We received Austin’s travel plans yesterday. Looks like he will arrive at the St. George
Airport on Friday, January 4th at 4:25pm.
From: Austin Ipson
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 10:18 AM
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 10:18 AM
It's been a long time right? Can barely believe I'm
back on the computer!
We've had a tender mercy this last week. One of our
members Sister Galvan invited one of her friends to the Branch Christmas Party!
Her name is Maricela. The crazy thing is that she has already been
to church and talked with missionaries before! Sister Galvan simply
wanted us to go meet her and hand off a copy of Joy to the World. We did
so, and as we did Maricela asked if we could come to her house teach her more!
Elder Clay and I were caught completely off-guard! We got her
information, and set up an appointment for tonight! Elder Clay and I are
excited for this lesson to come!
Yesterday was our Mission Christmas Devotional. Shawn
Bradley came once again. He told a story from when he was a missionary.
He was serving in the Sydney Australia Mission. He and his
companion wanted to baptize one more person before Elder Bradley went home (he
had 4 weeks). They work, and found a lady named Teresa. She went to
church and kept all of the commitments! Up until tithing. She was a
single mother, and having a hard time keeping afloat. She couldn't
understand why God would take her money when she was in a time of financial
crisis. Elder Bradley and his companion fasted and prayed for her.
Later one of the members who was a friend to Teresa, called the missionaries.
She told them that something was wrong with Teresa's ankle and she wanted
a Priesthood Blessing. Elder Bradley and companion scurried over to her
house and gave her the blessing. Elder Bradley didn't think much of the
blessing at this time, however once they got home there was a message on the
answering machine from Teresa. The message was, that while Elder Bradley
was giving the Blessing her ankle was healed! She didn't know how to say
it then, but she knew she needed to be baptized! She was, and so was her
boyfriend!
Simply, Elder Clay and I hope the same thing happens here in
Dayton Spanish! :D
Mom, you asked about how my final days in the mission will
be. So I'll tell you! The transfer meeting is on Thursday.
The Transfer Meeting is at 11:00 a.m. The transfer will be announced.
Elder Clay will get a new companion, we'll sing the mission song, and
I'll give my departing testimony to the missionaries, and the members that
brought the missionaries.
Quickly after there will be a mad scramble as people say
good-byes grab their stuff, take pictures, and head off to their new areas.
Departing missionaries will stay. The chapel we meet at is on the
same lot as the temple. Departing Missionaries will go to the 1:00 p.m.
temple session. After-which the assistants will take all 20 of us to the
mission-home (we have huge transfer group). President will grill us with
our departing interview. We'll stay the night at the mission home in
Powell. No party at the Harley.... The assistants President and
Sister Nilsen will take us to the airport and give us the boot. Simple as
that!
Also with my bike i plan on leaving it in the Mission for
another missionary to use. With the amount of wrecks I've had, and the
price for shipping it home, it just doesn't seem worth the pain of getting it
home and getting it worked on. I'll let Abram (my good ol' Trek) stay in
Ohio for another two years!
Time is running out. Remember, I love you all!
Para Siempre,Elder Ipson
The Great Ohio Columbus Mission
