Hello Everyone,
I hope all is going well with all of you. Things are going pretty good here. It was another slow week but we were able to make some good progress with investigators who we hadn't been able to get in contact with for a while.
On Tuesday we had Zone Conference in Fargo and that was a great experience. It was neat to have our first Zone Conference with President and Sister Layton. They're great, and gave really good trainings and helped us become better missionaries. Its amazing to see the mantle shift so perfectly. It really is a testimony to me of the divinity of this work and the truthfulness of the gospel. Not to get into politics, but whenever a new president takes office you see all these changes, insertions and deletions, whereas in the church when a new leader takes over its seamless. And thats because the Lord is in charge of the work and he's directing it.
We were able to attend the Branch Pioneer day picnic this week which was a lot of fun. Played some 'ladder golf' and some badminton(sp?) which was a lot of fun. We also got to mingle a lot with the youth, and there are a few mission-age priests, so hopefully we can help get them fired up to go.
Other than that we were able to do a lot of service this week around the community and the branch, which is always good. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be a missionary and serve the Lord in this capacity. I was able to give a talk yesterday in Sacrament meeting about Proclaiming the Gospel. It was a good experience, but isn't just the missionaries job, its everyones! But you all know that, so just keep praying for missionary experiences and the Lord will help you become a instrument in His hands.
Love,
Elder Fitt
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
July 20, 2009
Hello everyone,
I hope all is going well with you! The work here is kinda slow as usual, but good. We had an interesting week this week. Some of the "promising" investigators we had dropped us this week unfortunately. We got to see some others and the work went on just as usual. But one thing here that is always hard is finding people. Tracting here is really difficult, people are pretty set in their ways so tracting isn't too fruitful. But the other day we were trying to find a place to tract. So we drove down a road and both of us had a weird feeling...for some reason the street just didn't feel right. So I turned around and went to another little community and we just drove and decided to tract at the end of a couldesac(sp?). Anyway, a few doors down we were able to talk with a lady named Angela and give talk to her about the Restoration. She really seemed to enjoy it and was excited to read the Book of Mormon. We're going to be seeing her tomorrow...so hopefully
she's had a positive experience reading and praying! Either way it was exciting to actually have some success tracting.
We were also blessed to get in and visit with an investigator that has lost contact with us for a while. Her name is Alysha and she's searching pretty hard for the truth right now. She is looking at the Seventh Day Adventist church but hasn't said she has decided either way. She just wants to find truth. So hopefully she'll take the initiative to read what we left her so she can find out for herself.
Other than that we're just trying to find ways to fill the time in the day. There isn't much going on here. The members are great but don't do much in the ways of referrals...and since many of them live 20+ miles out of town its a little hard too. We do a lot of service, which is good. We were able to spread about 10 yards(cubic) of bark chips around the Chamber of Commerce here in town, which was fun. Reminded me of the days when I used to do that in High School with some friends. It was fun, took a little while with only two of us and one wheel barrow, but it looks good now.
Late last night we got a call from the Branch President asking us to meet him at the hospital. A member's daughter(about 7 years old) apparently had appendicitis and was in the emergency room and had requested a blessing. So we hurried over and we were able to administer a blessing before she went in for surgery. It was a neat experience. I think her father isn't a member, but he was really grateful we came and did it. So maybe a seed was planted there and some fruit may come of it in the future.
Anyway, that was our week in a nutshell. The church is true and I'm loving the work. Keep praying for missionary experiences and the Lord will bless you with them!
