Jun 9 at
4:13 PM
Hello
Family!!!
Well, exciting/crazy week indeed. After talking to mom at the airport, we got on our flight to Atlanta Georgia and then a extending flight to Nashville. once in Nashville, we met our mission president and his wife, and the assistants. we then got our luggage, went to the mission home in bentwood, got some dinner, had many spiritual thoughts, and got ipads. the next day was a rush. we woke up, had some breakfast, and rushed to the stake center for transfer meeting. where we, had another spiritual thought, and had our meeting. they asked all the trainers to stand up so we could see who was training. i saw elder eisert from south Weber stand up and i thought it would be cool to have him as a trainer. But instead i got another cool trainer. this 6' 6" elder comes running down the isle and gave me a hug. his name is elder Avery Allen from west Jordan UT. we are currently in the Smyrna Tennessee area in the murfresboro zone in the Nashville Tennessee mission. that's a mouth full. it's been one week so far and already have 3 new baptismal dates. one of which, his name is tyron. he was a referral from the hermanas and he is awesome. he wasn't really liking what other churches were teaching so when the sister knocked on his door, he was ready. so we taught him the restoration and challenged him to baptism and he said yes so we're praying for him.
on Tuesday night, we had dinner with an older couple in the ward called the vines. they're some of the coolest people you could meet. brother vine is a bit of prankster, but he's funny and nice about it. we had "gorilla milk" (milk with food coloring in it) i, unfortunately was gullible enough to think it was actually gorilla milk. and sister vine is a seminary teacher.
it's really hot and humid out here. after walking 20 feet, my shirt is nearly soaked.
Well, exciting/crazy week indeed. After talking to mom at the airport, we got on our flight to Atlanta Georgia and then a extending flight to Nashville. once in Nashville, we met our mission president and his wife, and the assistants. we then got our luggage, went to the mission home in bentwood, got some dinner, had many spiritual thoughts, and got ipads. the next day was a rush. we woke up, had some breakfast, and rushed to the stake center for transfer meeting. where we, had another spiritual thought, and had our meeting. they asked all the trainers to stand up so we could see who was training. i saw elder eisert from south Weber stand up and i thought it would be cool to have him as a trainer. But instead i got another cool trainer. this 6' 6" elder comes running down the isle and gave me a hug. his name is elder Avery Allen from west Jordan UT. we are currently in the Smyrna Tennessee area in the murfresboro zone in the Nashville Tennessee mission. that's a mouth full. it's been one week so far and already have 3 new baptismal dates. one of which, his name is tyron. he was a referral from the hermanas and he is awesome. he wasn't really liking what other churches were teaching so when the sister knocked on his door, he was ready. so we taught him the restoration and challenged him to baptism and he said yes so we're praying for him.
on Tuesday night, we had dinner with an older couple in the ward called the vines. they're some of the coolest people you could meet. brother vine is a bit of prankster, but he's funny and nice about it. we had "gorilla milk" (milk with food coloring in it) i, unfortunately was gullible enough to think it was actually gorilla milk. and sister vine is a seminary teacher.
it's really hot and humid out here. after walking 20 feet, my shirt is nearly soaked.
is rinlee walking yet? is Emmie .......Emmy ..........emy
..........emie .......emiye ......is Risa and Anthonys
second daughter in junior high yet? has Eisley gone a date yet? I showed a
couple of the sister missionaries in my district back at the mtc the picture
with me and my nieces, and the "ahhhhhh" was heard from the floor
above even with laundry machines going.
Glad to hear the family is mostly doing well.
I'm going to be in Smyrna for the next 11 weeks so if there is any physical mail to send, you could go ahead and send it to:
Glad to hear the family is mostly doing well.
I'm going to be in Smyrna for the next 11 weeks so if there is any physical mail to send, you could go ahead and send it to:
Elder Cory Felix
926 needham dr, Smyrna, TN. 37167
Before I go, I'm going to share something that my companion and I recite every morning.
Before I go, I'm going to share something that my companion and I recite every morning.
“Make no small plans: They have no magic to stir men’s souls. This is the vision I have for the South. I believe that one day the South will baptize more people into the Church than all other English-speaking missions in the world together. There are great hosts of marvelous Baptists, members of the Church of Christ, Methodists, and Catholics who are honorable people, and have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and love him. As they see their church veering off to the right or to the left of those basic teachings, they will begin to search for the truth; and as pivotal teachers come into the church and have influence they will see the time when we will baptize hundreds and thousands, tens of thousands, in your day you will see a million members of the church in the South. There will be temples (plural) in the South States. What a great call you have to serve with these marvelous people. The missionaries love the South. We are making great strides and expect to continue.”
- President Spencer W. Kimball &
Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
Lovingly/Reportingly,
-Elder Cory Felix
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