Ya'll,
Here's a re-cap of my week:
I went over there a few days later with a Priest in the ward, Ross, and we taught them more about the Book Of Mormon and the importance of Church Attendance. It went very well. Joseph (12) has been taking The Book Of Mormon with him to school and reads it whenever he has free time! (What Deacons in the Church do that?!)
At the end of the lesson, I asked Vanessa to say
the prayer. She has to ask a few questions on how to start and end the
prayer. She started by saying "Dear Heavenly Father.." and then there
was silence for probably 10 seconds. I thought she forgot what to say
next, but then I heard her crying. As soon as she started to pray, the
Spirit hit her very strong! She went on to say a very powerful prayer.
Pleading for forgiveness, thanking God for us and for her family, and
asking God if the Book Of Mormon is true. The Spirit was very strong
that night.
Derek Nixon: Derek Nixon is
the definition of "bro" haha he is one of the coolest people I have ever
met. He is now a movie producer, but when he was younger we has in a
lot of movies. A pretty popular one was called "The Jerk Theory", he is
the 2nd main character. ALSO, he was in a movie with Mary Kate &
Ashley, and he kissed them.... needless to say, he's a pretty cool guy.
We
went over a few days ago,and he was bragging about him movies, we
started talking about the Book Of Mormon. He had a few questions, but we
seemed to answer them all pretty well. Before we ever even asked him to
read it, he just blurted out, "You know, I have seen this book so many
times; all the hotels I go to. I have never wanted to read it before.
Something is telling me to read it today, I will read this book in it's
entirety". That something he felt was The Spirit. It is so amazing to watch how the Spirit works with people from all walks of life.
Meet The Mormons:
We had a huge meeting with missionaries this week ( A 'Zone Conference'
for those of you who know what's good). It was really awesome, I love
being able to see all of the missionaries in the mission and talk with
them. I think I know the majority of the missionaries in the mission,
and they are all so sweet! Anyways, at this meeting we all got to watch a
special screening of "Meet The Mormons". I'm sure you have all heard of
that movie, if not shame on you. It is about 90 minutes long and it
shows 6 different Mormon families from all across the globe. It's a
great way for people to find out what we are actually about. It will be coming to theaters across the world, and 100% of all the proceeds will be going to the American Red Cross.
Go
find the page on Facebook and like it, post it, twitter it, snapchat
it, or whatever else people are using to waste time nowadays. Get the
word out. This is the first full-length movie produced by the Church
going to theaters.
We are preparing the world for the second coming of the Savior, more now than ever before.
Life-Long Dream:
The top of our ward boundaries are up in the country of Texas. A few
days ago Elder Shorts and I were cruising along passing by a bunch of
deer (there are legions and legions of deer here), when I had a great
idea.
We pulled off the road, and tried to lure the deer
to come to us, with no avail. Luckily I remembered that I bought a huge
bag of caramel corn from a Boy Scout just weeks earlier. I grabbed the
new opened bag of caramel corn, and started tossing them on the ground
by the car. (This is all happening as I'm sitting in the passenger seat
with the door open). Slowly, and timidly, the deer started to feast on
the abundance of caramel corn. One deer was more courageous than the
others and was closest to me. I grabbed a big handful of corn and held
it out. He gave it a good sniff, thought about it, and then started to
eat the caramelized corn from my hand.
I was happy.
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I love ya'll very much!
Thank you all for writing me
Love, Elder Giles
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