Hey, I left my iPad at the church and my weekly journal is on it and I won’t be getting it back til tonight. I am super sorry there isn’t going to be a letter. I had one written up.
Love ya lots!
Elder Call
Editors Note:
We got to talk to Ben yesterday and enjoyed our visit with him. He told us that he is being released as AP. There are lots of changes coming in the next week or so.
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Monday, December 18, 2017
Ordinary Week
12/11 Monday
Today was a pretty normal p-day. We did not meet with President Walker because he got the flu, so we had extra time today to do our preparation day activities. We had a pretty ordinary night nothing too crazy.
12/12 Tuesday
Today we went to district meetings. The district meetings we attended needed a little bit of polishing, so we will be meeting with those district leaders tomorrow. The highlight of today was teaching Art. Art was a referral from a member in the Town Center Ward! That’s right the ol’ stomping grounds! Art, the Hardy’s (the Town Center members) and us had a great lesson! It was pretty humbling teaching him, because he has had a rough past, but is up on his feet now and is a great guy. He drives forklifts and does construction for a living, so we get along well!
12/13 Wednesday
Today I was on exchanges with Elder Nemrow. He is from a town about the size of Grover, Wyoming, out in the no mans of New Mexico. We had a good day. We taught AG. He is the super dope guy that makes flip flops that Elder Jensen and I taught in our last area! It was a good time!
We had a super cool experience this week. We knocked on a less active member family’s door and they let us in. We started to teach them a short spiritual thought and the dad showed up and joined us. At the end we invited the father to say a kneeling prayer with us. He was quite nervous, but said it and said a very heartfelt prayer. At the end of the visit we asked what we could do for them. They all looked at the son-in-law and said, “well, we have a Jehovah Witness in the house, so you can help with that.” We started talking to him and he said, “that his grandfather told him that if he ever looked into religion, look into the Mormons” haha! He wants us to start teaching him and they are coming to church this upcoming week!
Overall it was a great week. I am looking forward to Christmas and I look forward to talking to all of you. I’m short on time today, so I will just talk to you next week.
Love you
Today was a pretty normal p-day. We did not meet with President Walker because he got the flu, so we had extra time today to do our preparation day activities. We had a pretty ordinary night nothing too crazy.
12/12 Tuesday
Today we went to district meetings. The district meetings we attended needed a little bit of polishing, so we will be meeting with those district leaders tomorrow. The highlight of today was teaching Art. Art was a referral from a member in the Town Center Ward! That’s right the ol’ stomping grounds! Art, the Hardy’s (the Town Center members) and us had a great lesson! It was pretty humbling teaching him, because he has had a rough past, but is up on his feet now and is a great guy. He drives forklifts and does construction for a living, so we get along well!
12/13 Wednesday
Today I was on exchanges with Elder Nemrow. He is from a town about the size of Grover, Wyoming, out in the no mans of New Mexico. We had a good day. We taught AG. He is the super dope guy that makes flip flops that Elder Jensen and I taught in our last area! It was a good time!
We had a super cool experience this week. We knocked on a less active member family’s door and they let us in. We started to teach them a short spiritual thought and the dad showed up and joined us. At the end we invited the father to say a kneeling prayer with us. He was quite nervous, but said it and said a very heartfelt prayer. At the end of the visit we asked what we could do for them. They all looked at the son-in-law and said, “well, we have a Jehovah Witness in the house, so you can help with that.” We started talking to him and he said, “that his grandfather told him that if he ever looked into religion, look into the Mormons” haha! He wants us to start teaching him and they are coming to church this upcoming week!
Overall it was a great week. I am looking forward to Christmas and I look forward to talking to all of you. I’m short on time today, so I will just talk to you next week.
Love you
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Weekly Report
12/4 Monday
Today we made Christmas cards! We took a few photos with President and Sister Walker and then had some fun in our apartment! Tonight we had a super good lesson with a Samoan family tonight. The spirit was strong as we testified of eternal families! The grandma of the family is a member and lives on the east side and she has always been trying to get them to take the lessons so hopefully it will continue.
