Friday, August 28, 2015
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Transfer
Hey :)
I don't know why but I always wait to write this email hahah and end up having to rush it, so, my bad! hahah Next time I'll try and write it first!
So I got my transfer call on Saturday...I'm leaving Durrës! It's been a good few months but I think I'm ready for something new!! I love Durrës and the members here and I will miss them a lot!! However I am really excited for my new call! I'll be going to a city called Shkoder! It is a pretty small branch, but hey I wouldn't want it any other way! haha
My new companion will be Elder Penrod! Who I roomed with in the MTC! I am really excited to serve with him! He is seriously such a nice guy, funny too! I've served with 6 people from the MTC haha. I had a good time with Elder Outsen, and it was a bummer we only got 2 weeks to serve together, but I'm ready to learn from Elder Penrod!
I've also heard that Shkoder is a really beautiful city so maybe I won't stink at taking pictures, this transfer haha sorry about that! I'm really excited that the Lord is sending me there and I hope that I will be able to put my pride aside and put His will first and do what He is sending me there to do! I know that this is His work and He directs it and I'm excited to be a worker in His vineyard!
I hope that you have an awesome week!!
Love you and miss you!
Elder Simons
I don't know why but I always wait to write this email hahah and end up having to rush it, so, my bad! hahah Next time I'll try and write it first!
So I got my transfer call on Saturday...I'm leaving Durrës! It's been a good few months but I think I'm ready for something new!! I love Durrës and the members here and I will miss them a lot!! However I am really excited for my new call! I'll be going to a city called Shkoder! It is a pretty small branch, but hey I wouldn't want it any other way! haha
My new companion will be Elder Penrod! Who I roomed with in the MTC! I am really excited to serve with him! He is seriously such a nice guy, funny too! I've served with 6 people from the MTC haha. I had a good time with Elder Outsen, and it was a bummer we only got 2 weeks to serve together, but I'm ready to learn from Elder Penrod!
I've also heard that Shkoder is a really beautiful city so maybe I won't stink at taking pictures, this transfer haha sorry about that! I'm really excited that the Lord is sending me there and I hope that I will be able to put my pride aside and put His will first and do what He is sending me there to do! I know that this is His work and He directs it and I'm excited to be a worker in His vineyard!
I hope that you have an awesome week!!
Love you and miss you!
Elder Simons
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
August 3, 2015
Hey Everyone!
So this was my first week with Elder Outsen and it was good week! It was a slow week as far as the work goes, but it was still good! Elder Outsen is awesome and I'm happy to be serving with him! Although transfers are next week so who knows what will happen then?
As much as I like serving with Elder Outsen I am ready to leave Durrës, especially for my last little stretch!! I love Durrës but as my life illustrates I am more used to moving around to different places, so I'm ready for a new area, but I will be happy to serve anywhere that the Lord sends me!
So this week we had a few lessons and did some finding. Mostly street contacting and tracting. Neither were very successful but we met some cool people and hopefully this week will be a lot better! We are gonna continue to try to find people and also meet with the investigators that we have and are teaching!
So I know have just under 5 months left until I return home. I have to tell you, it feels like the time is just shrinking and shrinking! It is going by so fast!! but I am grateful for the time that I have had our here and for the time that I have left! I have learned many things on my mission, and I am excited to learn even more! Missions really are incredible opportunities for us to learn and grow! and I love my mission!
I have learned so much about our Heavenly Father and our Savior and Their plan for us! They love us more than we can comprehend and we are safe in Their hands if we trust them and depend on them!
I love you guys and miss you!!
Have an awesome week!
Elder Simons
So this was my first week with Elder Outsen and it was good week! It was a slow week as far as the work goes, but it was still good! Elder Outsen is awesome and I'm happy to be serving with him! Although transfers are next week so who knows what will happen then?
As much as I like serving with Elder Outsen I am ready to leave Durrës, especially for my last little stretch!! I love Durrës but as my life illustrates I am more used to moving around to different places, so I'm ready for a new area, but I will be happy to serve anywhere that the Lord sends me!
So this week we had a few lessons and did some finding. Mostly street contacting and tracting. Neither were very successful but we met some cool people and hopefully this week will be a lot better! We are gonna continue to try to find people and also meet with the investigators that we have and are teaching!
So I know have just under 5 months left until I return home. I have to tell you, it feels like the time is just shrinking and shrinking! It is going by so fast!! but I am grateful for the time that I have had our here and for the time that I have left! I have learned many things on my mission, and I am excited to learn even more! Missions really are incredible opportunities for us to learn and grow! and I love my mission!
I have learned so much about our Heavenly Father and our Savior and Their plan for us! They love us more than we can comprehend and we are safe in Their hands if we trust them and depend on them!
I love you guys and miss you!!
Have an awesome week!
Elder Simons
Monday, July 27, 2015
July 27, 2015
Hey Everyone!
So sorry, but I 100% procrastinated this email/blogpost hahahah my bad. But this week was better! :) We had more success reaching our goals and were able to find a new investigator who is very prepared by the Lord! :) We are really excited to be teaching him!!
My companion, Elder Rigby, went back to Macedonia today! We were sad to see him go! It was a good month!! but he's gotta get back to Macedonia to help the missionary work over there! I learned a lot while I was with him and he is an awesome missionary!!
My new companion is Elder Outsen! He is awesome! We were in the same MTC District so I know him pretty well and we are already friends! I am super excited to serve with him! He is really funny, and you learn something from every companion so I'm excited to work with him and help the work move along in Durrës!!
