October 20, 2014
How
good you may ask?
Soooooooooooo good. So
many good things to report on.
What had happened
was...
Tuesday...sweet wicked
awesome exchange with Elder Hong, who was my district leader in the MTC. He was
companions with my trainer for 3 transfers, so we spent the whole day pointing
things from his personality that we both picked up from him. We met with Romeo
and Leo, and they're doing so good. They brought a friend with them and we set
a date with him too.
Wednesday- I can't
remember.
Thursday- We had a
zone conference with a Seventy, Elder Hamula. He talked about inspired
questions. He basically said, "You stink at finding...the Spirit just told
me." He didn't say those words, but he could have. It was so great.
Friday- We taught a
new investigator, Vanessa, and set a date with her. Elder Macdonald recited the
First Vision and Spirit slapped her and she was like, "Oof!" She's
the single mother of a 1-yr old girl, and the Gospel is going to change her
family's life!
Saturday- We painted a
trailer. Sweet! Later that night we taught Brother Nelson. The Spirit slapped
us all so hard. I actually cried. Son of a gun! We were teaching him that
through Christ he can have eternal life and the Spirit just filled the room. We
set a date with him for the end of November. It's a miracle!
Sunday- Church was
good.
What a week! It might
have been the hardest working week of my mission and I am just so pleasantly
exhausted.
The Gospel is true!
Make a plan to follow the Savior and just do it!
Elder Gillie
October 26, 2014
Hello.
This week was great!
The week slowed down from last week, but everything's all good.
Old investigator Donny
is doing better. We finally got to teach him. Sweet!
Romeo and Leo are
doing way good.
Elder Macdonald is
doing way way good. He's turning into the bossest missionary. I just love him.
Elder Rowley and I
went on exchange. And I just love him. He and I are going to make lots of
electronic music in a year. And he and I just tore it up in the Antioch
area.
Here's a funny story -
we were at dinner with a young couple. As we left, I said "Thanks brother
and sister zalic! See you Sunday!" And then I opened the coat closet door
and walked out. And then I realized it was the coat closet. Talk about awkward.
Sorry there's not much
to say today. The work's going well. We're loving our missions. Christ is the
Savior so repent all ye wicked ones.
Love,
Elder Gillie
November 10, 2014
Sometimes we teach
weird people who stalk us. The very same thing has happened recently. We have
an investigator, who, for the sake of anonymity, we'll just call Romeo, who
looked up my Facebook. So it was weird when we saw him at church and he called
me by my first name. What a weirdo.
Some great things
happened this week! Brother Nelson has officially put down tobacco for good.
He's quit super fast, and he is going strong! The Spirit is just getting
stronger and stronger in their home every time we come. Yesterday we visited
with them, and Brother Nelson told me he would like me to be the one to baptize
him in a couple weeks, and I just felt so happy for him. Missionary work is so great.
On Wednesday we went
on splits with the high priests...it was a cool opportunity to build our
relationships with ward members. Our high priest group leader is awesome and
willing to help with our investigators and we were able to show that we're happy
to help him in his calling.
Oh here's something
else cool...we have a new young couple in the ward, the zalics. Brother zalic
was baptized about a year ago and wants to have the discussions again, so we
recently started teaching him. A couple days ago, all of our even appointments
cancelled, so we decided to head to east pittsburg to do some finding...well as
we're getting off the freeway, the car next to us is honking at us, and i'm
like, "What is this guy doing?!?!" It turned out to be Brother Zalic...so
we just followed him home and taught him and his wife. Maybe that story wasn't
as cool as I thought it was at first...haha...
This weekend we get to
see Elder Bednar, combined with the San Jose mission. That'll be neat.
Elder Macdonald and I
have been doing great together. We've been focusing on increasing the quality
of our planning, and as a result, our key indicators have been steadily
increasing. One of the coolest things my mission has taught me is that if you
can accomplish just about anything if you set a goal and then make specific
plans to reach it. So we're applying that...and we're gonna accomplish just
about anything with the Lord's help.
Applied to the
Gospel...the Lord expects us to be diligent in keeping the commandments. To stay
on the path to eternal life, we need to set spiritual goals, make plans to
accomplish them, and diligently follow through. Otherwise we get stuck doing
the same things over and over. So we can recognize that the Savior is our
ultimate goal, set a goal to become a little more like him, and then just do
it!
Adios.
Elder
Gillie
December 1, 2014
Highlight
of the week! Brother Nelson was baptized this past Saturday.
It was a powerful experience. I've never felt the Spirit so strongly at a
baptism. I received a spiritual confirmation that this man has truly repented
of his sins and is willing to honor his covenant that he just made with the
Lord. It was a tender moment! I'm attaching a picture so that you will believe
me.
What else happened
this week? Last Sunday we found a cool guy named Kevin. He didn't make it to
church yesterday, but we went over and taught him yesterday. We read 3 Nephi 11
with him and talked about how we can find peace in our family lives. At the
beginning of the chapter, I noticed he started tearing up a bit. Towards the
end of the lesson, he said, "I feel His presence here...and that's why I
was tearing up a few minutes ago." Soo awesome. Before we left, he
gathered his family, and offered a prayer. What a powerful experience. Heck
yeah!
Thanksgiving was
awesome! I only gained 5 pounds and i was able to dispose of it quickly. Elder
Macdonald almost doubled his weight, jajaja. We had tons of turkey and
stuffing. The families here were so great and wonderful. We were so happy that
we started flying. Attached is evidence.
We added a new
investigator found through tracting. His name is Manuel. He's pretty
cuel.
That's all for 2day.
Hope everybody has a great week!
PS If you haven't
already...check out the video "He is the Gift." You can find it at christmas.mormon.org
It will make you cry.
Unless you are a man.
The Lord is great.
Feast on His love, fetchin' keep the commandments, come unto Him and feel great
joy!
Elder Gillie
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