This week actually has been a really good week!
We didn’t have a Zone Conference this week. But we did have interviews with
President Christiansen! The interview went very well, and I tried very very
hard to convince him to leave me in Cumberland another one.. But he said this
with a smile on his face.. "The Lord would really have to be telling
me that Elder Welling needs to stay in Cumberland, but the chances of that are
slim.." So.. I am pretty sure I will be getting transferred out of here
next Wednesday! I’m super sad about it, I love my president and he has blessed my life! I love my ward and the members and the area
here. I will for sure miss the area and the people that I have met and came to
love.
We have not received the
phones yet.. in about 2 weeks we will have a zone conference and we will be
setting up our face books and our phones!! It will be awesome! I am super
excited to use them and all of that! All of the missionaries here are very
excited for them as well. Our zone leaders and assistants already have a phone
as well! They have been using them for everything and it is super weird to
see!
This week has gone
veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy fast! When we have busy weeks they go by very fast! This
past week we met with a woman named Virginia Dale. She was a referral from
headquarters and it was a referral from way back in December. We get there and
she decides to tell us her life story. Everything in her life has seriously
gone bad. Her husband divorced her, her kids left her, her house burnt down,
her other husband cheated on her and much more! As we are sitting there, she
then says "I was going through the darkest moments of my life. I was
begging God to send me something or someone to help me in anyway." She
says that has soon as she did that she opened her phone, got on the internet
and while doing that, The church website randomly popped up. With tears in her
eyes she tells us how she knows that wasn't a coincidence. She tells us that
God wanted her to see that website for a reason. She told us that she knew she
ran into our religion for a reason. So we come back another time and we teach
her the message of the Restored Gospel. We tell her how much it will bless her
life and how it can change her life for the better. Again, with tears in her
eyes she says "When you guys walked in my house for the first time last
week, I could automatically feel something good but different. And as soon as
you both left that feeling left. Then again today I felt the same thing."
We told her that it wasn’t just a coincidence that she ran into this religion
or church. She is doing great and we are going back this week!!
Oh, by the
way, I received the package!! Everything was in it and all was well. I got the
scriptures.. I have not given them to Ray yet, But they look awesome! I can’t wait to give them to him! Thank you mom
and dad for getting them for him. Ray has been a blessing to my life, and will
forever have a place in my heart. I can’t explain in words how much I love the
guy. I will write my testimony in them and give them
to him! I can’t wait either!!
Well.. We had lunch with the guy who was
giving us a hard time about Ray. The whole entire time he didn’t talk about
Ray.. until the very end. It kind of got a little heated. He continually told
us again and again how Ray couldn’t change and how there was no way he has
stopped smoking and drinking. We tried time and time again saying that he
repented and changed. I then turned to him and said "If the Savior walked
in that door right now and told you that he had forgiven Ray, then would you
believe him?" He says "Even then would I have a problem with
it." You should have seen the look on my face when he said that. I’m sure
I looked at him and was just boggled at how stupid that answer was.
I am also glad that everything
is going great at home! Everything is going great here as well! I hope you all
have a great week and that you guys are all doing great! I love and miss
ya!!
Love, Elder
Welling!
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