Hello all! Sorry it has been a while since I sent an email! Since I last wrote I am still serving in Laguna Beach but we also now serve in the Laguna YSA! I love YSA work and have spent 9 months working in Ysa's now! Elder Snow got sent to Newport and Elder Fowler is now here serving with me. He reminds me of my little brother Jackson.
Christmas is the greatest time to be a missionary! We went caroling and saw some Miracles! The miracle I wanted to share with you all is of our friend Adam. Adam was driving from San Diego to Laguna Niguel when he saw the San Diego temple off to his right. As he drove for the next hour he couldn't get the building off of his mind. As soon as he got home he began researching the church, bought himself a Book of Mormon, has been reading it, and referred himself!
We are now teaching him and he will be baptized on the 8th of January! We also got to drive down on Christmas Day to watch a friend I taught get baptized!
Anyway, the work is amazing! There is no better time to be a missionary then the present, and that is true whether you read this Dec 27 2021 or years in the future! You can be a missionary now, all you have to do is invite! Include! And expand your sphere of influence for good!
Love y'all! Have a Merry Christmas Season and remember to make 1% changes as the new year begins and you will see far more growth! People often overestimate what they can do in a day and underestimate what they can do in a year!
Oh yeah! Also, we had a friend that was skeptical about the Book of Mormon come to church this Sunday. Out of nowhere a general authority 70 named Elder Yaggi and his wife came into the meeting! At the end of the meeting Elder Yaggi came and talked w our friend Justin and without any context gave a powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon!
Love,
Elder Tanner Lawrence