I am sticking another one out with the Canadian, (y'all knew Elder Lagace is Canadian right?). He is super stoked...don't know why. I think im a terrible companion. But he told me a week ago that he was praying for us to be together again. He then asked if it was alright by me. Sure i said. I even did it once. I like the kid, he is a good guy. The thing is that he reminds me alot of Elder Brockman, my 2nd and probably worst companion. So its tough to see elder lagace for Elder Lagace. That's who he models himself after because it was the first American that he lived with, so he doesn't really know any other way. its a test I know it is.
But attached is a picture of my Canadian, myself and Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve. He came to our Stake Conference and also to our Zone Conference. Which only had about 26 other missionaries, which made it totally more powerful. That Relief Society was on fire. I'm telling you. Wow. So then we got to see him at the Adult Session and the regular session. each time he bore just the most incredible testimony ever. of course he would, he is a Special Witness of the Lord and Savior, who could deny his power?
All in all it was a great session. Plus President went out with us on an exchange and Taylor the little 9 year old girl is set for baptism on the 7th. Vince is set for the 28th. It is going to be a great transfer. We have so many more people to find and teach and baptize. Sherri is still struggling so keep her in y'alls prayers. please and thank you.
Love to all y'all. Thanks for all you do.
Elder Malone
p.s. Elder Shock, a guy i came out with. is going to be in Portsmouth Ward! I can see him all the time now! he is probably one of my best friends out here.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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Happy Obama Day!
Well we just got back from "Boot Camp". We went up to Richmond, actually the Midlothian area where I was born, and went on exchanges with the training assistants. TAs as they are called. remember i wanted to be one? yeah, missed out. :( sad day). But one of them is Elder hatch my MTC comp so it was great to finally serve with him! We had a really good time.
We got pounded with Preach My Gospel trainings and application. It was a really good thing. I learned alot of new ways to find people to teach. We would go "where the fish are." No one is home during the day, so we go to business and pretend to be interested while we work in Gospel conversation. worked good in some places and terrible in others. But all is well. We got kicked out of Goodwill for "soliciting". we just let it be. All in all it was well. i loved being back in the old area. i got to eat dinner with a great family and they remembered me! That was a blessing to know that.
Probably the coolest thing though was how I was used last night by the Lord.Remember Whitney Terramato? Well...she met with the sisters after we left and didn't like them and their teaching style. So she stopped taking the lessons. She still believed it was true and all, and she knew she needed to act on it, but couldn't do it. So Elders have tried lately with little to no success. They showed up one time and she called her member neighbor and told her to ask them to leave. So the TAs were not too open to going by again. But I called her and she remembered me! So we got a meeting set up that night and went over to her house! Not only was it really great to see her again, but it was truly a blessing to see how the exchange that had signed up that night was exactly who needed to be there for her. So had a lot of questions about Mormon life with a part member family and so on. So she mentioned she still believes and what not so she agreed to meet again! It was a blessing to see that. I almost set her for baptism. When i first taught her, she mentioned how if she was to be baptized it would be in March, for nothing is in March. What a great month to be baptized! Well march is coming back up. So i wanted to but something held me back. afterward the TA said he was really hoping I would do it but it didn't work for a reason. that was my week so far.
Sherri is still struggling alot with life and what have you. But she is working through it. Taylor is going to be baptized in Feb. Her mom and her are praying for the 14th. Keep your fingers crossed, and your arms folded! Vince is coming to stake conference where he will receive an experience of a lifetime. it just so happened he can only come one week a month. it was supposed to be last week but something came up, honestly, he was bummed. so he can just have an even greater time next week.
Love to all y'all,
Elder Malone
Happy Anniversary Goodmans
Well we just got back from "Boot Camp". We went up to Richmond, actually the Midlothian area where I was born, and went on exchanges with the training assistants. TAs as they are called. remember i wanted to be one? yeah, missed out. :( sad day). But one of them is Elder hatch my MTC comp so it was great to finally serve with him! We had a really good time.
We got pounded with Preach My Gospel trainings and application. It was a really good thing. I learned alot of new ways to find people to teach. We would go "where the fish are." No one is home during the day, so we go to business and pretend to be interested while we work in Gospel conversation. worked good in some places and terrible in others. But all is well. We got kicked out of Goodwill for "soliciting". we just let it be. All in all it was well. i loved being back in the old area. i got to eat dinner with a great family and they remembered me! That was a blessing to know that.