12/6 Wednesday
Today we had MLC and we did a year review. Tonight we had a dinner with a nonmember family! They are doing well! When we showed up, the husband said they had started to cook the hamburger and there was a latex glove in it... haha gross. They ran to the store and bought some more hamburger, thankfully! It has been cool to see that the first time we met them, and they honestly were not too happy to be talking to us, but they have made a 180 and love us now!
12/7 Thursday
I was on an exchange with Elder Smith from Minnesota today! He is a great Elder and we had a good day. We taught Henry and his girlfriend tonight and we had a kneeling prayer with them at the end. Henry said it and it was sooo awesome! The spirit was strong and Kathy was really touched as well!
12/9 Saturday
So tonight we received a referral from an inactive member in the ward. His house is in a crazy nice community with million dollar homes and it is gated, so we were a little nervous to go knock on this door but we did anyways. I went up and knocked on the door and it just opened up by itself.... haha we were like oh crap hurry and ring the doorbell!! So then this little kid comes to the door and then a dad comes and yells at the kid for opening the door! Haha the little kid says dad I didn’t do it haha the guy is like hey guys I am watching 5 kids tonight by myself can you come back later haha it was nerve racking!
Today we made Christmas cards! We took a few photos with President and Sister Walker and then had some fun in our apartment! Tonight we had a super good lesson with a Samoan family tonight. The spirit was strong as we testified of eternal families! The grandma of the family is a member and lives on the east side and she has always been trying to get them to take the lessons so hopefully it will continue.
12/6 Wednesday
Today we had MLC and we did a year review. Tonight we had a dinner with a nonmember family! They are doing well! When we showed up, the husband said they had started to cook the hamburger and there was a latex glove in it... haha gross. They ran to the store and bought some more hamburger, thankfully! It has been cool to see that the first time we met them, and they honestly were not too happy to be talking to us, but they have made a 180 and love us now!
12/7 Thursday
I was on an exchange with Elder Smith from Minnesota today! He is a great Elder and we had a good day. We taught Henry and his girlfriend tonight and we had a kneeling prayer with them at the end. Henry said it and it was sooo awesome! The spirit was strong and Kathy was really touched as well!
12/9 Saturday
So tonight we received a referral from an inactive member in the ward. His house is in a crazy nice community with million dollar homes and it is gated, so we were a little nervous to go knock on this door but we did anyways. I went up and knocked on the door and it just opened up by itself.... haha we were like oh crap hurry and ring the doorbell!! So then this little kid comes to the door and then a dad comes and yells at the kid for opening the door! Haha the little kid says dad I didn’t do it haha the guy is like hey guys I am watching 5 kids tonight by myself can you come back later haha it was nerve racking!
😉😉 have a great week!
Editors Note:
A note and a picture was sent on while getting this ready to post. Here is the note and picture:
"Got to spend the evening with your son with a new investigator. Your son is an amazing missionary! I just thought you would like to see a picture of him. You should be a very proud mama."
Editors Note:
A note and a picture was sent on while getting this ready to post. Here is the note and picture:
"Got to spend the evening with your son with a new investigator. Your son is an amazing missionary! I just thought you would like to see a picture of him. You should be a very proud mama."
Monday, December 4, 2017
Super, Super Good
The weekly.
Well this week was a super good week. On Tuesday, Elder Jensen and I were driving down the busiest road in our area. We saw a car ahead with its hazards on and two ladies pushing it down the road. We knew without a doubt we had to stop and help. Pulled into a little business hopped out of the truck and ran to the rescue. We were in quite some hurry to get the car out of the road because if we got rear-ended at 50 miles an hour, we probably would’ve been dead. Elder Jensen and I started pushing this car at a full run, thinking that we would be taking the next right and park the car. But, as we continued to push the car, the lady said we got to make it to the gas station. I looked up and saw a Chevron down the way but it definitely was a good little run pushing a car. By the time we made it, Elder Call was beat... haha The ladies said that Elder Jensen was like the Incredible Hulk. They didn’t say much about me....
Henry
Henry is struggling a little bit or a lot a bit. He is really struggling to keep his commitments and so we aren’t quite sure what to do with him.
