Hi Everyone,
This week blew by! Its been good though. One of our baptisms, Ronald, fell off date and isn't getting baptized anymore. His mom said she doesn't want him to be, which is really annoying. She's a member too! She doesn't think he'd be able to keep his baptismal covenants...load of crock, but he'll get baptized when he's older and moves out. Kinda frustrating, especially since the real reason she doesn't want him to be baptized is because she got offended by the bishop! Argh, anyway, back to good news.
Yesterday at church we were able to commit two more people for baptism! Their names are Kate and Clayton. They're going to have the bishop marry them real soon. Their date is for the 27th of June, along with their friends, Stacy and Jolyn. They're all middle-aged and Native American, so its pretty exciting. They're doing really well!
So that's the big news for the week. Not too much else happened. Some investigator's that weren't progressing are starting to do better, and some that were doing good, like JD and Donny, we haven't been able to get a hold of for about 2 weeks! So that's really frustrating, but the work goes on.
Well, spiritual thought for the day. I was reading in the Doctrine and Covenants today during personal study and was reading in and around section 60-70 and came across a verse I really liked. I believe Jesus is speaking in the revelation to Joseph Smith and he is talking about his Father and describes Him as "the Father of lights." I thought that was a really interesting title. The footnotes cross-referenced it to another verse in the Doctrine and Covenants talking about how whatever is good is light and whatever is light comes from the Father. I just made me think more that whatever is good in this life comes from our Father in Heaven. If it promotes us to live happy, fulfilling, righteous lives, it have been provided for us by our Father. On the contrary, the father of darkness only provides things that allow for instant gratification which generally lead to lasting sorrow and guilt. I loved the description though, "Father of lights." Let us all seek for things that bring light in our lives. And what is the thing that can bring us the most light? Our Savior Jesus Christ, who is the light of the world. I hope we all look to Him as we go thoughout our days for comfort and support, so He can help us find true, lasting happiness(I hope that all made sense).
Well I'll get off my soap box, I love you all, have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt
Monday, December 14, 2009
June 1, 2009 Its raining, it pouring . . .
Hello everyone,
Things are going great here! Its raining at the moment, which is a nice change from the blazing hot 85 degree weather we've been having! Haha, man I'm glad I'm not serving in Mexico or Hawaii or Brazil or something...too hot for me! Anyways, the Lord is continuing to bless our area a lot!
This week we were blessed to commit two more people with a baptismal date! Two native women who are excited for their baptism and love church! Its great. Two of their friends are getting close too, which is great. We were able to get 7 investigators at church this week, it was ridiculous, record for me so far. Though it wasn't at all of my own doing.
This month is looking really promising and its exciting to be a part of. Oh ya, I called to be the district leader here in Rapid City again. So that will be fun stuff...its a huge district, 13 elders, 2 sisters, 2 senior couples, the mission president and his wife and the assistants to the president! So district meetings are usualyl pretty big, but its great.
Interesting story...last week we ran into a guy who had probably one of the most intense and crazy religious beliefs I've ever heard. He isn't part of any denomination, just has his own ideas that he says God told him about. Anyways, he prefaced his beliefs by an experience that started it all when he was 12(I almost laughed when he told us). He said he found an old ship off the coast of Southern California that had on board thousands of these perfect pearls, the Holy Bible, The Book of Life, The Book of Death, The Ark of the Covenant, The Holy Grail, Excalibur, and Then Necronomicon! Pretty crazy huh...but he doesn't have any of it because he didn't want to take any with him. And his brother who was with him(so he says) doesn't remember anything...so all the validity of his statement went right down the drain. But needless to say, he had some crazy beliefs, a lot of which had some profound elements of truth and deep doctrine twisted into it, but there was so much extra stuff that the truths were hard to discern. It was a neat experience...learned that Noah didn't really build an ark, he was just a rich man who lived on a plantation and knew how to teleport...so he teleported himself and all the animals to avoid the flood. Yup..thats how it happened!
