Its been another great week in Oakville!
We had an amazing day at church yesterday! Well, not so much us, but the other elders. They had eight of their investigators at church, then we had one, and there were a few people that brought friends. in total we had 13 nonmembers at chruch and all but two stayed all three hours. We had a really good appointment with Margret, the older lady we've been teaching, on Sat. Our appointments are usually Friday but she called up Friday morning to reschedule for Sat. We are pretty sure we have found out why she hasn't been baptized yet. She's been telling us all along we just werent "listening" with our spiritual ears. She has had this tradition in her family that they associate themselves with a church, live it and all that fun stuff, but never join it. We finally realized (she more so told us) that she didn't want to "belong" to anything but Christ, not a church. Then it finally clicked for me and we talked about how all the church is is His fold here on this earth. Then when she came to church on Sunday, there was a difference about her. We are planning on setting a baptismal date this coming Friday, because NOW she is ready!!!!!!! We have also had some great lessons with a couple that we found a long time ago, Steve and Shelly. They didn't make it to church so we went by Sunday night and caught him heading to the gym, so we just taught her about prayer. She was so appreciative about it, and that she can now talk to her Father. It felt great. We have another appointment with them on Tues and we want to bring them to the church so they will be comfortable coming.
Transfer calls are this week. I have no idea what is going to happen to me. It could go any which way. I'm actually pretty nervous about this one, I'd love to stay one more, but it isn't about what I want. There are a lot of possibilities this transfer so we'll see.
One of the Elders tore his ACL in his knee this past P-day. He was really bummed out because he goes home this next week and can't work very hard to finish his mission. He stays in the office with one of the Assistants to the Pres. til five, then goes out to "work" as much as he can in his area from five on.
Mom- Yes we got the package, the cookies are great. They aren't helping me to stay in shape though (but that's alright).
Dad-I'm looking forward to conference too! Elder Westfall prefers to watch it at the church, and I like to watch it in the members homes, so we'll probably do both. It will be interesting to see what the focus is this time. I've started a study on Forgiveness, maybe I will be able to get some insights from some of the talks.
Love,
Elder Egan
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Be Fully Engaged in the Work of The Lord
Its been another great week in Oakville!
Just when I thought that summer was over we had a fairly hot and humid day yesterday and it sounds like it will be like that for the rest of the week. Luckily we have quite a few appointments this week with investigators. The work is really starting to get going again. Hopefully by the end of the month we will have three or four baptismal dates. We had a really fun time last week at the zoo and arch. Luckily we didn't get towed, we did however, get a parking ticket!!! It wasn't really our fault though, there were three signs all saying different things, so we just decided to park. Lucky for us, it wasnt quite $400, only $25. I have decided after that, that I refuse to drive/park in the city anymore.
This past weekend was really great too. We had another leadership training, a zone leader council, priesthood leadership meeting, and a special zone conference with Elder Richards from the second quorm of seventy. Oh yea, we also had our stake conference in the middle of all that and one of our area authorities was there. Needless to say, we had lots of meetings this weekend (thats also why we are having P day today, because of zone conference yesterday). We got some great council from Elder Richards. He talked about how to have effective councils, becoming sanctified, leadership, and a bunch of other stuff that I cant remember right now. We also had our team ups with the assistants last week. I reminded Elder Nelson how long I've been a zone leader, nine and a half months, sounds like I might go another transfer though. I wouldn't mind, but we'll see what happens.
During stake conference the area authority, Elder Deshler, talked about "multitasking." he said that when someone multitasks they only focus a little bit on everything. He then related it to the gospel. if we are trying to include the gospel in our "multitasking" we won't get very much out of it. Instead, we need to make sure that we are fully engaged in the work of the Lord in every calling we have, every time we read the scriptures, or every time that we pray. It was really a good reminder.
Mom-My mouth is doing good. we have a ton of dentist and orthodontists in the ward if anything were to happen.
Dad-I dont entirely remember the bishops son referring us to anyone, we did have our ward mission leaders son introduce us to one of his friends. nothing really came of it though. We'll get big rain storms here too, but in about 5 min. everything will be dried up though.
