Letter #3:

Searching Out for the One

Monday, March 10, 2014

Everyone, 

Okay so this week has been really sweet. My new companion Elder Hosteen is from Burley, ID. It's such a nice change to have a companion from the Gem State, because we understand so much about each other. He's a riot to be around so I am super excited about this transfer! We are going to get a lot of member work done, because tracting in Rosamond just don't work. The Baptist churches around here have a very tight grip on the people we we have to let the member find those who are open to the gospel. And we're going to help the ward out because they have upwards of 300 people on record but only about 120 are actively attending church. So we're going to see if these people still even live here. Who knows? There might be another ward here in Rosamond if all goes as I hope it will.

 

We had a meeting on Friday called ZTM where all the members of our zone go and are trained by the Zone Leaders who also pass along what they were talked to by President Wilson. The focus for this month is humility, and I want to share a little bit from Preach My Gospel and how it defines being humble:

 

"Humility is willingness to submit to the will of the Lord and to give the Lord the honor for what is accomplished. It includes gratitude for His blessings and acknowledgment of your constant need for His divine help...You are also willing to trust His chosen servants and follow their counsel...The opposite of humility is pride, which is condemned in the scriptures. To be prideful means to put greater trust in oneself than in God or in His servants. It also means to put the things of the world above the things of God. Prideful people take honor to themselves rather than giving God the glory. Pride is competitive; those who are prideful seek to have more and presume they are better than other people. Pride usually results in feelings of anger and hatred, and it is a great stumbling block."

 

That's really about all for this week. We spent a lot of our time planning out what we're going to do this transfer and how we are going to go about hastening the work of salvation in this area. But mission-wide, we are on track to reach 50 baptisms by the end of March! Exciting times to live in. I can't wait to see what the next few weeks will bring.

 

Love you all and hope that you enjoy the blessings the Lord gives to you.

 

Elder Cox