Dear Family and Freinds,
Monday night we had a really fun Family Home Evening with the Lander's family. Brother Landers invited one of his co-workers to come and join them, so that was pretty cool to have a nonmember there. We talked to him about the Restoration a little and gave him a pamphlet to read. Really nice guy and had some pretty good questions about the church
for us, but he isn't too interested in meeting with us at this time. For FHE, we play a really fun game of Family Feud that Sister Landers was in charge of. We will have to play it together as a family when I get home! After leaving the Lander's home, Brother Larson is kind enough to let me borrow his bike until I can find a replacement bike, so we went and picked that up.
Tuesday started off with district meeting and district meeting is huge now. We have 22 missionaries in the district now including a Senior couple, and the zone leaders and sister training leaders. We did some role playing on how to introduce the Book of Mormon to investigators, and I can't tell you how much that I have grown in my love of reading the Book of Mormon. After District Meeting, Elder Stephens went on exchanges with Elder Stuart down to Gulfport, so that put Elder Haslem and I together. We had a pretty good day that started off with Brother Owen picking us up to go and visit with Colleen. When we first walked in, there was a super strong smell of smoke. I knew immediately that Colleen wasn't keeping the Word of Wisdom, but that didn't surprise me to much. We followed up with it anyways, and she said that she has
been cutting back. As we started off the lesson, we also followed up with her Book of Mormon reading and she gave us the same response that she normally does. She said that she has been reading it, but that she doesn't remember a single thing that she has read at all. She hadn't read through the pamphlets that we had left with her either. Since she really hasn't read anything, we read about the Doctrine of Christ in 2 Nephi 31 with her. To finish off the evening, Elder Haslem and I taught the Book of Mormon class. We taught about how they can strengthen their families within their own homes. Then we read through the Family Proclamation and passed out copies of it that my mom had made for me. Thanks mom for sending them, everyone loved them a lot on now hey are hanging up in their homes.
We did a two day exchange so I got to spend another day with Elder Haslem. We did quite a bit of street contacting today. It was pretty cool and as we talked to a 15 year old kid named Elijah Solomon, we found out that he was a youth minister. He knew the bible pretty well but had some awesome questions about the restoration as we taught it to him. He's aid that it all made sense that there would be a living prophet on the earth today. never did make it there because we stopped to talk to a 15 year old kid who was skate boarding home. Turns out that he is a youth minister at a church over in Tampa. His
name is Elijah Solomon, and he had a great knowledge of the Bible and had some pretty awesome questions for us. In the evening, we had a brother Marble come out with us for a lesson with Jordan and Sharee. We had taught the Restoraion to Jordan before when his wife was in the hospital, but we retaught it so that his girlfriend could hear it as well. The spirit was so strong during that lesson, especially when we shared Joseph Smiths experience with them. Jordan said that he all
made complete sense to him, and that he got a warm comforting feeling. We then testified on how that feeling was from the Holy Ghost, and explains how the Spirit testifies of the truth. It was great to have Brother Marble there to fellowship with them. I can't wait to go back and share more with them about he Book of a Mormon and Plan of Salvation. Jordan had some great questions about the Plan of Salvation, and I think that he is just going to eat it all up.
We didn't do too much on Thursday or Friday besides giving a bunch of people blessings. I love using the Priesthood so much to bless the lives of others. I know the the Preisthood authority has been restored to the earth, and it is so great to be worthy and have the Lord trust me with this special authority to act in His name.
On Sunday, we had dinner at Bishop Bangerter's house. I love Bishop Bangerter and his wife so much. They both have a great desire for missionary work and want to be involved and getting the members to have the Spirit of missionary work as well. He came out with us to a lesson with Taylor Corey and it was great to have him there.
Love you all tons!
Love, Elder Leavitt
I don't have too much time to write today since it is president's day and all of the libraries are closed today, so six missionaries are sharing this computer down at another missionaries apartment complex. Anyways.
1- do you need help to obtain a new bike?
- I am going to call the mission office tomorrow to see if they have an extra bike that I can use for these last five months. Hopefully they well. I don't want to buy a nice fancy bike until I got home.
2- are you using a members bike right now?
I am using a members bike for the time being right now. I can use it until I get transferred, or until April because that is when he wants it back to ride to work during the nice months.
3- if so, if you transfer do you need to leave the bike there and will you be bikeless?
As of right now I will be bikeless if I get transferred, If I have to I will buy a super cheap bike that I can sell to someone by the end of my mission.
4- can a wal-mart bike get you by for 5 months or do you want something that you plan to ship home?
I was first off planning on shipping my bike home before it got stolen, but now I don't want to spend the money if I have to get another bike. I feel like CTR bikes was a rip off in the first place, and now I regret going with them. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now.
Thanks for all that you do mom. I love you so much. I will have to read through you email next week when I get more time. So I'm sorry if there are any questions that you asked that I didn't respond to. LOVES YA TONS!!!!!
LOVE, YOUR SON
ELDER LEAVITT
Scott just called and said he bought a new mountain bike last year that he has only ridden like twice. He said you are welcome to use it, if you want it and if mom and I could find a way to ship it, that he would pay for the shipping. He said you were more than welcome to use it until the end of your mission if you want and then we would have to ship it home. He said it is a nice one. Please let me know what you wan to do.
Love you,
Dad.
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