Hey All!
First off, Christmas is tomorrow!! I'm super excited to talk to you all tomorrow. I can't believe it has already been 7 months since I Skype home last. But tomorrow Will be so good!
I am so grateful to be a missionary around Christmas time! Being a missionary has helped me look at Christmas in a whole new light. It's not just about all the presents (even though those are great) ;) it's about celebrating Jesus Christ! Christmas always has a sweet spirit that follows the season.
My week has been great! We started it off by dropping Elder Jex off in his new area and picking up an elder named Elder Kershaw! He is from Kaysville UT. He is 22 years old and he has been out on his mission for 21-22 months! Which shocked me. I thought I was older than him in the mission. But it turns out he only has 2 transfers left!
After we picked him up we had a great first week together. Early in the week we had our Christmas Zone Conference. It was really good! And I loved the gifts you all sent me! Thanks for all that you gave me! The funniest part of the Christmas Conference was when we were all in line getting food for lunch, put of no here a black Santa runs into the gym and starts running around laughing like an African man. Haha President Mutombo was dressed up in a Santa suit and was running around taking pics with everyone. It was sooooo funny! Haha he just kept saying "I'm a black Santa!" hahaha we were all dying!
This week we have found 3 people this week to teach here in Luray. One really cool one was a guy named Joseph. He was walking passed us and we decided to talk to him. As we were talking he told us that he had talked to missionaries before. He told us it was 2 older guys the first time though. So we told him that it was probably the Jehovahs Witnesses that talked to him the first Time. He then told us that he stopped talking to them because they couldn't answer his Questions. So we asked what his question was. He then said: "What happens to your spirit after you die? Are you just done when you die? Where do you go?" first off I was blown away. We taught him about the Plan of Salvation and the Spirit world and we are going back Friday to teach him! This experience let me know that there are people everywhere that really are searching for answers to questions like this! They wake up day to day not knowing where they will go when they die. It was so cool to run into him and talk with him about it!
Alright so here is a little awkward situation and experience for you this week. Earlier this week we were in a trailer park knocking on some trailer doors. While going door to door no one was interested at all! Everyone was saying no or just not even answering the door. After quite a bit of rejection, we knocked one more door. When we did a man in a dress shirt and tie answers the door with a silver Bible in hand. He says: "Oh the Mormons!" we quickly told him that was a nickname ;) he then said: "Well we are in the middle of our own Bible study right now." I then look in the door and I see the man that owns the trailer and he begins to waive us in to his trailer. So we walk in and when we do I see another man in a shirt and tie... So you have two 40+ year old men in shirts and tie and two 19 and 20 year old kids in white shirt and tie. Even though I already knew.. I asked what religion they belonged to. They answered Jehovahs Witness. So I asked them if we could join in on their message. And I told them we wanted to hear then out! They quickly rejected the question and then we just started asking them questions about their religion. They weren't very happy that we kept asking questions. So this poor older fella that owned the trailer is just sitting there with 4 missionaries from different churches. Haha it was kind of awkward to walk in on them. But I think it's pretty funny now. Haha I took a card from them and their church. All 4 missionaries were just crammed into this small living room Of this trailer. Haha
Thanks for all of the gifts I have received from you all this far! I love them all and am grateful for the support and love you send my way.
Love, Elder Welling!
First off, Christmas is tomorrow!! I'm super excited to talk to you all tomorrow. I can't believe it has already been 7 months since I Skype home last. But tomorrow Will be so good!
I am so grateful to be a missionary around Christmas time! Being a missionary has helped me look at Christmas in a whole new light. It's not just about all the presents (even though those are great) ;) it's about celebrating Jesus Christ! Christmas always has a sweet spirit that follows the season.
My week has been great! We started it off by dropping Elder Jex off in his new area and picking up an elder named Elder Kershaw! He is from Kaysville UT. He is 22 years old and he has been out on his mission for 21-22 months! Which shocked me. I thought I was older than him in the mission. But it turns out he only has 2 transfers left!
After we picked him up we had a great first week together. Early in the week we had our Christmas Zone Conference. It was really good! And I loved the gifts you all sent me! Thanks for all that you gave me! The funniest part of the Christmas Conference was when we were all in line getting food for lunch, put of no here a black Santa runs into the gym and starts running around laughing like an African man. Haha President Mutombo was dressed up in a Santa suit and was running around taking pics with everyone. It was sooooo funny! Haha he just kept saying "I'm a black Santa!" hahaha we were all dying!
This week we have found 3 people this week to teach here in Luray. One really cool one was a guy named Joseph. He was walking passed us and we decided to talk to him. As we were talking he told us that he had talked to missionaries before. He told us it was 2 older guys the first time though. So we told him that it was probably the Jehovahs Witnesses that talked to him the first Time. He then told us that he stopped talking to them because they couldn't answer his Questions. So we asked what his question was. He then said: "What happens to your spirit after you die? Are you just done when you die? Where do you go?" first off I was blown away. We taught him about the Plan of Salvation and the Spirit world and we are going back Friday to teach him! This experience let me know that there are people everywhere that really are searching for answers to questions like this! They wake up day to day not knowing where they will go when they die. It was so cool to run into him and talk with him about it!
Alright so here is a little awkward situation and experience for you this week. Earlier this week we were in a trailer park knocking on some trailer doors. While going door to door no one was interested at all! Everyone was saying no or just not even answering the door. After quite a bit of rejection, we knocked one more door. When we did a man in a dress shirt and tie answers the door with a silver Bible in hand. He says: "Oh the Mormons!" we quickly told him that was a nickname ;) he then said: "Well we are in the middle of our own Bible study right now." I then look in the door and I see the man that owns the trailer and he begins to waive us in to his trailer. So we walk in and when we do I see another man in a shirt and tie... So you have two 40+ year old men in shirts and tie and two 19 and 20 year old kids in white shirt and tie. Even though I already knew.. I asked what religion they belonged to. They answered Jehovahs Witness. So I asked them if we could join in on their message. And I told them we wanted to hear then out! They quickly rejected the question and then we just started asking them questions about their religion. They weren't very happy that we kept asking questions. So this poor older fella that owned the trailer is just sitting there with 4 missionaries from different churches. Haha it was kind of awkward to walk in on them. But I think it's pretty funny now. Haha I took a card from them and their church. All 4 missionaries were just crammed into this small living room Of this trailer. Haha
Thanks for all of the gifts I have received from you all this far! I love them all and am grateful for the support and love you send my way.
Love, Elder Welling!
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