Birthday Brownies

Randall turned 20 on Friday. The sister missionaries baked him brownies.

Busy In YSA Ward

I have been doing good! The work In the YSA ward is progressing very fast.  We have about 20 investigators that we will see each week.  This Sunday only one of them came to church.  That was disappointing to say the least!! For me, I am doing great and staying healthy. I feel like I know the Book of Mormon like the back of my hand! Other than that, the week was a normal mission week.  We have interviews with President Harding tomorrow.  It is warming up in Georgia and it’s not going to stop but that's ok with me, I didn't really like the cold, it doesn't mix to well with mission work:) Started running in the morning.  It is so hard to wake up at 6:00 am and just go out for a run but that's what we got to do or I will fall asleep during personal study!!! Birthday is coming up I will be 20!!!!! 

Love you all!!!

Good Week Teaching & Celebrating

This past week has been great!  We are still teaching M____ and he is doing great!!!!  Elder Thompson had his birthday yesterday he turned 20!!! We went to go eat at the Sundial with a member.  It  was great. I wish I could send pictures this week but I forgot my adapter, so I guess I will need to send them next Monday. Today for p-day we are going to do something, I don't know yet, probably at the park. I have been slacking in working out in the morning but I started going really hard in the mornings again!        

Taste of Africa

Having a traditional African dinner in Georga.

Speaking Krio Again

There is a less active family that we have spent the last 3 weeks just trying to get a hold of.  The contact name is A**** J****. Well that name caught my attention because it is a popular name in Sierra Leone. 3 days ago we finally tracked him down to his home, so we went to to his door and his Mom told us to come in.... As soon as I stepped in the house I knew they were from Africa. There is just a smell, not a bad smell, but a smell:) So we start talking to A**** and I finally asked the question of his dad "Where are you from?" He answered with the exact words I was hoping to hear "Sierra Leone". I then replied to him and started speaking in Krio.  Man was he surprised:) We talked some more and I found out that they lived in Kissy, that is 5 min from Allentown where I was serving!! It was just a great time with them and I know I was sent to North Point YSA to find them:)

One Night at the Station

We were on are way home from something and we were taking MARTA (bus/sub way). We are the only ones in the whole station and its about 8:00 at night. We did not have anything planed for that time because we were just going on the wings of the spirit.:) So in walks this girl and we could tell that she was a YSA. We decided that she was the reason that we were there at that time. We start off the conversation talking about the rain. Then we get into the message of the restoration and she sits back in her seat and tells us that when we told her that there was a prophet called on this earth again today she had felt something tell her that it was true. She then told us that we where creepy because we where answering every question she had been asking herself for weeks. We got her name number and set the next appointment and she accepted a baptismal date of the end of next month!!! Overall it was just a great experience!!!

Elder Gebauer

Wet With a Smile

Well it has been a while since I have given an update so here you go.

I am still serving in Peachtree City, Georgia.  For how much longer I will be here I don't know, transfers are coming up next week so we will see if I am going or staying.

It has not stopped raining for almost a full week. That kind of makes it hard in a bike area. We go out for as long as we can stand the rain and then we pop in on a member and warm up then back to the work. I just can't imagine having two soaking wet missionaries knock on your door with big smiles on their faces and saying no or just shutting the door, but some how people were able to do it:) 

This past month we have been working with the young men in the ward.  We take them on splits and knocking doors and we have a great time, just this week two of them started their mission papers so hopefully we will have them prepared to do this full time.  But that's what's going on with me. 

I appreciate all the Christmas gifts!!!

We now have more food and candies and cookies than we know what to do with:)!!!!!

Love you all,

Elder Gebauer