Oct 10, 2011

Thank you for the uplifting words. I am so grateful for your love and support that you and the family give me. The emails I get absolutely make my week, I love it. Elder Hill and I are having so much fun serving together. I am so excited for the next two transfers (we will most likely be together for the next two transfers) here in Telford. So Elder Nelson came to visit again, that is great. I remember when he spoke a year ago at the stake conference. Such a strong spirit was felt when I shook his hand. Also a new stake president, nice one.

 

I am doing ok now with my new calling, but I still don't really have a clue at what I am doing. Elder Hill says that I am doing a good job so at least he is ok with it. I also forgot to mention last time about Telford. This area is a bike area, so I am a bit sore right now. Yesterday we had a big improvement, we got from a members home to a recent converts home without even looking at the map, so I think we are picking up the area pretty well. Now we just have to locate all the shortcuts.

 

I am sad to hear about Isabell. I remember her, she was a wonderful lady. I know she will receive great blessing in the life to come. Riley is preparing for the big season, tell him to keep working hard and to make it happen out there!

 

Elder Hill and I are getting to know the area a lot better now that we have been here nearly a week. I really enjoy being here and this is such a great place to serve. I really like the members also they make a great ward to serve with. Throughout the week we have made plenty of stops at members homes and got to meet them individually and personally. There are quite a few members we still have targeted that we are planning on getting to know better. So far Elder Hill and I love this ward. There are some amazing members that will help us so much in missionary work and bringing souls into the kingdom.Right now we are teaching a wonderful lady by the name of Lynne Kent. She is the mother of a recent convert in the ward named Debbie Sullivan. Sister Sullivan has such support for her and is making a strong effort to help her mother progress towards baptism. With her testimony and desire to bring her mother into the church I truly believe that we can. We had a great opportunity to bring Lynne to a baptism in Wrekin ward (the southern most part of the City of Telford) and she had felt the Spirit so strong she began to tear up a bit. We as missionaries are doing our best on helping her understand the restored gospel so that she is ready to be baptised.
This past week I have been studying on obedience. I have a testimony that being obedient you can receive numerous amounts of blessings. I strive to be obedient each and every day even with the small and simple things because I know that even the small and simple things make all the difference. Jesus Christ is a great example for obedience. He was completely and exactly obedient to everything his Father asked of him. Because of what he has done he sets the example for us and we must do what we can to follow Him.
I am really coming along with the Book of Mormon challenge. I am now in Helaman chapter five. I am learning and understanding so much from this experience of reading the Book of Mormon.
Well that's all for me, tell everyone that I say hi! talk to you next week.
Love Elder Corbin