Transfers!

Today has been an interesting day! Received a call from President
about transfers this week, I will be leaving the area and becoming a
District Leader! I am super excited for the new assignment, but sad to
see this area go. We were able to accomplish a lot while we were here.
We have had 5 baptisms and a possibility of 8 more. We were able to
get the lessons up to 43 lessons per week. And we were able to split
the area. I'm grateful for what the Lord was able to help us
accomplish. When we first came in we were at 6 lessons or so per week.
The Lord is my light and his grace is sufficient for all. We were able
to have three baptisms this week as well. Ian, Tyler, and Derek All
three of them went so good and the spirit was so strong. I love the
mission and I am learning so much and continually increasing in faith.
It is such a blessing to be here and I know I'm becoming the man,
husband, father, and child of God I have the potential to become. I
love the mission and it is such a blessing to be here. To see the
light shine within the eyes of these three wonderful people as they
followed Christ's example and were baptized and received the Holy
Ghost, it was amazing! We saw many miracles in this area and it was
probably one of the best transfers I've had on the mission. I loved
the time spent with Elder Bullock and Matuwa and for all the people I
was able to meet. I have loved his area and I love this mission. Sorry
this is so short but I am so grateful for all the Lord has blessed me
with! Have a wonderful week! Love you all!

P.S- 1Ne 8-14- I really love these couple of scriptures as we learn
that to partake of the atonement of Jesus Christ (Tree of Life) we
need to hold continually to the word of God. If we do so, we will fall
down our knees and feel of Christ's atonement. The devil will have no
power over us, and we will have joy and happiness above all other
things. I know the Book of Mormon can bring us joy and peace. It can
give us direction and help us to overcome the temptations of the
adversary. This week I will be reading 1Ne 15-18!

Elder Noad
Utah Orem Mission

baptism!

This week has been amazing! We had the opportunity to see one of our
investigators be baptized!!!it was such a wonderful experience and we
were able to see so many changes in his life! I love being able to see
the gospel bless people's lives! He was so prepared to be baptized,
and the Lord was the one to thank for that. The Lord has blessed us in
so many ways to help him prepare for baptism, but also to help him
know of the truthfulness of what we taught. I love this work, and I am
so grateful to be a part of it! This upcoming week, we are planning on
having three baptisms! This area is booming, and we are finding much
success due to our hard work but mostly the help of our Savior Jesus
Christ. It is such a blessing to be serving here in Orem young single
adult area! My companions, Elder Matuwa and Elder Bullock are awesome!
We have a ton of fun together, and also get a lot done. We all have an
excitement for the work, and it is great to have such awesome
companions! I am so blessed for the opportunity to be serving here in
the Utah or mission. Our president, President Killpack he's definitely
inspired. He has taught me so much, and I look up to him as a great
role model. This week, we started Monday with a very busy
preparation day. We had to buy a lot of groceries to make up for the
lack of groceries last month. We were down to two eggs, a piece of
bacon, and three English muffins. Not forgetting the top Ramen. So it
was a good PDay to be able to restock up on our food for the month.
This week, it was a little harder of a week with more cancellations
them were used to, but we were still able to find a lot of success
here in this area. The Lord is truly blessing us. We spent a lot of
time teaching, as well as finding. Not much to really talk about other
than that. We had the opportunity to take Elder Matuwa to go and get
some new suits for himself. It was a lot of fun to be able to pick out
some suits for our amazing missionary! He is an awesome missionary,
and is really starting to get the hang of English, as well as the
lessons. He has such a strong testimony, and it is truly a blessing to
be serving with him. Elder Bullock has taught me a lot of good things.
He knows the gospel very well, and he is a great leader. We are having
a ton of fun and I am really enjoying this transfer! There's so many
things that are going well and I know that it is due to the Lord and
his timing. I need to continually show humility and trust in the will
of the Lord. We also this week had the opportunity to meet with a lot
of leaders, and we were able to talk about how we can further progress
the work. I know that I am learning so many things out here that I
never would've learned back home. I know that the spirit is so strong,
and I am able to learn so much from the Holy Ghost. Is truly a
blessing to be a part of the gospel and to have the Holy Ghost with me
as a constant companion. This preparation day is pretty slow, so we
finally get an opportunity to rest. I love you all, and know that you
are in my prayers. Last week I didn't get to check up on the reading,
but I hope to be reading from chapter 8 to chapter 14 this week in 1
Ne. Let me know how it goes! I will give an update this next week as
well!

Elder Noad
Utah Orem Mission

baptism with President Killpack, Elder Bullock, Elder Matuwa and Elder Noad

Goofy Trio