What's up family and friends! First off I just want to start by saying how much I love and miss you all!! Thank you for all of your letters and updates you rock, please keep it up it makes my week hearing from you! This week really seemed to fly by. Elder Sperry found ourselves saying, "wait how is it already Sunday again?" And I think that's because we were so lost in the work.
I heard once that oxen have an insane amount of stamina and drive, that's why pioneers used them to get across the plains, and that's why farmers used them to plow their fields. When an Ox really wants to get work done it puts its head down, its nose in the dirt and just hauls. They can go for hours like this without ever needing a break. Elder Sperry and I had that "Ox Mentality" this week. We just put our noses in the dirt, and went to work. As a result of our hard work we progressed a ton of investigators towards baptism.
Paulina Juárez, made huge leaps and bounds towards her goal of being baptized on the 23rd of October. She was faced with unreal amounts of opposition and adversity this week, but she powerfully testified each time of the truthfulness of this message to those around her who tried to take her away from this truth. She brought her Book of Mormon to school and defended it when a classmate told her it was of the devil. She stood up to her moms friend who told her that "Mormon's aren't Christian", relying with, " Um actually their real name is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and it's the same church that Jesus started". It was so fun watching the excitement in her eyes as she really understood the importance of the Restoration and watching her grow on this journey.
We also got Antonio Alfaro, to come mutual and church this Sunday. He told us how much fun he had after and was really active in all of the lessons. His mom really wants to come to church too but she got scheduled to work on Sunday when it was supposed to be her day off. She's even started inviting her family to attend and as a result we have had awesome lessons with her parents. Her mom Esperanza is really interested in the Book of Mormon and fell in love with the Plan of Salvation. Pretty soon her whole family will be baptized and attending church together, I cannot wait.
We also had some pretty crazy changes in our zone, lots of people got switched around and missionaries got moved to different areas even though it wasn't transfer week and it was kinda hectic. The other group of Elders in our district got moved and their area got closed which was super sad. We would always give them rides to meetings and on P-Day we would email with them and go shopping. Now it's gonna be so lonely.
Hmmm what else happened... oh yeah! On Saturday we played soccer with a bunch of investigators, members from our branch, and less actives and it was really successful. We had a ton of people come and their were even some semi-pro soccer players that came and played with us. I scored once so that was pretty cool.
Over all, I love missionary work. There is nothing more exciting than helping others come to a knowledge of the truthfulness of this message. Elder Sperry and I found an awesome scripture in our companionship study this week that we really applied to our work and it had been a driving factor in our success.
It's Moroni 8:16-17 and we recite it before we leave each day:
"Behold, I speak with boldness, having authority from God; and I fear not what man can do; for perfect love casteth out all fear. And I am filled with charity, which is everlasting love"
Love you tons!! Email me!
Elder Murphy
These aren't blind people glasses, I swear!
Last of the Harris Park Elders before their area got closed.
Weekly Selfie
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