Love,
Elder Fitt
I hope all is going well with you! The work here is kinda slow as usual, but good. We had an interesting week this week. Some of the "promising" investigators we had dropped us this week unfortunately. We got to see some others and the work went on just as usual. But one thing here that is always hard is finding people. Tracting here is really difficult, people are pretty set in their ways so tracting isn't too fruitful. But the other day we were trying to find a place to tract. So we drove down a road and both of us had a weird feeling...for some reason the street just didn't feel right. So I turned around and went to another little community and we just drove and decided to tract at the end of a couldesac(sp?). Anyway, a few doors down we were able to talk with a lady named Angela and give talk to her about the Restoration. She really seemed to enjoy it and was excited to read the Book of Mormon. We're going to be seeing her tomorrow...so hopefully
she's had a positive experience reading and praying! Either way it was exciting to actually have some success tracting.
We were also blessed to get in and visit with an investigator that has lost contact with us for a while. Her name is Alysha and she's searching pretty hard for the truth right now. She is looking at the Seventh Day Adventist church but hasn't said she has decided either way. She just wants to find truth. So hopefully she'll take the initiative to read what we left her so she can find out for herself.
Other than that we're just trying to find ways to fill the time in the day. There isn't much going on here. The members are great but don't do much in the ways of referrals...and since many of them live 20+ miles out of town its a little hard too. We do a lot of service, which is good. We were able to spread about 10 yards(cubic) of bark chips around the Chamber of Commerce here in town, which was fun. Reminded me of the days when I used to do that in High School with some friends. It was fun, took a little while with only two of us and one wheel barrow, but it looks good now.
Late last night we got a call from the Branch President asking us to meet him at the hospital. A member's daughter(about 7 years old) apparently had appendicitis and was in the emergency room and had requested a blessing. So we hurried over and we were able to administer a blessing before she went in for surgery. It was a neat experience. I think her father isn't a member, but he was really grateful we came and did it. So maybe a seed was planted there and some fruit may come of it in the future.
Anyway, that was our week in a nutshell. The church is true and I'm loving the work. Keep praying for missionary experiences and the Lord will bless you with them!
Love,
Elder Fitt
July 13, 2009 Hello From MN
Hello everyone!
We had a pretty good week this week. I'm starting to learn the area pretty well and meet most of the people that we associate with. We have a pretty small teaching pool here, but we're trying to build it up. But the only way we can really do that is from tracting...and tracting is pretty unproductive in a town that is mostly old people, most of which are staunch lutherans or catholics. But we still try nonetheless. Something President Cannon told us is that "tracting is a sign of obedience, its there to call down the blessings of heaven." So as we tract and show the Lord we're willing to work and find people on our own, he'll bless us either in our tracting efforts or in other areas of the work.
We have a pretty neat investigator here, her name is Bonita and she's an older native lady. She has been taught for quite a while now, off and on, by the elders. She has a testimony of the church and really wants to get baptized...but its difficult for her to make it to church because of work. She has 2-3 jobs and is really busy, so its even hard for us to get in to visit with her. But all she needs to do is come to church and she can get baptized. She's determined to make it this sunday though and said she won't let anything get in her way. So that's pretty exciting...and hoepfully nothing does.
The other people we're working with aren't really progressing too much at the moment, but we're trying to help them keep commitments and gain a testimony for themselves. Its amazing how flaky people are sometimes, but its not in our control so it really shouldn't make us mad since it isn't our fault. So lesson to be learned...don't be a flake, haha.
Yesterday was quite an amazing day though. It had been a pretty spiritually draining week this past week and I was getting pretty low. So I decided to read my patriarchal blessing for personal study. I am so grateful for the power and strength it brings to me through the Spirit. I hope all of you regularly read your patriarchal blessing(which I'm sure you do), it is a tremendous sign of our Father in Heaven's love for us.
Church was amazing too. In Sacrament meeting we had some of the best talks I have ever heard. One was on the importance of the temples and how they are a light to our lives. The second was about how we all need to treat each other better. The overarching theme I found in the talk is that we need to truly learn how when we run into someone...that we treat them exactly the way the Savior would. It is a hard task, but as we are able to develope that kind of charity in our lives, we will find an immense increase of joy in our lives.
I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve a mission for the Lord. I know he leads and guides this work and that as we follow the promptings of the Spirit we can help bring others to the knowledge of the truth!
