Hi awesome people!! :)
First... I was totally in this library a year ago... I have
spent almost the entirety of the last year in the Loveland, Colorado area! It's
been exciting. I was transferred to Loveland the last week of April 2014 and
now it's May 2015 and I'm still here!! haha. Somehow 5 weeks have passed again
and transfers are coming up on Monday (not Tuesday due to a meeting, so I might
not be able to email until next Tuesday).
Hopefully you have had a great week! I don't know what it is
about me, but I don't remember most of the week... but I do remember two cool
miracles yesterday and a scripture that I read this morning! Enjoy!
So there has been a guy aged 19 named Kellen who has been
coming to church almost every week for the past nearly 2 months (so about 5-6
times). He invited himself somehow to church because a girl he likes who is in
his geology class is a member. She didn't invite him. It's been interesting...
We haven't been able to meet with him because he works full time and goes to
school full time, so we just talk to him about the Gospel for a little bit
after church when we can. He pulled us aside before church yesterday and said
that he stayed up all the last night and wants to start meeting with us after
the school year (aka in 1 week)! Yay! Sometimes I have wondered, "Should I
push harder extending invitations for him to meet with us?" I am glad that
I didn't. I'm glad that the missionaries didn't for me! We are excited for the
opportunity. We even invited him then to read some, but he felt like he didn't
have time this week. However, the Sunday School class was about scriptures.
After church he texted us asking what he could read. :)
Also, we have been meeting with a couple people almost every
week after church for a couple months helping them practice to become
missionaries. Mainly it is with Angele and her friend Hailey. Sometimes we meet
at Angele's house and her brother Alijah and sister Anastasia join. Alijah
specifically said multiple times in January and February that he has no
interest in becoming a missionary. But yesterday (this being about the 4th time
he has joined us), expressed an interest in going!! Super awesome! I'm glad
that we made the effort of spending time with him. We didn't ask him, "Are
you interested in becoming a missionary?" or tell him, "It is your
responsibility to be a missionary, don't you know! You gotta go!" We just
had him join with his two sisters and Hailey in practicing teaching the Gospel
to each other most Sundays. I was DEFINITELY hoping that would happen and I had
faith it would if I kept giving him the opportunity to teach. Unexpectedly, he
is a really good teacher! He was the best yesterday. It was impressive!
Lastly, something I learned this week. I was pondering about
3 Nephi 18 in the Book of Mormon. It is a chapter that talks about Jesus Christ
sharing the Sacrament - breaking bread and sharing wine - with his disciples.
He says to them, "And behold, ye shall meet together oft; and ye shall not
forbid any man from coming unto you when ye shall meet together, but suffer
them that they may come unto you and forbid them not; But ye shall pray for
them, and shall not cast them out... and whosoever breaketh this commandment
suffereth himself to be led into temptation." (v. 22, 25). I tried 3x just
now digging deep into this scripture, to no avail. I just thought about trying
to be more loving and accepting of people - allowing them to join with us and
not cast them out. But that is exactly what it says... haha. So ya. Suffice to
say I like that scripture. It was good to be reminded that we need to really
show love to people and minister unto them.
Have the best week of your entire life!!!
Sincerely,
Elder Jeff Campbell
CO Fort Collins Mission
500 Hillspire Dr
Windsor, CO 80550
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