New Comp!

 Hey everyone! This was a great week. A super busy week as well, we were working out the upcoming transfers. I also got a new comp! His name is Elder MacDougall and he's great!

   On Monday we had a transfer meeting and worked out transfers with President. After we went to Texas Tech and started filming a video for our Facebook page. We're interviewing people and asking who is Jesus christ to them. It went really well and we ended up finding 5 people from it!! We had a lesson the very next day with one of them, his name is Kelton. It was a super spiritually led lesson, and we talked about what it entails to be a believer in Christ. We talked about repenting daily, and having true intent always. We explained the role of prophets to him and we asked if there was a prophet like Moses or Noah on the earth today, what would he do? And he answered he would go pray about it, because only God can confirm the truth. He's a very faithful Baptist, so he is a little skeptical. But it was a super cool lesson and he's had some struggle feeling the spirit lately, but he felt it during our talk. He's currently reading the book of mormon and praying about it.

   We had to drive down to Odessa this week to pick up my new comp Elder MacDougall. He's from California and he's such a good Elder, I'm really excited to work with him!

   We taught a guy named Caden who we also found at Texas Tech. This was one of the best lessons of my mission. The spirit was so strong. We taught the Restoration by relating it to a teacher in a classroom. No ordinary student is authorized to stand up and teach or grade a test, and it's the same way with God and his church. I've never had someone understand so well and ask such good questions. As we testified of the Atonement of Christ he told us that there's no where he can be where Jesus can't reach him. And then as we explained The Great Apostasy, he asked "well how do we get the true gospel back?" The spirit was seriously dense in the room as we talked and testified about Joseph Smith and The First Vision. After, we asked him what he felt he should do now moving forward and he said he needs to go to church. And he did! He came to church this Sunday and told us he read The Book of Mormon and knows its true! 

   We had a lot of new members move in with the school year, and it is fantastic. One brought their friend named Olivia, who has a boyfriend on a mission but she's not a member. Her family is also very against the church, but Olivia said she's never felt more comfortable and happy then with her boyfriends family and she believes it is because of this gospel. She wants to be taught more, and I'm super stoked for it! 

   Anyway those are the main highlights of this week. We spent a lot of time stuck in an office doing the upcoming transfers sadly, but we asked God to help us do the missionary work even with such a busy week and he blessed us with it! 

D&C 6:36-37 "Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.

37 Behold the wounds which pierced my side, and also the prints of the nails in my hands and feet."

I know we can doubt not, Fear not, and BELIEVE because of the wounds which peirce his side, his hands and feet. Because of His love and His Atonement! I love yall! Have a great week!

Love, Elder Ryan