Finally a week of not all zeros! It was good to get some new investigators
and members out with us this week! We also got to build a pretty big chicken
coop as well with the family that was baptized a month and a half
ago.... Wow. That was already almost 2 months ago. Crazy!
Monday we were able to get a member out with us to go give a blessing to a
less active member who had her gall bladder removed on Wednesday. Her husband is
unordained, so we were going to go over there with their home teachers and give
that blessing, but we had them come out with us a little early so we could try
some people. We tried a couple who let us pray with them and invited us back,
and so we went over and talked to them. He is a baptist preacher, so we knew it would be a fun lesson. So we taught
the Restoration, and he had questions for EVERYTHING. He was wondering why the
people in the Americas even needed to write about the Messiah because they
weren't part of the Abrahamic covenant, so we showed him how they were from the
tribe of Joseph, and he wanted to know everything about the Book of Mormon
and how it came to be, and he had something trying to prove the restoration
wrong with anything he could. But we responded to everything with scriptures,
and it was just a really cool lesson to see how there's no holes in the
Restoration, especially to those who know the Bible!
After that we went and gave the blessing, and it was a super powerful
experience. The Spirit was super strong there, and the father definitely felt
it! He left the room with the sniffles (we're pretty sure he was crying) right
after the blessing. He knows that he needs to be going to church, but his job
hasn't let him, and he was working nights. But he told us that he had a job
interview for a job with normal hours and not working Sundays, so he if he gets
it he shouldn't have to work Sundays anymore! We're praying he gets it! He's
someone that could be an Elder in a couple of months, and that family can go
through the temple soon as well!
Tuesday we had a lesson with a lady who's had a rough life.
She's paying child support, her father passed away not too recently, she was in
the 1999 tornado here which I guess was just as bad as the recent May tornado.
She also had a 3 week old baby die in that, and she was very badly injured. So
yeah, she's had a rough go of it. But we taught her the Plan of Salvation and
she really seemed to like it. We're going back over on Wednesday to teach her
more about the Book of Mormon and how we got it, where it came from, what it's
for and all that good stuff. So we're excited for that lesson! Elder Fronk and I
feel like she'll just latch on to the gospel and it will help her so much! So
we're praying for her as well!
We got to visit a less active on Friday, and we watched President Monson's
final talk in conference about constantly nourishing your testimony to protect
you from the adversary. So we had a great chance to talk with her about how we
can help her testimony be strengthened, so we're going to be going by once a
week to read with her. We're excited because she's a great lady. So reconnecting her to the little things will bring that happiness back to
her life and we can't wait to see that!
That's about all for me here. We had a good week! We have a general
authority coming to the mission this week! We're excited to have him come and to
learn from him! It's going to be a very good experience! Also this weekend is
Stake Conference here, and they'll be reorganizing the Stake. That will be cool
as well! We're excited for this week!
Well, hope that everything goes well this week! Everyone be safe and enjoy
life! Love you all!
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