Anyway, have a great week.
Love,
Elder Egan
Just when I thought that summer was over we had a fairly hot and humid day yesterday and it sounds like it will be like that for the rest of the week. Luckily we have quite a few appointments this week with investigators. The work is really starting to get going again. Hopefully by the end of the month we will have three or four baptismal dates. We had a really fun time last week at the zoo and arch. Luckily we didn't get towed, we did however, get a parking ticket!!! It wasn't really our fault though, there were three signs all saying different things, so we just decided to park. Lucky for us, it wasnt quite $400, only $25. I have decided after that, that I refuse to drive/park in the city anymore.
This past weekend was really great too. We had another leadership training, a zone leader council, priesthood leadership meeting, and a special zone conference with Elder Richards from the second quorm of seventy. Oh yea, we also had our stake conference in the middle of all that and one of our area authorities was there. Needless to say, we had lots of meetings this weekend (thats also why we are having P day today, because of zone conference yesterday). We got some great council from Elder Richards. He talked about how to have effective councils, becoming sanctified, leadership, and a bunch of other stuff that I cant remember right now. We also had our team ups with the assistants last week. I reminded Elder Nelson how long I've been a zone leader, nine and a half months, sounds like I might go another transfer though. I wouldn't mind, but we'll see what happens.
During stake conference the area authority, Elder Deshler, talked about "multitasking." he said that when someone multitasks they only focus a little bit on everything. He then related it to the gospel. if we are trying to include the gospel in our "multitasking" we won't get very much out of it. Instead, we need to make sure that we are fully engaged in the work of the Lord in every calling we have, every time we read the scriptures, or every time that we pray. It was really a good reminder.
Mom-My mouth is doing good. we have a ton of dentist and orthodontists in the ward if anything were to happen.
Dad-I dont entirely remember the bishops son referring us to anyone, we did have our ward mission leaders son introduce us to one of his friends. nothing really came of it though. We'll get big rain storms here too, but in about 5 min. everything will be dried up though.
Anyway, have a great week.
Love,
Elder Egan
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Going Through Hard Time???....Shake a Hand!
Its been another great week in Oakville!
We were on a bunch of team ups this week with the zone. We were up in the city again (we made sure to get a parking pass this time) and then the next day down in Crystal City. Team ups are really tiring but I love being able to spend the time with the other Elders. We had a really good week otherwise, when we were able to work our area. Most of our stop bys and appointments all worked out. It was a well needed "tender mercy." It seems that the work is starting to pick up again and people are getting more excited about missionary work.
We had a really good day at church yesterday. In our PEC/ Ward Council we focused on not only missionary work but also retintion and reactivation. The Bishop challenged everyone to make sure and greet everyone they see, active members and everyone. You never know when someone is going through a hard time and just needs a simple hand shake and hello. He also said that we should make sure to shake at least 15 peoples hands. We made is sorta a game between the four of us elders, and we saw a huge improvement on everyone we saw. It was a nice little reminder from Bishop. One of the talks was something about "purity" and how the pure only see pure. I think he read from Titus or something like that but he talked about how when we're pure that we only see/look for the good or pure in everything/everyone else. The deaf couple wasnt there today, but we still pray for them. Today is E. Ipsen's birthday, so we're going down town to go the the Arch and the Zoo, so its going to be really fun, and on top of that, its a great day. The sun is out, and its not to hot or humid!
Mom-yeah, the Bankheads got home Sat (well Pres. Bankhead did. Sis. Bankhead is still out for another week) and we got our mail. Thats crazy to think that Ryan is already home and Jeff isn't too far behind. And I guess now that I think of it, my time is coming much faster than I want.
Dad-I've been hearing alot from Ether 12:27 this week. I guess I should study it again, maybe the Lord is trying to tell me something. It's a great scripture and one that you can never read too many times. I've been reading lately in Enos, Jarom, and Omni and even though they are not very big, they sure are full of great things.
