Monday, December 16, 2013

By the way don't worry. WE ARE ALIVE.

Anyukám és családom,

I am officially in Győr. Being a zone leader any different than any other missionary? Nope. The only difference for us is now we have a car. I get to drive! I don't know if I remember how to. I haven't driven in years, literally.
Talking about the adventures of driving. We have a really cool investigator who lives around 40 minutes away from where we live. Last night as we went to one of her programs a thick fog rolls in. My comp who has been driving for the last 6 months wasn't really freaking out, but my unaccustomed body, and new fear of going fast in a little machine was in a whirlwind of chaos. I wasn't so calm, but as other cars would pass us the lights would cause a reflection on the fog in which cause that we couldn't see. I wasn't the happiest camper, but I couldn't help laugh when my comp would make ufo sounds every time a car passed. By the way don't worry. WE ARE ALIVE.

Győr is also a pretty place, and bigger than my last area. We already have work here which is nice. We do have one very interesting investigator. He is an alcoholic whose life has totally fallen apart, and he has no hope for the future. Supposedly my comp has been working with him for many months now, and now I have been thrown into the mix of things. It is really interesting working with a man like that. At one moment he is ok and happy, and then the alcohol kicks in and he is another monster. Drunk people don't know how to hold their tongues. I really hope we can help this man, but if anything can help him change it will be because of Christ and his gospel.

We did have a lot of success from finding this last week, but I will mention those stories more when there are more details, but I do always have to mention it when I get to give blessings. Blessings are starting to become one of the corner stones to my testimony. I have realized I am a kinesthetic learner. I did not get my testimony from the BOM. I have grown to love the book, and it has given me a lot of answers, but the things that I really learn from, and where I get my testimony is when I get to do, such as things as prayer, blessings, missionary work, service, and teaching. The sitting, listening, reading, and such is a big challenge for me. I was able to have another testimony builder when a sister here asked if I would give her a blessing for comfort and direction. It is always amazing to feel God's love for someone, and to give blessings that you know will come to pass. Also in relationship to this. Could you possibly give me suggestions on how I can learn things by doing? For example, for me it is impossible to memorize where scriptures are. I do amazing at applying things I learn, but knowing where to find a scripture is redundant, and hard for me. How can I do this better do you think?
The zone is cool, being a zone leader still means you are a missionary, and it means you do exactly the same thing. I did know some of the people already, so it was fun to seen them. Zone conference will be this week for me on Wednesday. It will be a lot of fun. There I will also fill out papers to get my international driver license.
Love you all! Hope you all have a good week...
Sok szeretettel
Decker elder
Győr, Hungary. Justin is serving near the Slovakia border.