I really felt the love of the Lord this week!! He really does love us! And if you want proof read 1 Nephi 11:17 and pray about it! God loves us and he won't let us fail, if we rely on Him. He wants us to succeed, but we have to work for it and do our part!!
I Hope that you all had an awesome week and were able to see the hand of the Lord in your lives. Look for it this week! It'll be there, I promise! As part of our daily planning session in our mission we talk about how we saw the hand of the Lord in the work that day, and it has really helped me to realize how much He actually is involved in our lives and this work!!
I love you all and miss you! Have an awesome week!!
Elder Sajmëns
So sorry, but I 100% procrastinated this email/blogpost hahahah my bad. But this week was better! :) We had more success reaching our goals and were able to find a new investigator who is very prepared by the Lord! :) We are really excited to be teaching him!!
My companion, Elder Rigby, went back to Macedonia today! We were sad to see him go! It was a good month!! but he's gotta get back to Macedonia to help the missionary work over there! I learned a lot while I was with him and he is an awesome missionary!!
My new companion is Elder Outsen! He is awesome! We were in the same MTC District so I know him pretty well and we are already friends! I am super excited to serve with him! He is really funny, and you learn something from every companion so I'm excited to work with him and help the work move along in Durrës!!
I really felt the love of the Lord this week!! He really does love us! And if you want proof read 1 Nephi 11:17 and pray about it! God loves us and he won't let us fail, if we rely on Him. He wants us to succeed, but we have to work for it and do our part!!
I Hope that you all had an awesome week and were able to see the hand of the Lord in your lives. Look for it this week! It'll be there, I promise! As part of our daily planning session in our mission we talk about how we saw the hand of the Lord in the work that day, and it has really helped me to realize how much He actually is involved in our lives and this work!!
I love you all and miss you! Have an awesome week!!
Elder Sajmëns
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
July 20, 2015
Hey!
Sorry I didn't write anything last week!! and that this week I only have a few minutes to write this!! This last week was good! We didn't have a great deal of success, and it is super super hot!! But we are working hard and we are doing are best to find the elect and spread the Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ!
I hope that you are all doing awesome and that you are having a good summer so far! I am hanging in there! My companion goes back to Macedonia next week, so I guess I'll have a new companion next week!
I am doing well and I'm happy, I am learning a lot of things!! And am so grateful to be out here on a mission! Well I hope that you all have an awesome week! Hopefully next week I will have more time and will be able to write a better post!!
Love you all!
Elder Simons
Sorry I didn't write anything last week!! and that this week I only have a few minutes to write this!! This last week was good! We didn't have a great deal of success, and it is super super hot!! But we are working hard and we are doing are best to find the elect and spread the Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ!
I hope that you are all doing awesome and that you are having a good summer so far! I am hanging in there! My companion goes back to Macedonia next week, so I guess I'll have a new companion next week!
I am doing well and I'm happy, I am learning a lot of things!! And am so grateful to be out here on a mission! Well I hope that you all have an awesome week! Hopefully next week I will have more time and will be able to write a better post!!
Love you all!
Elder Simons
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
July 6, 2015
Hey Everyone!
So this week was pretty good! I picked up my new companion from Tirana on Tuesday. His name is Elder Rigby, he's a great guy and a good, hard working missionary so I am excited to serve with him! He is called to Macedonia, which is still part of my mission, so he doesn't speak any Albanian. It hasn't big too big of an obstacle because a lot of the people we meet with speak enough English, but other than that I translate, which hasn't been as bad as I thought it would. So far we are getting along and are excited about the work this transfer!
So the biggest lesson I learned this week, or I guess just the main thing I wanted to share with you guys was a scripture we read for a spiritual thought this last week. That scripture is found in the first book of Nephi in the Book of Mormon, chapter 11, verse 17 which reads "And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things." When I first read this scripture I didn't really know what to say, or how to expound on it, but as I thought about it I understood it better. We don't know everything, in fact there is probably a LOT that we don't know. However we have received many things from our Heavenly Father enough that if we act according to faith and follow Him, He has promised us more blessings than we can count! And even though we may not know everything we can always come back to the knowledge that He loves us. Everything that He has done for us and does for us is for our good and so that we can grow! I testify that He loves us, and that we are His children. If we are ever lacking in faith we can know that He loves us, and we can move forward.
Well that's all the time I have for today. I hope that you all have an awesome and incredible week! I love you and miss you!
Elder Simons
So this week was pretty good! I picked up my new companion from Tirana on Tuesday. His name is Elder Rigby, he's a great guy and a good, hard working missionary so I am excited to serve with him! He is called to Macedonia, which is still part of my mission, so he doesn't speak any Albanian. It hasn't big too big of an obstacle because a lot of the people we meet with speak enough English, but other than that I translate, which hasn't been as bad as I thought it would. So far we are getting along and are excited about the work this transfer!
So the biggest lesson I learned this week, or I guess just the main thing I wanted to share with you guys was a scripture we read for a spiritual thought this last week. That scripture is found in the first book of Nephi in the Book of Mormon, chapter 11, verse 17 which reads "And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things." When I first read this scripture I didn't really know what to say, or how to expound on it, but as I thought about it I understood it better. We don't know everything, in fact there is probably a LOT that we don't know. However we have received many things from our Heavenly Father enough that if we act according to faith and follow Him, He has promised us more blessings than we can count! And even though we may not know everything we can always come back to the knowledge that He loves us. Everything that He has done for us and does for us is for our good and so that we can grow! I testify that He loves us, and that we are His children. If we are ever lacking in faith we can know that He loves us, and we can move forward.
Well that's all the time I have for today. I hope that you all have an awesome and incredible week! I love you and miss you!
Elder Simons
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