I have a testimony in Jesus Christ and in Heavenly Father. I know that they love me so much they established a plan that allows me to return to live with them. I have a testimony of the Book of Mormon and of Joseph Smith, I know Heavenly Father restored the gospel through him. The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and his love for me. I have a testimony of Thomas S. Monson. I know he is a living prophet and through him we receive guidance from our Father in Heaven. I know going on my mission is the right thing to do, I want to become a tool in the hands of the Lord. I know that Fort Lauderdale is the place I am supposed to go and the Lord will help me on my path. I know families can be together forever, that I will be able to see my grandmother and other relatives that have passed on when I too leave this world and return to Him.

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Elder Park

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Week 29 In Fort Lauderdale....

Hello!

House Keeping stuff:

So I did get your packages. They were great! I really appreciated them.

I will not be transferring, neither will Elder T*****. Every one is scratching their heads normally you don't do three together, but then again we aren't normal. But this is good, we work really well together and get along. We also have a lot of goodthings happening in the next little while, so that's good too!

Puedo hablar en espanol sufficiente para ensenar y comunicar. No tengo control perfecto de la idioma. pero esta bien. Falta tres meses de mi companero, el habla mas que yo y puede auydarme cuando tengo un desafio.

Thats not perfect spanish but I feel I can get my opinion across, my language studies have improved recently and I feel that I am making good progress, I don't know if I could teach or help someone learn Spanish right now, but I do feel confident ordering lunch or taking about the gospel.

I wasn't really worried about getting around, I was just stating that if Elder T***** left and I needed to show my knew companion a round it would take us a bit longer than with him. Everything down here is on a grid system so it's easier to get around than some other places.

The Good Stuff:

This week we... MADE IT TO THE TEMPLE!!!! YEAH!!! it was amazing! It feels like Florida in side, or what Florida will feel like in the millennium. Remember how there was circles and leaves all over the the temples in Oquirrh Mountain and Draper temples? Well here its grass. Everything looks like its growing and its beautiful! There was a TON of paintings all over the temple as well as 4 brand new ones that were commissioned just for this temple. One of them by a Russian recent convert!! It's BEAUTIFUL and peaceful and amazing! I can't wait for it to be dedicated!

So this week was a great week we met and taught some really elect people and they have really changed the way I look at things. One family (Frank and Giselle 60s) have really just absorbed the gospel they feel like this is exactly what they have been looking for, they said they have seen us around for years and finally we knocked on their door. They are awesome, and they are SUPER excited to be baptized on Easter at stake conference at a different chaple that's at a different time farther from thier home! We invited them up to the Temple as well and they said they will go on Wednesday, Elder T***** and I thought we were going to have to go to Transfer meeting and that we wouldn't be able to go with them, and they said no problem they will go up on their own! They went from never hearing about the Church to going to a temple open house! Now seeing that Elder T***** and I are not leaving we can go to the temple with them! That will be our second time!

This week we were able to get 8 investigators to sacrament none of them were the same ones that came to conference but they are all really cool and they all loved it and are excited for nest week as well. We made a real push on helping people get to church, because our purpose is to "Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored Gospel through Faith in Jesus Christ and his Atonement, Repentance, Baptism, Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End"  the 2 verbs that the missionary is supposed to do is INVITE and HELP that is our purpose that is what we do. And often we do the inviting but sometimes we forget to do the helping this week we HELPED people get to church, arranging rides, talking a guy through an oil change and more to HELP them be ready to go to church! And it really paid off! And now these people have a better understanding of the importance of going to church!

As we applied a Zone-training about effective Round-up and helping people get to church we saw miracles. One of our investigators actually told us 3 days in advance that he had already tied his tie so that he would be ready, because he knew how important it was to be ready to go to church. When we followed up with his wife yesterday, she said that Sunday was a wonderful day and that she couldn't wait to have more!

President Anderson is as Garret would say, a BOSS. The man is incredible, everytime you are around him he inspires you to do better. Last week he took a group of Jews through the temple and they invited him back to their synagogue to talk, when he went back he explained what the Book of Mormon is and who it came from he talked to them a lot about genealogy and turning the hearts of the children to the fathers and why that was the reason the Book of Mormon was written, he talked to them about what tribe of Israel Lehi was from and similar things and in the end about half of them picked up copies of the Book of Mormon after! I can't express how great he is, he is strict but he is so out of love, and he will call us to repentance when he needs to.


PMG:
As I studied in Preach My Gosple I learned alot about the importance of the Book of Mormon.
  • As we read daily we recieve 1. an increase of faith 2. strength against temptation 3. we draw nearer to God 4. and receive revelation
  • The Book of Mormon was written to be a daily reminder to put the Lord in our life
  • It has the pure simple points of the doctrine and helps us know the system of salvation 1 faith 2 repentance 3 baptism 4 Gift of the Holy Ghost 5 endure to the end.
  • As we read we tune ourselves to the spirit and can receive answers for ALL of our problems spiritual and temporal
This led me to wishing I had been reading even a little every night and how much peace that would bring to my life so this week I have a challenge for you all to read 1 small scripture from this list each night in preparation for Easter just to see the difference daily scripture study will make to your lives
  1. 2 Nephi 2:6-8
  2. Alma 7:11-13
  3. alma 34;8-10
  4. 3 Nephi 11;31-41
  5. 2 Nephi 9:6-7
  6. Helaman 14;15-19
  7. Alma 11:42-45
I know that as you do this that stress and contention will go down. Temptations will lacken in strength and answers to ALL your problems can be found!

Will you read these scriptures? (That is a missionary "will you" statement that can only receive a Yes or a No, we use them all the time)



Anyway I love you all and appreciate all that you do to help me! Thank the ward for me to they send little things all the time and I really appreciate it!

STAY STRONG, PUSH ON!!!


Elder Park
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