AJ and fam
We had a super, super good lesson with AJ this week. He felt the Spirit and definitely knows that the gospel of Jesus Christ could truly bless his family. We shared the children’s Bible video on the Atonement and asked his 10-year-old boy some questions, such as, why do you think Jesus Christ did all of that for us? His responses truly did touch me and I had to hold it together. It was a great lesson. We texted him to follow up on his Book of Mormon reading and it was exciting to hear that he’s already read the first eight chapters in the last couple of days. We hope that he comes to church next week so that he can make his date for the end of December.
The Williams
They are a part number family that we’ve been visiting on occasion. On Sunday night we had a super, super, good visit with them. We shared the “Light the World” video and they loved the service ideas. They are truly warming up to us and definitely have lots of potential. They are super great.
The Hiemarks
They came to church with us last week to hear us speak. It was super awesome to have them there. I have really connected with this family and I really hope that they continue to progress. It would be amazing to see them change.
Random:
This week Elder Juan Uceda of the Quorum of the Seventy came to our mission. I had the opportunity to conduct a meeting. It was a little nerve-racking to be honest, but after the first few moments, thankfully, the nerves calmed. During President Walker’s opening remarks, Elder Uceda leaned over and asked what do the missionaries need, I told him and he got up and gave an hour and half training on what I had said. I was sweating bullets because if I was wrong, it would have been a big waste of time for the mission. We biked last night and it was crazy windy. We thought it was going to be cold so I wore a big coat and sweated super bad haha. My shirt was like see through haha!
Well this week was a super good week. On Tuesday, Elder Jensen and I were driving down the busiest road in our area. We saw a car ahead with its hazards on and two ladies pushing it down the road. We knew without a doubt we had to stop and help. Pulled into a little business hopped out of the truck and ran to the rescue. We were in quite some hurry to get the car out of the road because if we got rear-ended at 50 miles an hour, we probably would’ve been dead. Elder Jensen and I started pushing this car at a full run, thinking that we would be taking the next right and park the car. But, as we continued to push the car, the lady said we got to make it to the gas station. I looked up and saw a Chevron down the way but it definitely was a good little run pushing a car. By the time we made it, Elder Call was beat... haha The ladies said that Elder Jensen was like the Incredible Hulk. They didn’t say much about me....
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| Elder Call & Elder Jensen |
Henry
Henry is struggling a little bit or a lot a bit. He is really struggling to keep his commitments and so we aren’t quite sure what to do with him.
AJ and fam
We had a super, super good lesson with AJ this week. He felt the Spirit and definitely knows that the gospel of Jesus Christ could truly bless his family. We shared the children’s Bible video on the Atonement and asked his 10-year-old boy some questions, such as, why do you think Jesus Christ did all of that for us? His responses truly did touch me and I had to hold it together. It was a great lesson. We texted him to follow up on his Book of Mormon reading and it was exciting to hear that he’s already read the first eight chapters in the last couple of days. We hope that he comes to church next week so that he can make his date for the end of December.
The Williams
They are a part number family that we’ve been visiting on occasion. On Sunday night we had a super, super, good visit with them. We shared the “Light the World” video and they loved the service ideas. They are truly warming up to us and definitely have lots of potential. They are super great.
The Hiemarks
They came to church with us last week to hear us speak. It was super awesome to have them there. I have really connected with this family and I really hope that they continue to progress. It would be amazing to see them change.
Random:
This week Elder Juan Uceda of the Quorum of the Seventy came to our mission. I had the opportunity to conduct a meeting. It was a little nerve-racking to be honest, but after the first few moments, thankfully, the nerves calmed. During President Walker’s opening remarks, Elder Uceda leaned over and asked what do the missionaries need, I told him and he got up and gave an hour and half training on what I had said. I was sweating bullets because if I was wrong, it would have been a big waste of time for the mission. We biked last night and it was crazy windy. We thought it was going to be cold so I wore a big coat and sweated super bad haha. My shirt was like see through haha!
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| President & Sister Walker, Elder Jensen, Elder Call |
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| Hair cut from last week. Elder Jensen is a pro. |
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