Love,
Elder Fitt
We had a pretty good week this week. I'm starting to learn the area pretty well and meet most of the people that we associate with. We have a pretty small teaching pool here, but we're trying to build it up. But the only way we can really do that is from tracting...and tracting is pretty unproductive in a town that is mostly old people, most of which are staunch lutherans or catholics. But we still try nonetheless. Something President Cannon told us is that "tracting is a sign of obedience, its there to call down the blessings of heaven." So as we tract and show the Lord we're willing to work and find people on our own, he'll bless us either in our tracting efforts or in other areas of the work.
We have a pretty neat investigator here, her name is Bonita and she's an older native lady. She has been taught for quite a while now, off and on, by the elders. She has a testimony of the church and really wants to get baptized...but its difficult for her to make it to church because of work. She has 2-3 jobs and is really busy, so its even hard for us to get in to visit with her. But all she needs to do is come to church and she can get baptized. She's determined to make it this sunday though and said she won't let anything get in her way. So that's pretty exciting...and hoepfully nothing does.
The other people we're working with aren't really progressing too much at the moment, but we're trying to help them keep commitments and gain a testimony for themselves. Its amazing how flaky people are sometimes, but its not in our control so it really shouldn't make us mad since it isn't our fault. So lesson to be learned...don't be a flake, haha.
Yesterday was quite an amazing day though. It had been a pretty spiritually draining week this past week and I was getting pretty low. So I decided to read my patriarchal blessing for personal study. I am so grateful for the power and strength it brings to me through the Spirit. I hope all of you regularly read your patriarchal blessing(which I'm sure you do), it is a tremendous sign of our Father in Heaven's love for us.
Church was amazing too. In Sacrament meeting we had some of the best talks I have ever heard. One was on the importance of the temples and how they are a light to our lives. The second was about how we all need to treat each other better. The overarching theme I found in the talk is that we need to truly learn how when we run into someone...that we treat them exactly the way the Savior would. It is a hard task, but as we are able to develope that kind of charity in our lives, we will find an immense increase of joy in our lives.
I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve a mission for the Lord. I know he leads and guides this work and that as we follow the promptings of the Spirit we can help bring others to the knowledge of the truth!
Love,
Elder Fitt
July 6, 2009 Hello From Minnesota (That's weird to say!)
Hello Everyone,
I hope all is going well with you. Minnesota is treating me great! After about a 12 hour trip across the mission, I finally made it to Detroit Lakes. Its really pretty here and full of lakes! Lots of green stuff...everywhere. And lakes and green stuff also mean lots of mosquitos, dang, but it's alright.
I had a fun week. Got to meet a lot of our investigators...which is about 3 or 4, haha. The work is pretty slow here, but we do have a lady on date for baptism, our only struggle will be getting her to church since she works 3 jobs and is really busy. My companions name is Elder Badten and he's from New Hampshire. He's a good guy and we're getting along really well.
The branch out here is pretty tiny, about 20-30 active members, but I'm excited to be in a branch again, they're a lot of fun. The members are great and seem to have a special spirit about them, which is exciting.
I'm a little short on stories this week since my brain doesn't seem to want to work right now. But I'm loving it.
The work is going well and we're trying to find new people to teach and get this place built up. One of the biggest problems is the closest members to us are about 20 minutes away. None of the members actually live in Detroit Lakes itself, which is kind of nuts. But we have a few people who are willing to go out, but since they live pretty far out of town(a lot of them) they aren't able to make it as much. But we're working with what we have and making the most of it.
Well, if anyone has any questions, feel free to email them to me and I can reply in this email I send out every week.
I have a great love for this work and the blessing it brings to my life. I know that the Lord is amongst us preparing people within our circle of influence to come unto Him. But it is up to us to find those people. Many people are looking for the truth but "don't know where to find it." So in the words of Sister Cannon..."Go out and be the answer to someone's prayer!"