Anyway, I'm loving it out here and am really enjoying the work. Lots of great experiences and hard times but its all worth it and I wouldn't give it up for anything! The Church is true!
Love,
Elder Fitt
Things are going great here! Its raining at the moment, which is a nice change from the blazing hot 85 degree weather we've been having! Haha, man I'm glad I'm not serving in Mexico or Hawaii or Brazil or something...too hot for me! Anyways, the Lord is continuing to bless our area a lot!
This week we were blessed to commit two more people with a baptismal date! Two native women who are excited for their baptism and love church! Its great. Two of their friends are getting close too, which is great. We were able to get 7 investigators at church this week, it was ridiculous, record for me so far. Though it wasn't at all of my own doing.
This month is looking really promising and its exciting to be a part of. Oh ya, I called to be the district leader here in Rapid City again. So that will be fun stuff...its a huge district, 13 elders, 2 sisters, 2 senior couples, the mission president and his wife and the assistants to the president! So district meetings are usualyl pretty big, but its great.
Interesting story...last week we ran into a guy who had probably one of the most intense and crazy religious beliefs I've ever heard. He isn't part of any denomination, just has his own ideas that he says God told him about. Anyways, he prefaced his beliefs by an experience that started it all when he was 12(I almost laughed when he told us). He said he found an old ship off the coast of Southern California that had on board thousands of these perfect pearls, the Holy Bible, The Book of Life, The Book of Death, The Ark of the Covenant, The Holy Grail, Excalibur, and Then Necronomicon! Pretty crazy huh...but he doesn't have any of it because he didn't want to take any with him. And his brother who was with him(so he says) doesn't remember anything...so all the validity of his statement went right down the drain. But needless to say, he had some crazy beliefs, a lot of which had some profound elements of truth and deep doctrine twisted into it, but there was so much extra stuff that the truths were hard to discern. It was a neat experience...learned that Noah didn't really build an ark, he was just a rich man who lived on a plantation and knew how to teleport...so he teleported himself and all the animals to avoid the flood. Yup..thats how it happened!
Anyway, I'm loving it out here and am really enjoying the work. Lots of great experiences and hard times but its all worth it and I wouldn't give it up for anything! The Church is true!
Love,
Elder Fitt
May 26, 2009 Happy Memorial Day!
Hello Everyone!
I hope you all had a great memorial day and that everyone is doing good. Ours was pretty good except the fact that we couldn't email because everything was closed! But it was fun. Its transfers week so we're getting all sorts of missionaries coming through town, which is always neat. I'm staying another transfer(at least) in Rapid City and I'll still be with Elder Davis. It's going to be a shorter transfer though, because President Cannon is gonna do one more transfer right before he goes home so the new mission president isn't overwhelmed the first day he gets here. So this transfer ends at the end of June, pretty crazy. But it'll be good.
The works been going well and we have another baptism coming up on Saturday for a boy named Ronald, I think I've talked about him before. Anyway, he's 14 or so and is excited to be baptized. His mom is a member but never had him baptized, though he's came to church for the past few years. So we're pretty excited about that.
Crazy story. The other night Elder Clark(a missionary in our apartment) was coming back inside the apartment complex when a guy who was obviously a little 'high' approached him. He had a ferret in his hands and said he had just found it in the parking lot, and he gave it to Elder Clark because he didn't know what to do with it. So he let it loose in the apartment and we had some fun. It was pretty funny too because we didn't know what to do with it at first, so we kept it in the bathroom, then the neighborhood stray cat stopped at our apartment(we named it Princess, haha, she stops by every week or so) and browsed around. She started smelling the ferret and camped outside the bathroom door for about 30 minutes. But eventually we kicked her out and put the ferret in a box for the night. The next day we gave it to a member who has 5 other ferrets. Well that was probably a boring story but it was pretty exciting for a missionary.
