Elder Jeffrey Langford's Update:
October 15, 2012
Hey everyone,
Alright!!! It’s time to write the blog! I have a lot of
notes, so lets hope I can read them, and remember what they mean!
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| Elder Langford and Elder Clegg |
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First off I just want to say thank you for all the prayers I’ve
received! They help me every single day, and lift me high enough to do this
awesome work, so thank all of you who give a second for me every night, cause
it means the world to me!
So we have, well we had, (he disappeared), a huge pet spider
right by our front door! He’d always catch huge bugs and slowly eat them. We
named him ‘Shiblon’. It was sad to see him go. Also, crazy story… one of our
investigators, the Spanish one, knows where we live because our ride to teach
him dropped us off before dropping him off. He decided to pop a visit to us… at
four in the morning… we heard the doorbell and the knocking but didn’t really
get up. Then he called us and begged us to come see something for just a minute…
so we got up, opened the door, and there he was, with a weight bench… He’s been
asking for money from everyone in the ward, including us, and we just have to
keep telling him we’re not allowed to give any away… So at four in the morning,
he’d gotten a ride to our house, with the weight bench, to try and sell it to
us for 20 bucks… When we told him repeatedly we couldn’t pay him, he just kind
of left saying something in Spanish, and left the bench… so we don't know what to do
with it. Now we have a weight bench until he comes back to get it! Hahaha Crazy
stories/people down here! We love them, and hope for the best!
We got new neighbors, and were helping them move in for a
while. We talked to them about the church a bit, and they said they’d make us
pie. So later that night, they brought over a hand made apple pie, and……………. I actually
really like it! Super weird, don't know if it’ll ever happen again. Tender mercy
right there. I’ve also become very attached and addicted to hot sauce and spicy
things! I have three different hot sauces in the fridge now and I’m goin
strong! This place is playing some serious tricks on my stomach…
Training, is going extraordinary! Elder Clegg is a hard
worker, and he’s ready to go! He’s got so many new and revolutionary ideas
storming in his brain, and he’s always ready to learn, and eager to take on the
area! Training I’ve realized takes a lot of patience, humility, and LONG
SUFFERING… jk more like short prospering! Because Elder Clegg and I get a long
really well, and relate with a lot of things, we have really good unity, and I
give him a lot of responsibility! He doesn’t hide behind his trainer at all,
and loves all the opportunities to take a leap of faith, and so far, he hasn’t
failed me yet! Haha in fact he’s probably almost as good as I am with
directions already! But let’s be honest that surprises probably no one.
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| Jeffrey still loves his cereal!! This was probably after fast Sunday! |
Also, I guess I should
say this, the sister in charge of the packaging has said that ALL packages for Christmas
need to be sent by DECEMBER 1st as PRIORITY MAIL! They also said, that just
for packages, on the next transfer in a couple weeks, I can give out my address
for only packages! I hope that makes sense… if not please refer to my mom J cause she probably ( I
hope) understands!
Sadly I must go here soon… :/ so much to talk about with
like two seconds of reasonable writing time!! I’ll leave you with a really
great miracle that I was able to be a part of this week. We have an
investigator in the hospital, so we go meet with him here and there. One day as
we were leaving and in the parking lot headed to our car, we saw two older
looking ladies who were pretty sad looking! Our member who was giving us a ride
said, “man, they look pretty sad..” When he said that and I looked at them
again, I got this feeling that I really needed to go and talk to them! So at
this point, they were almost to the hospital door, and we were in the parking
lot pretty far out. So I told Elder Clegg we had to go talk to those people,
and suddenly we turned around and headed for the hospital door! By the time we
got in, they were making their way in the elevator, so we kinda walked
fast and jumped inside the elevator, We
just hit the highest floor there was , so we could be on there with
them. I
just asked how they were doing, and they said not too good, and that
this was
one of if not the last times they’d be able to see their dad, who was
going
through a fatal kidney problem of some sort. We got out of the elevator
with
them, and asked if we could share a scripture with them. We shared Alma
40, and
gave them the promise of comfort and peace that they would be able to
see their
dad again someday, and that he’d be in a place far happier. We also
asked if we
could say a prayer with them for their father, and that was really
helpful as
well. It seemed like it really lifted them a bit higher than they were
at the
moment, and hopefully we’ll be able to get in touch with them when we
call them
back. To me I just felt walking back, that my purpose as a missionary,
isn’t
necessarily to fill the most numbers in or to teach and baptize as many
people
as possible, but that it is to invite others to come unto Christ, and to
be a
representative of Jesus Christ, and to do as he would do. I’m so
thankful for
the times that the Lord trusts me enough to be placed in a situation
where I
can help one of his children grow closer to Christ! Miracles happen
every
single day soooo many times! Anyone that doesn’t believe in miracles
forgets
that they are breathing! Look for and pray daily in thanks for all the
miracles that happen in your life every single day, and pray that you’ll
be
placed with the opportunity to serve someone else! I love you all sooo,
soooo
much!! Keep up all the great work that you do, and keep being the
amazing
examples you are to me! Elder Langford
