Dear Everyone at Home :)
This last week was kind of rough, me being sick and all--still am. I hate being sick, it seems like it never ends. Oh well. Anyways, good news, yesterday we had seventeen people show up to church, ten of them with the other elders and seven with us. It was pretty cool.
This last month is going to be way crazy because we have so much work to do! If there is anything I personally want you to pray for, it's that we have the strength and motivation to do all that we are capable of doing and that we can accomplish the goals we have set. There are so many great people here in Jacksonville that love to talk with us, but very few who will do anything about what is taught. Almost all of the investigators we are teaching at this moment could very well get baptized, but it is very difficult to communicate everything they need to hear in order for them to understand what they need to do and why they need to do it. I guess it all goes down to having the Spirit with us so that they can feel it testify the truth to them. I guess that is also one of our main goals this transfer, to have a greater portion of the Spirit with us so we may be more effective in our service. It will take a lot of work to prove ourselves worthy of it, but it is very possible.
...Tim and Cathy are new people we are teaching. They read from the scriptures and pray every day to know the truth. We have high hopes for them, we just need to get them to come to church. Sarah, Navinne, and Entesar (means Victory in English, her name is Arabic) are another family we are teaching. Entesar is the mom, Sarah and Navinne are the daughters. Sarah is married and has a two year old son. Navinne isn't married yet, I think she is in her twenties, and she stays with her family. They are a very nice family. They can feel the Spirit whenever we meet with them, so we also have high hopes for them. We just need to continue meeting with them and teaching them the truth so they can grow the faith necessary to be baptized. There are a couple other people we are teaching that are also awesome investigators, they just need to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and then everything will hopefully work out.
Tell everyone I love them and hope everything is going well. I hope everything is going well in our home too, and I'm glad to hear you've found some new missionary friends. Being out, I realize how nice it is to have people around you who support you, even though they have really no clue who you really are; I am sure those two elders feel safe at our home, because that is what I feel like when I am with members from our ward. Thanks for everything and I'll write back soon. I love you and am thankful to hear from you every week.
Talk to you soon, Love you
Aut
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