But ya, we're getting 2 new missionaries in our apartment, so it'll be an interesting transfer, hopefully we all get along well, probably will. The weather here has been really nice. Had a massive thunderstorm 2 nights ago and parts of the town got flooded, it was awesome. Elder Davis and I got some nice photos of the lightning. Its neat seeing actual lightning bolts, because back in California you rarely see them, they usually just light up the sky.
Another neat story. So Elder Davis and I were running really low on funds this money(I miscalculated the next time we received money for groceries) so yesterday I only had 10 dollars and I was low on everything so it wouldn't have been enough to live on for the next week, especially since we have only 2 dinners lined up. But we were in a store and there happened to be a member of the church there just passing through. He pulled us aside and introduced himself. Told us he has a son on a mission in South Africa and that since he wants his son to be fed out there, he has to do his part here. So he gave us 20 dollars for lunch! It was a great blessing, we were able to get all our groceries we needed and lunch with it too! So there's a testimony that going out on a mission will bless people's lives that you aren't even serving, even another missionary's live in a different mission. So that was really neat.
Well I love you all and hope everything is going well!
Love,
Elder Fitt
I hope you all had a great memorial day and that everyone is doing good. Ours was pretty good except the fact that we couldn't email because everything was closed! But it was fun. Its transfers week so we're getting all sorts of missionaries coming through town, which is always neat. I'm staying another transfer(at least) in Rapid City and I'll still be with Elder Davis. It's going to be a shorter transfer though, because President Cannon is gonna do one more transfer right before he goes home so the new mission president isn't overwhelmed the first day he gets here. So this transfer ends at the end of June, pretty crazy. But it'll be good.
The works been going well and we have another baptism coming up on Saturday for a boy named Ronald, I think I've talked about him before. Anyway, he's 14 or so and is excited to be baptized. His mom is a member but never had him baptized, though he's came to church for the past few years. So we're pretty excited about that.
Crazy story. The other night Elder Clark(a missionary in our apartment) was coming back inside the apartment complex when a guy who was obviously a little 'high' approached him. He had a ferret in his hands and said he had just found it in the parking lot, and he gave it to Elder Clark because he didn't know what to do with it. So he let it loose in the apartment and we had some fun. It was pretty funny too because we didn't know what to do with it at first, so we kept it in the bathroom, then the neighborhood stray cat stopped at our apartment(we named it Princess, haha, she stops by every week or so) and browsed around. She started smelling the ferret and camped outside the bathroom door for about 30 minutes. But eventually we kicked her out and put the ferret in a box for the night. The next day we gave it to a member who has 5 other ferrets. Well that was probably a boring story but it was pretty exciting for a missionary.
But ya, we're getting 2 new missionaries in our apartment, so it'll be an interesting transfer, hopefully we all get along well, probably will. The weather here has been really nice. Had a massive thunderstorm 2 nights ago and parts of the town got flooded, it was awesome. Elder Davis and I got some nice photos of the lightning. Its neat seeing actual lightning bolts, because back in California you rarely see them, they usually just light up the sky.
Another neat story. So Elder Davis and I were running really low on funds this money(I miscalculated the next time we received money for groceries) so yesterday I only had 10 dollars and I was low on everything so it wouldn't have been enough to live on for the next week, especially since we have only 2 dinners lined up. But we were in a store and there happened to be a member of the church there just passing through. He pulled us aside and introduced himself. Told us he has a son on a mission in South Africa and that since he wants his son to be fed out there, he has to do his part here. So he gave us 20 dollars for lunch! It was a great blessing, we were able to get all our groceries we needed and lunch with it too! So there's a testimony that going out on a mission will bless people's lives that you aren't even serving, even another missionary's live in a different mission. So that was really neat.
Well I love you all and hope everything is going well!
Love,
Elder Fitt
May 18, 2009 baby its warm outside!
Hello Everyone,
I hope all is going well. Man its hot here today, a whopping 85 degrees. But I'll survive! We went mini golfing today, that was a lot of fun, haven't been for a long time.
