My trainee is named Elder Shepherd and he's from Spanish Fork. He's 18 and just graduated from high school and it's weird to see him right where I was almost a year ago. It still feels like I haven't been in the mission that long.
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| Elder Shepherd and Elder Thayne |
Elder Shepherd is a great missionary! He's so prepared and he has a lot of faith. One example is a lesson we had with C. As you know, she went to the temple with us and she has previously committed to many baptismal dates, but hasn't kept any of them. We were teaching her and reading about baptism out of Mosiah 18 and after we read it with her she went to the bathroom. We had planned on inviting her to baptism for Sep 12 but because of some things she said during the lesson, we weren't sure if it would take. While she was in the bathroom we were both praying silently to know what to do. After we finished praying, Elder Shepherd just said, "I feel like we should do Sep 12. I know she can be ready by Sep 12." and after praying, I felt it too. She has a lot of problems she needs to figure out before she gets baptized but we both felt so strongly that she can be ready by Sep 12. So we committed her to that date but told her that it will only happen if she shows her faith and her commitment by preparing herself as best as she can. So we're praying that she, along with us, will have the faith for this miracle to happen.
We also found a former investigator named L. and he was pretty receptive to the message. He said he wants to get baptized and is planning on Sep 19, but he said his biggest problem is that he really likes to drink. Another investigator we have committed to baptism is a guy named J. A member in the branch has been inviting him to church and he's been coming for about a month now and we've been teaching him at church. He's committed for baptism Sep 26. The only problem with him is that he is always busy during the week and we can only teach him once a week which makes it difficult to progress someone to baptism. But we've been having some great success!!
I think being a trainer is just what I needed. My whole mission I have been a little timid when it comes to inviting to baptism on the first lesson because I always thought it was just too soon, but since that's what they hammer into your mind in the MTC Elder Shepherd came out with the mentality to invite everyone. So we've been doing a lot better at that and it's really working for us. I'm looking forward to learning more from this training experience.
Well that's all I really have today! I love you Mom and I hope you have fun unpacking and cleaning from Lake Powell :) Have a good week.
Love,
Elder Thayne
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