Well......Baptism.....Pretty great. Super cool experience. I get to go
to another baptism back in Umathrilla on the 11th so that will be
great! A lot of great things happening here in Warshington.
Now that I'm approaching THE END, it causes you to reflect on the past
long, yet short, time. As I've thought, I've seen how God has guided
me and how His Doctrine has really changed me. I know that missionary
work changes lives, not only of those who you serve, but yours as
well. I love you all and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Coleman
Elder Coleman
Arriving at the MTC
Monday, September 29, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014
Dear Friends and family,
Amazing week! We had 7 new investigators this week! I think that's
the most of my mission. Most importantly though is the spiritual
growth I've experienced here. I love the people here so much and it is
a blessing to serve on their behalf. We have an awesome lady getting
baptized on thursday so we are so excited! We had her interview on
Saturday and she is so excited. Also, D________ from my last area that
elder G________ and I taught is getting baptized next week! We are so
excited for her! I can't believe (ok I can) that my last couple 3
months of my mission is so successful and that I have grown so much.
A cool scripture I found this morning in Isaiah 63:9, "In all their
affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them:
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and
carried them all the days of old." As we come to the Savior, He will
carry us through. I love Him and I continue to give Him my all. I love
you all and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Coleman
Amazing week! We had 7 new investigators this week! I think that's
the most of my mission. Most importantly though is the spiritual
growth I've experienced here. I love the people here so much and it is
a blessing to serve on their behalf. We have an awesome lady getting
baptized on thursday so we are so excited! We had her interview on
Saturday and she is so excited. Also, D________ from my last area that
elder G________ and I taught is getting baptized next week! We are so
excited for her! I can't believe (ok I can) that my last couple 3
months of my mission is so successful and that I have grown so much.
A cool scripture I found this morning in Isaiah 63:9, "In all their
affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them:
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and
carried them all the days of old." As we come to the Savior, He will
carry us through. I love Him and I continue to give Him my all. I love
you all and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Coleman
Monday, September 8, 2014
September 8, 2014
Dear friends and family,
Out of all the weeks in the month of September, 2014 years after the
Birth of our Savior, this one was the best. Our on-date fasted this
week (that was a miracle in itself) and she has no doubts about the
truthfulness of the Gospel. It has been an amazing experience teaching
her. She has been so changed by the Gospel and her baptism will be at
10 on the 27th. Our other on-date, Alex, is doing awesome. He has a
great knowledge of the Gospel, he just needs to act on it.
This week, we discussed as a zone what goals we could set to further
the work. We decided that as a zone we need to talk to 3000 people
during the rest of the transfer. So far, we have seen so many
miracles! We have tons of appointments, our investigators are
progressing, and we have the Spirit. What more could you ask for as a
missionary?
I know as we work hard and as we live the commandments, the Lord can
bless us in all aspects of our lives. I love most of you, and don't
know the rest of you, but I'm sure I would love you if I knew you, so
have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Coleman
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
September 1, 2014
Dear Friends and Family,
Well good news, one of our investigators is for sure getting baptized
on the 27th! Who knew that this is God's work. Lately, we've been
doing a lot of tracting because we aren't teaching that many people
that are progressing. So, I know the Lord will bless us for our
diligent efforts.
It takes me back to proverbs 26:13, "The slothful man saith, There is
a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets." We can't make excuses
for not working our hardest in whatever we do. I just thought I'd
share that. Have a nice day!
Love,
Elder Coleman
Well good news, one of our investigators is for sure getting baptized
on the 27th! Who knew that this is God's work. Lately, we've been
doing a lot of tracting because we aren't teaching that many people
that are progressing. So, I know the Lord will bless us for our
diligent efforts.
It takes me back to proverbs 26:13, "The slothful man saith, There is
a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets." We can't make excuses
for not working our hardest in whatever we do. I just thought I'd
share that. Have a nice day!
Love,
Elder Coleman
Monday, August 25, 2014
August 25, 2014
Dear Friends and family,
Hope you enjoyed last weeks email........Ok I got lazy and didn't
write one but this week, I am repenting. We had an amazing week.
Transfers are this week (already) and I am receiving Elder B______ so
that should be exciting. So last week, we got a referral from a sister
in the ward whose cousin was interested about hearing the lessons. So
of course we were very excited. She has come to church twice and is on
date to be baptized! It has been an amazing experience watching her
feel the Spirit and while our traditions aren't what she is use to,
the Atonement is changing her life.
We also are teaching A______, an awesome guy who loves martial arts. He
has investigated the Church before. His retention is awesome and can
teach us back. He is super cool and also wants to be baptized.
