Worldly World

Well the Braves game was pretty awesome!! I forgot for a year just how worldly the world really is!! I kinda felt out of place at the game, but I am glad to be back and at it again!

Dale Murphy Plaque

After Pday we went up to Macland and Hiram for exchanges the next day!! Wow, I feel like a TT, we go on so many exchanges. It's a constant pack and unpack process!! It is a good time though!!

Tuesday we had our exchange with Macland, I went with the Man E. Hyde!! We weren't able to do a whole lot of proselyting because we went to their District Meeting and then did service for a few hours but it was still a good learning experience!!

Wednesday we came back to our area for exchanges with the Douglasville Elders!! I was with the New Zealander E. Wihongi!! We had a great time on Campus!! There were so many people that were stoked on him and his accent!!

Thursday was a big busy day, we barely had to plan in the morning!! We had a ZLC call in the morning with all the District Leaders in the Zone then we got right to work! We had back to back lessons from around 12pm-4pm!! We had 7 appointments and 6 of them actually went through which is a crazy number!! I've never had that happen before!! 

On Friday night we had another lesson with Gerald. We taught him the Plan of Salvation and at the end showed him the Mountains to Climb MM!! He opened up a lot and told us about how he had lost his faith in God before we met him but it is slowly growing everyday now!! The man has come a long way from when we first met him that is for sure!!

Saturday we were in Villa Rica to have another exchange!! I was with E. Augir who just came out about 3 weeks ago!! He is the man!! It was kinda a cool and weird experience being with him because it felt like just yesterday I was on my first exchange with my Zone Leaders! I knew how big of an impact my ZL's had on me so I wanted to do the same for him if I could!! We had a great time doing service and found a lot of success while proselyting!! 

Sunday, yesterday, we had 3 people come to church. Gerald, John and Ian!! Sacrament meeting was actually turned into a Sing-A-Mony where you bear your testimony on a favorite hymn and then we all sing 1 verse. It was my first time ever having that experience, it was wonderful!! Gerald got up and asked to sing the Star Spangled Banner!! He has been to Church 3 weeks and has gone to the pulpit 2 of those 3!! Its been a miracle for sure!!

After Church we had a Linger Longer and the E. Cook Devotional!! I was cool to see an Apostle of the Lord so enthusiastic and excited to share the knowledge of the History of the Church. I think many people (including myself) were worried about what would be brought up, but I know that both E. Cook and the two Historians for Church handled the meeting perfectly because they were relying on the spirit!! I think it is so cool that we don't have to hide the past, but that we should be transparent and even proud of our ancestors!! It was a wonderful night!!

I know I usually go into more detail about the week but the sister missionaries are about to start emailing so I need to hop off.

This week I have gained a deeper and more abiding testimony that this Church is the Church of Jesus Christ restored to the Earth through a modern day prophet!! I am honored to be able to open my mouth for the Lord and declare boldly and with enthusiasm that this work is true, it is divine!! I am grateful to be apart of it, I am also grateful to see all the missionaries from back home spread across the World doing the same thing!! 

"In all of Life (or your mission) have much fun and laughter. Life (your mission) is to be enjoyed, not just endured!" _Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley

Love yall :)

Godspeed

Elder Northrup

This is the Smoof (Nate Jones) of Georgia