Anyway, exciting news! Cody, and investigator of ours we've been teaching for a while was praying for a baptismal date last week. So at our appointment on Wednesday we asked him what date he received as an answer. He said, "This weekend." Man it took me by suprise, in a good way. So we set it all up, it was pretty crazy, but everything went well and we were able to have the baptismal service on Sunday after church. The Spirit was so strong there and he was really excited to be baptized. He was also able to be confirmed right after the baptism because he attended the Single's Branch with his member girlfriend when he came to church, and since they all showed up the branch president gave it the OK. So, all in all, I feel really blessed to have been able to participate in his baptism, oh ya, and he asked me to baptize him! So that was really neat too.
But other than that most of the week we were doing service. Helped do service at the mission home. They're remodeling it for the new mission president so we helped with the downstairs, taking apart bunk beds and ripping off vinyl siding so they could put on new baseboards and clean the carpet. Then the next day we came back and move all the bunk beds back, about 10 of them, which all had to be disassembled and reassembled in both days. It was a lot of fun though. We also helped a member move, which took the better part of the day, but he need the help.
The work here is going great, but transfer calls are this weekend, so I might be moving in the next week, we'll have to wait and see. I hope everyone is doing well!
Love,
Elder Fitt
I hope all is going well. Man its hot here today, a whopping 85 degrees. But I'll survive! We went mini golfing today, that was a lot of fun, haven't been for a long time.
Anyway, exciting news! Cody, and investigator of ours we've been teaching for a while was praying for a baptismal date last week. So at our appointment on Wednesday we asked him what date he received as an answer. He said, "This weekend." Man it took me by suprise, in a good way. So we set it all up, it was pretty crazy, but everything went well and we were able to have the baptismal service on Sunday after church. The Spirit was so strong there and he was really excited to be baptized. He was also able to be confirmed right after the baptism because he attended the Single's Branch with his member girlfriend when he came to church, and since they all showed up the branch president gave it the OK. So, all in all, I feel really blessed to have been able to participate in his baptism, oh ya, and he asked me to baptize him! So that was really neat too.
But other than that most of the week we were doing service. Helped do service at the mission home. They're remodeling it for the new mission president so we helped with the downstairs, taking apart bunk beds and ripping off vinyl siding so they could put on new baseboards and clean the carpet. Then the next day we came back and move all the bunk beds back, about 10 of them, which all had to be disassembled and reassembled in both days. It was a lot of fun though. We also helped a member move, which took the better part of the day, but he need the help.
The work here is going great, but transfer calls are this weekend, so I might be moving in the next week, we'll have to wait and see. I hope everyone is doing well!
Love,
Elder Fitt
May 11, 2009 Hello From SD!
Hello everyone,
This past week was pretty good.
We were blessed to get a new investigator. His name is Donnie and he has been extremely humbled in the past few years by a lot of deaths in his family. So we were able to teach him at his friend's home about the Plan of Salvation and he really enjoyed it. This week we will get to teach the Restoration, hopefully it will go well. He wants to be baptized, so it is pretty exciting.
We have one young man still on date for baptism and 2 others who are praying for a date right now, so things are doing great.
Oh ya, Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's out there!
The weather is getting pretty nice here. But a little too hot...the other day it was 70 degrees and I could barely stand it! Its gonna be brutal once it gets into the 80's and 90's. Its crazy how that works.
Earlier today we got to help out at the mission home. The FM (facilities management) group of the church is totally remodeling it and we got to help a little bit. It was pretty fun, besides the part where we had to tear vinyl baseboard type things off the wall. That was pretty ridiculous. Our hands got pretty torn up because the adhesive was really strong. Then finally when we get to the last few feet of it, one of the workers comes down and says "do you guys want some scrapers for that" ...man they would've been nice to have earlier! But it was fun though. Afterwards the Cannon's (mission pres) brought some pizza and stuff, so it was good.
Besides that everything is going well. Not too much to report, its been a pretty normal week otherwise. Transfers are coming up in 2 weeks, which is scary because I might be transferred this time and not get to see some of the people that might have baptism dates after that. So hopefully I'll be blessed to stay another 6 weeks, Rapid is a really nice city.
