Email - May 6, 2013
We had a great week with finding new investigators! I'd really like the story of how we found 3 of them (a family). The way our ward
does priesthood exchanges is that the priesthood holder of the household at which we have dinner, goes out with us afterwards. We
had dinner with a family in the ward and afterwards the appointment that we had to go to fell through. Luckily, they are awesome and had some backup plans in mind! One of them was the non member family we went and saw. They had contact with the missionaries years ago, but only briefly. We were able to share a scripture with them and they told us that they'd love for us to come back and share more about what we believe with them. Things are going great! Love you all! Elder Holmes
does priesthood exchanges is that the priesthood holder of the household at which we have dinner, goes out with us afterwards. We
had dinner with a family in the ward and afterwards the appointment that we had to go to fell through. Luckily, they are awesome and had some backup plans in mind! One of them was the non member family we went and saw. They had contact with the missionaries years ago, but only briefly. We were able to share a scripture with them and they told us that they'd love for us to come back and share more about what we believe with them. Things are going great! Love you all! Elder Holmes
Email - May 21, 2013
We had a really great experience this week! When we first got into the area, before we even got into Tahlequah, there was a woman named Julie who called Elder Morton and I and wanted to try and meet. We weren't there yet, so we weren't able to meet with her that day and because of various events in her life we weren't able to meet with her until this last week. In the ensuing time, she had
some really powerful spiritual experiences that helped her to know that she wants to be baptized into this the Lord's Church. In our first meeting with her we set a baptism date of the 29th of June and she brought up the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Chastity before we did and agreed to live them both. She is giving up coffee, tea, smoking, and is going to have her boyfriend move in with
family until they can be married. We gave her a map to baptism to help her with her goals as well. In the lesson when we were talking about the Word of Wisdom, we had a member with us. I felt impressed to ask him to bear his testimony of the principle and he proceeded to talk about how he had smoked for 47 years but was able to give it all up with the help of the Lord. It really invited the
spirit and solidified her resolve to live the principle. Oh yeah! Transfer calls were Saturday and I found out that I will be staying here
with Elder Morton in Tahlequah. Elder Holmes
some really powerful spiritual experiences that helped her to know that she wants to be baptized into this the Lord's Church. In our first meeting with her we set a baptism date of the 29th of June and she brought up the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Chastity before we did and agreed to live them both. She is giving up coffee, tea, smoking, and is going to have her boyfriend move in with
family until they can be married. We gave her a map to baptism to help her with her goals as well. In the lesson when we were talking about the Word of Wisdom, we had a member with us. I felt impressed to ask him to bear his testimony of the principle and he proceeded to talk about how he had smoked for 47 years but was able to give it all up with the help of the Lord. It really invited the
spirit and solidified her resolve to live the principle. Oh yeah! Transfer calls were Saturday and I found out that I will be staying here
with Elder Morton in Tahlequah. Elder Holmes