Hello!
Another great week here in Nagaoka Zone! It was a good week up here, and it is exciting to be a part of so many good things that are happening! Right now things in Elder Wheatley and I's companionship are going really well. It's now our 3rd transfer together and it's amazing how effective we can be after being together so long! We really have come to know each other really well, and how to work with each other! We are really fulfilling all of our responsibilities as leaders effectively and allowing ourselves to continue to see success in our area. There is a great balance in the companionship and I feel really lucky to be serving with Elder Wheatley!
This Friday we had our Zone Meeting and it went really well. It's always exciting to have everyone gathered together as a Zone and to have the chance to learn from each other. The meeting went really well, and we put all of our focus on the Christmas goal, but more than that we focused on how we can accomplish it. I've really felt recently like everyone knows that we have this big goal, but the trick is helping the missionaries internalize the goal and then know what to do to accomplish it. We put a lot of focus on church and baptismal dates, as well as what happens once we set the baptismal date. We talked with everyone about how we can't just set the date, but we need to know that individual person's Road to Baptism, and get them working in that direction. I felt like the meeting went really well and he missionaries left excited to make some adjustments in their own Dendo and in their own areas!
After Zone meeting we went on exchanges with the Joetsu Elders A companionship Elder Hardin and Elder Hutchings. I had the chance to work with Elder Hutchings down in Joetsu and it was a great exchange. I while ago when I was back in Mito I had the chance to go on exchanges with Elder Hutchings when he was in Ushiku when we were younger missionaries, so it was great to get to go out with him again! Elder Hutchings is an amazing missionary and I really learned a lot from him. Something I noticed was just how hard of a worker he is. We were actually out in the pouring rain for the entire exchange, but it was great to have the chance to be working with a missionary who was dedicated to fulfilling his purpose! I got to hear about how Joetsu is going and it sounds like there are amazing things going on down there. I feel like as far as the Christmas Miracle, Joetsu has more people that can be there before Christmas, but those people need just a little more, and I think the missionaries are working hard to find and solve those problems.
Right now Elder Wheatley and I's big focus is to get the people that we are working with ready for baptism for this Christmas season. The Lord has given us a lot of people to work with, and we know that there are many of them prepared for baptism, so we really want to help them get there as soon as possible. We really think by showing that example and having baptisms here in Nagaoka, the Zone will continue to increase in faith and we will all be able to rejoice together in each others baptisms. Things are going way good right now and even though it's starting to get cold and thats not the funnest, I really feel like over the rest of this transfer there are going to be some amazing baptisms here in the Zone! Thank you all for all the amazing support you give me each week! You are amazing and I love each of you!
Talk to you soon!
Logan
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