IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE Y'ALL!
In the words of the BEST Christmas Carol movie (That obviously being "A Muppets Christmas Carol".....), "There's only one more sleep til Christmas!"
The season has flown by here in the mission field. It's just funny because you go outside and it's still quite green and nearly 60 degrees outside. Gotta love that Texas weather!
We have been seeing the hand of the Lord like CRAZY this week! For example, we had one of those pure gold investigators just fall into our hands. Here's the story from my email to my mission president this morning.....
"We were on exchanges over in Frisco with the Assistants, but that evening we ended up needing to come back to our area for both a baptismal interview and an SPR report. After the interview we looked and saw that we had an awkward fifteen minutes left before we needed to leave for the SPR report. The question was asked, what would be the most effective use of these fifteen minutes? I quickly felt prompted that we just needed to get down and dirty and knock some doors, it didn't matter if it was late. Elder Richards agreed and additionally felt prompted to go to a specific apartment complex which had already been knocked over thoroughly. We drove there in the assistants van, because that's what we were driving, and sprinted up to the first door #1111. A lady answered the door and after some brief introductions she quickly invited us in. Unfortunately there wasn't a man home, so we could go in, but after talking some more she kept telling us about how she had been looking for God to send her a message with the path she should be on spiritually in her life. And how ironic that we happened to knock right then as she was about to post a post on Facebook about her search for truth. We quickly informed her that we were servants of the Lord and that we had been prompted and sent that night to her door specifically for her, to deliver the "message God would have you hear." She was nearly in tears, and the spirit was powerful. We set a return appointment for the next day, which I was able to go to on splits with a member. Easily one of the most powerful restoration lessons I have ever taught. The spirit was present and her prayer at the end was perfect. She is truly seeking for truth, and at the rate she's already reading the Book of Mormon, she's going to find it. The Lord truly does place those who are ready to hear the gospel in our paths. We had knocked that apartment complex for months and nothing! But then that night, the first door! And to think, all of this because we had an awkward fifteen minutes before SPR and felt prompted that we needed to "knock some doors".
On top of that we had five people at church on Sunday, and for what ever reason the people of Allen have seemed to have had softer hearts this week.... #feelingblessed
Just a couple other highlights of the week! We had the mission Christmas party which was seriously a blast! (Well actually it was two "half" mission Christmas parties because the mission is so big......) We even rallied the ward and did a secret Santa for one of our investigators who's struggling. Beyond that though, lot's of tracting, reports, and exchanges. The less glamorous, but still important part of missionary work.
You may ask, what are my plans for Christmas? We'll tonight we're going to be spending dinner with some members in the ward, and then possibly one of our investigators. And then on the big day itself, a member in Mckinney has invited our whole zone over for a big Christmas breakfast, and then a number of members have invited us over, and if we get the chance we might even try to squeeze in some tracting! (Because who doesn't love missionaries knocking on your door on Christmas....... It should be fun.)
Also before I wrap this up, a special thank you to all those who sent me cards! Like seriously!
Now go have yerselves (And yes, "yerselves" is proper Texan!) a great day, and an even better tomorrow!
Elder Clark Fox
(The Restored Church of Jesus Christ)
(301 N. Greenville Avenue Allen TX 75002 #45)
1. Finishing up an exchange with the Fairview Elders! (I went with our DL, Elder Pearce into our area for a day....)
2. Crazy roads on the way to the Christmas party in Richardson!
3. Last P-day our entire zone got together and baked 120 loaves of bread as a gift to every companionship in the mission....
4. Last night we came home to this pleasant surprise! It was from "The Christmas Elves" (The members here are great!)
5. More fancy roads....
6. Because why not....
7. A quick selfie from tracting last night! (I don't remember for sure, but I think the door we're about to knock slammed the door on us....)