Love,
Elder Fitt
I hope all is going well with you. Minnesota is treating me great! After about a 12 hour trip across the mission, I finally made it to Detroit Lakes. Its really pretty here and full of lakes! Lots of green stuff...everywhere. And lakes and green stuff also mean lots of mosquitos, dang, but it's alright.
I had a fun week. Got to meet a lot of our investigators...which is about 3 or 4, haha. The work is pretty slow here, but we do have a lady on date for baptism, our only struggle will be getting her to church since she works 3 jobs and is really busy. My companions name is Elder Badten and he's from New Hampshire. He's a good guy and we're getting along really well.
The branch out here is pretty tiny, about 20-30 active members, but I'm excited to be in a branch again, they're a lot of fun. The members are great and seem to have a special spirit about them, which is exciting.
I'm a little short on stories this week since my brain doesn't seem to want to work right now. But I'm loving it.
The work is going well and we're trying to find new people to teach and get this place built up. One of the biggest problems is the closest members to us are about 20 minutes away. None of the members actually live in Detroit Lakes itself, which is kind of nuts. But we have a few people who are willing to go out, but since they live pretty far out of town(a lot of them) they aren't able to make it as much. But we're working with what we have and making the most of it.
Well, if anyone has any questions, feel free to email them to me and I can reply in this email I send out every week.
I have a great love for this work and the blessing it brings to my life. I know that the Lord is amongst us preparing people within our circle of influence to come unto Him. But it is up to us to find those people. Many people are looking for the truth but "don't know where to find it." So in the words of Sister Cannon..."Go out and be the answer to someone's prayer!"
Love,
Elder Fitt
Monday, December 14, 2009
June 29, 2009 Hello From South Dakota- Almost Minnesota!
Hello Everyone,
Transfer calls came this week and I'm getting shipped out of Rapid City! I'm going all they way across the state and a few state borders to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota! Pretty nuts. I don't know too much about it, but it will be hot and humid for sure. It is somewhat close to Fargo, to give you a point of reference. I'm going to be serving with Elder Badten, who has been out for one transfer less than me, so another young companionship. It'll be good though, I'm excited.
Also, President Cannon is going home today, and President Layton will be coming in. So hopefully I'll get to see him before I leave for Minnesota tomorrow. Once I get my new address I'll email, but you can always send letters to my current address regardless where I'm at, because its the office's address and they'll forward it.
But other than that things are going well. Our baptisms got moved to July, they weren't quite ready, but it'll be good. This week I got to go on some exchanges with some of the elders in my district, so that was a lot of fun. I got to spend some time in Sturgis, South Dakota, where they have the bike rallies each year. The missionaries who serve in Spearfish cover Sturgis and they aren't allowed to leave their apartment to proselyte for the whole week that the bike rally is going on, pretty nuts.
But it was neat being up there, really beautiful. There is a member up there that owns an animal sanctuary. He takes most animals that have been abused, mistreated, or that are unwanted. Also he takes animals from zoo's that are mistreating them or doing illegal activities. We helped him do a tour because he had a big crowd coming through and needed help making sure people didn't wander off or little kids get their hands bitten. It was awesome. Got to see all sorts of animals, a lot of which you see in zoo's, but a lot closer. We go to watch them feed these two twin baby brown bears, it was really neat. Also, they have a section which is all big cats, so it had bengal tigers, siberian tigers, a huge barberry lion(they're the ones whose mane extends down their torso) named Hercules, leopards, jaguars, panthers, mountain lions, and some smaller cats too. It was awesome! Coolest though was a white siberian tiger they had, beautiful cat. Neat thing...I learned that the white coloring is a genetic thing and not a species thing. So a bengal tiger is usually orange, but can be white, and same with a siberian. The reason there are less white ones is because their coloring doesn't help much in the ways of disguise in the jungles...anyways, back to missionary work.
