great week this week! elder titus is the man and the work is going well!
Brandon and ness are going to be baptized in a couple weeks. everyone and their brother is excited for that.
we had a super lesson with brian this week. first really good lesson we've had with him in a long time. not sure what made the difference, but i'm glad it happened. we've been worried about him.
sakina and her family finally have moved out of the shelter and into an apartment that's close by. we are super glad about that!
this week we have interviews with Prez Ahlander, and we'll probably do a couple exchanges with the other elders.
I feel like I have 1000 things to get done, and not very long to make it happen. its good to be busy, kinda sad to be running out of time.
hope all is well! be good :)
pray for my grandpa, he needs it today.
-elder donovan
Showing posts with label Sakina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sakina. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
24 June 2013
im feeling pretty sick right now. ive got a head cold from straight from the devil. But that's not going to keep me down, because we had a great weekend! I was privileged enough to baptize both sakina and Sharon. its very humbling to do the actual baptizing because that's the moment where these peoples' emotions and faith are at their highest, and as the baptizer you get to be closest to them at that special moment. sakina and sharon are wonderful wonderful people and it was so great to see their excitement. I hope I get to be their friend for a long time.
transfers are a week away, we're expecting elder till to get sent to a new area and i'll get a new companion. but as always, we'll have to wait and see. i'll let you know next week!
also this week, president and sister black go home and we get to meet our new mission president. we're having a meeting with the WHOLE mission to meet president and sister ahlander on Friday. should be exciting!
hopefully all is well with all of you. remember, God is good!
-elder donovan
transfers are a week away, we're expecting elder till to get sent to a new area and i'll get a new companion. but as always, we'll have to wait and see. i'll let you know next week!
also this week, president and sister black go home and we get to meet our new mission president. we're having a meeting with the WHOLE mission to meet president and sister ahlander on Friday. should be exciting!
hopefully all is well with all of you. remember, God is good!
-elder donovan
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
17 June 2013
I cant believe we're already half way through june. time is flying. and life is going good!
this past week was full of finishing up exchanges with the district. (I have to do it once a transfer with every elder in the district, so that's 5 times a transfer) it's kind of fun to go to the other areas and see what they have going on. it also means I miss half the things that are going on in my ward. turns out my presence isn't necessary though, because we had a great week in the ward. we had a combined lesson with Brian and Claudia and a couple of members in the ward. they discussed some of their reservations and the questions that they have. the lesson went really well. hopefully it helps them both progress.
the biggest thing we spent our time on last week was getting Sakina and Sharon ready for their baptism. They are doing great! and are both going to be baptized on Saturday!
President and Sister Black go home in a week and a half, and then we will welcome in President and Sister Ahlander. its weird to say goodbye to the Blacks. they have been here the whole time I have, and I wont have very much time to get to know the Ahlanders.
Its like all my missionary friends are growing up!
Hopefully all is going well! it's going greatful here :)
love,
elder donovan
this past week was full of finishing up exchanges with the district. (I have to do it once a transfer with every elder in the district, so that's 5 times a transfer) it's kind of fun to go to the other areas and see what they have going on. it also means I miss half the things that are going on in my ward. turns out my presence isn't necessary though, because we had a great week in the ward. we had a combined lesson with Brian and Claudia and a couple of members in the ward. they discussed some of their reservations and the questions that they have. the lesson went really well. hopefully it helps them both progress.
the biggest thing we spent our time on last week was getting Sakina and Sharon ready for their baptism. They are doing great! and are both going to be baptized on Saturday!
President and Sister Black go home in a week and a half, and then we will welcome in President and Sister Ahlander. its weird to say goodbye to the Blacks. they have been here the whole time I have, and I wont have very much time to get to know the Ahlanders.
Its like all my missionary friends are growing up!
Hopefully all is going well! it's going greatful here :)
love,
elder donovan
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
10 June 2013
we had a couple days over 110 degrees this week. good times.
On Tuesday, with the other missionaries at our weekly meeting, I threw a Humility Poetry Slam. it was awesome! the winning poems closing line was, "humble is to Superman, as pride is to not Superman". haha, we aren't the best poets but everyone had fun.
on Friday we helped someone move, and It took almost all day. there was one tiny pick up truck and it took about 8 trips. but we had fun.
our new favorite family is Sakina, Sharron, Ness, and Sasha. they are awesome! we're going to have a baptism for them on the 22nd, if all goes well. (knock on wood)(crossing our fingers)(praying as hard as we can). they might have to move. AGHHHHHHHH. story of my life. somebody suggested we just start building houses. im about to do it.
this morning we all piled in a big van and drove into the mountains. its always a fun time when we can get out of town and go explore a little bit. we went about 3 miles and found a "water fall" (water drizzle coming off a cliff).
hope all is well.
love,
elder donovan
On Tuesday, with the other missionaries at our weekly meeting, I threw a Humility Poetry Slam. it was awesome! the winning poems closing line was, "humble is to Superman, as pride is to not Superman". haha, we aren't the best poets but everyone had fun.
on Friday we helped someone move, and It took almost all day. there was one tiny pick up truck and it took about 8 trips. but we had fun.
our new favorite family is Sakina, Sharron, Ness, and Sasha. they are awesome! we're going to have a baptism for them on the 22nd, if all goes well. (knock on wood)(crossing our fingers)(praying as hard as we can). they might have to move. AGHHHHHHHH. story of my life. somebody suggested we just start building houses. im about to do it.
this morning we all piled in a big van and drove into the mountains. its always a fun time when we can get out of town and go explore a little bit. we went about 3 miles and found a "water fall" (water drizzle coming off a cliff).
hope all is well.
love,
elder donovan
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