On the bright side, Kevin passed his baptismal
interview yesterday!!! He is super excited for his baptism coming up
this Sunday! This is only his third Sunday coming to church, but he has
already received wonderful fellowship from the ward... everyone loves
him and talks to him at church, members are inviting him to their house
for dinner, and he has been to a ward activity. He is kind of a quiet
guy... kind of reminds me of myself. I still remember the first time I
talked to him on the street about 3 or 4 weeks ago. Elder Cheng and I
were street contacting outside of a college. I was really tired of
talking with people--we had been contacting all day with little
success. I just wanted to quit and go back to the apartment. But I
decided to talk to one more person... and that's when I met Kevin! He
had met missionaries in Waterloo, and wanted to come to church. So I got
his number and called him that night. no response. called again. no
response. next day. no response. texted the church address. no response.
He didn't show up on Sunday. I was pretty disappointed and just forgot
about him. But, a couple days later, I got the feeling I needed to keep
trying to contact him... which I wasn't sure why. But I looked at the
number I wrote down... and I got the feeling to change one of the digits
and try again. So I tried it... and he answered!! He had been waiting
for a text about church but never got it because I wrote his number down
wrong! I don't know if it was the Spirit telling me the number was
wrong, or just a lucky guess, haha. But regardless, I realized from the
experience of finding Kevin that God is putting people in my path to
find, and it is my responsibility to always be working hard so I don't
miss those golden opportunities. And I now double check all the numbers I
write down, haha.
One more piece of exciting
news... we got a call from the mission president about 30 minutes ago.
There is a new Mandarin missionary coming into the mission tomorrow...
and Elder Cheng and I are going to train him!!!! So excited! I get to
have a son!!! haha :D I'm kind of nervous about training - I feel like I
sill have a lot to learn before missionaries start learning from my
instruction and example. But... it will be fun! We are excited!
Elder Holt
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We found some tights in our apartment...
And some playing cards
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The North York, Sudbury, and Barrie Zones
From the Canada Toronto Mission Facebook page (June 28th): "We just had four great Zone Conferences! We love it when we get to meet with these wonderful missionaries! They are the best!" |
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