Gordon's Missionary Blog: Letter and Pictures

Dear loved ones,

Yesterday I hit my ten month here in the mission. It's been flying by so fast. Saturday I received the transfer calls and I will be staying here in St. Lucia with Elder Kuru. It's going to be fun! I'll serve half of my mission here in St. Lucia. I'm never going to leave haha It's nice to serve on one island for a while because then I really get to know the place and then when I return I'll still remember it pretty well and be able to get around everywhere and know where the cool places are. I've really enjoyed my time as a missionary here and I've learned and grown a lot. I hope I can make the most of the rest of my mission. I received the letter from the Jensen's. I really appreciated it. Tell them thank you for me please. I've received several letters from members of the ward as well. They are nice to receive. This week we lost, Calvin, one of our really promising investigators because he moved back to Guyana. Him and Janelle, his girlfriend, were progressing really well. The good thing is that he took his book of Mormon and plans to go to church there and find the missionaries and she is still progressing. She was having a really hard time with the whole situation. We gave her a talk Sunday morning for her to read from the October General Conference given by Elder Oaks called, "Strengthened by the Atonement of Jesus Christ" when we came by to talk to her and invite her to come to church. We then came back Sunday evening to talk with her about it and help her. She read the talk about the Atonement and then we talked and testified about the healing power of the Atonement and Christ's ability to help her as she faithfully asks for it. It was a spiritually uplifting experience and it really helped her. Shenelle came to church again this week. Unfortunately she wasn't able to pick up Villia and Alma for church. They wanted to come. Shenelle was the only one who came. Janelle was crying a lot and having a hard time so she didn't come this week but after we sat down and talked with her she said she will come next week. That talk is a great one for Michael to read. I would invite all of you to read it. It's message is powerful. I know through Christ that we can find the healing we need. His power can reach each one of us no matter how low we are or feel and lift each one of us to new heights of comfort, peace, and happiness. We can be healed whether it's temporal, spiritual, social, mental, or emotional through Christ as we humbly ask for his help. I love you all. I pray for each of you. Keep going and keep the faith.

With much love,

Elder King

Janelle and Calvin had us over for her birthday lunch two Sunday's ago. The food was delicious. Janelle, Calvin, and her mother Diane made the food. It was so nice of them. Plus we got some ice cream at the end! Mmm Mmm good :)

We taught Odellia a few times this past week. We went up on top of her house and had the lesson up there. She is a recent convert of a little less than a year. She is awesome. We went over another talk from the October Conference Address by Elder Uchtdorf called, "A Summer with Great Aunt Rose". It's anther good one for you all to read. It's about a girl who is unhappy about her current situation and then learns from her great aunt rose about finding happiness despite challenging and difficult circumstances.