8. Me and one of our assistants after finishing our exchange over in Frisco!
9. Our Christmas stash for the big day!
10. A fancy building.....
In the words of the BEST Christmas Carol movie (That obviously being "A Muppets Christmas Carol".....), "There's only one more sleep til Christmas!"
The season has flown by here in the mission field. It's just funny because you go outside and it's still quite green and nearly 60 degrees outside. Gotta love that Texas weather!
We have been seeing the hand of the Lord like CRAZY this week! For example, we had one of those pure gold investigators just fall into our hands. Here's the story from my email to my mission president this morning.....
"We were on exchanges over in Frisco with the Assistants, but that evening we ended up needing to come back to our area for both a baptismal interview and an SPR report. After the interview we looked and saw that we had an awkward fifteen minutes left before we needed to leave for the SPR report. The question was asked, what would be the most effective use of these fifteen minutes? I quickly felt prompted that we just needed to get down and dirty and knock some doors, it didn't matter if it was late. Elder Richards agreed and additionally felt prompted to go to a specific apartment complex which had already been knocked over thoroughly. We drove there in the assistants van, because that's what we were driving, and sprinted up to the first door #1111. A lady answered the door and after some brief introductions she quickly invited us in. Unfortunately there wasn't a man home, so we could go in, but after talking some more she kept telling us about how she had been looking for God to send her a message with the path she should be on spiritually in her life. And how ironic that we happened to knock right then as she was about to post a post on Facebook about her search for truth. We quickly informed her that we were servants of the Lord and that we had been prompted and sent that night to her door specifically for her, to deliver the "message God would have you hear." She was nearly in tears, and the spirit was powerful. We set a return appointment for the next day, which I was able to go to on splits with a member. Easily one of the most powerful restoration lessons I have ever taught. The spirit was present and her prayer at the end was perfect. She is truly seeking for truth, and at the rate she's already reading the Book of Mormon, she's going to find it. The Lord truly does place those who are ready to hear the gospel in our paths. We had knocked that apartment complex for months and nothing! But then that night, the first door! And to think, all of this because we had an awkward fifteen minutes before SPR and felt prompted that we needed to "knock some doors".
On top of that we had five people at church on Sunday, and for what ever reason the people of Allen have seemed to have had softer hearts this week.... #feelingblessed
Just a couple other highlights of the week! We had the mission Christmas party which was seriously a blast! (Well actually it was two "half" mission Christmas parties because the mission is so big......) We even rallied the ward and did a secret Santa for one of our investigators who's struggling. Beyond that though, lot's of tracting, reports, and exchanges. The less glamorous, but still important part of missionary work.
You may ask, what are my plans for Christmas? We'll tonight we're going to be spending dinner with some members in the ward, and then possibly one of our investigators. And then on the big day itself, a member in Mckinney has invited our whole zone over for a big Christmas breakfast, and then a number of members have invited us over, and if we get the chance we might even try to squeeze in some tracting! (Because who doesn't love missionaries knocking on your door on Christmas....... It should be fun.)
Also before I wrap this up, a special thank you to all those who sent me cards! Like seriously!
Now go have yerselves (And yes, "yerselves" is proper Texan!) a great day, and an even better tomorrow!
Elder Clark Fox
(The Restored Church of Jesus Christ)
(301 N. Greenville Avenue Allen TX 75002 #45)
1. Finishing up an exchange with the Fairview Elders! (I went with our DL, Elder Pearce into our area for a day....)
2. Crazy roads on the way to the Christmas party in Richardson!
3. Last P-day our entire zone got together and baked 120 loaves of bread as a gift to every companionship in the mission....
4. Last night we came home to this pleasant surprise! It was from "The Christmas Elves" (The members here are great!)
5. More fancy roads....
6. Because why not....
7. A quick selfie from tracting last night! (I don't remember for sure, but I think the door we're about to knock slammed the door on us....)
8. Me and one of our assistants after finishing our exchange over in Frisco!
9. Our Christmas stash for the big day!
10. A fancy building.....
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