Dear everybody,
I also learnt a lesson regarding persistence. Now, usually, I'm quite a persistent person... but when it comes to contacting and a conversation is going on and on and it doesn't seem like it's going anywhere I start to get a bit flustered. My mind starts to wander a bit. I just want the conversation to be over and to talk to any one of the hundreds of people walking by... but that isn't right. We stopped someone and they've stopped and we owe them our time and attention, even if what they have to say isn't quite what we want to hear. Yesterday we were talking to this guy who used to be a Jehovah's Witness but now does NOT like organised religion. We talked and talked and talked... on three seperate occasions I almost just ended the conversation... but for whatever reason, I felt we shouldn't. We kept talking and in the end, he actually was quite interested. If we give these people the time they deserve, we are also giving the Holy Ghost the time HE deserves to work on the hearts of these people.
I am also really grateful for the AUF project. We are finding some great people from it. the Lord is also softening the hearts of these people and those that live around them. The way things are going, by the end of this week, our teaching pool will be composed almost entirely of people found from the AUF project. What a blessing.
I also love the goal our Zone has set to read the Book of Mormon in a transfer. I feel my testimony of it strengthening even more! I love reading it cover to cover because it allows me to "connect the dots" more, relate one story to another, and simply read it in the way Heavely Father laid it out! When you read Chapter 3 of Preach My Gospel, you get a similar effect. When we read with the Spirit, we can be informed regularly that these things are true and divine in nature. I would invite all of you to join me in beginning the Book of Mormon. It is so powerful and so true. It changes lives. I'm not going to ask all of you to read it by June 1st (which is the deadline I've given myself) but I'd invite you all to start reading!!!
I am really grateful as well to have my wonderful
cousin, Sarah, as a member of the Catford Ward for my last few weeks of
my mission. Who would've thought that was going to happen? The tender
mercies of the Lord are real. It was also awesome to see BOTH Sarahs
yesterday at Stake Conference. I feel like I see people from home all
the time hahahaha apparently an Apostle once counselled missionaries "if
you can't avoid it, enjoy it." I haven't been able to verify that, but I
like it haha.
I'd also like to share two talks with all of you
that I listened to this week and really struck me. Throughout my
mission, I've developed a deep love of the word of the Lord as given
through his inspired servants. Often times, throughout my mission, when
God wants to communicate directly to me, he does so in the form of a
that is sent to me or that I find in a shelf in our flat. Anyways, here a
couple that I loved this week. The first is by Neal A. Maxwell and
deals with our unique view of "Pre-mortality", the belief that we lived
with God before we were born, a doctrine unique to our church. The
second is a talk that I love by President Monson because it's just
awesome.
This week will be good! We have Zone Conference in Crawley tomorrow. It goes without saying that I am excited.
I love you all so much! Have a wonderful week!!! :)
With love,
Elder Frederickson
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