Hey guys! Well another
week has gone by and this week was quite a successful one. Like I told you last
week, that this week we were going to visit the members with other priesthood
holders and encourage them to fulfill with their missionary responsibilities.
It was a success. We ended up doing divisions with priesthood leaders 3-4 days
this past week and received over 20 references. We were able to have more than
40 lessons and as a result many more people began to progress. We found some
very chosen people and also helped many young men to become a lot more excited
for their missions.
There are just so many experiences that I would like to tell you
about. We had many amazing experiences while finding this past week especially
with the Book of Mormon. We gave out more than 2 a day and many people opened
up their doors to listen to us. We found a couple of families, people looking
for the truth, and also a man who had been attending the church for over 6 months. While
on a division with another young elder, we felt the impression to contact a
house. They allowed us in and we began teaching the mom and she opened up to us
saying that her daughter was killed a while back and with many unanswered
questions, decided to stop attending the church she was attending. She told us
that she didn’t know where she should go and why God would allow that to happen
to her. I was so grateful for the Book of Mormon in that moment that allowed us
to testify of this testing period of life. We later found out that her son has wanted
to attend church and learn more thanks to the influence from his member boss.
On another division I went with the elder quorums president and we
went and visited a family that we had contacted the week before. The family is
catholic but hasn’t attended for a long time. The testimony of the members that
were with me were so powerful. We talked about the book of Mormon and also the
church. The elder quorums president is a recent convert of two years testifies
powerfully of the power of the restored gospel and as we left the man had
changed. He was very willing to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and also
decided to go to church this next week. The testimonies of the members are so
powerful! As time has gone by in my mission, the simple truths of the restored
gospel have become so precious to me. To be able to hear or bear a sincere
testimony of these truths has been such a blessing to me, and then to be able
to watch the effects. I still find myself shocked with the change that is
caused by the restored Gospel.
This past week, we had the opportunity to see the gospel bless so
many people. I am so grateful for the wonderful opportunity that I have to be a
representative of Jesus Christ. It scares me to think that the time is ticking
down. There really aren’t words to describe a normal day as a missionary. It is
something that has to be lived rather than described. With so many people that
pass by us during the day, that have concerns, doubts, fears, and desires that
need the gospel, needless to say I feel sometimes overwhelmed with how many
people that are in need of the gospel and how little time we have to do
it.
I love you guys and am so grateful for your support. Oh and another
thing sorry I don’t have pictures, haven’t really taken any pictures this past
week. But this week I promise I will take some!
Love you guys
Elder Neuberger
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