This was a great week! I am doing really well! I loved Conference so much! I loved the statement, “the hardest ones to love, are the ones that need love the most!” Oh, is that true in missionary work!
3/28 Tuesday
Today was a great day! We had District Meeting this morning and that went well! This afternoon we had a just a couple minutes before we had to be somewhere and we were led to a house and we knocked and a girl answered and is interested in learning more! She is sixteen and has a lot of friends that are LDS, so she knows quite a bit! She isn't available ‘til next week so we will stop by then! We met with the Russo's tonight and Harbor is doing super well! We tried to set her with a date but it was decided that her dad is going to be getting the priesthood, so we will hold off so he can baptize her! It will be great for that family! We did a couple quick member lessons and those went super well. We talked about the Book of Mormon and the importance it plays in our lives. There was a video that was shown in District Meeting today from The District 2 and the missionaries were telling this investigator that all the answers to everything they taught was in her hands! As we talked with the members, we testified of the power the Book of Mormon can have and they were excited to hand some out! I know without a doubt that all answers can be found in the pages of the Book of Mormon!
3/29 Wednesday
Today was a good day! We went to the Herlean’s tonight to get everything arranged for Krew’s baptism! It is always interesting going over there because Brother Herlean likes to show how "tough" he is. He was drinking while we were there and by the end he was a little drunk. He gave me a big hug and thanked me for the relationships I have built with his boys. I feel so bad for that family because there is a lack of respect and love. I am excited for Krew and his baptism! He told us tonight that he wants to serve a mission!
3/30 Thursday
Today there was a crazy storm! The wind blew like crazy all day and it got super, super dusty and dirty and then it rained and it rained mud! There were trees that fell over everywhere. We were able to meet with Joseph today for the first time in a long while. It went well he said that his mom still wants to be baptized but he isn't sure anymore because he would have to change so many things in his life. It saddened me to hear that because I know he would be so much more happy if he sacrificed! Sacrifice brings blessings! We will be praying for them!
3/31 Friday
Tonight was a ward party! It is what they call PCT (Pre-Conference Tacos). It was a lot of fun and Jamal and Sergio came. It was great for the ward members see that we are working hard to find people to teach! The tacos were super good and Jamal had fun!
4/1 Saturday
Today was a wonderful day! Tonight we were asked if any miracles happened to us today. I thought for a second and then told them that we got to hear from Apostles and Prophets that are directing us to Jesus Christ! What a miracle it is to listen, ponder, and act upon the counsel we are given each and every conference! We watched the morning session at the church and then were invited to go watch the afternoon session at an investigators house in the Zone Leaders area! This man is famous in that area because he is straight crazy. I don't think his marijuana intake helps with that! Anyway it took him a good hour to finally sit down and watch because I don't think he wanted to watch very bad, so he was making a lot of excuses haha. Afterwards he showed us his back yard which contained a pond of fifteen 30-pound carp like fish and a golfing green! We took a round on the golfing green and my team took the cake as usual. Elder Ebert and I are on a team and we won in golf last week as well, so we are pretty humble.... After Priesthood, we ran and got some tacos. While eating, two bikers came up to us in their leather jackets and said a prayer with us! One of them is a Pastor for a "Bikers Church of Christ" or something like that! They were so nice and thanked us for our service!
4/2 Sunday
Stellar day! Not many days get the title of “Stellar” even though every day is the best day ever because, why not have the “best day ever” everyday haha! So, this morning we went and had breakfast at Brother Gillihan’s house and then watched conference with them! It was great. The afternoon session was watched at the Hamilton’s house (they are an older, part-member couple and the nicest people on planet earth). The session was great because it had a huge focus on missionary work and the talks were amazing. They also have this huge full body massage chair that we took turns on and got an hour a piece haha! We fed their son’s tortoise and then we were on our way! The small things of church to pray and read make all the difference! Tonight we received the impression to not take the car and just bike for the night. We biked to a community locked them up and street contacted for a while with no luck. We headed back to the bikes and started to unlock them, when we were approached by two men that were super ripped and somewhat mean looking! This community is kinda known for people not being that nice to us so, I was a little scared I was going to get beat up haha. Come to find out they are both super interested in the church and wanted to meet with missionaries! They are cousins in their late twenties and both were on very different levels of understanding about the church and so Elder Pedersen taught Michael, while I taught Abraham! Michael had talked with missionaries previously but they didn't continue contacting him. He said that they probably thought he was messing with them because his name is Michael Adam Smith and his father’s name is Joseph Smith. Michael has a testimony of the Book of Mormon and expressed his love for the Pearl of Great Price and the Doctrine &Covenants! Abraham is just curious and wants to know more! Unfortunately, Michael lives in a different area but we will be able to teach Abraham! The kid that walked into church last week has a baptism date of May 6th! He is ready! I am excited for him! We had eight investigators watch conference!!
I love you all have a great week!
- Elder Call 🎰💵🎰💵 NLVWM
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