Well I hope everyone is doing well and staying on top of their scripture study and member missionary work!
Love,
Elder Fitt
This past week was pretty good.
We were blessed to get a new investigator. His name is Donnie and he has been extremely humbled in the past few years by a lot of deaths in his family. So we were able to teach him at his friend's home about the Plan of Salvation and he really enjoyed it. This week we will get to teach the Restoration, hopefully it will go well. He wants to be baptized, so it is pretty exciting.
We have one young man still on date for baptism and 2 others who are praying for a date right now, so things are doing great.
Oh ya, Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's out there!
The weather is getting pretty nice here. But a little too hot...the other day it was 70 degrees and I could barely stand it! Its gonna be brutal once it gets into the 80's and 90's. Its crazy how that works.
Earlier today we got to help out at the mission home. The FM (facilities management) group of the church is totally remodeling it and we got to help a little bit. It was pretty fun, besides the part where we had to tear vinyl baseboard type things off the wall. That was pretty ridiculous. Our hands got pretty torn up because the adhesive was really strong. Then finally when we get to the last few feet of it, one of the workers comes down and says "do you guys want some scrapers for that" ...man they would've been nice to have earlier! But it was fun though. Afterwards the Cannon's (mission pres) brought some pizza and stuff, so it was good.
Besides that everything is going well. Not too much to report, its been a pretty normal week otherwise. Transfers are coming up in 2 weeks, which is scary because I might be transferred this time and not get to see some of the people that might have baptism dates after that. So hopefully I'll be blessed to stay another 6 weeks, Rapid is a really nice city.
Well I hope everyone is doing well and staying on top of their scripture study and member missionary work!
Love,
Elder Fitt
April 8, 2009 A Letter About Elder Fitt
Hello Everyone!
I hope all is well. Things have been great out here. We had a baptism on saturday for an eight year old girl named Sayna. Her parents aren't members so we had the privilege of teaching her. It was a great day and a member, Brother Kingi, got to baptize her. It was special because 40 or so years ago he served in this mission and baptized Sayna's great-grandmother so it was a really neat experience for him and the family. He's originally from New Zealand and probably one of the best members I have ever met. At the baptism and on sunday after he conferred upon her the gift of the Holy Ghost, he got to bear his testimony, which was so powerful. Since he's from the Pacific Islands he has common ancestry with the Native Americans from the Nephites(read about Hagoth in the book of Helaman) and Lamanites and talked about how our church is the church of their ancestors. The church that their people belonged to ages past. It was a really special experience.
Also, on sunday there was a musical fireside the missionaries in Rapid put together. The Zone Leaders here headed up the project but we all had a part. The members here have some amazing talents in music and it went really well. Also, we(the Elders in Rapid) got to have a piece in the program. We sang "Nearer My God to Thee" and I think God was watching out for us because everyone said we sounded good...though I beg to differ, haha. It was a neat experience though, I've never sang in front of people before...though it was with 10 other missionaries.
The work has been progressing really well. We have between 4-7 people who are looking pretty close to baptism. Two of which we're going to commit with a date this week, hopefully they accept. I'm really excited. The Lord is blessing this area tremendously and we're working hard to keep up with all the work he is providing for us. May is looking to be a great month. And we do have another person committed at the moment too. A 14 year old boy, who is going to be baptized on the 16th of May. So, ya, things are going well.
I hope everything is going well back in the real world and that everyone is studying their scriptures daily!! It is so important. Sometimes it may be tough, put you just have to plant that seed that Alma talks about in Chapter 32 of the book of Alma, and as you do scripture study will not only become rewarding, but also fun and entertaining. In the mornings I now get lost in the stories of the scriptures. The Book of Mormon was definitely written for our time. I have a testimony that it is sacred scripture that was translated by the power of God through Joseph Smith. It is a powerful witness of the divinity of our Savior Jesus Christ and the great love he has for us. It also provides understanding of the great importance of the Atonement and the power it has to heal us: our hurts, our sorrows, our sins, our afflictions. I know that as we rely on the Savior and prayerfully and faithfully do our part, weak things will be made strong, and peace and comfort will be provided in times of hardship that are bound to come.