Probably the coolest thing though was how I was used last night by the Lord.Remember Whitney Terramato? Well...she met with the sisters after we left and didn't like them and their teaching style. So she stopped taking the lessons. She still believed it was true and all, and she knew she needed to act on it, but couldn't do it. So Elders have tried lately with little to no success. They showed up one time and she called her member neighbor and told her to ask them to leave. So the TAs were not too open to going by again. But I called her and she remembered me! So we got a meeting set up that night and went over to her house! Not only was it really great to see her again, but it was truly a blessing to see how the exchange that had signed up that night was exactly who needed to be there for her. So had a lot of questions about Mormon life with a part member family and so on. So she mentioned she still believes and what not so she agreed to meet again! It was a blessing to see that. I almost set her for baptism. When i first taught her, she mentioned how if she was to be baptized it would be in March, for nothing is in March. What a great month to be baptized! Well march is coming back up. So i wanted to but something held me back. afterward the TA said he was really hoping I would do it but it didn't work for a reason. that was my week so far.
Sherri is still struggling alot with life and what have you. But she is working through it. Taylor is going to be baptized in Feb. Her mom and her are praying for the 14th. Keep your fingers crossed, and your arms folded! Vince is coming to stake conference where he will receive an experience of a lifetime. it just so happened he can only come one week a month. it was supposed to be last week but something came up, honestly, he was bummed. so he can just have an even greater time next week.
Love to all y'all,
Elder Malone
Happy Anniversary Goodmans
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Blessings they may be, but are they wanted?
Now who would turn down blessings right? I can't think of a single person who would willingly turn down blessings. Or can I? Let's think for instance of how many people have disobeyed God. They have all turned down blessings. Especially as members of the church, we know the blessings that comes in obedience. Yet we sometimes choose to follow the beaten path that is easier. Remember though that "taking the path of least resistance, is what makes men and rivers cooked." If life gets easy, then we are probably going downhill. ( I just came up with that myself. pretty good eh?) I'm not here to rebuke y'all, just posing a question. If Zion is to be built on principles of righteousness, then shouldn't it begin with obedience?
Well the reason why i titled the email the way I did is because we have been having people to church. Sherri and her son Zach came on the 4th. But not the 11th. Taylor and her Mom came on the 11th. So with all these blessings must come more opposition. If the Church is true, the why wouldn't there be opposition? Why would Satan let them come and be baptized and he just not care? He does, that's why Sherri missed two appointments in a row and now has food poisoning maybe not making tonight. So I ask again, are the blessings wanted? Wouldn't it just be easier to struggle and wish to overcome it, hoping for some help, than it would be to see them come and progress and then slip backwards? Tough questions that one must ask themselves. Can they overcome the obstacles of faith and temptation and be baptized, receiving that Gift that will ultimately make the biggest difference in their lives? Or should they not come to know the Light because it will be rejected once received, putting them more into condemnation. What would you do?
Fortunately, we have a Savior who suffered for this very reason. Freedom to choose. He knew that millions would reject His Gospel. Still He suffered. He knew that thousands would backslide once received into the faith. Still He suffered. Let us all go forth and help those we know come closer to Him by receiving His Light. That is how this world will save itself. That is how Zion will be established. That is how we can gain a fullness of joy.
I love you all and hope for the best.
Love Elder Malone
p.s. i ate pickled pigs feet last night. it was awesome!
Well the reason why i titled the email the way I did is because we have been having people to church. Sherri and her son Zach came on the 4th. But not the 11th. Taylor and her Mom came on the 11th. So with all these blessings must come more opposition. If the Church is true, the why wouldn't there be opposition? Why would Satan let them come and be baptized and he just not care? He does, that's why Sherri missed two appointments in a row and now has food poisoning maybe not making tonight. So I ask again, are the blessings wanted? Wouldn't it just be easier to struggle and wish to overcome it, hoping for some help, than it would be to see them come and progress and then slip backwards? Tough questions that one must ask themselves. Can they overcome the obstacles of faith and temptation and be baptized, receiving that Gift that will ultimately make the biggest difference in their lives? Or should they not come to know the Light because it will be rejected once received, putting them more into condemnation. What would you do?
Fortunately, we have a Savior who suffered for this very reason. Freedom to choose. He knew that millions would reject His Gospel. Still He suffered. He knew that thousands would backslide once received into the faith. Still He suffered. Let us all go forth and help those we know come closer to Him by receiving His Light. That is how this world will save itself. That is how Zion will be established. That is how we can gain a fullness of joy.
I love you all and hope for the best.
Love Elder Malone
p.s. i ate pickled pigs feet last night. it was awesome!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
"2009 a time to refine!"
