Go, Fight, WIN!!!

It's truly been a remarkable week, not only because of General Conference but because of how much the Lord is blessing us right now!

Last Pday was good, and not so good! We played some pong at the Baptist Center again, took a nap, and did some work for the rest of the day. The reason why I say it wasn't so good is because I found out that night I had minor food poisoning from the Subway's we had for lunch. The next few days were quite the adventure. 

On Tuesday we had Zone Conference, and from what I heard in between me running to the Bathroom and back ever 10 mins, it was pretty good!! :) It was very focused on Finding, how we find and why we find! It was especially helpful for our zone because we don't find as many people as we should!! When we got back from Zone Conference I was in quite a bit of pain so we just planned and did some other Zone Leader stuff for the rest of the day. I called Jason as well and he said he was excited to tell me that he would be baptized on Oct. 27!! YIPPEE!!

Thursday we had our Zone Leadership Council, we gave some instruction on the Zone's actuals and goals. It was good to be able to train again!! We had the Hiram Elders there as well for exchanges, and it worked out well for a little bit but again my body was not having it!!

Friday was my first full day out and about! We had a really good day of Followups, finding and teaching Less Actives! It seems like we are coming along very well in the Carrollton Ward!!

Friday night we called Mason and his wife Katrina to answer some questions and to read a chapter of the Book of Mormon. Summer (one of E. Isaksen's Recent Converts) jumped on the call as well and bore sweet and sincere testimony about the Book of Mormon. She has gone through a lot of trials because of her choice to join the Church. Her parents and family are completely against her! She is so strong in the faith and it was so great to have her on the call with Mason and Katrina!

Saturday and Sunday, Conference Days!!! I loved everything about General Conference, it was great to be gathered together as one body of Christ, all around the World! I loved the thought that all my friends spread out on their missions, and all my family are gathered together to hear the prophet of the Lord speak!! What a blessing it is to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter~Day Saints!!

The Lord has blessed us with finding a lot of people to teach this last week! Our goal was to find 10 New People, and we ended up finding 13!! We couldn't have done it without the Lord!! Excited to see where the next few weeks will lead us!!:)

The biggest miracle of all actually happened last night while we were on a call with Mason again!! He had some questions about a verse in 2 Nephi 6 and needed some help with it!! We had a brother from the Ward help answer many of his questions! Then completely out of nowhere, Mason just dumped on us what he has been feeling over the last few weeks since he has been reading the Book of Mormon! The very first thing he said was, "Sweet Tea, Black Tea, Iced Tea; they're all my favorite. I LOVE Tea!! But when I got halfway through the first book of Nephi, I went into the fridge and the pantry and dumped down the drain every bit of Tea that I had (we hadn't taught him about the Word of Wisdom yet)." He also said, "I can relate with the Book of Mormon better than any other book, it feels like it is being written to me. There's no way Joseph Smith could've written this Book. He would either be a Prophet called by God, or a really good guesser. I feel as though he is a Prophet." One of the last things that he told us was that when he tuned into General Conference, he heard a story that changed his outlook. It was the story about the guy in South America that wanted to target the Missionaries to bash them. Mason said that the first time he approached Elder Kohler and me (we were on Exchanges), that was what his intent was. It was to make us question what we believed. But as time has gone on and as he has read the Book of Mormon with an open heart, he has come to know of its truthfulness!!

Again, What a Wonderful Privilege it is to be a Missionary in the Great Georgia Atlanta Mission!! :) Love y'all!!

Elder Northrup