Marietta-Week 6

Here is the weekly update from Justin....Well another long day in Sandy Plains ward, I love this ward so much!!  Elder Richardson is getting transferred this Wednesday (last week) back to Spanish work so I will be getting a new companion, Elder Ball.  I was with him in the MTC.  He is a good kid.  I am pretty stoked for that.  So we have dinner at a members home this Thanksgiving.  The work is fantastic, we are having more and more success every week.  The area is picking up.  The weather is still cold...hasn't changed much.  My old scriptures got a little week but I just wanted a nice big set that I can use for studying and keep using the other set for work.  That is my only wish for Christmas.  If it won't work out, that's fine I will live.  So we have been trying really hard to contact 70 people a week and haven't been able to do it.  Until this week, so this week we were determined to do it.  And we did!!  The last few contacts were amazing.  They were truly elect people, we really had to Endure to the end or Enjoy to the end as I call it.  They were super open to reading the Book of Mormon.  The very last contact was amazing, we knocked on his door at like 8:50 pm...that's late. He was super nice and as we taught him and testified I could feel the spirit so strong and I knew and could almost feel the spirit working on this man, it was so sweet to see that.  I know this gospel is true.  It changes lives and will continue to change lives until the end.  I love y'all and miss you lots.

Elder Phillips

Marietta-Week 5

Here is the latest from Justin.....Just to preface this update...last Saturday we got a picture on our phones of Justin at a members house.  He looks great and was having dinner with them.  I am glad you got my picture.  We were having dinner at a members home and they fed us hot wings.  They told me to keep eating so I did.  I cleaned those wings to the bone too.  Best dinner ever!!  I think I am gaining weight now.  I really miss dad's famous burgers though.  I can't believe you got snow.  Sweet!!  I miss snow so much.  My week has been great.  I am doing great.  My only wish for Christmas is a new set of scriptures.  A big pair, two separate books, not all in one and any color works with my name on it again.  The weather is cold and rainy, typical weather here.  Our investigators are great, we are having successon finding new people to teach.  So  we were going to get Chick-fil-A after doing service on Saturday and I believe it was inspired.  My companion just thought I was hungry.  We ran into this guy that worked there that was taking out the trash.  And we contacted him and started to teach him about baptism right off the bat and he said funny y'all come to talk to me, I was just thinking about baptism.  It was so awesome, we hope we can get a set appointment with him this week.  The vision of the South is happening, I know it.  This work is amazing. I love it so much and I love the people here.  And I will miss it when I am done.  I love y'all and pray for ya every day.

Love Elder Phillips

Marietta-Week 4

Here is the latest from Elder Phillips.  He has been in Marietta, Georgia for a month now and he seems to be loving it....My week has been great.  We have had a lot of success this week.  The week is moving forward just doing our best and leaving the rest to the Lord.  I am going my best getting along with others, I'm not perfect.  Haha!!  The weather is cold and sunny, it is really odd.  The fall is amazing here.  I wish y'all could see it.  I know that I am on a mission for a reason whether it is for people here or people back home, I know that this is a true church.  Well we met with a part member family last night and the dad was wearing a Packers shirt so I thought of dad and it is kind of funny but he looked a lot like Aaron Rogers.  Well we have had some little miracles this week.  We met this lady while contacting she was like the only lady on the street but we talked to her and shared a little bit about the gospel and the Book of Mormon and she said it sounded familiar and that she believed it.  And that she felt like we came to her for a reason.  It was so amazing, I have seen it happen before but I just love when stuff like that happens out here.  But I don't have much else to say. 
 
Love Elder Phillips

Marietta-Week3

Here is the latest from Elder Phillips.....Thanks y'all so much I got  your package this week.  It was the best.  The work is going great.  We picked up like 7 new investigators this week.  My companion is doing great.  He is a funny guy.  We have been having a lot of success.  The zone is good, we are having alot of success this month, so we will see  in what happens in the coming months.  I can't believe that Brandon would dress Oliver in camo and stripes and think that it matches.  Oliver is probably fighting off the ladies already.  We had the primary program in our area this past week and it was awesome.  There is always one kid who is like eating the microphone and no one can understand them.  It is so funny and the teachers are doing everything they can to keep the kids from running on the stand and climbing on their chairs....so glad that I don't have kids yet.  So we had an appointment in our apartment complex with this nice old African lady, well she ended up bailing on us which was disappointing.  But we knew that the Lord had other plans for us, so we saw these two ladies who were walking around the complex.  And so we started to talk to them and they were working out so we asked if we could walk with them.  They said sure so we end up walking around the complex in missionary clothes like 6 times, talking to these ladies.  It is a huge complex and I was beat, no work is done in vain though.  We ended up getting a return appointment for tonight!!  So awesome, best contact ever!!  Well, I can't think of anything new to tell ya, we had some awesome pastrami this weekend at the ward halloween party.  It was awesome!!  Alright, Love ya bye!!

Elder Phillips