Things are going great and I'm excited for my new area. Thanks for the emails from those who sent them this week, they were much appreciated and enjoyed. I'm loving my time out here and all the experiences and growth I'm seeing. I'm grateful to be a member of Christ's church and to help others partake of the fruit of the tree of life and feel of that overwhelming joy(Lehi's dream is an amazing story!).
I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt
Transfer calls came this week and I'm getting shipped out of Rapid City! I'm going all they way across the state and a few state borders to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota! Pretty nuts. I don't know too much about it, but it will be hot and humid for sure. It is somewhat close to Fargo, to give you a point of reference. I'm going to be serving with Elder Badten, who has been out for one transfer less than me, so another young companionship. It'll be good though, I'm excited.
Also, President Cannon is going home today, and President Layton will be coming in. So hopefully I'll get to see him before I leave for Minnesota tomorrow. Once I get my new address I'll email, but you can always send letters to my current address regardless where I'm at, because its the office's address and they'll forward it.
But other than that things are going well. Our baptisms got moved to July, they weren't quite ready, but it'll be good. This week I got to go on some exchanges with some of the elders in my district, so that was a lot of fun. I got to spend some time in Sturgis, South Dakota, where they have the bike rallies each year. The missionaries who serve in Spearfish cover Sturgis and they aren't allowed to leave their apartment to proselyte for the whole week that the bike rally is going on, pretty nuts.
But it was neat being up there, really beautiful. There is a member up there that owns an animal sanctuary. He takes most animals that have been abused, mistreated, or that are unwanted. Also he takes animals from zoo's that are mistreating them or doing illegal activities. We helped him do a tour because he had a big crowd coming through and needed help making sure people didn't wander off or little kids get their hands bitten. It was awesome. Got to see all sorts of animals, a lot of which you see in zoo's, but a lot closer. We go to watch them feed these two twin baby brown bears, it was really neat. Also, they have a section which is all big cats, so it had bengal tigers, siberian tigers, a huge barberry lion(they're the ones whose mane extends down their torso) named Hercules, leopards, jaguars, panthers, mountain lions, and some smaller cats too. It was awesome! Coolest though was a white siberian tiger they had, beautiful cat. Neat thing...I learned that the white coloring is a genetic thing and not a species thing. So a bengal tiger is usually orange, but can be white, and same with a siberian. The reason there are less white ones is because their coloring doesn't help much in the ways of disguise in the jungles...anyways, back to missionary work.
Things are going great and I'm excited for my new area. Thanks for the emails from those who sent them this week, they were much appreciated and enjoyed. I'm loving my time out here and all the experiences and growth I'm seeing. I'm grateful to be a member of Christ's church and to help others partake of the fruit of the tree of life and feel of that overwhelming joy(Lehi's dream is an amazing story!).
I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt
June 22, 2009 Crazy Thunderstorms!
Hello Everyone,
I hope all is well. Its been pretty good out here. Most all of last week we were have some crazy thunderstorms which made things really interesting. We got caught in it a few times, once when we were tracting...we got soaked, nothing was dry when we made it to the car. It was fun though, and a good experience. The suns starting to come out a lot more and its staying in the 80's, so I'm starting to get some color back to my skin. Its been cloudy for quite some time now.
Things are going alright. Still have problems getting in with people. We might still have 2 baptisms this weekend though, which should be good. Hopefully they're ready, we'll see on tuesday.
I don't remember if I talked about Eric at all last week, but he was a callback a while ago. Well last week we got to teach him about 3 times. He loves talking with us and really seems to enjoy the Book of Mormon. He really knows his stuff and is Catholic, so I'm just hoping the Spirit touches him and helps him realize the importance of the church. But he's doing really good and is trying hard to apply what he's learning.
