Duluth week 9 (sorry I missed this one)

I just want to let everyone know that I have a strong testimony that God answers prayers. He hears every single one of them and answers them in his own time. Why do I bear such a testimony at this time? Well... IT IS 40 DEGREES!!!! FOURTY! :D I have been praying for 10 months for a warmer winter and now it is 40 degrees and raining in December in Duluth. God is real. I probably just jinxed us.

So our lessons with SI and RE are going pretty well. They asked about the Holy Ghost so we taught them about that this week and showed some sweet mormon messages. We read from the BoM and they told us they need to read it daily and pray together every day to have more of the Spirit. Then at the end they asked us when they can baptize their 1.5 year old daughter. We explained about the age of accountability but the intent is there, right?

We had a sweet lesson with a LA, TM. Our day had been nuts and we got there a few minutes late. When we got in the house he told us he almost called and canceled. We assumed it was just because it was getting late. Then we watched He is the Gift and talked about how to embrace the Gift. The Spirit was pretty thick and at the end of the lesson he told us he almost called and canceled because his PTSD was acting up real bad but us coming and sharing a message made his symptoms disappear. So cool!

We also had a lesson with RE, a LA we have been reactivating. He doesnt really believe that God loves him and talks about how his trials are too great. So we watched The Refiner's Fire and Mountains to Climb, two mormon messages (go watch them; they are super good) and the Spirit slammed him nice and good. Needless to say, the next time we went over he had a change of heart and doesnt think his situation is so bad. It was tight

Cool miracle: we dropped by a less active and it turns out they had moved.... but someone who has taken the missionary lessons moved in! And we are going to teach them now!

We had Christmas Conference this last week and we watched "It's a Wonderful Life." I was the only missionary who had seen that movie. It is a classic! Come one! So thanks Dad for educating me in the classics

So this last week all of the missionaries in Duluth went to a branch in Carlton and helped out with a christmas party there. We sang a few songs and dubbed ourselves the Carlton Carolers. We also all got (ugly) christmas sweaters for the occasion. Mine was voted to be the most particularly awful (i mean absolutely no offense if anyone reading this takes a fancy to my sweater in the pictures i send out...) A girl played the cello very well and i had to re lock my heart after that one because i wanted to play that cello so badly. 

thought: 

Mosiah 1:14 

 14 For I say unto you, that if he had not extended his arm in the preservation of our fathers they must have fallen into the hands of the Lamanites, and become victims to their hatred.

I really enjoy the part about the Lord extending his arm to preserve his people. How often do we forget that the Lord is constantly helping us? That he is supplying us with grace sufficient for us to overcome our trials? Without Him we are nothing. Remember Him! And share Him with others. #ShareTheGift

I love you all! Have a great week!

Elder Damron