Hello everybody!
This week we had some awesome things happen! The whole of the week was pretty normal to be honest. Not too many strange or abnormal things to report.
As it is summer vacation, a lot of people have left to go be with family so we didn't have a fantastic amount of investigators there. However we did have one person show up a few minutes late named Sing. He is from Laos originally and he just got out of prison about 3 months ago. He is really cool and really funny. He was surprised at how long our church meetings were but we assured him that he would get used to it as he kept coming.
This week we also saw 2 less-active members come to sacrament meeting that we were not expecting at all, and the members also brought some people! It was awesome.
I love how, despite nothing too exciting happening throughout the whole week, we were able to see some incredible miracles. The Lord was willing to show his hand on behalf of the effort that we gave to be diligent and noble throughout the many days of work that we had. Our Heavenly Father is merciful and generous beyond our understanding. All, it takes is for us to show a little bit of gratitude towards him and the things he gives us. Somebody said once: "humans have an infinite capacity to take for granted the wonders that surround them every day." Or something to that effect.
I know that God loves us and that to him every sacrifice on his behalf is precious.
I hope you all have a great week.
Love you!
-Elder Connor Starr
Monday, 23 July 2018
Thursday, 19 July 2018
Hello.
This week we had a lot of interesting things happen.
On Thursday we had an appointment later in the evening on the far edge of our area. We were able to take the bus there but the buses don't run past about 6:30 so we asked the sisters if they could give us a ride back. The lesson went great. It was with the Phanor family. They are a part member less-active family from Haiti that we have teaching lately. They are awesome!
The appointment was through and there were no sister missionaries in sight. It was about 8:30pm, the sisters weren't answering their phone, and we had to be in my 9:00. we started walking back and we asked a guy on the street directions to our house. He asked if we were walking and when we told him we were he used several expletives to describe the distance at which we had to walk to reach our destination. It was about 7 miles.
Well this guy was really nice! his name was Jake and he insisted that he call an Uber for us. So we talked to Jake for a bit while waiting for this Uber and we got his phone number to hit him up later!
When we were in the car with Omar, the driver, he was really cool too and we got his facebook information! The moral of the story being that sometimes it pays to trust that everything will work out and that we will be blessed for our patience.
The next day after district meeting we went on exchange with the Littleton Elders, Elder Randall and Elder Lavanger. I was with Elder Randall in Littleton which is mostly a biking area. We were biking most of the day in the super hot weather on the long and windy roads and that is when we saw this lowered, purple Lamborghini sitting in this driveway. We needed a good excuse to stop so we pulled over and knocked on the door. We had to knock 3 times for anybody to answer and we figured out why when the woman that lived there answered the door in a towel as she had just gotten out of shower. I have to give her props because she had a much more pleasant conversation with us than you would expect from a towel-bound woman talking to a couple of missionaries in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. She was really nice and she had had a few encounters with missionaries before when she was in Arizona. She said we could find her on facebook but that she wasn't interested in converting. I'm sure she'll come around.
Our investigator Christina went to the temple this morning for the first time! she is doing awesome!
and she has brought her friend Shantel to church every week for the past month. She also installed the LDS tools app and sent a referral to the missionaries in Virginia for her daughter. She is a great lady.
We have been taught that it is impossible to fail if we do our absolute best while we are on the Lord's errand. I know that to be true and I know that the gospel makes our lives better!
P-day is changed because transfers were this week. Elder Harrison and I are staying another transfer! it is going to be awesome! Elder O'Rourke in Acton was transferred up to Plymouth to be with Elder Morris my other companion. Sorry to see him leave.
So nothing has changed and nobody need worry.
I hope that you all have a great rest of your wonderful summer week!
love you!
This week we had a lot of interesting things happen.
On Thursday we had an appointment later in the evening on the far edge of our area. We were able to take the bus there but the buses don't run past about 6:30 so we asked the sisters if they could give us a ride back. The lesson went great. It was with the Phanor family. They are a part member less-active family from Haiti that we have teaching lately. They are awesome!
