Sorry it's been a '"fat
minute" since I've sent one of these out (all the missionaries here use
that phrase)! It's been a great few weeks.
From
here on out, I'll be in a trio with Elders Kartchner and Ruiz. We just
picked up Elder Ruiz about a week and a half ago, but he's been one of
my best friends on the mission for a long time, so it's been a blast. He
hails from Cincinnati, Ohio and spent most of his mission as a spanish
missionary. He's an insanely good teacher, so I'm learning a lot from
him.
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Transfers happened last week, which is
always crazy. The fact that we were merging two missions made it even
crazier, but it actually went pretty well! We didn't even miss out on
that much sleep!
Crazy awesome thing happened
on Saturday! We went with some people that we're teaching to a Christian
concert featuring, David Archuleta, Alex Boye, Marie Osmond, the
Nashville Tribute Band, and Daniel Emmett. I never pictured myself going
to a concert on my mission, but it will honestly go down in my memories
as one of the highlights. Somehow we found ourselves in the 2nd row
(I'll include pics)! We got a couple shoutouts from the singers since we
were right in front of them, and it was really enjoyable for the people
we've been teaching. The whole thing was entertaining, and there were
times when the spirit was really powerful.
I
had another powerful experience this week while giving priesthood
blessings to some members of the church that I've become really close
with. For those of you unfamiliar with priesthood blessings, check out
the link I'll put at the end of this post. While I was administering
these blessings, I felt the Spirit really strongly and knew that God was
guiding my words. The next day, the mother of this family messaged me
and let me know that some of the things that had been said in those
blessings had been exactly what they needed to hear. They had gone to
the temple that morning, and some of the promises in those blessings had
already begun to be fulfilled. It was a powerful experience to see the
priesthood in action. I know God wants us to experience His love and
power.
Thank you for the prayers and support! I love you all!
Sincerely,
Elder Doyle
