Hello from NEW YORK!
Hope everyone is doing well and that no one is discouraged.
There is no reason to be. This work is moving along and things are happening!
It seems like every week, this past month we have been having amazing Spiritual
Meetings. This week it was Stake Conference, and man is this area ready to
flourish. There is an effectual door being opened and we are right in the midst
of it! I say this because of some of the signs that I have seen this week. A
lot of good signs and some bad. It was said that "the more our forces for
good grow, the more the forces for bad will work on the good". Some of the
things that happened this week are proof!
Last night after having such an amazing conference a massive
storm rolled in. We were sitting down planning when everything just went dark.
We lost everything. We had no power, no water, nothing. It was kind of like
camping yesterday :) Luckily it was not too cold outside so we did not
freeze!
My companion and others in my district, bowling. The Elder to my left looks like Mel Gibson.
The Elder on the end to my right looks like
Joaquin Phoenix,
and we call my companion smalls...sometimes :)
We went to the lake and got caught in a huge wind storm.
You can seem how hard that wind was blowing!!!
We have some good news about one of our investigators!
Jessica has officially decided to be baptized and will be baptized Dec. 7th!!!
I was so happy to hear that she had committed and was willing to do whatever it
takes and let me tell you it is going to take a lot with all that her
ex-husband puts her through. We had an interesting experience with this
"relationship" while moving. Jessica's husband kicked her and her two
boys out and would not let them get any of their stuff (left them out in the
cold). They were unable to do anything until the divorce was final. Well it was
official this Saturday so we volunteered to help her move. Little did we know
what the outcome would be. We get there and find out that there needs to be a
policeman there supervising while they break into the house (because he changed
the locks). Anyways that was exciting. After about 30 mins her ex shows up and
of course since it is the first week of deer season he has to have a gun! He
starts walking promptly to us gun in hand! Luckily the cop was there to pull
him aside while we finished moving. It got a little intense but for some
strange reason I was never worried at all. I just felt really bad for Jessica
and all she had to go through and all that she will still have to endure.
However Good always triumphs evil because no matter how bad the odds seem there
are more people on our side than we could ever imagine.
I personally know that all that has happened this week, good
or bad, was for the moving forward of God's work. I have learned a lot and when
I felt like I was not progressing I turned to the words of the prophets and
immediately found the comfort and strength I needed to rise up again and again.
There is such strength in knowing who we are and having our eyes set on Eternal
Goals. When we do this there is nothing that we can not overcome.
We have been doing a lot of brainstorming and planning
(thinking outside the box) and have come up with a lot of great, inspired ideas
on how to get people more involved and move the work along. We are going to be
starting with a Missionary Fireside December 1st that will get this work
moving. I just want to urge all of you to really pray. Not just say prayers but
pray to our Father in Heaven. We have a responsibility as His Children to know
the mind and will of Him concerning ourselves. Always be worthy of the Spirit,
Pray and ask for it, Listen to it, and Heed its promptings promptly. If we do
this we will surely have Eternal Life!
Love,
Elder Bevan
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