Peter Bryan's Mission Blog: We have an incredible message

Hey!

It sounds like it was a pretty good week for you guys. And the news about all the people going on missions and coming back from missions is pretty crazy.

To answer questions:

I know President Toombs doesn't have time to attend every baptism, but I think he does try to attend some of them--at the baptism down in Denver that I got to go to a few weeks back, he was there.

And okay, I'll include some pictures. FINE!

So for us this was a pretty great week! We had some really cool things happen, and things are going well here. So on Wednesday, we had zone conference, which was really cool, as always. One of the most interesting things that president talked about was families. He talked about how a lot of times, we sort of just breeze over the importance of families when we're talking to people. But for a lot of people, probably most people, families are the most important thing in their lives. And we have an incredible message, that families are divine, that we can strengthen our families immensely through the gospel of Jesus Christ, and that we can be with our families literally forever. We also talked a lot about how we need to really listen to people when we're teaching them--not just be thinking about the next thing that we're going to say, but be listening to what people tell us, and also what the spirit tells us. I think that probably applies for every human interaction we have in this life, not just in teaching people as missionaries.

The other really cool thing that's been happening is that one of our investigators has been doing really well in terms of progressing, and actually came to church this Sunday! He's really awesome--he really has a desire to learn more about the gospel, and to act. He has a lot of family members who are active in the church, and they all live really close to him (like, the same trailer park close), so there's a lot of support there, too. His brother is also a less-active member, and he came to church as well. It's been a really great experience teaching them. I've definitely seen them change, even just in these past few weeks that we've been teaching them. The only problem is that the guy who isn't a member yet does work on Sundays--he can come to the first two hours of church, but has to leave before sacrament meeting starts, which is a little frustrating. But it'll work out!

Things are going really well here, and it sounds like you guys are doing great too. I love you a lot! And here are some pictures!