Hey everyone!!
We had a snow day in the CO FoCo mission. It was blizzarding
for a bit on Saturday. The visibility dropped from fairly descent to about 10
ft. It was SUPER white! I don't know where it came from! I don't know if it was
a "real" blizzard because I'm not sure if it lasted long enough, but
we did have a glimpse of it! Some church was cancelled out here (I think mostly
in Denver) due to snow. There was about 1/4 the normal amount of people at
church because of the weather.
The biggest miracle this week happened towards the
beginning. Elder Moala said in his last area they would always put at least 1
new investigator as a goal even if they had no idea where they would come from.
So our first night together on Tuesday we did that. While we were doing some
planning the next day, we got a text from a 303 number saying this is Ruth and
her friend Josh told her to text us. We didn't have plans that evening; we just
knew we would be in Frederick after dinner. She lives in Frederick (without a
car) and we arranged a time to meet at Josh's house that night. It was a GREAT
first lesson! And we met with her on Friday at Bekah's house (she came with us
to the first lesson). That went great too and she wants to be baptized! Then
she stayed the night in Longmont and was snowed in. She didn't think she would
be able to make it to church on Sunday and Bekah was scared to drive from
Frederick to Longmont with the bad road conditions. Fortunately, Tim came with
us to our lesson on Friday at Bekah's and was able to take her to church on
Sunday! It was awesome! Referrals are definitely the best, especially when they
are truly prepared to accept the Gospel! She is preparing to be baptized on
March 14th.
It has been an adventure to be with Elder Moala in this
area. It's been over 4 months since I have been the missionary staying in an
area and getting a new companion there. We are still trying to work out
teaching styles together and introducing him to the new area.
But overall it has been great! :) The insight I gained this
week was a reiteration of one I had received before, but haven't successfully
applied. It comes from a talk by Henry B Eyring at the April 2014 General
Conference called The Priesthood Man:
"We all pray, but the [Christian] you want to be prays
often and with real intent. In the evening you will get on your knees and thank
God for the blessings of the day. You will thank Him for parents, for teachers,
and for great examples to follow. You will describe in your prayers
specifically who has blessed your life and how, during that day. That will take
more than a few minutes and more than a little thought. It will surprise you
and change you.
"As you pray for forgiveness, you will find yourself
forgiving others. As you thank God for His kindness, you will think of others,
by name, who need your kindness. Again, that experience will surprise you every
day, and over time it will change you.
"One way you will be changed by such fervent prayer is,
I promise you, that you will feel truly that you are a child of God. "
The parts that have stuck out to me are the ones I bolded.
Praying for a period of time longer than just a few minutes and that EVERY DAY
I will be surprised by doing that. I haven't done this consistently yet, but
when I have it has been powerful.
Have an awesome week! :)
Sincerely,
Elder Jeff Campbell
CO Fort Collins Mission
500 Hillspire Dr
Windsor, CO 80550
-picture of my companion Elder Moala and myself
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