HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
I want to first start off with happy Birthday mom!!!
The best example with mothers in the scriptures deals with the 2000
stripling soldiers. they give an accounting on how important their
mothers were to them in growing them up properly and the role the
played in their life. Alma 56:48, 57:21
and I want to add my testimony to theirs. I would not be the person I
am today without my mother and her guidance she has given me in the
gospel. Thanks mom and I love you. Have a great rest of the day!!
Every area I have served in has been different in the way missionaries
are to serve. Lampasas was strictly finding because of how new the
area was. Hurst we were teaching all the time because our teaching
pool was so large and I was so blessed to be apart of that amazing
harvest. Now I am in Flower Mound and the work that is going on here
is mainly getting less actives back involved with the church. I can
now say that I have been apart of every form of missionary work. I
pray that I may be able to do my part in this work and even be able to
find people to teach. Its hard to find people to teach cause has you
know we are in the bible belt and it seems like everyone already has a
church they go to and they don't want anything else. Plus it is a
wealth area so the people feel like they already have everything and
don't need anything more. don't get me wrong this is a great area and
the members here are very nice. Just from them past 4-5 days I can
tell that I will be really close to the ward and the members here. The
bishopric have encourage the whole ward to read "The Power of Everyday
Missionaries: The What and How of Sharing the Gospel." We have also
got permission from president Ames to read it as well that why we can
talk to the members about it. The Bishopric is trying to increase the
missionary efforts in the ward and I pray that this book will inspired
them to do so. An on top of my reading that I invited y'all to do (The
Book of Mormon), I invite you to read that book as well.
My new companion is Elder Harris-coons and he is from Tulsa Arizona.
He has been out for 18 months and knows his way around this area.
There is never a dull moment with him. I am always laughing and I go
to bed with my stomach hurting because I've been laughing all day. By
the end of this transfer I will have the ripest abs ever because I'm
always laughing. He is a great missionary. Living with members is very
weird and I'm not to sure if I like that but I need to stay positive
with the blessing that I have.
Love
Elder Winterbottom & Harris-coons
Serving In Flower Mound
The Lord's Vineyard
Monday, August 25, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
August 18, 2014
Birthday Week
Two souls come unto Christ and one through the temple
This week was sweet! (Missy) and (Debbie) both were Baptized on Saturday
(Birthday Baptism) and I was able to preform both of the baptisms! It
is such a privilege to have the ability to baptize and allowing me to
bind on earth and in heaven Matthew 18:18. I'm so Glad God has allowed
me the opportunity to be in these peoples life's. The is honestly no
greater joy then seeing one of God's children come closer to him! And
their is no greater gift then a baptism on your birthday!! And I was
able to be apart of two of them! I Love this work! (Sadie) also went to
the temple on August 15th and she loved it! She almost didn't go. When
you talk about adversity and everything that could go wrong did go wrong
and it hit her that day! She was having a terrible day and about 3
o'clock she said to herself that nothing was going to stop her from
going and said a prayer and then things got better. She went and had a
great time and when the temple started to close she didn't want to
leave. She has made so much progress! There is also no better way to
leave a area then ending off on a baptisms and someone going through
the temple for the first time. God was able to give me one baptism in
Lampasas and now one in Hurst before I left. My new area is Flower mound
Texas and my new companion will be Elder Harris-coons. Give you more
info about him next week. President Ames has also extended and
invitation for the whole mission to read the Book of Mormon before
October 16th. We have a member of the quorum of the seventy coming to us
that day. We have been invited to do so and I have excepted the invite
because i know it will bring me closer to the Savoir and open more
mysteries that my father in heaven has for me and I invite y'all to do
the same!
On my birthday we went and taught 4 lessons in the
morning and had the baptism at 4 and then went to dinner at the
Jackson's home. I love that family so much! They gave me presents and
treated me like I was there own kid. Then went back to the church for
two more baptisms that the zone was having. then went back home and
opened my presents and card from back home. It was a good day and thank
you the love and support.
I Love this family to death!! They are so good to me
and this is just some of the memorize I have made with them. they also
gave me 75 dollars, a stuffed animal turtle and a tie.
Monday, August 11, 2014
August 11, 2014
In those days, I often recalled a childhood memory. The Ed Sullivan Show was one of the most popular programs on television in the United States. As a variety show, it featured performers with widely divergent talents. One man appeared regularly. A number of poles, perhaps a dozen or more, were set up on stage, with stacks of dinner plates be side them. This agile individual would spin a plate on top of one of the poles and then move to the next pole and spin a second plate and then a third and a fourth. As he proceeded down the line of poles, the rotation of the plates on the first and second poles would begin to slow, and the dishes would be in danger of falling off and crashing to the floor. Seeing this, the man would quickly run back to those poles and with a gentle spin increase the motion that allowed the plate to keep spinning. The excitement of the act was to witness the ability of the performer to expand the number of rotating plates while not letting any fall.
Invariably, a point would be reached where he was not able to keep up. There was a limit to his ability to increase the number and yet properly care for the plates already in motion. The sight of dishes sliding from their precarious perches and the cacophony as they hit the hard floor vividly proved the point that even the most skilled performer has his limits.
-Seeking a Balanced Life by Elder Donald L. Hallstrom
We all know this story but our mission is done spinning plates. We are
now focusing on "a golf swing or a free throw shot." We get so caught up
on spinning one plate that we forget the others and then those plates,
fundamental of teaching, becomes weak and suffers. Like any sports team,
you are only as strong as your weakest link. Or like the principle of
the "golf or free throw shot" if one fundamental is off then the whole
swing or shot is off. This is just like missionary work! You could even
apply this to your life. Think about how you can apply this in your life
because I have seen the blessing of using this in my life and in
missionary work. President Ames has come put with a diagram of
fundamentals of this mission and build a house out of it. and inside
this building of fundamentals we have oxygen which is: P,C,D P-purpose
C-contentment D-doctrine and we do this for every lesson. We have been
doing this for about 4 months now and it is been the most effective this
mission has been so far. We are also finding by the spirit and finding
the elect. We have been asked to teach people that are progressing and
to have honest conversations with them to see who is really looking for
the Gospel at this time. I love the principles I have learned out here!
We also had two investigator get interviewed yesterday and the past!
their baptism is for August 16th!! Sadie is also going to the temple
august 15th and we are so excited for her!! We wont be able to attend
with her because it will be at 8 at night but she is in good hands with
this ward!
Elder Winterbottom & Elder Argyle
Serving in Hurst
The Lord's Vineyard
Monday, August 4, 2014
August 4, 2014
Holy Ghost talk
You
have taken upon yourself to follow the example of Jesus Christ by being
baptized by proper priesthood authority (act in Gods name).
(experience we had with Sadie)
-Moroni 10:5
The
gift is the right to have the constant companionship as you live worthy
life. This means doing the things that got you to your baptism,
Enduring to the end, or what (Sadie) says, "walking the walk and talking
the talk."
As you live worthily you will be able to receive revelation and the spirit's guidance in your life.
Now most of this talk was bullet points so you have to use your imagination to understand what I was talking about.
This week was great to see her in that water! One of my
Sisters is on that straight and narrow path! Everyone who attended was
talking about how great it was to be there and to feel of the spirit!
She is defiantly apart of this ward already! There is even a temple trip
the ward is doing on the 15th and she is going to be able to go to it!
She even is doing missionary work already. She invited 5 nonmembers to
her baptism and even 3 less active members she works with and they all
came!! God has a work for her to do!
Elder Winterbottom & Elder Argyle
Serving in Hurst
The Lord's Vineyard
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