Snow - December 14, 2020

 
Snow
December 14, 2020
 
Hola a mi madre,
 
Snow has made landfall. It has been over a year since I have seen snow since I got the lucky shot of having three summers in a row. I did not miss the cold wet snow. This week was once again service and the joy of teaching about Christ. And all kinds of meetings.

The service to start off with is farm service. It was fun to be back on a farm and do something but not a lot of fun because it was cold outside with frost still upon the ground. I also forgot to put "cat crap" on my glasses so they fogged up a lot. Our job was to pick drip tape out of the field. Just these little black plastic tube that waters the ground. It was a lot of walking and great way to exercise.  The other service we did was moving some window panes around at 9 in the chilly morning. It is also good to get out and do service.
 
We taught multiple lessons this week. Every time I teach it is fun to share what I know about Christ. We are getting closer to baptism with some people which is a good thing and then others we have to take a different approach with and have a little setback. We are also finding more people that are interested in the gospel and excited. The other things we did this week was Family Home Evenings with different members. We start with a game and go onto sharing a message. The game we play is missionary impossible. It is so much fun to play and get to know each other better this way. The trust also increases and the desire to invite someone to a fun activity as well. The message we tend to share is the nail lesson as well. One of the only lessons I remember missionaries teaching me and Bishop Brown.
 
We also went on a drive about and visited a lot of people with our ward mission leader and Bishop. We would go to one house and visit with them for a while then somebody would knock or ring so we then move on to the next house. And it started with just two visits and then expanded as he thought of different people.
 
Missionary work is a great joy and so much fun. I think of the story from President Hinckley of when we are serving others and forget about ourselves does time fly and so much joy comes from it. I also want to share this scripture in Acts 10:38 where it says that Jesus went about doing good. So we should go and do the same to follow the example of Christ.
 
Love Elder Cormack