Dear Family & Friends:
We were actually asked to share an experience to the Primary kids Sunday, as well, so that is cool! I am stoked for Parker! (Parker is Ben’s cousin and has just received a mission call to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) Isn't it amazing to see the spirit of missionary work and the excitement for missionary work spread to those around us?! Missionaries say sometimes, “like I only have two months left, so it doesn't matter” or the opposite as in “I have twenty months, so it doesn't really matter what I do!” Or “when someone decides that it doesn't matter if they serve or not.” What all of those people are saying is that what the Lord wants me to do is not important and that there are better things to do then to serve our Savior, Jesus Christ. The man’s comment about Las Vegas being better than Star Valley because it is where the Lord wants me, has made such an impact on me! I wrote about it weeks ago (http://eldercallnlvw.blogspot.com/2017/01/find-blessings.html.) Not only as missionaries does God need us here in Las Vegas for two years, He (Heavenly Father needs us every day and every moment, somewhere, to touch someone's life and that is not possible if we are held up by a lack of desire or contention. I am so excited for Parker! God NEEDS him in Philadelphia and he will be able to touch lives there!
2/20 Monday
Tonight we had a lesson set up with the Rodarte's and Andrew (a young man in the ward) came with us. We knocked on the door and it ended up that they had forgot, so it was cancelled. Andrew wanted to try tracting, so we split up in twos and went tracting. Andrew was super excited and the first two answers were not super nice and he quickly realized that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be! We tracted into some super nice people and so that was good for him to see some light! I was impressed with him and I know he will be a great missionary!
2/21 Tuesday
We met a few very nice less actives today! Sister Scott talked with us for a while and she actually lives with her family that is not members but unfortunately they are not interested right now. We also saw Brother Howard. He is a returned missionary from England and was extremely active in the church but got a divorce and felt he was treated poorly and hasn't been active since. He still has a testimony and knows so much about the church it is crazy! It is unfortunate that he is not allowing himself to receive all the blessings God has in store for him.
2/22 Wednesday
Another interesting day in Las Vegas. We had a lesson with a less active and was asked for marriage advice... I am not sure if three young guys are the ones to ask for that! We were able to help her though and teach about prayer and receiving answers along with baring testimony of the plan that God has for each of us. I have such a strong testimony that there isn't such thing as a coincidence and that God has things happen for a reason and we may not understand why for a long time! Things happen for a reason! We saw the Rodartes tonight and they bore testimony in the blessings of paying tithing. They have paid faithfully since they joined the church and they have had enough money to get by ever since! They are great!
2/23 Thursday
Today was kind of a rough day. I was super tired and weekly planning was long and frustrating so it went by super slow. We had dinner with the Patton/Fullers and so that was as great as always! Brother Fuller was stealing money out of Sister Patton’s bag that was on the table when she wasn't paying attention and so they got into it and argued how much money he actually took because he would only give back a little bit haha. It was pretty funny and it was definitely something I would do...
2/24 Friday
We did service for the Hamilton's tonight and it was setting up their Apple TV. Elder McClure LOVES technology and the same with Elder Alison and so instead of being in the way, I took a seat in their super fancy massage chair and enjoyed my time! There wasn't much for me to do! It felt good!
2/25 Saturday
Today was the baptism for Tierra. Tierra and her brother walked into our Sacrament Meeting several weeks ago, but ended up being in a different wards boundaries and was taught by other missionaries. We were able to go to her baptism anyways! She is awesome! She has been dealt a tough hand of cards but she is doing very well! She is 13 and lives with her cousin because her parents are not around. She wants to serve a mission so that will be cool if she stays strong in the gospel! We saw the Bradley’s tonight and they had just gotten a puppy! It was super cute! It reminded me of Lucky when he was a pup!
2/26 Sunday
Wow, I have never been so tired at church in my life. I stayed up and talked to Elder McClure last night and then had to be awake at 5:30 to get ready to go to ward council at 6:30. We didn't get a break because of the other wards meeting and so we were at the church building sitting for ten or so hours and it just killed me haha. There was a mission homecoming in one of the wards, but the first speaker spoke the entire time until the meeting was over and so they skipped the musical and gave him five minutes to speak and report his mission. I felt bad for him because he had family and friends that didn't get to hear much from him!
Lots of love,
- Elder Call 🎰💵🎰💵 NLVWM
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