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Elder Carson Lewis Junk
Washington DC South Mission
5242 Lyngate Court
Burke, VA 22015
From:
Carson Lewis Junk [mailto:carson.junk@myldsmail.net]
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 1:05 PM
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 1:05 PM
Another great week has come and gone! It has been kind of a
slow one and has felt super long but nonetheless an enjoyable one! I am so
happy to be a missionary and I feel as if each week I learn something new and
slowly make another step of becoming a better missionary. A lot of plans and
events fell through this week. Whether it was people not being home, people not
answering the phone, or the day just not going according to plan, we just
couldn't get a whole lot of plans to come though. That's always hard for me
when we aren't doing much and walk/bike around with no real success or conact
with people. It makes me feel as if I haven't been working hard or have been
lazy. I just need to realize that as long as I keep doing my best and working
hard that even if I am not seeing results it's pretty much all I can do!
I would like to start off with a funny experience that
happened this week. We have focused this week on trying to find investigators
and have done a lot of tracting and knocking doors. We have also been going
through the area book trying to find people missionaries have taught in the
past and get back in contact with them. As we were knocking doors and tracting
out an area, two very interesting individuals caught my and Elder Roper's
attention. The 1st was a man who was wearing an N.W.A. shirt so I complimented
him on it and asked him what his favorite song was to start some
conversation. He skipped the compliment and asked if we were selling
religion. We explained who we were and that this was all free of charge! He was
an interesting fellow and told us that apparently we pray wrong and pray to the
Sun God! After no real success there we knocked the very next door. The next
door a lady opened up and said she wasn't interested BUT did say to be aware of
September 23rd and there was a "reason for all of this happening" I
assumed she meant the natural disasters going around the world. Apparently
there is a comet going through The Northern Star and she said it was a sign of
the World ending and related it to the scripture in Revelations 12. I think
differently but Hey, if the world ends on September 23rd let her be the first
to tell you, she told you so.
On Tuesday we had the zone kickoff and got to meet everyone
in our new combined Annandale/Woodbridge zone. It was a lot of fun! All the new
missionaries came in. One of the new missionaries is from Box Elder and we have
played a lot of basketball against each other so it was great seeing him and
connecting with someone I partially knew. In fact today for P-day with our huge
combined zone, we all played basketball at the Stake center. It was a group of
about 20 Elders all playing today and we got to reunite the good old rivalry
with some competitive games. Anyway, it has been sweet gaining some new Elders
in the district. Elder Roper is still the District Leader. There are 3 other
companionships in the district besides Elder Roper and they are all
Spanish missionaries. 2 companionships of Elders and a companionship of
Hermanas. It's a great district and has been great getting to know the new
faces.
After focusing our efforts on finding a new solid
investigator, our hard work and prayers were answered on Saturday night. We
were tracting doors around our apartment complex and we knocked into a man
named Adai. He told us to come in immediately and said that he had seen us
around and was interested what we do and what we teach. We answered a lot of
his questions and gave him the Book of Mormon to read. He has gone through a
lot of different religions throughout the course of his life. Adai grew up
Catholic but now considers himself a non believer in God and Christ. He is very
willing and open to listening to our message and was very interested with what
we teach and what we do as missionaries at such a young age. We have a return
appointment with him tomorrow and are really hoping to be able to continue
teaching him. Adai has many questions about what this life has to offer and we
are happy to teach him!
I love all of you and I appreciate all the prayers and
support I really do feel them helping me through each day. Mosiah 16:9 He is
the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can
never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no
more death. I am thankful for a loving Savior and for this wonderful
opportunity to serve Him for a short period of 2 years. Jesus Christ the Son of
God suffered for all of us and truly is the light of The World. I love my
Savior and am thankful to be apart of his wonderful creation and be on the
earth at this time. Our loving Heavenly Father has a plan for all of Us and
that comforts me so much. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ our
Savior and Redeemer, amen.
Love you all and take care,
Elder Junk
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| And he told Mom, "I don't need an umbrella!" |
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| Dale City Elders with us - Roper, Bingham (new), Clark and me |
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| P-day basketball with the entire zone |
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