Elder Seamons: "I have had to take a hard look at the kind of missionary who I want to be"

Hi Family and Friends,


I have had to take a hard look at the kind of missionary who I want to be. It was a hard week between the two of us. It is getting better, but Elder Furner is so direct and he points out when I need to change something. I think it is supposed to be that way, because for all my life there are certain things I haven't faced up to and problems I need to solve. The hard thing is that Elder Furner is able to discern how people are feeling, so every time I got mad and judged him, he was able to tell. I can't hide my feelings from him. He challenged me to tell him when he was doing something that bothered me, so I am going to start working on that. I just have a hard time dealing with the way he does things. But he is a very good missionary.

This week we had Georges come to church! We were so excited about that! He wasn't going to come because he has his two-year-old daughter with him and he can't ride on his bike to get to the church. But they we encouraged him to take the bus, and so he came. Georges is awesome! He has heard all the lessons and he wants to be baptized very badly. He knows that our message is true. If he comes to church next week, he will be baptized. We are very excited about that. He is already making friends with the members of the ward.
We also had an investigator named Crayda come to church, because her Fiance, Robinson, is a member of the Nova YSA branch, which meets in the same building with the Fort Lauderdale ward. He came down to attend church with her. We will talk to her this week and see what she thought of it.

We are hoping for a really good week this week, because we have been planning far in advance. We are trying to teach with better unity. Plus we have been communicating more, which is really good.

We also taught Rodeline and Viniel. They are still unsure about the date. We had a lesson with them where the spirit was very strong. We told them how they will know that the message we are sharing with them is true. They don't want to jump into it. We know they just need to have faith and move forward, and then they will be ready. People don't understand that we won't just baptize someone until they are ready. We have the power and authority to discern whether or not these people are ready. But they don't always have the faith and trust in God to know that it will turn out okay.

I need to go.

Love, Elder Seamons