Dear Family,
Good week here in IPM (Idaho Pocatello Mission).
So first things first. We set a baptismal date with Victor. He's still not
very sure if he wants to be baptized yet but we told him that if he set a date,
he would get an answer to his prayers by that time. I said, "How about you
prepare for baptism on September 21 (which just happens to be a Saturday about a
month away which gives him enough time to come to church 3 or more times;)" His
response was, "I don't know, how about I prepare for December 1?" We
were thinking "haha what?That's not good enough, that's hardly a
baptismal date it's so far away!" Eventually we talked him down to September 28
so that's a little better.
We got to go tracking for the first time this week. I love it. It's super
inefficient as far as finding goes, but we met some good people. We
met this new group of rappers called Flight 208. 208 is the area code of south
east Idaho, so basically they're probably the only rappers ever to come out of
south east Idaho. There's like 7 of them living in a 2 bedroom apartment, but
they're living their dream I guess. They rapped for us and then told us to come
back any time to teach them. Rad, they could probably use the gospel in their
life.
We moved out of the Assistants basement on Wednesday. It's so sad to come
home at night to an empty house! We all got pretty close and it was fun to hear
the inside information about the mission. We have a good apartment though with
everything we need. The first like 3 days there was no shower curtain so we had
to take baths. Bath tubs are not made for people over 5 feet tall.
This past Sunday we gave talks in sacrament meeting which was actually kind
of fun. I gave mine on faith and used bridge jumping into water as a way to
explain taking a leap of faith. I said that after someone jumps off the bridge
they always look up and the next person standing on the edge and yell, "Jump!
It's fun!" I asked the members of the ward to do the same when it comes to
missionary work. They have taken a leap of faith and are members of the church
and told them they should encourage they're friends and family to do the same!
Analogies are fun when teaching lessons. We try to use different analogies for
different personalities that we teach. For example, my favorite analogy is for
Harry Potter fans. The Deathly Hallows consists of the invisibility cloak,
resurrection stone, and elder wand. Any wizard that has all three is invincible
against all things. This is the same as reading the scriptures, praying, and
going to church. If you do these things, your faith will grow enough that you
will be able to withstand all trials and temptations that come in life.
I love you!
Elder Marsh
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