Elder Landon Brough: Tender Mercies Part 2

So another terrific week! One of the best weeks in the office. I just love being here. So this past week we had transfers so it was so hectic moving people around and helping them all get settled and what not. So I am glad that is all over. Through it all, however, we ended up getting another companion temporarily. His name is Elder Hansen from Cedar City, Utah/ San Diego, depending on who you are talking to and he is so cool. He was way sick for a day or two with something that nobody really knows but he is good and we are just waiting on the new arrivals to come in so we can throw him out into the field. He is a really good guy and I am so happy I have got to serve around him this past week.

So the referral we received from Elder Vinson was so incredible. We were told to meet at the Dural McDonalds parking lot at a quarter to six. Elder Tou and I were very very very nervous because he is a General Authority. We rocked up to Mackers a few minutes late and we saw him standing next to his car. We approached him and he ended up being a very very funny guy and very relaxed. What can you expect he is an Aussie. So we show up at the referral's house a little after seven with a family from a neighboring ward that works with him. Their names were Peter and Nikki. Peter is from Australia and Nikki is from Chile. They are married and have two kids who are three and five. And they are searching and they talked about baptism. It was an incredible lesson. We taught the restoration and Peter knelt in prayer at the end of the lesson. It was such a wonderful experience and I look forward to teaching them the Plan of Salvation tomorrow.

So I had a wonderful experience yesterday on Sunday. Every fast Sunday we have a recent convert fireside where recent converts speak and investigators come. It is always a spirit filled fireside and a lot of baptismal dates have been set at them including Brendan Burke's. So on Thursday Elder Roessler, who is one of the assistants, called me and asked me to invite someone to speak at the fireside so instantly Robert Murphy's name popped in my head so I called the Cessnock missionaries, got Robert's mobile and called him up and he gladly accepted the invitation to speak. So he and the Cessnock missionaries drove down for the fireside. They showed up an hour early so I showed Robert around the temple, mission office and mission home and we even sat in the living room of the mission home and talked with President and then at the fireside Robert did an immaculate job and I felt the spirit so strong. I just love being a missionary and the things I get to see and be a part of and I am looking forward to the rest that the Lord has in store for me here in this sun burnt country!

Love Elder Brough