Letter and Pictures - Week 25

Another week down! Next week I'll hit my 6th month mark and will be 1/4 of the way complete with my mission! As I think about it I think of how nice it will be to be finished and then I also think of how much I will miss the work here. It is such a blessing to be a missionary and to have an impact on people's lives. There is a lot of joy that comes from missionary service. It's often called the Labor of Love and we all need at one point a helping hand from someone who reached out of love. Then I think of the Savior and his hands how they are always extended out to each of us. He extends them out of love for us. I know our Savior lives and loves each one of us. I know we have a loving Heavenly Father. I know they both, out of love, want each of us to return to our Father's Heavenly home. All we have to do is reach to the Savior and believe in him and his loving words. But the end of my mission is a ways away which is cool because there is a lot more goodness and love to spread around. This week was good. Unfortunately we weren't able to visit with Alma and Shatal and David. They were busy but hopefully we will catch them a couple times next week. Shatel and Joseph we saw once. They are looking for a way to get to church. We talked with them about the book of mormon and read with them to help them with understanding what they read. No real progress with those other three. It was also hard to visit them. We spent a good deal of time with Ariana and preparing her for her baptism which went very well on Saturday. She was so excited to be baptized and confirmed a member and receive the Holy Ghost. She took everything in that we taught and started applying it to her life. She absolutely loves the gospel and I've never seen anyone progress so quickly. She was so happy before and after her baptism and confirmation. She felt so good and I don't think it will be a day she will every forget. She will be a good influence on her friends and family back in Columbia as she has already been such a good influence on her mother and brother (Sister Sarah and Miguel). She wants to share the gospel with all those around her. It's been so great to see the impact of the gospel on her life. Yeah I just interviewed Johnathan but it was such a great experience for me to do so. I felt the Spirit really strong. Elder Moli and his companion, Elder Hardy, found and started teaching Johnathan. He actually just gave his first talk on Sunday and it was really good. The ship was changed after the movie. It's now like a tourist ship where people can pay a bit to take a ride and sail around. The beginning of the first movie was filmed here in St. Lucia. Yeah Sister Stewart, who was in my mtc district, and Sister Nelson, who I served with down in Vieux Fort, both got there purses stolen with a lot of there stuff in them. It wasn't cool and Sister Nelson was shaken up a bit about it. They are okay though. I'm glad they didn't get physically hurt. It would be scary to have that happen. We started teaching a few new people this week. There are three that have a lot of potential. They are Ron, Maverick, and Tyson. All three are searching for the truth. Hopefully we can give them the direction they need to find it in a way that they will exercise their faith and find it. I know this Church contains the fullness of truth that will heal us and set us free if we let it. I love you all and I hope that you all have a great week!

 

Love, 

Elder King

 

Elder Wallentine, Elder Moli, Ariana, and Elder King. I baptized and the other two witnessed.

 

Today, we all as a zone played soccer! Though there was a bit of mud from the rain yesterday! Super fun with everyone slipping and sliding around :)