Those are the words of my mission president. Doesn't sound too hopeful does it? Especially because in my recent interview, he said that there is a lot of opposition headed our way in this year. But he smiled about it because he then said, "which means there is going to be a lot of good come our way." I agree. Opposition is a great thing. Not in the midst of it, but think of the blessings that comes from growing in the gospel. and helping others grow in the gospel as well.
We talked about ways to improve the work in Deep Creek so that was a sign that I'm probably staying next transfer. Which is fine by me, I love this area. There is a lot of work to do. He said that the missionary shooting will open a lot of doors for a lot of people to share the gospel. So we will be doing a lot of member work to get things going. Also will all yall, you have a son on a mission! Use the missionary fire and talk to people about it. Invite friends over for church or to hear the missionaries. Guaranteed there are people prepared to receive you. didn't think about that one did you? We just read it in the PMG this morning. Chp 9 in the "Go About Doing Good" section.Look it up.
Well one of the biggest blessings of them all is Sherri Kirby and her son Zach. THEY CAME TO CHURCH! Guess what too?! She was babysitting her grandbabies last weekend and told her daughter she was taking all the kids to church. Well, her daughter refused so Sherri said, "OK, then come home on Sunday morning, because I'm going to church!" So she did and Sherri and Zach came to church! Zach is 10 so that's two! Set in stone. well kinda, but she loved it. She stayed for all 3 meetings, signed up for the ward 40 day fast and also signed up to help take an elderly sister to the doctor! ON her first Sunday! If that isn't golden I don't know what is! Such a blessing from the Lord to have that. It really upped the missionary Spirit soo much. People are still talking about her and how friendly she was and how much they liked her. Its incredible. All that from the opposition we face everyday. I KNOW it. No doubt.
I'M excited for the New Year of refining and opposition. I'm experiencing a lot myself as I see myself questioning things in the church. Its all been just little social issues lately, but it does take a toll on you sometimes. So I just pray and ask for support or talk to Elder Lagace about it. It gets resolved and I do my best to not let it get to me. But there is only so much you can take right? Well I'm working on it, no worries.
Thanks for the love and support that's always received. I hope all is well on the home front. We just got cut 50 more miles which is a crock. So we are biking more, which I don't mind, but its one of those irking things that make me wonder sometimes. The nitty gritty details get in the way and make missionary work that much harder to handle. But the Lord has provided ways for us to be happy. And I'm currently applying those.
Love to all y'all,
Elder Malone
We talked about ways to improve the work in Deep Creek so that was a sign that I'm probably staying next transfer. Which is fine by me, I love this area. There is a lot of work to do. He said that the missionary shooting will open a lot of doors for a lot of people to share the gospel. So we will be doing a lot of member work to get things going. Also will all yall, you have a son on a mission! Use the missionary fire and talk to people about it. Invite friends over for church or to hear the missionaries. Guaranteed there are people prepared to receive you. didn't think about that one did you? We just read it in the PMG this morning. Chp 9 in the "Go About Doing Good" section.Look it up.
Well one of the biggest blessings of them all is Sherri Kirby and her son Zach. THEY CAME TO CHURCH! Guess what too?! She was babysitting her grandbabies last weekend and told her daughter she was taking all the kids to church. Well, her daughter refused so Sherri said, "OK, then come home on Sunday morning, because I'm going to church!" So she did and Sherri and Zach came to church! Zach is 10 so that's two! Set in stone. well kinda, but she loved it. She stayed for all 3 meetings, signed up for the ward 40 day fast and also signed up to help take an elderly sister to the doctor! ON her first Sunday! If that isn't golden I don't know what is! Such a blessing from the Lord to have that. It really upped the missionary Spirit soo much. People are still talking about her and how friendly she was and how much they liked her. Its incredible. All that from the opposition we face everyday. I KNOW it. No doubt.
I'M excited for the New Year of refining and opposition. I'm experiencing a lot myself as I see myself questioning things in the church. Its all been just little social issues lately, but it does take a toll on you sometimes. So I just pray and ask for support or talk to Elder Lagace about it. It gets resolved and I do my best to not let it get to me. But there is only so much you can take right? Well I'm working on it, no worries.
Thanks for the love and support that's always received. I hope all is well on the home front. We just got cut 50 more miles which is a crock. So we are biking more, which I don't mind, but its one of those irking things that make me wonder sometimes. The nitty gritty details get in the way and make missionary work that much harder to handle. But the Lord has provided ways for us to be happy. And I'm currently applying those.
Love to all y'all,
Elder Malone
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