Love you lots and thanks for everything,
Elder Egan
We were on a bunch of team ups this week with the zone. We were up in the city again (we made sure to get a parking pass this time) and then the next day down in Crystal City. Team ups are really tiring but I love being able to spend the time with the other Elders. We had a really good week otherwise, when we were able to work our area. Most of our stop bys and appointments all worked out. It was a well needed "tender mercy." It seems that the work is starting to pick up again and people are getting more excited about missionary work.
We had a really good day at church yesterday. In our PEC/ Ward Council we focused on not only missionary work but also retintion and reactivation. The Bishop challenged everyone to make sure and greet everyone they see, active members and everyone. You never know when someone is going through a hard time and just needs a simple hand shake and hello. He also said that we should make sure to shake at least 15 peoples hands. We made is sorta a game between the four of us elders, and we saw a huge improvement on everyone we saw. It was a nice little reminder from Bishop. One of the talks was something about "purity" and how the pure only see pure. I think he read from Titus or something like that but he talked about how when we're pure that we only see/look for the good or pure in everything/everyone else. The deaf couple wasnt there today, but we still pray for them. Today is E. Ipsen's birthday, so we're going down town to go the the Arch and the Zoo, so its going to be really fun, and on top of that, its a great day. The sun is out, and its not to hot or humid!
Mom-yeah, the Bankheads got home Sat (well Pres. Bankhead did. Sis. Bankhead is still out for another week) and we got our mail. Thats crazy to think that Ryan is already home and Jeff isn't too far behind. And I guess now that I think of it, my time is coming much faster than I want.
Dad-I've been hearing alot from Ether 12:27 this week. I guess I should study it again, maybe the Lord is trying to tell me something. It's a great scripture and one that you can never read too many times. I've been reading lately in Enos, Jarom, and Omni and even though they are not very big, they sure are full of great things.
Love you lots and thanks for everything,
Elder Egan
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Busch Stadium and The Cardinals
Its been another great week in Oakville!
Lots of meetings at the begining of the week and then the Cardinals game on Sat, so we weren't able to teach a whole bunch of lessons. It was really fun though. Busch Stadium is really nice and since everyone was there, we had a lot of fun. Then after the game we stayed in the city to see a baptism. It was a great way to end the night, even though the Cardinals lost. It has been a great weekend weather wise too. Then today it started raining again, oh well. We were tracting yesterday and we found a new person to start teaching. He's been Catholic for his whole life but was really open, let us in, and accepted a Book Of Mormon. Then before we could ask for his number he offered it to us! it was really neat. Then on Sunday, two people walked into sacrament. She is deaf and her boyfriend interperts for her. As we were talking with them, we found out that they've been looking into the church for a while on their own. We asked if we could come by and teach them but they said not yet. So hopefully they'll come back next week.
Mom- When does Trevor report to the MTC? Has Tyson already left? Doesn't Jeff get home next month?
Dad-Sounds like your having fun. We'll try to have a baptism for you to report for next month. Thats our goal anyway.
Anyway, we had to work yesterday and only have till 3 today to get everything done.
Love you lots,
Elder Egan
Lots of meetings at the begining of the week and then the Cardinals game on Sat, so we weren't able to teach a whole bunch of lessons. It was really fun though. Busch Stadium is really nice and since everyone was there, we had a lot of fun. Then after the game we stayed in the city to see a baptism. It was a great way to end the night, even though the Cardinals lost. It has been a great weekend weather wise too. Then today it started raining again, oh well. We were tracting yesterday and we found a new person to start teaching. He's been Catholic for his whole life but was really open, let us in, and accepted a Book Of Mormon. Then before we could ask for his number he offered it to us! it was really neat. Then on Sunday, two people walked into sacrament. She is deaf and her boyfriend interperts for her. As we were talking with them, we found out that they've been looking into the church for a while on their own. We asked if we could come by and teach them but they said not yet. So hopefully they'll come back next week.
Mom- When does Trevor report to the MTC? Has Tyson already left? Doesn't Jeff get home next month?
Dad-Sounds like your having fun. We'll try to have a baptism for you to report for next month. Thats our goal anyway.
Anyway, we had to work yesterday and only have till 3 today to get everything done.
Love you lots,
Elder Egan
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