Hey everyone,
Everyone
meaning everyone I just forget everyone's emails...Anyways I have had a
great week this week. The firesides and devotionals on Tuesday and
Sunday were good. One of the 70, Elder Evans spoke. He talked about that
painting. I think it's called the rescue? It was really great though.
Let's see. Oh! I have my travel info. I leave the 21st at like 840 on a Delta flight. I am the all powerful travel leader, ha ha. So I have to make
sure we don't lose anyone and we get there. I've been joking around
with Elder Wetsker, my District Leader, that I have more power than him. Don't worry, I
know that it doesn't matter!
So I get a lot of mail and I'm really grateful for
that. Let's just take some time and realize how awesome Mom is. She made
me a Seven layer cake and delivered it to me! My district was also
really happy haha of course I had to share. Oh and Noah and Ella I got
your letter/Drawing and thanks I like to hear from you.
Is there anything new going on? I've only been gone for
a week but it feels like much longer. Everything is going well with my companion, Elder Hileman. He's a really smart guy when it comes to the
scripture so we work pretty well. My district has 5 sisters and 4 elders
which is pretty strange but they're all pretty nice. I'm excited to
actually go to Long Beach now. I cant imagine being here for 12 weeks. Luckily God knows I can't do that, ha ha.
I hope the girls are doing well. I really missed Chloe
the other day when someone was singing the "when the bee stings, when
the dog bites, when I'm feeling sad" song. I love when she sings that
song. Eden, what book are you reading? How is getting ready for school?
Make sure to tell Ella I miss her too.
Noah I'm sending you a response to your letter shortly. Hows the book? Send me some and I'll read it. That's okay right?
Mom and Dad I'm also sending you letters. DAD. Happy Belated Birthday I hope it was great.
Make sure you tell Grammie and Grandma that im doing
alright and I miss them. Hmm I guess I find it interesting that I enjoy
the MTC because I thought it would be terrible. It's not bad and mostly
enjoyable. I just work 16 hours a day... ha which is really tiring.
I'll say goodbye by copy and pasting the letter to my branch president:
President Oswald:
This week I worked towards becoming a more loving missionary. I wanted to do this because Jesus would not have been able to atone for our sins without the love that he had for each of us personally. To me, love is closely connected with charity and when I help others I feel love for them. Over the past week I worked on developing a deeper love for my companion and the rest of the Elders and Sisters in my district. I strive to shine my companion's shoes and hold the door open whenever I can. Doing these acts of service have helped me feel and show my love for the people around me.
As I have read through Preach my Gospel, the Doctrine of Christ has stuck out to me. This is probably because everything that we teach as missionaries has to do with faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. The scriptures show incredible examples of faith and enduring to the end. This week, Abinadi's ultimate sacrifice to teach the word of God to king Noah stood out to me. He had faith that no matter what happened, God's message was even more important than his own life. In Preach my Gospel, we learn to connect whatever we teach about to the Doctrine of Christ. It also shows how important it is to have people learning about the church develop their own faith.
I have tried to strengthen my companionship with Elder Hileman by serving him lovingly and trusting him more during our lessons. I am the type of person who sometimes thinks that I would be the best person for the job but I'm realizing that every companion that I will have has skills and abilities that I lack. I enjoy the time that I have with Elder Hileman. He knows more about the Scriptures than I do and has a good skill of connecting with investigators.
As a companionship and person goal, Elder Hileman and I have invited the spirit through prayer as often as we can. Before we go into a lesson, before we eat, before we get ready for the day, before we go to bed, after a lesson, during a lesson. I have never prayed this much in my life but I have also never felt the spirit this constantly before.
Thank you,
Elder Gallagher
Hope I get to hear from you all again next week!
Love you!
This week I worked towards becoming a more loving missionary. I wanted to do this because Jesus would not have been able to atone for our sins without the love that he had for each of us personally. To me, love is closely connected with charity and when I help others I feel love for them. Over the past week I worked on developing a deeper love for my companion and the rest of the Elders and Sisters in my district. I strive to shine my companion's shoes and hold the door open whenever I can. Doing these acts of service have helped me feel and show my love for the people around me.
As I have read through Preach my Gospel, the Doctrine of Christ has stuck out to me. This is probably because everything that we teach as missionaries has to do with faith, repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. The scriptures show incredible examples of faith and enduring to the end. This week, Abinadi's ultimate sacrifice to teach the word of God to king Noah stood out to me. He had faith that no matter what happened, God's message was even more important than his own life. In Preach my Gospel, we learn to connect whatever we teach about to the Doctrine of Christ. It also shows how important it is to have people learning about the church develop their own faith.
I have tried to strengthen my companionship with Elder Hileman by serving him lovingly and trusting him more during our lessons. I am the type of person who sometimes thinks that I would be the best person for the job but I'm realizing that every companion that I will have has skills and abilities that I lack. I enjoy the time that I have with Elder Hileman. He knows more about the Scriptures than I do and has a good skill of connecting with investigators.
As a companionship and person goal, Elder Hileman and I have invited the spirit through prayer as often as we can. Before we go into a lesson, before we eat, before we get ready for the day, before we go to bed, after a lesson, during a lesson. I have never prayed this much in my life but I have also never felt the spirit this constantly before.
Thank you,
Elder Gallagher
Hope I get to hear from you all again next week!
Love you!
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