Teach by the Spirit!

Last night we received transfer information and I will be staying here in Pflugerville,Texas for at least another 6 weeks. At the end of this transfer I will have been in this area for almost 1/3 of my mission. Thankfully I am really enjoying this area and have two great wards that we are serving in. Also my companion Elder Gardner will be staying here with me for his second transfer. 

This last week was a busy one and it went by very fast. To start of the week we had a powerful lesson with a part member family the Mejia's. They have recently moved into the Ward and the father who is not a member yet was taught a while back by some missionaries. We were able to meet the family and get to know them more before we shared the message of the restoration. As we shared the Restoration and talked about the importance of the priesthood he shared a neat story with us. A while back brother Pete Mejia's uncle went into the hospital for a very critical sickness. They weren't even sure if he would be able to make it out of the hospital alive. During this short time were his uncle was in the hospital Brother Pete Mejia received a priesthood blessing from a member of the church. He mentioned how he felt Christ's hands on his head during the blessing and after the blessing an overwhelming peaceful feeling came upon him. A few days later his uncle walked out of the hospital and quickly recovered from the sickness.  The priesthood is real and our investigators was able to testify to us that it is real. Later on during the lesson as we helped him understand the role of the prophet Joseph Smith he knew that he is a prophet and had a great desire to be baptized and in a year be sealed to his family. It was a blessing to serve the Lord and to be apart of sharing the gospel to Pete Mejia and the rest of his family who wants to come back to church. 

On Friday we had a meeting with President Polley in San Antonio. We discussed how important it is that we teach by the spirit so that we can teach people and not just teach lessons. I am looking forward to improving my teaching skills by asking more questions and listening to those we teach. President Polley was sick all week but it was amazing to see him bear testimony and teach us with all the strength that he had in him. I know that he has been called by God and that he knows and can receive revelation for this mission. He is a very inspired man. After this meeting we went on exchanges with the assistance in San Antonio. I learned a lot from them and hoping that as I apply those things that we discussed we will be able to help the Lords church grow in Pflugerville.

Today we had a busy p-day as we went down to Austin with one of the returned missionaries in the Ward. We ate super crazy and tasty donuts and then we went to a graffiti place, "The Cathedral of Junk", and the capital. It was pretty fun exploring and seeing the weird and interesting things that were in downtown Austin.

This man had this in his backyard. He has been collecting junk for over 40 years and there is a second floor that we went up in his cathedral of junk. This is just the picture of the front and it goes pretty far back and also pretty high. 

The "Lake Austin District". Last district meeting of the transfer.