This was a fantastic week! We spent the whole week with our Zone leader who really knows how to work and get things done. It was great being with him! Also, being with him means that we had a car to drive everywhere so that was nice. I didn't get a lot of bike riding in so I had to work out harder in the morning which was fun. I got a chance to do some of the old exercises from swim which brought back memories and made me remember what it was like to be fit!
We were able to do a lot of work in both of our areas! We had dinner in their area every night though, so we got to visit some great families! I learned so much from them. One family was one that I got to go to their baptism, they have grown so much since their baptism. Their testimonies have grown, it is so crazy. They both are so spiritual and she (the wife) got to do baptisms for the dead that week and had a fantastic experience. I wish I had time to tell you all about it. But, as a family they are all about missionary work now! They are saving their money to go on a mission already and they have a whole table of missionary stuff in their house right next to the door just in case someone is interested! Anyway, they are an amazing family and they are so devoted to the Lord now, I think everyone can learn from them.
On Thursday, we got to help with transfers and went to the airport and sent people off and waited for people to come in. it was a really fun day and we got to meet a lot of new people in our zone and I hope that we can all become close friends!
Church was really good this week and we had a lot of new faces! Plus, a lot of less actives came because it was Easter! I hope they felt the spirit and will keep coming and notice what they have been missing out on! An interesting thing I have learned in New Zealand is that they teach kids in school about Jesus and what he did and everything about his life! So, kids are coming home from school with drawings of Jesus! It is crazy and I know that wouldn't fly in the United States! People complain about the Pledge of Allegiance in the United States, so Jesus in schools wouldn't work either.
I had my first fish this week! First bite, I didn't know what is was, second bite, I figured it was fish, and that maybe it was good, third bite, I started gagging. Good thing it was a "drop off" meal and not in a members home
Update on some investigators.... The couple we found that were 16 and 19, well, they ran away from their home and went missing half of the week. We are hoping to find them because they really wanted to be baptized. Then we visited another investigator this week and found a cool ankle bracelet on him and asked him about it and found out he is on house arrest! But.... only on the weekends, however that works, so at least we know when he will be home and can go and teach him some more.
One of the greatest things I learned in the MTC was how centered on the atonement this church is! Everything about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is only because of the perfect sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for us. We get to remember the things he did for us every Sunday when we take the sacrament. The bread reminding us of the body that was crucified for us so that we can live again. Then the water reminding us of the blood that he shed for our sins. I am so grateful for the things He did for us so that we can live again and become perfect like our Heavenly Father. I have read so many testimonies about the atonement, but I want you to know that I have gained my own testimony about the atonement. It has helped me get through so much in my own life and I know it can help you get through any thing that is hard in your life too! I know Jesus was perfect and made the infinite sacrifice for our sins and that he died for us to be resurrected again. I know that Jesus lives today and I will love him forever for what He has done for me and all humanity. He is the captain of our salvation, the beginning and the end, I am so grateful that I can be here on a mission serving him with all my heart might mind and strength!
I love you!
Elder Tuckett
P.S. We don't get to see General Conference until a week late -- you will need to let me know the good stuff in your letter next week.
No comments:
Post a Comment