I am called of God. My authority is above that of kings of the earth. By revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is my master and He has chosen me to represent Him--to stand in His place, to say and do what He Himself would say and do if He personally were ministering to the very people to whom He has sent me. My voice is His voice, and my acts are His acts; my doctrine is His doctrine. My Commission is to do what He wants done; To say what He wants said; to be a living modern witness in word and in deed of the divinity of his great and marvelous Latter-day work. How great is my calling! • My Missionary Commission • Elder Bruce R. McConkie •

Monday, October 4, 2010

LETTER: Elder Brayden Schneider • October 4th, 2010

Oh man i am jealous that everyone went to lake powell! ok so mom said to tell her what candy i wanted.... ok so if any of these are possible, buggles, candy corn, startburst jelly beans (those are dang good) um... yeah otherwise we have most candy over here.

Ok so, conferance was way good, we watched 6 hours straight (its way to long to sit there, especially after a 3 hour train ride... and reading subtitles and stuff) haha but it was good.

So hopefully you remember Sveto, well listen to this, he was on vacation this week but then we told him about conferance.... so he decieded to come home early so that he could come to conferance! So he came to church and watched the 7 hours with us!!! hahaha i dont think any members even stayed for that long. But after 6 hours (cause he didnt bring any food) i told him like he didnt need to feel obligated to stay for like 10 hours. Then he just said, "i love this, this to me is so beautiful!" its kinda of a wierd translation, but i was so amazing. So he stayed and just loved ever min.

So he is still doing amazing, he finished the Book of Mormon this week (its only been less then 2 months) and said he knows its true! So October 15 at 6, he is for sure getting baptisted!
So me and sveto are like super close, and i wanted to baptise him super bad, but me and my comp are trying to get a kinda new convert on his lessons and really encourage that members baptise members, so that members will have a better relationship with other members. Its hard though cause just when i think of missionaries baptising investigators, but because maribor only has 8 active members we really need them to stay close and stronger!

But we have a new investigator, he is actually an former investigator. But we went and visited him and he said missionaries havent visited him for about 2 or 3 years... But he is way good, he said he reads and knows the Book of Mormon is true and he said i want to be baptisted! (another miracle) haha but then he said his dad wont let him. (p.s... this guy is 40 years old) then i just told him he was 40 years old and he needs to start making his own decisions in life! he loved it, then he decieded to talk to his dad about it and his dad said he wants to meet with me and my comp, so this week we have a meeting with him and his dad (to see if we are trust-worthy kids). So i am super excited, cause if his dad says yes then we will get another baptism in Maribor!
But one of our baptismal dates didnt show up, Žan, we think he started smoking again and is ashamed so doesnt want to get with us.. and he wont answer our calls!

Well thanks for the emails, and love you!

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