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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, November 20, 2017 3:21 PM
To: Kathy Junk
Subject: Thanksgiving - Count Your Blessings
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 3:21 PM
To: Kathy Junk
Subject: Thanksgiving - Count Your Blessings
Hello Everyone! Another crazy and amazing week has come and
gone. A lot of great things happened
this week although things never seem to go according to plan and that keeps us on our toes. We are trying to make as much time for the
work as possible! I am proud to say that Woodbridge 1st area is on the rise. I
am happy to be a part of the success that is helping this area grow in a
positive direction!
We had a great lesson on Tuesday with John Stevens and his
wife Raddyln! We taught them half of the restoration and it was awesome! We are
working on getting John back to church more often and introducing Raddyln to
the church and the wonderful message we share. She was super into the lesson we
taught her. She comes from a Catholic background, is a religious person, and is
very interested in learning more! She is also from The Philippines so shout out
to Elder Kunzler! We are planning to teach them tonight and look forward to
doing so. We have also been teaching a less-active member in our ward named Sam.
He is awesome and loves the missionaries and refers often back to his
experiences on his mission serving in Arizona. We taught him The Restoration
and he gave us feedback on how we can do better and pointed us to the right
directions to study in Preach My Gospel. We love all the help we can get!
As I said earlier, the work is progressing. We are beginning
to seek more people to teach through referrals from members, less-actives, and
part-member families in the ward. I have truly realized the importance of
members in missionary work. They are what keeps the work progressing and what
makes missionary work thrive! We love going into members homes and sharing a
quick message with them and asking if there is anyone in particular they think
we should stop by and see. I love the ward so much and they are the best. We
have our schedule filled up with meals. Bishop Woolf looks out for us and helps
us in all of our efforts! I am very thankful for him and his support as well as
all of the love and support from the rest of the Ward.
On Friday, we had the wonderful opportunity to have Elder
Mervyn B. Arnold from the Seventy come and give/direct a mission conference for
us. Half of the mission had a conference with him on Thursday, the other half
of us on Friday. This conference was the most incredible experience ever. I can
testify truly that this man has been called of God. The advice and stories he
gave to all of us was very inspiring. He quoted Elder Scott - "There are
two reasons we have challenges in our lives. 1. We choose them such as choosing to smoke or drink, or 2. They are given because God loves us and knows that through challenges we will learn and grow. Elder Arnold bore powerful testimony that
Heavenly Father knows each of us personally and that He is with us through all
of the challenges we experience. We are never alone. I felt the spirit strongly
as he bore testimony of Jesus Christ and the reality of the atonement and
repentance.
As I am finishing this e-mail at the leasing office, they just started playing Christmas music. It made me pretty dang happy and I am excited for
Thanksgiving this week. I hope we can all count our blessings and realize all
of the small things our Heavenly Father has given us. I testify to all of you
that he knows you individually and he will never forget you through your
challenges. Please count your blessings and and realize Heavenly Father's hand
in all of the small blessings day to day. I love all of you and hope you have a
great Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for all of you and the amazing support. I'm
thankful for this great work and for all of my blessings. Thanks for everyone
for reaching out to me!
Love,
Elder Junk
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| Aunt Jill’s package she sent to get me in the Christmas spirit. An ugly Indianapolis Colts sweater so I can win the ugliest Christmas sweater competition (I am still a Chargers fan). A Christmas Story lunchbox full of goodies! In the other hand is the Thanksgiving package from the family! Thank you! |
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Elder Clark and I after P-day basketball today. We are both matching-- wearing Junk headbands.
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| Elder Miller and I posing at Port Potomac Way |
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| Bridge above the Potomac with Fall trees and golf course |
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| Saved this snake off the road while biking |
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| The greatest sport ever that I miss! |
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