Hey Everybody!!!
This has been another great week. We have been so blessed here in this area! This week we found nine new investigators. Eight of them were Spanish. The best thing was that in the past we have had a problem of teaching a bunch of guys who rented apartments together. They could not progress very easily because of bad influences around them. These Eight new investigators were all part of families! They are great people. One of our new investigators called us at 11:30 on Saturday night and left us a message saying she wanted to go to church on Sunday! I really feel so blessed. We have had days before where you sometimes knock doors for hours and you don't find anybody. With this transfer I was really stressed because I didn't think we would be able to find as many people because we are so busy with English and Spanish, but we have found way more since then, without knocking any doors! It is amazing how when you are given a greater burden, if you respond in a good way, you receive more blessings! I know the Lord is watching over us here and that he is leading us to find those who will receive our message!
Last Monday we went to a member's house for our preparation day. They live right by the banks of a river. Their daughter took us all on a tour of "The bamboo forest" It was really cool. There is just a random group of bamboo growing by the river. That is not really normal in Georgia. It was not quite like Hawaii but it was still really cool. Some of the other Elders climbed way up the bamboo to get into a high tree. We weren't really sure they would be able to get back down, but they were able to slide back down the bamboo.
Love, Elder Banner
Hey Everybody!!!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
April 5, 2010
Hey Family,
Sorry I didn't get to write an email to you guys last week. It was a very busy day and I did not end up being able to send an email. I did however put a short letter in the mail so I hope you get that soon.
I hope that you all enjoyed General Conference as much as I did. I found it very uplifting and inspiring!
I have some interesting news. I did not get transferred. I am still serving in the John's Creek ward. Elder Nataren got transferred to a different part of the mission. We usually have two English and two Spanish Elders in the John's Creek ward, but as of Wednesday, Elder Hardman who was an English Elder in John's Creek before is now a Spanish Elder with me. We are temporarily covering Spanish and English until the mission gets more Elders. I am teaching Elder Hardman Spanish now. He was very surprised and had no notice until the transfer meeting. He didn't know until it popped up on the screen. We also had a Spanish Elder that has been out about 18 months go Portuguese speaking. It should be very interesting to see how he does. We now have about 150 missionaries in our mission. About 16 are Spanish (it should be 20) and we also have 2 Portuguese Elders and 2 Portuguese sisters. It also sounds like we might be getting 2 Korean sisters from temple square to serve in the same basic area as where I am. We have a lot of Koreans here in John's Creek.
We have been doing English classes on Wednesday nights at the church and they really have been a great success. We have distributed many flyers and other things trying to get the word out. Somehow the news has spread pretty far. We had another missionary from another area that somehow heard about it and is sending one of his investigators to our class. I also have gotten at least three phone calls from people I don't know calling for more information about our classes. It is amazing how much we have been blessed by these classes. Who would have thought that I would end up teaching English to Spanish and Korean speakers, and teaching Spanish to English Speakers. I really feel blessed to have these opportunities.
Love,
Keith (Elder Banner)
Sorry I didn't get to write an email to you guys last week. It was a very busy day and I did not end up being able to send an email. I did however put a short letter in the mail so I hope you get that soon.
I hope that you all enjoyed General Conference as much as I did. I found it very uplifting and inspiring!
I have some interesting news. I did not get transferred. I am still serving in the John's Creek ward. Elder Nataren got transferred to a different part of the mission. We usually have two English and two Spanish Elders in the John's Creek ward, but as of Wednesday, Elder Hardman who was an English Elder in John's Creek before is now a Spanish Elder with me. We are temporarily covering Spanish and English until the mission gets more Elders. I am teaching Elder Hardman Spanish now. He was very surprised and had no notice until the transfer meeting. He didn't know until it popped up on the screen. We also had a Spanish Elder that has been out about 18 months go Portuguese speaking. It should be very interesting to see how he does. We now have about 150 missionaries in our mission. About 16 are Spanish (it should be 20) and we also have 2 Portuguese Elders and 2 Portuguese sisters. It also sounds like we might be getting 2 Korean sisters from temple square to serve in the same basic area as where I am. We have a lot of Koreans here in John's Creek.
We have been doing English classes on Wednesday nights at the church and they really have been a great success. We have distributed many flyers and other things trying to get the word out. Somehow the news has spread pretty far. We had another missionary from another area that somehow heard about it and is sending one of his investigators to our class. I also have gotten at least three phone calls from people I don't know calling for more information about our classes. It is amazing how much we have been blessed by these classes. Who would have thought that I would end up teaching English to Spanish and Korean speakers, and teaching Spanish to English Speakers. I really feel blessed to have these opportunities.
Love,
Keith (Elder Banner)
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