{"id":4309,"date":"2012-11-13T08:44:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T15:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pierfamily.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/13\/weekly-letter-from-the-president\/"},"modified":"2019-08-21T14:30:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T21:30:57","slug":"weekly-letter-from-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pierfamily.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/13\/weekly-letter-from-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Letter from the President…"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I regularly mention, one of the highlights of the week is reading the weekly letter to the missionaries from President Anderson. His letters encourage, train and shares spirit lifting missionary experiences.<\/p>\n

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I love how you as missionaries are obedient, and how you follow promptings by the Spirit to those who are praying for you:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u0153We knocked a couple doors then went to the second level. A lady answered the door with a lot of happiness and\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0excitement. After the prayer she looked at us with tears in her eyes and said she was going to a lot of different churches but knew none of them were right. She didn’t feel good about any of them and knew there was only one truth. She was praying to God to know where the truth was. She finally told God that He was going to have to send the truth to her. She was praying that night and she told us, \u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u02dcGod sent me his truth and even on my birthday!\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u2122 I can’t put into words how amazing this\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0experience\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0was. The spirit was giving me constant goose bumps. She is preparing to be baptized on the 11th. She came the next day to church and brought her friend.\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u009d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Being obedient when we don\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u2122t know why at the moment will quickly manifest the miracle:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u0153Last week as we were on our way to go see one of our investigators, we saw a guy walking down the street ahead of us. We stopped him and testified that we were sent there to find him. He paused for a moment and then said, \u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u02dcNow it makes sense. Just now\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0I was watching TV and something was telling me to leave the house to go wait for my daughter\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u2122s bus on the street. I thought to myself that this will be the first time I’ll ever wait for my daughter to get back from school\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u00a6 so I did. And now I know why I was prompted to come here so I could meet the both of you.\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u2122 We testified to him\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0that we were sent by Jesus Christ to find him so we could leave His peace and blessing on his home.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0He told us that he wanted his daughter to\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0be part of that prayer. So\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0we waited for his daughter. After she arrived we followed them to their home and\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0left a\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0blessing with them. Jason\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0wept throughout\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0the entire blessing. Right after the blessing he got up and hugged me and my companion.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0We could feel the spirit super strong in\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0Jason’s home\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0first thing we\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0said was, \u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u02dcJason will you follow the example of\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0Jesus Christ and to be baptized?\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u2122 He accepted\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0it with tears\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0on his face.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0He and his Daughter came to church yesterday and they loved it. They are preparing to be baptized this week!\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u009d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Your example of obedience and hard work will affect those who are watching you:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u0153We are really working super hard here and seeing a lot of success! We had 6 people come to church this week, which got the Branch more excited to work with us, and they gave us 8 referrals during church!! They have heard us say that we are going to work hard, but when they actually saw that we were is where they got excited!\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u009d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n