I love you all and hope you have a great week and are blessed with missionary experiences!
Love,
Elder Fitt
I hope all is well. Things have been great out here. We had a baptism on saturday for an eight year old girl named Sayna. Her parents aren't members so we had the privilege of teaching her. It was a great day and a member, Brother Kingi, got to baptize her. It was special because 40 or so years ago he served in this mission and baptized Sayna's great-grandmother so it was a really neat experience for him and the family. He's originally from New Zealand and probably one of the best members I have ever met. At the baptism and on sunday after he conferred upon her the gift of the Holy Ghost, he got to bear his testimony, which was so powerful. Since he's from the Pacific Islands he has common ancestry with the Native Americans from the Nephites(read about Hagoth in the book of Helaman) and Lamanites and talked about how our church is the church of their ancestors. The church that their people belonged to ages past. It was a really special experience.
Also, on sunday there was a musical fireside the missionaries in Rapid put together. The Zone Leaders here headed up the project but we all had a part. The members here have some amazing talents in music and it went really well. Also, we(the Elders in Rapid) got to have a piece in the program. We sang "Nearer My God to Thee" and I think God was watching out for us because everyone said we sounded good...though I beg to differ, haha. It was a neat experience though, I've never sang in front of people before...though it was with 10 other missionaries.
The work has been progressing really well. We have between 4-7 people who are looking pretty close to baptism. Two of which we're going to commit with a date this week, hopefully they accept. I'm really excited. The Lord is blessing this area tremendously and we're working hard to keep up with all the work he is providing for us. May is looking to be a great month. And we do have another person committed at the moment too. A 14 year old boy, who is going to be baptized on the 16th of May. So, ya, things are going well.
I hope everything is going well back in the real world and that everyone is studying their scriptures daily!! It is so important. Sometimes it may be tough, put you just have to plant that seed that Alma talks about in Chapter 32 of the book of Alma, and as you do scripture study will not only become rewarding, but also fun and entertaining. In the mornings I now get lost in the stories of the scriptures. The Book of Mormon was definitely written for our time. I have a testimony that it is sacred scripture that was translated by the power of God through Joseph Smith. It is a powerful witness of the divinity of our Savior Jesus Christ and the great love he has for us. It also provides understanding of the great importance of the Atonement and the power it has to heal us: our hurts, our sorrows, our sins, our afflictions. I know that as we rely on the Savior and prayerfully and faithfully do our part, weak things will be made strong, and peace and comfort will be provided in times of hardship that are bound to come.
I love you all and hope you have a great week and are blessed with missionary experiences!
Love,
Elder Fitt
May 4, 2009 Hellow from South Dakota!
Hello Everyone!
I hope all is well. Things have been great out here. We had a baptism on Saturday for an eight year old girl named Sayna. Her parents aren't members so we had the privilege of teaching her. It was a great day and a member, Brother Kingi, got to baptize her. It was special because 40 or so years ago he served in this mission and baptized Sayna's great-grandmother so it was a really neat experience for him and the family. He's originally from New Zealand and probably one of the best members I have ever met. At the baptism and on Sunday after he confered upon her the gift of the Holy Ghost, he got to bear his testimony, which was so powerful. Since he's from the Pacific Islands he has common ancestry with the Native Americans from the Nephites(read about Hagoth in the book of Helaman) and Lamanites, he talked about how our church is the church of their ancestors. The church that their people belonged to ages past. It was a really special experience.
Also, on Sunday there was a musical fireside the missionaries in Rapid put together. The Zone Leaders headed up the project but we all had a part. The members here have some amazing talents in music and it went really well. Also, we(the Elders in Rapid) got to have a piece in the program. We sang "Nearer My God to Thee" and I think God was watching out for us because everyone said we sounded good...though I beg to differ, haha. It was a neat experience though, I've never sung in front of people before...though it was with 10 other missionaries.
