Georgia Atlanta Mission Area

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Go Fast Go Hard! 50 New Missionaries Part of Miracle Week in The GAM

Miracle Week- Climb'N To 70

Weekly questions posed to the elder in our letter from home. His email response follows:

Q1. Do you need anything at this time?

A1. Nope, May I invite you to buy the book called the Power of Every Day Missionaries by Clay Christensen and commit to looking at the various ways we can share the gospel. I promise you will find no greater joy!

Q2. We are praying for the GAM, missionaries, leaders, members, returning members, members of other faiths...anyone or anything else?

A2. Continue to pray for the GAM I will explain later the wonderful miracles we can pray for.

Request: I spoke with Bradley Morrill (recently completed mission) a couple times on the phone during his brief visit to Utah. Due to his tight schedule we were not able to meet with him. He expressed his appreciation for your commitment, diligence and faith. We likewise expressed our gratitude for him and his help (as your trainer and fellow missionary). Elder Morrill's brother lives in SLC and will be visiting him again before the end of the year. He would like to meet up with us then. Can you let sister Harding know of our contact.

Response: Yes sir I can do that.

Let me just get straight to the wonderful news that has flooded the GAM. Late this last week we received word from the Missionary department in Salt Lake City that we would be receiving 50 new missionaries rather than the original total of 25. We will have 25 visa waiters joining us this Tuesday taking our total count up to around 230 missionaries, attending transfers will be 175 missionaries as we’ve had to find 50 trainers and open up 24 new areas as a result of the big increase. We believe that with this wonderful great addition in missionaries we will find the THOUSANDS of families in whom the lord has prepared here in the GAM as we climb the mountain of the Lord. How INCREDIBLE is that?!

This last week was huge for us as a mission as we hit an all-time high in baptisms for one weekend with 24, raising our total to 48 for the month. Looking ahead at our goal of 70 for August, the atmosphere and belief among the missionaries is contagious knowing with Faith and Action we will hit our goal as we close out the month.

For this week we have used the effort associated with HELL week in football transferable to MIRACLE week with the missionary work here in the field. We are inviting all Georgia Atlanta missionaries to sacrifice everything they have to work relentlessly; to prayerfully plan out each day to MAKE IT HAPPEN! Each zone will Fast this week on separate days. We will host various conference calls throughout the week to monitor our ascent.

I add my testimony to that of Elder Bednar's. If we truly understood the gospel as the Lord has defined it we would talk about BAPTISM, baptizing all the time!  Knowing this, we should do everything within our power to INVITE those around us to be endowed with His power made possible through the waters and gateway of baptism.

Love, Elder Gautavai

D&C 25:12 - The Song Of The Righteous Is A Prayer Unto Me

He Walked A Mile In My Shoes - Nashville Tribute Band

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The Georgia Atlanta Missionaries in the Powder Springs and Cartersville Zones were able to attend a concert, featuring the Nashville Tribute Band, if they were accompanied by an investigator. The band invited the Full-Time Missionaries to join them on the stand in singing, "I Was Born."

WE' Still CLIMB'N Joyfully!!!

Come To The Mountain of the Lord (Jenny J. Frogley)
"And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us ago up to the Mountain of the Lord..." (Isaiah 2:3)

Elder Travis Fuller brother-warrior from Orem RWH

Weekly questions to the elder in our Monday email from home. His response received in his email from the field:

Q1. Did you receive your birthday package? We sent it FedEx because of the challenges we had with the US Mail. haha Besides, Mom gets a really good Delta Air Lines rate :)
A1. Yes I did thank you! I received Grandma and Grandpa gift as well.
Q2. Did Elder Steele like his shirt? (BYU)
A2. Yes he loved it thank you!
Q3. Do you need anything?
A3. Nope.
Q4. Who can we add to our prayer list or continue to pray for this week?
A4. GAM! WE STILL CLIMB'N! JOYFULLY!

Thank you for the birthday packages! What an incredible day! It was spent renewing baptismal and temple covenants on the holy Sabbath. I was able to have dinner at the Harding's surrounded by Bishop Kennedy (Whitewater ward) and Sister Kennedy (Dear Friends) as well as my battle-buddies Elder Steele, Elder Perez, Elder Moodie (Fayetteville ZLs), and Stockton - yes Stockton is a battle buddy as well!!!

I'll keep it short this week and to all family hence everyone is on this email because each of you has played a significant role in where I am today. I share simply DON'T WAIT TO BE HAPPY....ENJOY THE MOMENT...instead of waiting to be happy when we achieve something or waiting for something around the corner..BE HAPPY NOW..if you have a frown, put a smile on and ACCENTUATE the positive. We live in the time of the Restoration where we don't have to wait to be happy, happiness is found as we live the Gospel!

Lastly, in an answer that was given after a question as to what is a birthday tradition from home. In response I have been praying the whole day in gratitude for everything that I had been blessed with. My answer was that we have no birthday tradition...because EVERYDAY we were treated as if it were our birthday with food on the table, the newest outfits and sports equipment, family home evenings, family prayer and scripture study, Friday-night football, weight-lifting with the crew who like all of you saw my potential even when I didn't. Thanks for making each day a day to marvel at the blessings our Heavenly Father gives us in family units.

Priesthood Holders of our family, thank you for your leadership and living worthy to call down the powers of heaven...and to the Treasures of the Earth (women) in our family thank you for your unshaken faith and love. 

Go FORWARD and not BACKWARD. "Courage, Family, On to VICTORY!"

Love, Elder Gautavai

Happy Birthday Elder Gautavai!!