The appointment was through and there were no sister missionaries in sight. It was about 8:30pm, the sisters weren't answering their phone, and we had to be in my 9:00. we started walking back and we asked a guy on the street directions to our house. He asked if we were walking and when we told him we were he used several expletives to describe the distance at which we had to walk to reach our destination. It was about 7 miles.
Well this guy was really nice! his name was Jake and he insisted that he call an Uber for us. So we talked to Jake for a bit while waiting for this Uber and we got his phone number to hit him up later!
When we were in the car with Omar, the driver, he was really cool too and we got his facebook information! The moral of the story being that sometimes it pays to trust that everything will work out and that we will be blessed for our patience.
The next day after district meeting we went on exchange with the Littleton Elders, Elder Randall and Elder Lavanger. I was with Elder Randall in Littleton which is mostly a biking area. We were biking most of the day in the super hot weather on the long and windy roads and that is when we saw this lowered, purple Lamborghini sitting in this driveway. We needed a good excuse to stop so we pulled over and knocked on the door. We had to knock 3 times for anybody to answer and we figured out why when the woman that lived there answered the door in a towel as she had just gotten out of shower. I have to give her props because she had a much more pleasant conversation with us than you would expect from a towel-bound woman talking to a couple of missionaries in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. She was really nice and she had had a few encounters with missionaries before when she was in Arizona. She said we could find her on facebook but that she wasn't interested in converting. I'm sure she'll come around.
Our investigator Christina went to the temple this morning for the first time! she is doing awesome!
and she has brought her friend Shantel to church every week for the past month. She also installed the LDS tools app and sent a referral to the missionaries in Virginia for her daughter. She is a great lady.
We have been taught that it is impossible to fail if we do our absolute best while we are on the Lord's errand. I know that to be true and I know that the gospel makes our lives better!
P-day is changed because transfers were this week. Elder Harrison and I are staying another transfer! it is going to be awesome! Elder O'Rourke in Acton was transferred up to Plymouth to be with Elder Morris my other companion. Sorry to see him leave.
So nothing has changed and nobody need worry.
I hope that you all have a great rest of your wonderful summer week!
love you!
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Kenya even believe it?!
Hello Everybody!
We had a really exciting week this week, at the beginning of the week on Monday, when we had exhausted all of our ideas of helping to teach this African family we are working with, we found out that one of the YSA members in the other ward speaks fluent Swahili! His name is Peter and he was born in Kenya. It was such an awesome miracle. The father and mother of the family in question speak little English although the children all can. (Grammar?)
It was great and they all came to church again yesterday!
On Wednesday we did some cool things for the fourth of July. We went to a parade in Chelmsford and we talked to a bunch of people. That evening we volunteered at the local ballpark and we gave out free American flags to the people that we walking in to see the fireworks across the way. We found some cool new people to teach and we are excited to be seeing more of them.
On Wednesday we did some cool things for the fourth of July. We went to a parade in Chelmsford and we talked to a bunch of people. That evening we volunteered at the local ballpark and we gave out free American flags to the people that we walking in to see the fireworks across the way. We found some cool new people to teach and we are excited to be seeing more of them.
I love the Lord's promises. 1st: that the "field is white" and people are prepared to receive us in our area and 2nd: that we will be made great instruments in the Lord's hands as we learn to trust in him and follow the spirit.
That's about all for this week. Thanks! Love you!
Elder Connor Starr
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Another Good Week
Hello everybody!
We had a great week this week! We saw some awesome miracles as we opened our mouths and talked to as many people as we could. It was great! We went on exchange with the zone leaders in Nashua. It was a lot of fun and we did a cool Book of Mormon booth.
This Sunday Christina brought one of her friends to church! Her name is Shantel and she should be coming every week. Christina is awesome!
It has been a bit warm here lately but I guess that is to be expected of July. I love being here and I love the summer. I am so grateful for all of my blessings and for the support that I have from all of you! Also, shout out to AJ Starr! You will do amazing things!
I love you and hope that you have a great week!
