Decembe 6, 2011 Pasko NA!

Family, This week has been probably the favorite of my entire mission! The last four days have been so AMAZING! Here is what happened.

I have never been so pumped and ready to work in my entire mission! On Saturday I went on exchanges with Elder Wangsgaard. We had such a successful day. We taught a family who was offended and has been inactive for about four months. At first they didn't even want us to enter their house and were super closed down. But after we had gotten in and brt'd (Build relationship and trust) them we were able to teach a lesson. During the lesson they opened up their concern to us. We were able to teach to their needs and ask some inspired questions. After, while answering, the sister started to cry. She had felt that she had forgotten the Lord, but that the Lord had not forgotten her. She then committed herself to come to church the next day, which she did with her Melchizedek priesthood holding husband and youth grandson. I have never been so excited to see anyone at church. And they were there early! I am so grateful to have had that experience.

But the joy doesn't end there. Monday we went back and taught them, and after that lesson were able to teach their son and his wife, who are also members. They as well were hesitant to let us teach, but in the end had been deeply touched by the spirit. The brother had said previously that he often works on Sundays and couldn't come to church. On Monday he told us that he could be absent from work on Sundays if he wanted and that that was not a problem. We are planning on them coming to church this week.

After that we taught another family, the Mahusay family. The mother and father have been inactive for 15 years and their son and his cousin are also recently inactive. They ALL committed to come back to church this Sunday, other that the father who has work, but he will come the next week.

And then yesterday with Elder Wong we taught a priesthood holder who was baptized 5 years ago and then went inactive two years later because his wife had gone inactive and he didn't like going to church alone. He committed to help prepare his wife and kids to come back through family prayer and scripture study and he committed to come to church this Sunday.

Can you see now why I am so excited? We have been blessed with so much success and I have felt a joy that is so sweet. I can hardly wait to get to my studies in the morning so that I can dig into the doctrine and feel the spirit, and then I get so excited just to get out the door and save those souls who are dwindling in unbelief. I love this work! It is so much more rewarding reactivating than tracting. If everyone follows through with their commitments the priesthood attendance at church will double this week.

I also got your package today. I am excited to open that. Thanks.

Also I got a letter from Jeff Komar. Please tell him thank you for me. He always reads my blog so you could just put it on there. By the way he said that my blog is super good and that he is making one for Anna and wants lessons from mom.

Take care, love you all!

Elder Schenk