Things are going pretty well. We have found more people to teach and have 3 appointments tonight and 3 different members coming out with us so we are seeing things pick up.
We haven't found anything out about the muslims that we found but we are planning on stopping by them a few more times, so we will have to see what comes of it.
Transfers are next week, which means that transfer calls are coming up this weekend. I'm pretty sure that I will be staying for another transfer. I would be surprised if I get transferred, but we will see what happens.
I will be sending home a box of clothes since we are not aloud to wear anything that has a logo on it outside of our apartment. So be looking for a box in the next couple of weeks.
Well, I hope you have a good day. I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
November 3, 2014
Things went pretty good last week.
I had my last interview with President until my exit interview with him. It's starting to sink in that my time is almost up, so I've got to make sure to really make these last few weeks count and find those that are looking for the joy the gospel can bring to them. It's great to have been raised in the gospel by such good parents to help me understand the gospel and to help me live it. I've learned a lot while I've been out. I've learned how the Gospel can change lives, how the Atonement can help people over comes their trials.
We have a potential investigators who is Muslim. In order for us to teach him we have to get permission from the mission president. We also have to find out if he is going back east, why he is in the U.S. and if he is a permanent resident. We need to find those things out before we can teach him.
Friday we had lunch at the Institute building where we were able to talk with our YSA recent converts and investigators.
That's about it for this week.
I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
I had my last interview with President until my exit interview with him. It's starting to sink in that my time is almost up, so I've got to make sure to really make these last few weeks count and find those that are looking for the joy the gospel can bring to them. It's great to have been raised in the gospel by such good parents to help me understand the gospel and to help me live it. I've learned a lot while I've been out. I've learned how the Gospel can change lives, how the Atonement can help people over comes their trials.
We have a potential investigators who is Muslim. In order for us to teach him we have to get permission from the mission president. We also have to find out if he is going back east, why he is in the U.S. and if he is a permanent resident. We need to find those things out before we can teach him.
Friday we had lunch at the Institute building where we were able to talk with our YSA recent converts and investigators.
That's about it for this week.
I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Oct. 27, 2014
Yesterday at church the young man that was baptized last week asked if he could hang out with us today. So he came out with us for a couple of hours and got to see how missionary life is really like. He also went to mission prep class later that night.
Yesterday we also helped someone move a pool table into a guys house and then helped a couple of girls change the radiator hose in their car.
The rest of the week was pretty normal. We did do about 5 hours of service Saturday doing some yard work.
We do have one investigator that we are working with that says the Church is true because the people that taught him know it's true. We told him that we will help him get his own testimony and he really liked that idea.
My shoes are really worn, in fact they started squeaking sometimes when I walk. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will last my to the end of my mission. There is no place here to buy a new pair a shoes that would be comfortable enough for all the walking that we do.
Well, I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
Yesterday we also helped someone move a pool table into a guys house and then helped a couple of girls change the radiator hose in their car.
The rest of the week was pretty normal. We did do about 5 hours of service Saturday doing some yard work.
We do have one investigator that we are working with that says the Church is true because the people that taught him know it's true. We told him that we will help him get his own testimony and he really liked that idea.
My shoes are really worn, in fact they started squeaking sometimes when I walk. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will last my to the end of my mission. There is no place here to buy a new pair a shoes that would be comfortable enough for all the walking that we do.
Well, I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Oct. 20, 2014
We had a baptism Friday and I was able to confirm him a member of the church, which was pretty awesome.
After church Sunday we taught a new investigator who had been taught on the west side for 6 months. He believed the church was true because he knew that his girlfriend and the missionaries teaching him knew that it was true. So we told him that we will work with him to get his own testimony.
Other than that it was just the normal stuff.
I love you.
Love, Scott
After church Sunday we taught a new investigator who had been taught on the west side for 6 months. He believed the church was true because he knew that his girlfriend and the missionaries teaching him knew that it was true. So we told him that we will work with him to get his own testimony.
Other than that it was just the normal stuff.
I love you.
Love, Scott
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Oct. 13, 2014
Things are going good here. We are having a baptism Friday! The guy that is getting baptized want to hang out with us today so I think we are going to shoot some pool with him at the institute building.
We had a few lessons with members that have turned out pretty interesting. We took out the Elders Quorum President to a lesson and we had an investigator bring up some concerns about deep doctrine, like does God have a God and how did he get his body? He told her to simply just focus on the basics of the gospel and to read the Book of Mormon with an open heart and she will the get answers she is looking for. That was pretty good.
We also helped a guy split some wood this week. When we started we were using a hydraulic splitter and everything was going good, but then the splitter ended up stopping and we couldn't get it running again. We ended doing the rest of the wood by hand. Man did our backs hurt for a while after that.
That's about it for this week.
I love you.
Love,
Scott
We had a few lessons with members that have turned out pretty interesting. We took out the Elders Quorum President to a lesson and we had an investigator bring up some concerns about deep doctrine, like does God have a God and how did he get his body? He told her to simply just focus on the basics of the gospel and to read the Book of Mormon with an open heart and she will the get answers she is looking for. That was pretty good.
We also helped a guy split some wood this week. When we started we were using a hydraulic splitter and everything was going good, but then the splitter ended up stopping and we couldn't get it running again. We ended doing the rest of the wood by hand. Man did our backs hurt for a while after that.
That's about it for this week.
I love you.
Love,
Scott
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Oct. 6, 2014
I had a pretty good week. We had a lesson with a couple of guys who just wanted to bash with us. One brought out an anti packet. We answered all the questions he had. We also answered all the questions from the anti packet that the other guy had. It was kind of interesting. We also invited them to church with us, if they did a lot of their questions would had been answered but they didn't come. As me and my companion watched conference we both agreed that it would have bee great for them to had seen conference. A lot if their questions and concerns would have been answers.
We also got transfer calls. I'm staying in Ellensburg as well as my companion. I think I will end up going home from here now for sure.
That's about it.
I love you.
Love,
Scott
We also got transfer calls. I'm staying in Ellensburg as well as my companion. I think I will end up going home from here now for sure.
That's about it.
I love you.
Love,
Scott
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Sept. 29, 2014
Things here are going pretty good for the most part. We had a training this week on how to do our weekly planning. They said that we should spend at least 6 hours planning our week and if we are not then we may be doing something wrong. We are to do our weekly planning on Fridays.
We also got together with 5 other zones and watched the documentary "Meet the Mormons". I thought it made us look like weirdos, that do normal things and live normal lives. I was also able to see one of my old companions that will be going home next week. It was good to see him before his leaves. He's excited to go home but sad at the same time. Oh, when we had our temple trip a couple of weeks ago I saw the lady that I lived with in Kennewick at the temple. Said said that she missed me and wished that I could come back and that I was one of her favorite missionaries.
There is a rumor going around that they are going to move the missionaries out of the apartment that we are living in and move us in with members (there are 4 of us). I'm guessing it would be to save money. We will have to see what happens.
We did so some service in Thorp for a less active member there and their son came to church Sunday, which was good. We are also planning on going to a town called Elem. It's a pretty small town. The elders up there are always doing service so I'll be able to help them.
Transfers are next week and I have a feeling that I will be transferred so we will have to see what happens.
I love you.
Love,
Scott
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