Other than that things are going slow though. The transfer is coming to an end this week and so is President and Sister Cannon's missions! Its nuts, the new mission president gets in a week from today. I'm really going to miss the Cannon's, they're amazing people. But I guess I'm one of the lucky few who gets to know 2 mission presidents for about the same time. So I get to know 4 really neat people instead of just 2! But I'm excited to see what happens and if any changes take place in ways of policy.
Everything is going well though. I'd like to hear from all of you if you ever have time. Though I can't respond to your emails, I'd enjoy reading them!
Well, I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt
I hope all is well. Its been pretty good out here. Most all of last week we were have some crazy thunderstorms which made things really interesting. We got caught in it a few times, once when we were tracting...we got soaked, nothing was dry when we made it to the car. It was fun though, and a good experience. The suns starting to come out a lot more and its staying in the 80's, so I'm starting to get some color back to my skin. Its been cloudy for quite some time now.
Things are going alright. Still have problems getting in with people. We might still have 2 baptisms this weekend though, which should be good. Hopefully they're ready, we'll see on tuesday.
I don't remember if I talked about Eric at all last week, but he was a callback a while ago. Well last week we got to teach him about 3 times. He loves talking with us and really seems to enjoy the Book of Mormon. He really knows his stuff and is Catholic, so I'm just hoping the Spirit touches him and helps him realize the importance of the church. But he's doing really good and is trying hard to apply what he's learning.
Other than that things are going slow though. The transfer is coming to an end this week and so is President and Sister Cannon's missions! Its nuts, the new mission president gets in a week from today. I'm really going to miss the Cannon's, they're amazing people. But I guess I'm one of the lucky few who gets to know 2 mission presidents for about the same time. So I get to know 4 really neat people instead of just 2! But I'm excited to see what happens and if any changes take place in ways of policy.
Everything is going well though. I'd like to hear from all of you if you ever have time. Though I can't respond to your emails, I'd enjoy reading them!
Well, I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt
June 15, 2009 Hello from . . . you know where!
Hello Everyone,
I hope you all had a good week, because it was kind of a downer for us. Had some good things happen, but generally, everything fell through. It was pretty disappointing. But we still have 2 people who are on date for baptism on the 27th of June, which is really exciting, Stacy and Kate. They're doing well and working their best to prepare themselves. Its great to see.
It rained for the most of the week, which was pretty nice. It would be nice and sunny for a little bit then the rain would start tearing through, then stop, then rain again, then stop and get sunny, then rain again. It was fun stuff.
Alright, the one really neat thing that happened this week happened while we were tracting. We were waiting to do some service, so we decided to tract until it was time. The first door we knock on the lady peeks through her blinds and motions us to leave. Then as we are walking she opens the door and asks us to come in. She explained that she is suffering from depressions, loneliness, and these 2 rare, painful diseases that I hadn't heard of but are pretty nasty. She also told us she was contemplating suicide minutes before we opened the door. At first she was too afraid to let us in, but then thought to herself, "God must have sent this 2 young men to my house to help me turn my life around." It was really neat.
We talked and she mentioned how shes been in a real slump and we talked about her faith and church. She mentioned how she misses church a lot and wants to get back into it. Her past denominations she attended didn't treat her too well, so she got disaffected and stopped going. But as we explained how our church works she got really excited and wanted to come. She said she wanted to sing in the choir and work in the nursery! It was cute. She said she couldn't come this week because of previous engagements, but wants to come this upcoming Sunday, so that will be great. We're going to see her on Wednesday and teach her more about our Father in Heaven's love for us.
Funny sidenote...the other elders in our apartment caught a spider 2 weeks or so ago and have been catching bugs to feed it. Well the other day we were doing service dumping a truck-full of branches for a lady and found a pretty nasty looking spider. So we caught him and tonight we're gonna have the spiders duke it out. Hopefully they'll do something...hey, missionaries need to have fun too somehow.
But other than that things are going kinda slow. All of our appointments are falling through and people are disappearing. But we're still working and trying to find more people to teach.