-Elder Connor Starr
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
For lack of better subject lines, today's date: 6/25/2018
Hello everybody, this week was pretty interesting to say the least. Remember how last week we had a mission tour by elder Stanfield and his wife? Well this week we had ANOTHER mission tour by Elder Bennett of the seventy and his wife Sister Bennett. It was a surprise to everyone, he simply said that he felt prompted to visit our mission again. It was especially cool because I felt that they said some crucial things that I needed to hear. Before his visit we set a goal as a mission to find 150 people in 1 day. That day, as we worked hard and searched for people to teach and talk to we found over 170 new people! We saw some awesome miracles in this area. It was amazing.
We found a woman for the Hermanas in Nashua to teach and we also found this awesome family That are really excited about the Gospel.
It was a really spiritual week and we had a great time. One of my favorite quotes is from a member of the mission presidency, president Hawkes. He said: "Where a student is prepared, a teacher will be provided." I definitely saw that. We were so blessed to have these wonderful people help us in this work. I know that this is God's work and that He loves all of us. Christina was baptised on Tuesday! It was so awesome and she is doing so well! It was a great experience and she has come a long way. I had the privilege of doing her confirmation on Sunday, my first one, and it reminded me how merciful our Heavenly Father is, he wants us all to be happy. We simply have to choose to do so.
I hope that you all have a great week! Love you!
-Elder Connor Starr
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Thol: God of thunder
Hello everybody!
This week was really good! we have completely planned for Christina's baptism on Tuesday. She is such a cool lady and we are so grateful for her faith and her diligence.
This week we got a bible referral for a nice Cambodian man named Thol. He asked for a bible so we delivered him one and we told him about The Book of Mormon and how through it we learn more about Christ and how we can find peace in our lives. He was happy for us to come by again to help him understand how that was possible. It was a really cool miracle.
Admittedly I don't have a lot of time left so this one is going to be a bit shorter. Sorry about that. I did take some cool picture that I will be sure to upload next week. We had a mission tour with Elder Stanfill and his wife and it was awesome! They helped us to answer some questions about how we can work more effectively and how we can study and be better at seeking revelation. It was very informative!
Anyways, I hope that you all have a wonderful week! thanks for your help and support!
I love you as always!
-Elder Connor Starr
This week was really good! we have completely planned for Christina's baptism on Tuesday. She is such a cool lady and we are so grateful for her faith and her diligence.
This week we got a bible referral for a nice Cambodian man named Thol. He asked for a bible so we delivered him one and we told him about The Book of Mormon and how through it we learn more about Christ and how we can find peace in our lives. He was happy for us to come by again to help him understand how that was possible. It was a really cool miracle.
Admittedly I don't have a lot of time left so this one is going to be a bit shorter. Sorry about that. I did take some cool picture that I will be sure to upload next week. We had a mission tour with Elder Stanfill and his wife and it was awesome! They helped us to answer some questions about how we can work more effectively and how we can study and be better at seeking revelation. It was very informative!
Anyways, I hope that you all have a wonderful week! thanks for your help and support!
I love you as always!
-Elder Connor Starr
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Hello Everyone!
Hello friends and family.
We had a pretty good week this last week!
It started with transfer calls. Elder Morris is gone officially. Luckily we are having a mission tour this week from Elder Stanfill of the seventy where I will see Elder Morris again. Before he left we went and visited some of the investigators that we had lost contact with for one reason or another. We were able to pick them up again and start teaching them. It was really cool. Elder Harrison and I found some cool people! We met this one man named George. He is Greek and his Brazilian friends that just moved in were interested too! it was awesome!
The weather here has been so awesome and the long winters have given me a greater appreciation for the spring and summer. I think many gospel parallels can be drawn but I will leave that to you.
I am so glad to be here and I love the opportunity that I have to be a missionary! I have been studying personal revelation lately, I was reading President Nelson's talk from last general conference. The things he recommended were: being exactly obedient, increased purity, and daily scripture study. The emphasis of these things will put us in a position to receive revelation for ourselves and our families.I hope that you all have a great rest of your week!
Love you!
-Elder Connor Starr
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