Monday, June 24, 2013


Hey Family, friends, and all others who are getting these emails.

This is been a wonderful week, filled with the spirit, learning, and lots of other things. Today I actually leave the MTC at 7pm, and then our plane takes off at 1am Tuesday morning. We arrive in Milwaukee at 9am, after a three hour lay-over in Atlanta. Also, we (all 29 Milwaukee Missionaries) are all on the same plane and we all met with our new mission President this past Saturday. He and his wife are a wonderful couple and I know that the Lords work will grow and prosper with him as our new President. They arrive in Wisconsin this coming Friday.

The World Wide Missionary Broadcast was yesterday and I got almost floor seating. I was about 40 ft. from the General Authorities and it was amazing to be so close to them and feel the spirit radiate from them. The two major topics were the introduction of modern technology into the mission field, items such as: iPads, texting, social media, and new rules on email. The other topic and the one that dominated most of the evening was the increased push for members to play a larger and more active role in missionary work. I’m excited to be able to work with the members and help strengthen their wards and their testimony.

Here at the MTC we have what is called a progressive investigator, my companion and I have two and they are very opposite from each other. Steve is Atheist and Gabriel is a Catholic who has a powerful testimony of God and Christ's Atonement. We have been working with both since we got here to the MTC and through the help of our teachers and the many things that we have learned here. Both investigators have agreed to a baptism. Sadly these are only role plays but everyone takes them very serious. Doing these role plays has helped me and my companion out a lot; we have grown to trust the Lord and to teach by the spirit.

Thank you all very much for your letters and packages. They have brought a smile to my face and I enjoy reading them during my short down time. Thank you for your love and support, this past week has been amazing and I’m ready to hit the field with a BANG!!!

Love:
Elder Luymes

MTC District at the Provo Temple






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