Family,
This week has been
great!
I have learned so much about myself. I am learning and growing in ways
that I didn't think were possible. Each day I am so grateful for the chance the
Lord has given me to learn and grow and to become a better me.
I have met some
people out on the street recently who have great potential. Last week I met
someone on the street named Kim Ew Your, and we have been meeting with him
everyday. He is awesome. He struggles very badly from OCD, and we are really
trying to help him overcome that as well as his coffee problem. I call him
every night and pray with him, read the scriptures, and just talk about why God
gave His children commandments. He is super amazing, and I really think that in
the near future he will be baptized. I have learned so much about myself from
him and it has helped me see a bigger picture of things. He has taught me a lot
about loving people for who they really are. Not looking at someone on the out
side but finding out who they are on the inside. I talk about Love a lot
because I really do think that it is the most important thing in this work. I
feel as if a lot of my success from my missionary work comes from the love I
show others. If I don't do something with a prayerful heart or out of love, it
just really gets to me.. I don't know why.
Our other investigators
are doing well. The Lord has blessed me with great confidence and teaching
abilities these last few weeks. I know that is because of you prayers on my
behalf. I appreciate it and I can feel each of them. This last week I have been
using Boldness in my teaching efforts. There is a scripture in Alma that I have
applied. It says:
12 Use boldness, but not overbearance; and also see that ye bridle all your passions, that ye may be filled with love; see that ye refrain from idleness.
12 Use boldness, but not overbearance; and also see that ye bridle all your passions, that ye may be filled with love; see that ye refrain from idleness.
As I have been doing
this, I have slowly seen an adjustment in my investigators. I am really trying
to help them see that this Gospel is the Happiness to our lives. Our
investigator 김병곤 is progressing well. This week we
focused on the priesthood, Holy Ghost, and Revelation. I was able to bring my
scriptures and show him markings and my column markings to help him understand
how we can receive revelation, and I told him that when we read the scriptures,
if we read with a purpose and write things down they can become revelation. He
is doing well, and I am going to really try to do everything to get him baptized
this next transfer. He is doing great with the members as well. They are very
welcoming and are always there to help.
I have been working
on Humility this week. I
have opened up and turned outward like the Savior would, and I have noticed a
sweeter spirit in my missionary work. One way in which I went about gaining
humility was through gratitude to my Savior. I set a goal this week and each
time I took any type of transportation, I would thank the Lord. Saying and
giving nothing but Gratitude for the blessing He has provided for me. As I did
this, I would catch myself asking for a blessing while praying, but I quickly
stopped and figured out a way to express my thanks for that blessing instead of
asking for it. I really feel as if I have been humbled and I am grateful.
I love everyone. Hope
all is well. Have an amazing week!!
LOVE, ELDER COLE
THOMAS JOHNSON
