Hey everybody! I guess I'll just break the news right now. Last Tuesday Elder Masterson and I set a baptismal goal with Archie our investigator from Ghana Africa! Its for the 14th of August. Happy Birthday Mom haha. He is the one who has the wife that is already a member and I translated for him last week in church. I'm so excited for his baptism. We set the goal with him in the very first appointment. We did what this mission calls "Lesson zero". What we do is go through about 10 steps that explains who we are as missionaries, reveals the investigators intentions, and makes very clear that baptism is the ultimate goal. When we explained a little bit about what we would be teaching him and asked him if he would be baptized if he knew it was true he said, "of course!" Haha I loved it. All the teaching is done in english so its a little different for me but my companion sure likes it. Sometimes I get a little stuck when I can't remember a word. Or a spanish word will just slip out. He is patient with me though so thats good. So far all the lessons have gone really well. He told us yesterday that he believes Joseph Smith is a prophet and that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I feel really blessed to be teaching him right now. He is teaching me a lot about humility because he's just a good guy. I'm really excited to work with him over the next few weeks.
This week we also had a zone conference with President Clegg and a ton of missionaries I didn't know. It was a little bit weird at first but I feel like they accepted me haha. It was funny because I was the only one there from the Barcelona mission. There were a few from the Madrid mission but I was all alone. Its so crazy how this mission is a big mix of all the spain missions. The President is from the Bilbao misson and the missionaries come from the other three missions so there are just tons of ideas and ways to do missionary work flying around. According to the other missionaries, Barcelona was kind of known as the strict professional mission. We weren't allowed to wear backpacks, play soccer with members, we had less time on preparation day and just a bunch of other stuff. The Málaga mission is a little more relaxed so I think they think that I'm kind of a Nazi haha. Its ok though. President Hinckley told us to make sure we don't lose the good things we were taught in our missions, but if we are asked to do things differently, to do it. Its been really interesting to see all the differences and I like learning from everybody else.
To end this email I just want to share something I heard in church yesterday that I liked a lot. My branch mission leader (who is actually the nephew of my bishop in Barcelona) shared an experience in Priesthood meeting. He said he and his wife asked his 4 year old son to say the prayer and he didn't want to do it. Finally they got him to do it and they continued on with whatever they were doing. Then the little boy said, "Daddy, He loves me." My mission leader then asked him who loved him and his little boy said, "The Lord. He loves me forever". Then he asked him how he knew that. His little boy said, "because He told me in a quiet voice". He loves me forever and He loves you too". My mission leader said that it impacted him a ton. When I heard the story it impacted me too. It just tells me the most simple testimonies from even little kids are the most powerful. I want to testify as well that God lives. He is our Father and He loves us more than we can imagine. He is so anxious to help us and bless us and at times we are too busy to see His hand in our life. Hearing that story has made me want to be more aware of my blessings and to let God know that I love Him more often. I love you all and I am so thankful for all your support. I hope you have an awesome week. Know that you are in my prayers. I love you all. Bye bye
Love, Elder Langston
This week we also had a zone conference with President Clegg and a ton of missionaries I didn't know. It was a little bit weird at first but I feel like they accepted me haha. It was funny because I was the only one there from the Barcelona mission. There were a few from the Madrid mission but I was all alone. Its so crazy how this mission is a big mix of all the spain missions. The President is from the Bilbao misson and the missionaries come from the other three missions so there are just tons of ideas and ways to do missionary work flying around. According to the other missionaries, Barcelona was kind of known as the strict professional mission. We weren't allowed to wear backpacks, play soccer with members, we had less time on preparation day and just a bunch of other stuff. The Málaga mission is a little more relaxed so I think they think that I'm kind of a Nazi haha. Its ok though. President Hinckley told us to make sure we don't lose the good things we were taught in our missions, but if we are asked to do things differently, to do it. Its been really interesting to see all the differences and I like learning from everybody else.
To end this email I just want to share something I heard in church yesterday that I liked a lot. My branch mission leader (who is actually the nephew of my bishop in Barcelona) shared an experience in Priesthood meeting. He said he and his wife asked his 4 year old son to say the prayer and he didn't want to do it. Finally they got him to do it and they continued on with whatever they were doing. Then the little boy said, "Daddy, He loves me." My mission leader then asked him who loved him and his little boy said, "The Lord. He loves me forever". Then he asked him how he knew that. His little boy said, "because He told me in a quiet voice". He loves me forever and He loves you too". My mission leader said that it impacted him a ton. When I heard the story it impacted me too. It just tells me the most simple testimonies from even little kids are the most powerful. I want to testify as well that God lives. He is our Father and He loves us more than we can imagine. He is so anxious to help us and bless us and at times we are too busy to see His hand in our life. Hearing that story has made me want to be more aware of my blessings and to let God know that I love Him more often. I love you all and I am so thankful for all your support. I hope you have an awesome week. Know that you are in my prayers. I love you all. Bye bye
Love, Elder Langston
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