Here is a look at my last week of 2016
12/26 Monday
Tonight we did a FHE with the Rodarte and Kidd families. It went super good, except that it was a little noisy because of all the kids haha. We talked about how, a lot of times in our lives, we look back and dwell on things of the past and how that slows us down. Our Heavenly Father loves us and will forgive us of past mistakes through repentance. We need to always strive to be better and improve!
12/27 Tuesday
Miracles happened today!! We have been getting worried about our teaching pool but today things took a turn for a little better! There is a part member family in the ward that has three unbaptized kids (the Herleans). The ward has been trying for years with these kids and nothing has happened. The dad is a returned missionary that served in the Dominican Republic. The mom has been a lifelong member but they fell away from the church and haven't let their kids be baptized even though they beg them. The dad called us today and said he wants us to come over and start teaching the discussions to his boys! Also Joseph and Claudette (who stood us up last week) reached out to us and asked if we were meeting with them tomorrow!
12/28 Wednesday
Today we were on exchanges with the other set of elders in our district. I was in their area for the day! It was way fun. Elder Townsend and I walked everywhere today, so that was good to put in some good walking exercise! Elder Townsend is from Nebraska and is super cool, so we joked around all day and got a lot of work done! We almost got killed but it turned out good! We were tracting and we knocked on this door that had a sign with an AK 47 and it said "nothing on this property is worth dying for". We knocked on the door and a Russian man answered and said "wait there, I am going to get my brother" and he closed the door and left. Memories of the “Saratov Approach” movie flooded in and I was sketched out. I looked at Elder Townsend and he was like "this is going to be really good or really bad." We waited for a little while and then his brother opened the door and we taught some of the Restoration and got his contact info, so that was cool. And we talked to guy from East Africa and that was cool! He knew like no English. Elder McClure had lessons with Joseph and Claudette and the part member family and all five of those people are on track for baptism by the end of the month, which that could be 6 baptisms this transfer!! That would be so sweet!!
12/30 Friday
We had another lesson with the Herleans. Things are going great. The dad who doesn't consider himself a Mormon anymore was teaching his boys, along with us, about the Book of Mormon and the first story in it! Finding was uneventful today except a dude came to chew us out because we knocked on his door and I guess we scared his wife because there were dressed up guys at the door. He was from out of states and didn't know who we were, so we told him we are missionaries and he said sorry and left haha!
12/31 Saturday
Things keep getting better with Joseph and Claudette I thought there was going to be an issue with the Word of Wisdom but they said that they would give their iced coffee up no problem. They didn't think that Mormon’s drank soda, so they were pleased to know that was aloud haha! We had to be in tonight by six because of the New Years. So it was a pretty exciting night, I paced around the apartment and watched bible videos, and went to bed early! The mission life is sweet!
1/1 Sunday
Haha 8:30 church was a little too early for the ward members I guess. There were like two families there five minutes to the start of church. We had two kids walk in today and we sat by them. They had been taught all the lessons and even had their baptismal interview but then moved and so they never got baptized! We got their address and they live just outside our ward boundary... dang it!! Joseph and Claudette came to church today so that was awesome to have them there!
As missionaries we are promised that the Lord’s hand is unrestrained in our work! Sometimes I fall into the pattern of the mission and start taking the time out here for granted. This week I let myself fall into that trap a little bit... I know that God is involved in this work. He truly wants to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" Moses 1:39 He cares about the people we contact everyday. He wants them on His team and He is ready to pour His blessings on them! I am so grateful for the knowledge I have that God is involved in my life and I am grateful for the opportunity I have to help others find the love God has for them! I think that we all have so much potential that we may not even comprehend it! I am working each day to try to achieve my potential as a missionary and a follower of Jesus Christ. I love you all!
-Elder Call
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