Hey Y'all,
This was a week of miracles. I mentioned Bryan
(our investigator) last week. He is now on-date and progressing really well
toward July 1st! He is literally the most prepared person to receive the gospel
that I have ever seen. He loves coming to church and he want to be baptized. It
makes everything that you struggle with as a missionary so worth it. It
definitely makes me feel that I have taken the church for granted. I love
missionary work!
Ok, other than that we don't have a ton going on. We are
entering our dead week where campus is closed and we will not have a lot to do.
President has suggested that we go into other missionaries' areas and work there
so that we don't slip into a depression.
This week for my spiritual thought I would like to share a
story. We are coming up on two years of my father passing away. I don't know
where the time went. This week as we were walking on campus there was a kid
playing ball on one of the outdoor basketball courts on campus, it was rainy
and bad weather but, I felt like I needed to go play with him. I asked him if he
wanted to play pig and he said yes. His name is Jacob, and he had a pretty rough
life. We got talking and as I was schooling him at pig, horse, and eventually
elephant, I was able to teach him the whole restoration. He happily accepted a
copy of the book of Mormon. We were both soaked by the end of this. As I was
thinking over this experience, I couldn't help but think of the hours on the
court I spent with my old man and how thankful I am that someday we will get to
play basketball in heaven. Really grateful for God's marvelous plan for us. Let
us not take it for granted. :)
Love each of y'all.
-E.Rapier
My comp was kind enough to take some pics of me playing ball
with Jacob. Enjoy.
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| Basketball with Jacob |
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| Meeting with ward members |
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