Another fantastic week here in the Michigan Lansing Mission. Elder Filler and I saw TONS of blessings this week as we had 6 random people in Saginaw send requests to Salt Lake City to have the local missionaries come to they're house and teach. We met a guy named Brian Grimm who read the entire Book of Mormon as well as all of Doctrine and Covenants and started asking us about Exhaultation and the origins of Diefication. He got out of jail several weeks ago, works at a Barbershop and is currently fighting to get costudy over his 2 year old daughter. He was practically handed to us on a silver platter and his Baptism is right around the corner.
Jimmy amd Buella took Elder Filler and I to a county fair right on our mission border by flint which was sketchy because we cant leave our area but luckily it was just with in our area. It was so much fun and We roped steers in our church clothes, ate rotissery chickens, and also picked up a new person to teach who
was a rancher.
We had 4 investigators come to church this week which was simply wonderful. Elder Filler and I have some of the best key indicators in the entire mission and so we are fasting and praying that Debbie, Jimmy, Buella, and Brian make church consistently so I can certainly baptize them before the end of the transfer. They will make wonderful, active, long term disciples of Jesus Christ(: Debbie made me a Peanut Butter Pie and brought it to me after Church. She challenged me to finish the whole thing and I did partake. It was sick but it makes a grandma happy to see her missionaries stuff them selves. Her grandson Mason (3y/o) threw a hot wheels car at a guy who was yelling about some hospital trip over the Mic during his testimony from where we were sitting and it may have been one of the funniest/ embarrassing things I've seen at church.
From what I took away..... to all members that bare they're testimonies... keep it SHORT AND SWEET. It is not story time or lesson time. We are not apostles. Share what you know to be true with passion and conviction in the name of Jesus Christ. It shouldn't take more then a couple minutes. Let's be reminded that the first presidency announced this at the last general conference. Investigators in0 D the church need to see people boldly testify of the savior and that is it. Don't risk teaching false doctrine. That is my rant for the week haha. It was just a some what disappointing experience to see those with tons of potential fall asleep while members share stories over the microphone that don't immediately relate to Joseph Smith being a prophet or Jesus Christ's infinite atonement.
In my personal studies I finished the whole Book of Alma in the book of Mormon this week as well as the Book of Acts in the new Testiment. I felt prompted and wrote an excerpt on Pentecost because people need to stop misinterpreting biblical occurrences such as speaking in tongues. There are plenty of scriptures that gave context to the historic miracle, in the old testament as well as in doctrine and covenants we see that the origin came from a celebration of fruitful crops leading to the Apostles being filled with the spirit and speaking in "cloves of tounges" as said in Acts 2. In Asia, Northern Africa, the Mid East, Mid Europe all of the true disciples of Christ were able to have the spirit of God enable then to acquire the knowledge of fluently speaking in other languages to enhance the understanding of Jesus Christ to all men. The apostles DID NOT speak in jibberish. There are several religions that embrace these false apostate practices such as Baptists or Pentecostals. When ever Elder Filler and I have these people Anti us... We do not argue, but calmly point out they're errors and share the restored gospel from the beginning. We picked up a family of 6 Pentecostals this week who are enthralled by the Restoration and thanks to our kind, bluntness, we see fruits.
Elder Filler and I are dumb and crashed into each others bikes in the middle of a highway this week and we almost died. Luckily that didn't happen but my front tire fell off a bridge and into a river while elder Fillers gear shift broke. We had to carry our bikes 3 miles to the nearest repair shop which TOOK SO MUCH TIME and got them fixed and had our mission President pay for it. It will be something to laugh about in the future. To sum things up, the work is great, people are becoming converted, I love my companion, and I'm retaining so much of the fullness of the gospel. Don't be afraid to cry repentance to others so long as you keep the commandments.
Read the Book of Mormon and Preach my Gospel!!
Your favorite missionary,
Elder Connolly
Ps Elder Filler and i have each other haircuts this week. I think we did alright lol.
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