Georgia

Hey Family, Friends and Zedick

 

I have a few things to tell you about and not much time. My Companion, Mission President, Area, and a little about me.

 

My Companion and trainer is Elder Steven Andrew Johnson from Eagle Mountain Utah. He is a hard working elder and is incredibly smart. He has allot of Jeremiah in him. We get along very well thougth being completely focused on the work...OK some statistics i need to tell you about. Year 2008 around 200 missionaries in the Macon mission and about 300 baptisiums. Year 2009, 120-150 missionaries in the mission and about 600 baptisms. Currently 105 missionaries in the Macon mission and we have 438 baptisms so far this year. The Goal by the end of the year is 1000 baptisms throughout out the mission. Oh and not to mention our mission boundaries have gotten smaller sense 2009. how is this all possible...Elders like Elder Johnson and a very inspired Mission President. One of the best things is that he wants us to meet 50 people each day that we have not met before. Then we pray for the gift of diserment to figure out whit ch ones of those we meet that where intrested we should teach. It is very difficult.

 

My Mission President is President Bowmen from Orem UT. He has totally changed much of the way the church is looking at missionary work in the south. This is his inspired counsel or something like it. "the field is white and ready to harvest...we are here to harvest to to plant and grow seeds and then harvest. We thust have to sift or polorise those who we talk to. One of the first things we ask anyone is if they will commit to baptism. In my area alone last year they had two baptisms. So far this year we have had 8. We cant aford any more to spend time with members if it there is not an investigator there we are not hoping to baptise. So now our day starts at 6:30, we have lunch at 1 or 2 and then work untill 9 and have dinner and go to bed. It is abousolulty amasing how well this works. Of corse we take it eazy out in the sun and heat but because we are meating so many people and being so forward with why we are here we have many appointment in homes in the heat of the day.

 

Well if there is one thing that i have learned about Georgia it is that it's like working in the Orem Center's Sona all day. But that Wont kill you diobediance can though. We where biking on saturday all day why it was over a hundred degrees. Around three o'clock we receved a text from Presdent Bowmen saying that very one biking sould take extra care and at the first signs of feeling dissy to get water and head home. Well me and my companyon had a good lagfh and then took a few minets in the shade with some water. Sunday/yesterday i found out at stake confrace that sevral missionaries whent to the hospitle a few hours after that text was sent out because of heat exostion. Mission presdents are inspired men.

So a little about me well thats not much. Oh I have a pull up bar in my appartment! Yes! ok... um other then that nope noting else really exiting. Um... well what else is there Oh you probly whant to know where i am serving oh right... well all let you know nex...ok i got time.

 

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Dublin! I am in Dublin Georgia! Me and My companyon are the only Elders in the whole town and within almost 30miles any direction. Dont wory its alot of country side and most of the time we are biking. Oh did i mention there where a few trees in Georgia. Yea dont wory i dont think they will ever run out of them eather thank goodness. 

 

 

 

Oh so we did get a car yesterday that we can drive for a week. I play the role of a navigatior why my companion dives. loads of fun.

 

 

Any way love you all Georgia is great.

 

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Elder  Robinson

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