Elder Marshall I got my call.
Salt Lake, UT south mission!
more detailed info soon to arrive to you by mail.
-Elder Vilayvong
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-Elder Marshall
Elder James Ray Marshall
-Elder Marshall
Hola!
Holding to that rod of iron is an infallible way to the tree of Life as a family, even when we stumble, if we hang onto it, we will be heading the right direction. YAY! My heart is SO full right now hearing Dad's wonderful depiction of Kenny's call and hearing that Brie got her papers turned in! I pray for them often, and I am so grateful for the Love the Lord has for them and the examples that they are to their families and soon to the whole world. Man, I wish I could be as cool as Kenny, haha, projector movie nights? That's AWESOME! If you tried to do that here right now everyone would freeze to death! The roofs, cars, and lawns are already covered with frost every morning! Conference is SOOOOO much more wonderful as a missionary than at any other time! Every day is kind of like a Sunday for us, so conference weekend is quite the event! I loved all of the talks so much, and how much I learned. Did you just LOVE Richard G. Scott's Saturday morning testimony of the Old Testament, mom? Or the talk(can't remember off the top of my head) that mentioned the importance of modesty, and that it is a protection and shield? Elder Oak's bright pink tie was my favorite one, bytheway, which was yours? Everything is on track for us to FINALLY move into our apartment, we could have today, but it's P-day, so we asked if we could do it tomorrow, turns out the Mission Office is moving tomorrow, so we will be moving in on Wednesday! Speaking of which, did you get the letter in the mail that the mission office is moving? PLEASE tell everyone you(or I) know and get them that address, I would hate for anything to get lost in the move!
We started the Stop Smoking workshop with our investigator with a date, Ronny Helm, and he is doing great, though the grapefruit juice is tough to swallow(literally), and he came to THREE sessions of conference, including Priesthood session! We are so excited, he already has multiple fellowshippers who are very active and we look forward to his service as a member of the Potosi Branch! Inactivity is a major issue out here, I don't know if I already told you that, partly from health and age, though. So we are focusing a lot on visiting those who haven't been coming regularly and hope to see some progress in that department. Oh! I got kicked out of my first house yesterday. He invited us in after talking briefly, and then asked us to leave when my companion invited him to read and pray, it was a weird 180, but hopefully the Spirit will work on him, he kept the Book of Mormon. I am learning very quickly the vital importance of loving the people I serve. Love is the central motive to all that God does for His children, so if we are to serve Him, we cannot do it without sincere love for our fellow beings. Hence the words of the scriptures teaching us that nothing we do means anything without Charity.
Holding to that rod of iron is an infallible way to the tree of Life as a family, even when we stumble, if we hang onto it, we will be heading the right direction. YAY! My heart is SO full right now hearing Dad's wonderful depiction of Kenny's call and hearing that Brie got her papers turned in! I pray for them often, and I am so grateful for the Love the Lord has for them and the examples that they are to their families and soon to the whole world. Man, I wish I could be as cool as Kenny, haha, projector movie nights? That's AWESOME! If you tried to do that here right now everyone would freeze to death! The roofs, cars, and lawns are already covered with frost every morning! Conference is SOOOOO much more wonderful as a missionary than at any other time! Every day is kind of like a Sunday for us, so conference weekend is quite the event! I loved all of the talks so much, and how much I learned. Did you just LOVE Richard G. Scott's Saturday morning testimony of the Old Testament, mom? Or the talk(can't remember off the top of my head) that mentioned the importance of modesty, and that it is a protection and shield? Elder Oak's bright pink tie was my favorite one, bytheway, which was yours? Everything is on track for us to FINALLY move into our apartment, we could have today, but it's P-day, so we asked if we could do it tomorrow, turns out the Mission Office is moving tomorrow, so we will be moving in on Wednesday! Speaking of which, did you get the letter in the mail that the mission office is moving? PLEASE tell everyone you(or I) know and get them that address, I would hate for anything to get lost in the move!
We started the Stop Smoking workshop with our investigator with a date, Ronny Helm, and he is doing great, though the grapefruit juice is tough to swallow(literally), and he came to THREE sessions of conference, including Priesthood session! We are so excited, he already has multiple fellowshippers who are very active and we look forward to his service as a member of the Potosi Branch! Inactivity is a major issue out here, I don't know if I already told you that, partly from health and age, though. So we are focusing a lot on visiting those who haven't been coming regularly and hope to see some progress in that department. Oh! I got kicked out of my first house yesterday. He invited us in after talking briefly, and then asked us to leave when my companion invited him to read and pray, it was a weird 180, but hopefully the Spirit will work on him, he kept the Book of Mormon. I am learning very quickly the vital importance of loving the people I serve. Love is the central motive to all that God does for His children, so if we are to serve Him, we cannot do it without sincere love for our fellow beings. Hence the words of the scriptures teaching us that nothing we do means anything without Charity.
Something that I realize now more than ever, is that not only are members ALSO required to do missionary work, all of us, as members of the Church, ARE the missionary's of the Church, and the responsibility is only given to the full-time Elders to teach in preparation for Baptism and fill in to help the MEMBERS in their missionary efforts. If I had prayed as hard for missionary work when I was home as I do now, I would have been a much better missionary in the way I should have been when I wasn't called full-time. You stand side-by-side with us as the front lines of Chirst's gospel. Most of His children where you live, at least, are far more likely to have met or known a Mormon than to have met with the missionaries. You must be the core of the Lord's missionary work in order for it to go forth with the force that it is able to, and you have been a wonderful example of that to me. Keep up the good work! And just as important, KEEP READING!
I think of all of the things my family and friends have done for me and truly stand all amazed. I love you all so much. I can say without a second thought that I has the best friends a boy could ask for, and the best family I could have ever imagined. I hope all is well in San Diego.
Love,I think of all of the things my family and friends have done for me and truly stand all amazed. I love you all so much. I can say without a second thought that I has the best friends a boy could ask for, and the best family I could have ever imagined. I hope all is well in San Diego.
Elder James Ray Marshall
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