Hola mis amigos y familiares,
This last Tuesday I received a phone call that
my Grandpa Eskelsen had passed away. He is my second grandpa to have passed
while I have been on my mission. I am so grateful for my family and for the gospel
I have been brought up in. Because of it, I know that we will one day be
reunited and be able to rejoice, in this I find comfort and peace and I am so
grateful for this time I have to serve the Lord and be able to bring this news
to so many people!
Highlights of the week!!
I had found a phone on the street while
contacting and on Tuesday I called the police to have them come pick it up.
It is also the start of a new transfer and we
had so many new missionaries come in so we were switching and moving beds until
everyone had what they needed.
Wednesday, we had dinner with a member which
was super fun! I had helped them with a funeral a few months ago and they still
remember and keep thanking me. Later Wednesday we went to this guy’s house to
do some service. We had contacted him for a few seconds the week before, and we
came back and were cutting his trees down for him. As we were helping, I got
talking to him and turns out he had heart surgery, so we were even happier we
had offered to help him. We shared a message after, and he was super down to
come to church too!
Thursday, we had a lesson and we were going to
bike to it. We got maybe 5 minutes out and elder Cookson’s tire went completely
flat. So, we locked up our bikes and walked the rest of the way. We got to the
house 30 minutes late and the parents were outside waiting. Now I'm going to go
back to last week when we first talked to them. We were walking by their house
and I asked if they wanted a Jesus card. There were like 5 guys and they all looked
at me like I was crazy and wanted me go away, but for those of you who know me
I can be a little stubborn sometimes and I decided we were not leaving until
someone grabbed this card from my hand. They finally made this woman come grab
it and we talked to her and invited her to church before she had to go break up
a fight that had started. She didn't come to church and we had come back the
day before to see if we could talk to them. So here we are, they are outside
their house waiting. We start talking and the husband has a bunch of questions
and we start answering them with the Book of Mormon. We talked about the
restoration, the plan of salvation, baptism, and the word of wisdom all in one
lesson. We came back two days later and taught them and set a baptismal date
for the 19th. Then we remembered they had kids and invited them to bring their
kids for a lesson. We were already late for our next appointment, but we
briefly taught them and put two of her kids on date too. Very long story made a
little bit shorter but still long Haha, they came to church and are so ready to
be an eternal family!
I am so grateful for the chance to share this
message with everyone! There are so many people who don’t realize the blessings
they are missing out on, and the privilege I have to help others on the path to
be an eternal family is indescribable! It brings so much joy and there is no
other feeling that comes close, not even scoring a hat trick in soccer haha. I
know this gospel to be true and I know that all sincere seekers of God’s will
and plan will have it be made known unto them through the power of the Holy
Ghost who testifies of all truth.
Les quiero mucho!
Elder Tolman
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