement to be
baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!! The cool thing is that Sister Morenos twin
sister just moved into their apartment complex about two weeks
ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We helped her move in and I have been praying to
have Sister Moreno become interested in the church again and I know
that this will help!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to teach her and her sister the
restoration on tuesday night and it was great!!!!!!!!!!!! There is
always such a great spirit when the first vision is
recited!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her Sister is going to read and pray about the
Book of mormon, she is really interested in learning more about the
church!!!!!!!!!!!! I know that they both felt the spirit on Tuesday
night, Brother Moreno was really excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then on tuesday night we went on exchanges!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So all day
on wednesday i was over with Elder Bytendorp over in his
area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They cover the Dallas 6th ward!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had a great day and we got to meet a lot of really great people and
share the gospel with them!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on wednesday night we
exchanged back and i was so excited to be back in
carrollton!!!!!!!!!!!!! On thursday morning we had planning but then
in the afternoon we got to meet with Marcus which was
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We read Helaman chapter 5 with
him!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really love that
chapter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are promised that we can go
through anything as long as we center our lives around Jesus Christ
our savior!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then at night time we met with
the Malms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brother Malm is an older member in the Second
ward and he just got married to this lady in Septemeber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She has been coming to church with him ever since then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So we went over and talked a little bit about the book of mormon and
the restoration and she is interested in learning more and she wants
to be baptized when she knows that its true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We
have another appointment with them this week which im excited
for!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on friday we had a meeting with all the
missionaries in the Metroplex and President Durrant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It
was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got to give a training on the teaching
record!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE the teaching
record!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It such a great tool that the Lord has given to
us for our investigators and less active families!!!!!!!!!!!! The
meeting was great and we talked a lot about our planning and the
records that we are keeping!!!!!!!!!!!! On saturday we spent the day
in Castle Hills which is the really wealthy part of
carrollton/lewisville!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its a really cool neighborhood
and it reminds me of Newport Coast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is this
street inside the nieighborhood thats gated and its called Enchanted
Hill and I have heard that some dallas cowboys live in
there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We tried to get in but they wouldnt let
us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then Sunday was an awesome day at
church!!!!!!!!!! I always love going to church and seeing all the
members!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This week was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
hope all of you are doing great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would LOVE to hear
from you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have an awesome week and see
miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!