Elder Carlton Baxter LDS Mission: Joy in the Work

This was the first week of my seventh transfer on the mission! Elder Ellinghaus and I started off the week with meeting an investigator who had a bunch of questions that ended up covering the entirety of the restoration and Plan of Salvation lessons, which was fun to teach. She says that she is also praying and reading from the Book of Mormon, so we have high hopes for the future.

Most of the week was spent working with members to find referrals to visit, or houses to knock around their homes. It has been very different from how I am used to do missionary work, but it has been a good change. We hope to be able to find more sincere investigators through members, and currently we have quite a few referrals to hunt down.

Outside of that Elder Ellinghaus and I had a surprise trip to Eugene on an errand for the mission president. Also our district got to go to a wildlife safari earlier today. The safari was fun in that we got to see a bunch of various animals from around the world and was able to find a less active member there who wouldn't mind us visiting at some point! The lesson I learned this week is that the Lord works in mysterious ways to do his work, and as we choose to submit our will to his, we can have greater joy in the work.

Next week the blog email will be later in the week than usual due to our p-day being changed because of a temple trip, but until then, thanks for all of the support!

Elder Baxter