Well I made it half way to Denmark! I am not stationed in Pontiac. Life is
going great! My companion is Elder Wilcock. He his 19 years old and he's been in
the Mission for 5 Months. He is an amazing Trainer. He is a hard worker. We are
the only Missionaries in the Whole City of Pontiac and our Mission District
Boundry. Crazy.
Just found out that my Mission President wife,
Sister Fenn, is the Daughter of Elder Bruce R. McConkie. Wish I would have
talked to here. That was a cool thing to find out. We arrived at the airport at
11:30 went to the Mission office for orientation. (They told us that if anyone
sends me packages, mail it to the Mission office. Packages will get stolen if
you mail it straight to me.) As my mom on the Address. I don't have it on me.
Well after orientation we went to the mission home. President
Fenn interviewed all the new missionaries while they finished orientation. Than
we had Chicago Pizza. Ah it was so good. One pizza had a cirlcuar piece of
sasuage right on top of the Pizza! it was amazing! Very good and awesome pizza.
Don't think I will have a Hot Dog out here. There is really nothing in this
small town. A little Depressing. Next day we recieved our companions. They got
up and told us where we would be serving and other info. Elder Wilcock got up
pointed on the map and said that he would be having his companion teach the law
of Chasity that night to an out of wed lock couple. I was freaking out because I never taught
it in English before!!!! He later told me he would be putting more into it.
We had a member take us to KFC, which I was alright with. It beats
the MTC food haha. Than we went over together and taught the lesson. The lesson
was great! We were blunt and bold. The investigator, Anthony really was happy we
taught it that way. We were going to teach the Word of Wisdom but we followed
the spirit and talked about temples. Very awesome and powerful lesson. All I did
was really testify but it was awesome.
It's been really hard work
here. I'm grateful to have Elder Wilcock. He really wants to do as much work as
he can. His previous companion didn't care much. He says that he has knocked on
more doors this past week than he ever did with his previous companion.
We have another investigator who has some mental issues. So it's
slow for him to grasp on to things. We are working hard with him. His name is
James. And we're praying for him as much as possible.
We have found alot of
potential investigators this past week. We will actually be teaching Rodolfo
tomorrow. He has broken English.
He speaks practically Spanish. We're hoping we can bring the spirit in that
lesson to have him desire us to come back with a translator.
Well I'm
running low on time. We email in a library which allows us to email for a
certain amount of time. Alot of miracles have happened here on this mission
already. I love the people here and I enjoy this work! I'm so grateful to serve
here. Even though there is no Danish people here I know I have been blessed. I
am becoming a better teacher since I've been hear. I love this work even more.
My problem right now is that I can't pray in English. The only time I can do it
is when I am with investigators. Hard to explain. I tried it with Elder Wilcock
and my prayer felt like the first time I prayed in Danish.... Meaningless. I've
lost the meaning and can only feel the spirit with praying in Danish. A sign
from the Lord that I need to keep my Danish up. ( I only get 1 hour a day haha)
Thank you everyone for your love and support! I know that the Lord blesses
everyone for keeping our faith and working hard. Love you all! See you next
week!
Elder Jantzen Richard Read
Good luck to All the
Danish Elders where ever you are serving!!!!!!
Thank you brother
Pullan and Williamson for teaching me I love you brothern and am grateful for
you
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