On Sunday, Elder Hansen, an area authority 70, was in town visiting President Cannon, so the missionaries got invited to the mission home to chat with him in the evening. He talked and taught us a lot of things. But one thing he stressed that is key to missionary work that Elder Perry stressed to and all the apostles and prophets teach...is that full-time missionaries aren't very effective without member support. Its important to realize that the missionaries are working in your wards. They're there to teach your friends, relatives and coworkers. Sure missionaries can tract...but often times that yields little or no results. True, solid, converts come from members referring people they know to the missionaries and being involved themselves in the teaching process.
So, stepping off my soapbox, I'd like to commit you all to sincerely pray this week and next, however long it takes, until the Lord reveals to you a person or family he has prepared within your circle of influence for baptism...then act on it! What would be amazing if each one of you could have at least one family/person taught in your home by the end of the year by the full-time missionaries. It will be a tremendous blessing in your life as you do so. I know that this is the Lord's work and he will aid us in our righteous efforts!
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt
I hope you all had a good week, because it was kind of a downer for us. Had some good things happen, but generally, everything fell through. It was pretty disappointing. But we still have 2 people who are on date for baptism on the 27th of June, which is really exciting, Stacy and Kate. They're doing well and working their best to prepare themselves. Its great to see.
It rained for the most of the week, which was pretty nice. It would be nice and sunny for a little bit then the rain would start tearing through, then stop, then rain again, then stop and get sunny, then rain again. It was fun stuff.
Alright, the one really neat thing that happened this week happened while we were tracting. We were waiting to do some service, so we decided to tract until it was time. The first door we knock on the lady peeks through her blinds and motions us to leave. Then as we are walking she opens the door and asks us to come in. She explained that she is suffering from depressions, loneliness, and these 2 rare, painful diseases that I hadn't heard of but are pretty nasty. She also told us she was contemplating suicide minutes before we opened the door. At first she was too afraid to let us in, but then thought to herself, "God must have sent this 2 young men to my house to help me turn my life around." It was really neat.
We talked and she mentioned how shes been in a real slump and we talked about her faith and church. She mentioned how she misses church a lot and wants to get back into it. Her past denominations she attended didn't treat her too well, so she got disaffected and stopped going. But as we explained how our church works she got really excited and wanted to come. She said she wanted to sing in the choir and work in the nursery! It was cute. She said she couldn't come this week because of previous engagements, but wants to come this upcoming Sunday, so that will be great. We're going to see her on Wednesday and teach her more about our Father in Heaven's love for us.
Funny sidenote...the other elders in our apartment caught a spider 2 weeks or so ago and have been catching bugs to feed it. Well the other day we were doing service dumping a truck-full of branches for a lady and found a pretty nasty looking spider. So we caught him and tonight we're gonna have the spiders duke it out. Hopefully they'll do something...hey, missionaries need to have fun too somehow.
But other than that things are going kinda slow. All of our appointments are falling through and people are disappearing. But we're still working and trying to find more people to teach.
On Sunday, Elder Hansen, an area authority 70, was in town visiting President Cannon, so the missionaries got invited to the mission home to chat with him in the evening. He talked and taught us a lot of things. But one thing he stressed that is key to missionary work that Elder Perry stressed to and all the apostles and prophets teach...is that full-time missionaries aren't very effective without member support. Its important to realize that the missionaries are working in your wards. They're there to teach your friends, relatives and coworkers. Sure missionaries can tract...but often times that yields little or no results. True, solid, converts come from members referring people they know to the missionaries and being involved themselves in the teaching process.
So, stepping off my soapbox, I'd like to commit you all to sincerely pray this week and next, however long it takes, until the Lord reveals to you a person or family he has prepared within your circle of influence for baptism...then act on it! What would be amazing if each one of you could have at least one family/person taught in your home by the end of the year by the full-time missionaries. It will be a tremendous blessing in your life as you do so. I know that this is the Lord's work and he will aid us in our righteous efforts!
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Fitt
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