~Oct. 25, 2011~

So, everything is going really well! We have 6 investigators right now and one has committed to baptism (of course these are not for real but this is what we do in the MTC so that we can learn). My companion and I teach really well together. We have a perfect balance of life experiences and knowledge of the gospel. The elders in out district will be leaving next Monday for Zimbabwe :( We are very happy for them but it is going to be really sad! We have all decided that we are going to write through out our missions and then when we get back we will have district reunions :) We got to go to the Temple again today. It was so wonderful! The Provo temple is so small but there are so many people that go through a day. Since it was out last P-day as a district out entire district did a session together. What is really sad is that the elders in our district will not be able to go the temple again for a long time, since there is not one in their mission.

So, one of our investigators name is Matt (it is one of our teachers pretending to be someone else; otherwise known as role play) and he has been really hard to teach. He wouln't really open up and share things with us. When we would ask questions he would give one word answers and so it was just really hard to be able to know what he needed. Well, last night we taught him and he finally opened up and shared with us some of the things that he is going through. The Spirit was so strong and I was able to share my conversion story with him. I was crying (of course :) ) my companion was crying and Matt was tearing up. Then he told us that he wasn't sure what he believed and I just flat out said, "Matt I think you do know, you do know that the church is true." Then he told that he did!!!!! So, cool!! Such a powerful experience!!!

I can't wait to actually share the gospel with those who aren't members and have them say that to me!!! I know that the Lord lives and that He wants nothing more then for His children to make it back to live with Him again. I feel so blessed that I have this precious gift and can't think of anything that I would rather being doing then sharing with the Lord's lost sheep. I hope you are all doing well and would love to hear from you!!! You do not have to write me a letter if you don't want to. If you would rather email you can go to dearelder.com and send me an email through there. Don't worry if it takes a while for me to respond because I will have to respond via a hand written letter, but I will respond as soon as possible. Keep the faith and know that the Lord loves you :)

Sister Elizabeth Armstrong