Hello my family!
So, everything here is great. We have received some new instruction at the beginning of the week of how President Oliveira would like us to work. We are now to work much more with recent converts and less active (or non-active) members. We have been doing that this week. We have already reactivated one family here in the area and we are looking at helping many more. There are a lot of people who have been baptized in the last 2 years, but have been lost in the rush it seems. We have started to look for, find, and teach them. It has been good. Sadly, this week was a rough week with getting people to church Sunday. We did have 3 investigators but we were planning on much more. We even tried to pick them up as planned, but many were sick or not home. We will try to contact them this week again. Elder Aidukaitis is great and we are working hard. We are also having to walk a lot though because we are finding that area is huge. Before we have been trying to focus on one area, but now that we are working from a list of less actives and recent converts we have been all over the area. But it is good. I often think that missionaries focus so much on baptisms that they forget about leaving them well embraced in the arms of the members. Unlike our stake and ward, here the members need some help and guidance when it comes to retaining baptisms. But I am really enjoying the work. Also, working with less actives will help us find people that are ready to hear our message and show their faith by entering the waters of baptism. So, I am really excited to get to work this week and really get my hands dirty. So, that about sums everything up. It really seems like I have just written to all of you yesterday and not last week. Time flies when you are having fun. So, I love all of you and wish you all a happy Halloween and a great week!
Love Elder Lee
So, everything here is great. We have received some new instruction at the beginning of the week of how President Oliveira would like us to work. We are now to work much more with recent converts and less active (or non-active) members. We have been doing that this week. We have already reactivated one family here in the area and we are looking at helping many more. There are a lot of people who have been baptized in the last 2 years, but have been lost in the rush it seems. We have started to look for, find, and teach them. It has been good. Sadly, this week was a rough week with getting people to church Sunday. We did have 3 investigators but we were planning on much more. We even tried to pick them up as planned, but many were sick or not home. We will try to contact them this week again. Elder Aidukaitis is great and we are working hard. We are also having to walk a lot though because we are finding that area is huge. Before we have been trying to focus on one area, but now that we are working from a list of less actives and recent converts we have been all over the area. But it is good. I often think that missionaries focus so much on baptisms that they forget about leaving them well embraced in the arms of the members. Unlike our stake and ward, here the members need some help and guidance when it comes to retaining baptisms. But I am really enjoying the work. Also, working with less actives will help us find people that are ready to hear our message and show their faith by entering the waters of baptism. So, I am really excited to get to work this week and really get my hands dirty. So, that about sums everything up. It really seems like I have just written to all of you yesterday and not last week. Time flies when you are having fun. So, I love all of you and wish you all a happy Halloween and a great week!
Love Elder Lee
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