Family,
This week has been great! I have learned a lot and have
been able to change myself in many ways. I have been focusing on two words
these last two weeks and they are two words with great power and meaning.
1. Change. 2. Become. These are two words that have helped me constantly strive
to be better and to recognize my many weaknesses and make them strengths
through the Savior. As I have pondered upon these two words these last few
weeks, I have come to understand through the Spirit that these two words are made
possible through one person, the Savior, Jesus Christ. Only through Jesus
Christ and His Atonement can we Change. He gives us a Change to Become. A
change that cannot fully be explained or comprehended. It is something that I
am continuing to ponder about.
We change to Become. We change to reach our potential. We
change to become humble. We change not for us but for Him. We change then
become.. change then become..change then become.. It is a constant process. The
Savior is the start of that process and has promised us that if we change, we
can become who He would have us be. I hope that as you ponder upon these to
words, you will feel of that same power and reality of which I have felt. Our
potential is divine. And we can reach it if we will just change our ways to His
ways. Change to Become.
This week is transfer calls! I will be getting my call
today at three. I'm thinking I will probably stay here for another 2 or 3
transfers. On this transfer, the other Zone leader, Elder Park, will be going home. I
love him and have learned so much from him. He is an outstanding missionary.
His knowledge is crazy, and I was so grateful to have spent the time running the
Zone here in Chonan. My responsibility is now doubled, and I am so excited for
what the Lord has in store. Our Zone is going great and it should be changed
a lot as these transfer calls come in. I am excited and ready for new
opportunity, realizing that I still need to Change to Become.
This last week after one of our appointments with our
Chinese investigator, we were coming home and ran into our old investigator who
almost got baptized last transfer. He had a baptismal date and due to a few
other things, the baptism just didn't end up going through. He hadn't answered
our calls for about 7 weeks and we were able to see him on the street! Huge
miracle. I was so pumped! We are hoping to get back in touch with him.
It rained and was super cold this last week! Also, we were able
to have a very special lesson with another one of our investigators who is
almost ready for baptism. He didn't quite understand the importance of the Book
of Mormon, but we shared Alma 37:36-37. It was when we were following up on the
commitment to pray and he said he had felt a very positive feeling when he
would pray in the morning. He could feel the Love of God and understand that
God will really help him. So we shared this scripture with him and He said he
felt something. He said he needed to make the Book of Mormon a priority in his
life and that he needed to memorize that verse! So cool!
This week I had crazy octopus soup! Brain and intestine. Everything.... It was alive at the time it was being boiled! Crazy! Super
different but kinda gooood!
Love you! Have a great week and be safe!
Elder Cole Thomas Johnson
PACE Trust(ing) in the Source
My ponderize for this week
has been Mosiah 4:27. I invite you all to ponderize as well. What great
blessings and inspirations!
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