Dear family,
What did I tell you, this past week flew by. It truly amazes me how fast the weeks go. Well, transfer calls were last night and both Elder Williams and I are safe. We'll continue serving together here in So. Royalton for at least another 6 weeks. We are excited about it. We are however changing houses. We will be living with the former Bishop and his wife now. So that will be a bit of a change. We are working on coming up with some new goals and plans for this new transfer.
Mom I think I'm pretty much fine as far as clothes go. Although, new ties will never be turned down. As far as things for my birthday, you could probably just save all the money and put it towards the purchase of a laptop when I get home or something cool like that.
So I will start with the update on Wayne. He is so amazing. He is reading from the Book of Mormon most every night as well as praying and he's come to church 3 times now. He has the best most sincere questions and he agrees with everything we teach. He basically knows most of the gospel, but just doesn't know that he knows it. He fed us dinner this past week and we met his wife. She is really nice but isn't too interested yet. She is Catholic and she works on Sundays. Wayne will have some Word of Wisdom issues to overcome, but we are confident in the converting power of the gospel. He is a joy to teach. We just need to be able to teach him more often.
Oh, mom, I just thought of something. It would be nice to have some thank you cards to give people. I think you can buy like cheap ones in packs of 25. I can't find any out here but if you could maybe send some sometime, that would be great.
Alright, back to the update. We had a really good week. We found 10 people who said we could come back. We are hopeful that a few will work out. We'd love to be able to teach more than just one person. But we are still grateful that we even have one.
We are working on trying to be more united in our teaching Elder Williams is a little quiet so we are trying to find ways so that we are always both talking whether it be on doorsteps or in lessons.
This week there was a neat experience. A woman in the ward passed away due to cancer leaving behind a husband and 6 young kids. (That is not the neat part.) What was neat was the way the family handled it. They have been so strong and amazingly at peace. They have a real testimony of the plan of salvation and it shows. The husband is really into missionary work and so the whole funeral was centered around that. All the talks were basically letting people know what we believe and how that can bring peace. There was a dinner after so all the nonmembers could mingle with the members. It was really neat that this man, Bro. Dunkle, truly sees the importance of missionary work. Enough so that he would be willing to use his wife's funeral as a way to teach others the gospel. He is an amazing man. I do feel bad for their family though.
Exciting news, Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander of the seventy is coming to the mission in a few weeks. He will be speaking at our Zone conference. The weath has finally gotten better. It reained for about two months straight but we've been dry for a few days now so that has been nice.
Alright, I think I'll end on a spiritual note. I gave a talk in District meeting on the doctrine of testimony so I will share a few highlights. Just like our faith, our testimonies must always be centered on Jesus Christ in relation to the judgment. We must gain a testimony of Christ and stay true to it. Christ who was our perfect example also had to gain a testimony of himself. In Jesus the Christ, it talks about how Christ had to gain a knowledge of His divine role and who He really was. He had to stay close to the spirit and pray often to gain this testimony. Satan's temptations were also temptations for Christ to doubt or deny that testimony he had received. Satan, likewise, wants to get us to doubt our testimonies of Christ because they are so important. I believe that our testimony of other things is only as strong as our testimony of the Savior and His role in our lives. We must continually cultivate and strengthen that testimony throughout our lives.
I want all of you to know that I know that Jesus Christ truly is the Savior and Redeemer. He loved us all enough to make an atonement for us so that we can be with God and our families forever. I know that Christ is the Son of God and the only way back to Heavenly Father. I'm grateful for His perfect example.
Well, family, I sincerely love you all. I hope that things go well as you all transition back into the school year. I am well and happy and wish the same for all of you. Love, Elder Pitt
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