So know I am in an area very different from my first two. So in Minne and Lakeville I have pretty much seen missionaries for every single day of my mission, I have just been in busy populated areas and so that is what I have been in during my mission. However in this new area, I am about 2 hours from the nearest missionaries, and about 3 hours from the cities, so very very different. But they just started a little branch out here in Morris, Minnesota. So now I am out there with Elder Johnson, he is from Alaska and has been out on the mission the same time of me, so I am super grateful to have a missionary that has some experience under their belt. My whole mission I have been with super super young missionaries.
So Morris is just this small little town of about 5,000 people, so we are expecting to talk to pretty much all of them here! It has a college campus on the town as well, so its a mix between long time Morris resident, college kids and then just the others. There are a decent amount of Hispanics here, most of them work out here on the ranches, so we are going to work with the members to try and contact them. Speaking of the branch, I just love them! So we had at church 11 people total this week, and that is including us. So 8 members, 1 non member and then the missionaries, so it is very small, but hey I have already learned all of their names, and they all have so much fire in them! That Sunday was only the 2nd sacrament meeting of this brand new branch, and a bunch of the members were telling us about people they have been talking to about the church, and they were all wanting some Books of Mormon to hand out to people when these situations come around, and as a missionary, that is just like the best thing ever to hear!
So I don't have a whole lot specific to say this week, its been super crazy with trying to get the area all ready and going, so this Tuesday we officially move into our apartment in Morris and we can get going, and man am I excited!
I also had to give a talk my first day here in the branch, they just threw me on the spot kind of, but its kind of expected as a missionary in a branch of so few people. I talked about faith and the important role it plays in our life. We often think of faith as just the first most simple aspect of the gospel. But there is so much more power to faith. It is through faith that Peter walked out on the water to Christ, it is through faith that many many people were healed in the scriptures, it is through faith that Ammon was able to defend the kings flocks, it is through faith that each of us are able to survive in the worldly storms that are so prevalent today. That can be the foundation of our homes, the foundation of the storm shelter that we have. And if we chose to neglect that foundation, our building will crumble under the winds and pressure from the adversary and the world today. So go back to the basics everyone, and make sure your faith is rock solid, so there is no way you can falter, that way you can look unto the Lord and push forward without looking back.
Love you all and hope you all have a great week!
Elder Pickering
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