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| Mission Meeting with Elder Moroni Torgan |
WHUDDUP
ERRRRRBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This
week was absolute insanityyyyy for us . . . For sure one of the busier weeks on
my Mission.
We
weren’t exactly sure how everything was gonna turn out with Rafson on Monday,
but we had a Family Home Evening at a member's house that helps us to teach him
and, by some miracle, he decided that Baptism was for sure what he needed to
do! He said, "I just know that I
need to be Baptized and afterwards I will grow more and learn more." RIGHT YOU ARE, MY FRIEND. RIGHT YOU ARE.
Tuesday
was a pretty fast day but didn’t really give much success . . .
Wednesday
is when things starting getting crazy. We
taught Rafson the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Chastity in the morning (we
were kinda nervous he might be gay but he wasnt!!! WOO HOO!!!!), had splits
with another companionship, and went to their house a ways away that night to
sleep there because . . .
On Thursday,
we woke up at 4:45 to get a bus close by to go to Maceió. We got there around 12 in the afternoon, ate
and had a leadership meeting with Elder Moroni Torgan . . . #HOLYSTUD That meeting was absolutely incredible. I have never met someone who knows the
scriptures so well. He just threw out
all these scriptures right off the top of his head and everything made so much
sense!!! SO LEGIT!!!! That night we slept in Maceió and the next day
. . .
Woke
up at 4:45 (again -_____-) and got another bus at 6 -_____- and went back to
Aracaju. We got here, went to our area
and ate lunch, went to the Stake Center and got all the chairs and tables set
up for our Mission Tour with Elder Torgan with all the missionaries in Sergipe,
went back to our area, did Rafson´s Baptismal Interview, worked a liiiiiittle
bit, filled up the Baptismal Font and . . . #SLEPT.
Saturday
we had our meeting again with Elder Moroni Torgan which was absolutely legit
again. Also nerve racking that . . . Elder Scofield and I had an interview with
him afterwards because our Zone ate dirt last month. Every time we heard from him it was amazing,
but what he said in that interview hit me really hard...
We
had heard him talk lots about Personal Revelation and listening better to the
Spirit and when he asked what we had learned in our meetings with him we said
just that. He just kinda looked at us
and said, "Exactly. I feel like
that's what your Zone is lacking. And it
starts with you two." Yeah that hit
really hard. Every time I feel like I am
doing so well, I realize I am soooooo far from where I would like to be. I thought I was doing good with strong prayers
and listening to the Spirit but I realized . . . I’m not. I have a LLLLLOOOOOOTTTTT to improve on. And I’m glad that he was there to tell us what
we need to do. It was actually an answer
to our fast because Elder Scofield and I were both looking for an answer to
help our Zone =) But it was also cool to see how Elder Torgan
didn’t just try to burn us, but really showed how much he believes in us that
we can turn this Zone around . . . We will do it =)
After
all that we went back annnnnd Baptized Rafson! A perfect way to end an extremely fast week. A very spiritually edifying week really. I learned a LOT. And I am pumped to put it all into practice =)
I
sure love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Write me
lots, be good, be safe. #BATISMOS!
Love,
Elder Dylan Miles Jensen
PS -
When Elder Scofield confirmed Rafson he wanted to say "que você possa ser
um ferramento nas mãos de Deus" which is like "that you can be a tool
in the hands of God" . . . But he said "que você possa ser fermenta
nas mãos de Deus" which is like "that you can be yeast in the hands
of God". #WIN
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