The work has been progressing really well. We have between 4-7 people who are looking pretty close to baptism. Two of which we're going to commit with a date this week, hopefully they accept. I'm really excited. The Lord is blessing this area tremendously and we're working hard to keep up with all the work he is providing for us. May is looking to be a great month. And we do have another person committed at the moment too. A 14 year old boy, who is going to be baptized on the 16th of May. So, ya, things are going well.
I hope everything is going well back in the real world and that everyone is studying their scriptures daily!! It is so important. Sometimes it may be tough, put you just have to plant that seed that Alma talks about in Chapter 32 of the book of Alma, and as you do scripture study will not only become rewarding, but also fun and entertaining. In the mornings I now get lost in the stories of the scriptures. The Book of Mormon was definitely written for our time. I have a testimony that it is sacred scripture that was translated by the power of God through Joseph Smith. It is a powerful witness of the divinity of our Savior Jesus Christ and the great love he has for us. It also provides understanding of the great importance of the Atonement and the power it has to heal us: our hurts, our sorrows, our sins, our afflictions. I know that as we rely on the Savior and prayerfully and faithfully do our part, weak things will be made strong, and peace and comfort will be provided in times of hardship that are bound to come.
I love you all and hope you have a great week and are blessed with missionary experiences!
Love,
Elder Fitt
I hope all is well. Things have been great out here. We had a baptism on Saturday for an eight year old girl named Sayna. Her parents aren't members so we had the privilege of teaching her. It was a great day and a member, Brother Kingi, got to baptize her. It was special because 40 or so years ago he served in this mission and baptized Sayna's great-grandmother so it was a really neat experience for him and the family. He's originally from New Zealand and probably one of the best members I have ever met. At the baptism and on Sunday after he confered upon her the gift of the Holy Ghost, he got to bear his testimony, which was so powerful. Since he's from the Pacific Islands he has common ancestry with the Native Americans from the Nephites(read about Hagoth in the book of Helaman) and Lamanites, he talked about how our church is the church of their ancestors. The church that their people belonged to ages past. It was a really special experience.
Also, on Sunday there was a musical fireside the missionaries in Rapid put together. The Zone Leaders headed up the project but we all had a part. The members here have some amazing talents in music and it went really well. Also, we(the Elders in Rapid) got to have a piece in the program. We sang "Nearer My God to Thee" and I think God was watching out for us because everyone said we sounded good...though I beg to differ, haha. It was a neat experience though, I've never sung in front of people before...though it was with 10 other missionaries.
The work has been progressing really well. We have between 4-7 people who are looking pretty close to baptism. Two of which we're going to commit with a date this week, hopefully they accept. I'm really excited. The Lord is blessing this area tremendously and we're working hard to keep up with all the work he is providing for us. May is looking to be a great month. And we do have another person committed at the moment too. A 14 year old boy, who is going to be baptized on the 16th of May. So, ya, things are going well.
I hope everything is going well back in the real world and that everyone is studying their scriptures daily!! It is so important. Sometimes it may be tough, put you just have to plant that seed that Alma talks about in Chapter 32 of the book of Alma, and as you do scripture study will not only become rewarding, but also fun and entertaining. In the mornings I now get lost in the stories of the scriptures. The Book of Mormon was definitely written for our time. I have a testimony that it is sacred scripture that was translated by the power of God through Joseph Smith. It is a powerful witness of the divinity of our Savior Jesus Christ and the great love he has for us. It also provides understanding of the great importance of the Atonement and the power it has to heal us: our hurts, our sorrows, our sins, our afflictions. I know that as we rely on the Savior and prayerfully and faithfully do our part, weak things will be made strong, and peace and comfort will be provided in times of hardship that are bound to come.
I love you all and hope you have a great week and are blessed with missionary experiences!
Love,
Elder Fitt
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