So this week, we had stake conference. The whole Saturday Session was
devoted to missionary work so I was all ears. As I listened, one
message stood out to me, and that was charity. I'm sure that was the
Holy Ghost telling me that I should work on it. So, I studied up some
more and read Moroni 7:45 for the hundreth time. I learned something
new though, and that's why I love the Scriptures. It says, "And
charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not
puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no
evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth,
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things." In normal English this says that Charity is patient,
kind, humble, selfless, peaceful, and righteous. This is Charity and
it is what I want to be like. I know as we all come to develop
Chirst-like love, we will be happy, because we will see people as they
really are. I love all of you and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Coleman
Hope you enjoyed last weeks email........Ok I got lazy and didn't
write one but this week, I am repenting. We had an amazing week.
Transfers are this week (already) and I am receiving Elder B______ so
that should be exciting. So last week, we got a referral from a sister
in the ward whose cousin was interested about hearing the lessons. So
of course we were very excited. She has come to church twice and is on
date to be baptized! It has been an amazing experience watching her
feel the Spirit and while our traditions aren't what she is use to,
the Atonement is changing her life.
We also are teaching A______, an awesome guy who loves martial arts. He
has investigated the Church before. His retention is awesome and can
teach us back. He is super cool and also wants to be baptized.
So this week, we had stake conference. The whole Saturday Session was
devoted to missionary work so I was all ears. As I listened, one
message stood out to me, and that was charity. I'm sure that was the
Holy Ghost telling me that I should work on it. So, I studied up some
more and read Moroni 7:45 for the hundreth time. I learned something
new though, and that's why I love the Scriptures. It says, "And
charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not
puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no
evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth,
beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth
all things." In normal English this says that Charity is patient,
kind, humble, selfless, peaceful, and righteous. This is Charity and
it is what I want to be like. I know as we all come to develop
Chirst-like love, we will be happy, because we will see people as they
really are. I love all of you and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Coleman
Monday, August 11, 2014
August 11, 2014
Dear Family and Friends,
Things are going well here. So maybe 4 hours after my email last week, I
rolled my ankle playing volleyball:( That was really painful but I
tried to endure. I took the old motto "Pain is just weakness leaving
the body" and toughed it out. Unfortunately, it turns out that the more
you work on it, the more it hurts. Who knew?
We did have a cool spiritual experience this week. Another set of
missionaries in the stake found a family of 7 and the mom and dad got
baptized on Saturday. The Spirit testified that they were doing the
right thing. I know that as we make correct choices that the Holy
Ghost will let us know through our feelings that we are doing the
right thing. I love all of you and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Coleman
Things are going well here. So maybe 4 hours after my email last week, I
rolled my ankle playing volleyball:( That was really painful but I
tried to endure. I took the old motto "Pain is just weakness leaving
the body" and toughed it out. Unfortunately, it turns out that the more
you work on it, the more it hurts. Who knew?
We did have a cool spiritual experience this week. Another set of
missionaries in the stake found a family of 7 and the mom and dad got
baptized on Saturday. The Spirit testified that they were doing the
right thing. I know that as we make correct choices that the Holy
Ghost will let us know through our feelings that we are doing the
right thing. I love all of you and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Coleman
Monday, August 4, 2014
August 4, 2014
Dear Friends and Family,
Good week, not as amazing as last week but still really good. We found
a new investigator that use to be investigating the church, but was
arrested the day of his baptism for not paying fines. So after a year
of try bys, we got in!
So lately, I've been reading Ye Olde Testament. A forewarning, I would
not necessarily recommend it unless you really like to learn and
really like to look at genealogies. Anyway, as missionaries, we teach
that God has revealed His gospel in every dispensation of time and
that, because He is merciful, He reaches out to us all the time, even
when we don't accept Him. I have seen that in the Old Testament. As
I've looked past all the craziness of the Old Testament, (for
craziness, see Judges 3:16-22, 4:21, 1 Kings 18:40, 2 Kings 2:23-24,
not all the examples, but my favorites. Not trying to hurt your
testimonies of the Old Testament...) I've seen that this is true and that
even though they, "refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy
wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in
their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but
thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness, and forsookest them not." (Nehemiah 9:17) I
know that God is ALWAYS reaching out to us so please take His hand. I
love you all and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Coleman
Good week, not as amazing as last week but still really good. We found
a new investigator that use to be investigating the church, but was
arrested the day of his baptism for not paying fines. So after a year
of try bys, we got in!
So lately, I've been reading Ye Olde Testament. A forewarning, I would
not necessarily recommend it unless you really like to learn and
really like to look at genealogies. Anyway, as missionaries, we teach
that God has revealed His gospel in every dispensation of time and
that, because He is merciful, He reaches out to us all the time, even
when we don't accept Him. I have seen that in the Old Testament. As
I've looked past all the craziness of the Old Testament, (for
craziness, see Judges 3:16-22, 4:21, 1 Kings 18:40, 2 Kings 2:23-24,
not all the examples, but my favorites. Not trying to hurt your
testimonies of the Old Testament...) I've seen that this is true and that
even though they, "refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy
wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in
their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but
thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness, and forsookest them not." (Nehemiah 9:17) I
know that God is ALWAYS reaching out to us so please take His hand. I
love you all and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Spencer Coleman
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