Marietta-Week 19

Here is the latest from Elder Phillips.....I got  your package Mom and it was sweet!!  Elder M and I are good.  It's weird to be back together, he has changed alot and so have I.  We are going to get a lot done here.  So we got one of the first 18 year old missionaries in our zone this week.  It is so weird!  They are young buggars.  (This statement coming for the older and more mature 20 year old!!) My week has been great, things are going well here.  We have a lot of new people that we are working with.  The weather is cold and wet here.  I don't like it.  I will be here in this area for a least another 5 weeks but I could finish here, it would be weird.  And that would mean that I would be here for like 9 months.  So this week has been sweet, we had some sweet stuff happen, we left a blessing with a cool black lady and she was in tears.  And she wanted us to come back and share more.  We also found a cool family, who let us right in and they had all these questions.  I know that there are elect people out there we just gotta find em.  It is my job to seek them out.  I love this area and I love the people of Georgia.  Love ya bye.

Elder Phillips

Marietta-Week 18

Another update from Elder Phillips.  I think this is the longest  he has been assigned and yes he survived transfer and will be staying in the Marietta area.  Well it has been another crazy week in missionary life.  So this was transfer week and Elder B is getting transferred.  I will be staying  and I will be getting a new companion.  Elder M and I are going to be companions again, remember we served in Monroe together.  We are going to be zone leaders.   This doesn't happen very often but I am excited about it.  I know that I am in Marietta for a reason and part of that reason is to preach the restored gospel.  My week has been great, it has been rainy here...not too happy about that.  Bring on the heat!! :)  I am doing fine, just workin away.  The work is moving forward.  Elder B and I had the opportunity to meet some new people, we went to follow up with this guy, who I didn't even think would talk to us again but we went anyway.  My real miracle for the week was we were knockin doors and we came across this man, we stated that the Lord sent us to him to leave the Savior's peace and a blessing upon him and his family.  We let us right in and we left it.  It was super spiritual and I thought it was awesome.  He just automatically recognized us as men of God.  The Spirit is so strong with missionaries, it is so crazy.  Well that is about all I've got this week.  Love ya bye.

Elder Phillips

Marietta-Week 17

The lastest update from Elder Phillips......I am going to try and take my own avice and not countdown the last few months of Justin's mission although I miss him like crazy.  I have been encouraging him to "stay focused and finish strong" so I will try and do the same.  So things are good here.  So here is my super cool miracle for this week.  We were at Zone Leader Council on Friday and the zone leaders that cover my last area, Dawsonville, said that a man that I found, taught all the discussions to is getting baptized next week.  I spent 3 months there and felt like I didn't change anything but now I know that I did some good there.  So tomorrow (Tuesday) Elder B and I are going to attend his baptism.  I was pretty stoked to hear about it.  So the work is going well here.  I love this ward.  We have a family of four on date for baptism later this month.  I know that God is in this work, I know that this is his work, I love serving him.  I hope it never ends. :)  Well that is all for this week.  Love ya bye!

Elder Phillips

Marietta-Week 16

So here is the latest from Georgia and Elder Phillips.....One of the questions that I asked Justin this week was if he had an "official" release date and he said that he wasn't sure but that I could call the mission home so that is exactly what I did and he will leave Georgia on June 13th, 2013 so that means that as of today (February 4, 2013) he only has 129 days left but no one is counting.  Lol!!  My week has been great!!  We have had a lot of success this week, we have a legit family on date for baptism this next month!!  The weather is cold and dark, Georgia is weird during the winter.  This transfer is a five week.  Elder B and I are getting along really well.  He is awesome!!  The district is good.  The zone is doing pretty well, I hope this will be my last area but I might have another area in me.  So this week we had this former investigator come up out of no where.  Like we taught him the first time and it went well, he agreed to read the Book of Mormon.  But then we couldn't get in contact with em again.  So we every often we will stop by to see if we can catch em.  Finally we caught him and he said he was reading a lot and wanted to come to church so we brought him.  We that is all I have for this week.  Love ya bye!! 

E. Phillips