Well we're
back to the mode of electronic communication my dear family! It was a real treat to be able to chat with
all of you last night . I believe it was a blessing in disguise we weren't able
to Skype. Haha Elder Whitehead, when he
was done, came out of the room he was in with tear filled eyes and it took a
little bit for him to gain his composure back. Not that that's bad in any way, I just think I
may have come out the same had I been able to Skype. Anyways all is well! Bdog, I didn't know you were the next William
Joseph! That's awesome! Keep up the great work on your ivory tickling
skills! Aust thanks for the work out
routines, that will really help. Like
you said, now I'll have at least some fighting chance come August when we're
all back together pumpin iron! Dad it
looks like you scored with the Mothers Day gift, that's a pretty sweet lookin
bike! Next item on the list: one of
those Ninja speed racing bikes. And mother. I feel bad because I didn't get a
card or do anything special for mother's day, even though you deserve all of
that and more. I believe there's a quote
by Abraham Lincoln where he says "All that am, and ever hope to be, I owe
to my angel mother." I don't
believe I can say it any better myself than that!
I told you
last night about the new couple that we found, Robin and Michelle. We're really excited to have the opportunity
to continue working with them. We
dropped a part member family this past week too, that missionaries have been
meeting with for almost a year now. It's
come to the point where the member in the family wants to only hang with us and
the spouse isn't willing to make any changes. It's
sad to see, the elders quorum in the ward is on top of it so we know that they
won't go without a visit from the ward. This
past week we also received 3 referrals from other missionaries in Stillwater
who are in other areas, so that's been a great blessing. We haven't been able to contact all of them
yet however. Hopefully next week I'll have better news!
Other than
that most of our investigator pool that
we're working with are either people who missionaries have been meeting with
for months, and we're going to need to make a decision too on whether or not
we're going to drop them, or friends of recent converts. We do a lot of teaching/visits to recent
converts and we've been able to network through them and 5 of our potential
investigators that we have right now are friends of recent converts. We still have more people to find though! So
miracles to come.
Like I
mentioned last night briefly Elder Whitehead and I are holding a specialized
training meeting next Monday and we'll be discussing overcoming fear and
discouragement.
This morning
in my studies, in preparation for that, I was reading in Matt 14, and the
account of Peter when he walked on water. There's a ton in there that I learned that
I'll have to share another time, but one of my favorite insights was in vs 30. It says "But when he (Peter) saw the wind
boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save
me." In Peter's moment of fear and
failure, he cried out to Christ and said "Lord, save me." His response wasn't "well, I tried and
failed, so that proves it can't be done." Neither was it "I'm sinking! Looks like I
need to go swim back to the boat where I know I can find safety." He asked for help from his Savior, and
"immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him... And when
they were come into the ship, the wind ceased." I was thinking about it too and after Christ
helped Peter how do you think they got back to the ship? It doesn't say it in there, but it makes sense
that they walked! I don't think Christ
would've taken Peter by the hand drug him along while He walked back to the
boat. With the aide and help of Christ, Peter accomplished his goal and walked on
water back to the boat.
I've learned and
know that in our moments of fear and failure, there's one source we can turn to
for help. To be enabled. That source is our Savior. What a blessing
that we can have opportunities where we fail and are afraid! Because we then have the privilege of being
led by the hand of Christ and come to know Him. I love this gospel and I love my Savior. You're
a tremendous family and I love all of you! This week, when you're either afraid, or feel
like you're failing, like Peter, call out "Lord, save me!" and watch
as you're led by the hand back to the boat. I hope you all have an incredible week! Love
you!
Elder
Traasdahl
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