I would love some mail!!!
May 26, 2014 -City Council Meeting
What another crazy week we have had here in waycross. The Lord just
keeps blessing us left and right with people to teach. So I was
debating on writing you all this week since you are all out having fun
without me but I decided I would write anyway, showing my love to my
family. Out here we do a lot of service. So you know how last week I
told you we talked to the mayor and and we're invited to the city
council meeting to talk, we went on Monday and they gave us a couple
minute we told them who we were and what we were doing and we're
looking for some service to do, the major just wanted us to put our
faces out there for them all to know us and then the city director
told us to meet with him for people we could serve. We didn't really
feel like we left much of an impression on them but back on Saturday
we came across the city commissioner while we were talking to people
at the park, he asked if the secretary had gotten in contact with us
but she hadn't, he went on saying that they want us to come back for
the next two city council meetings and give the opening prayer and
then they had some more questions for us and that we would be his
special guess there. So I guess we really did leave and impression on
them.
So now as for our teaching pool, it has grown quit a bit.
keeps blessing us left and right with people to teach. So I was
debating on writing you all this week since you are all out having fun
without me but I decided I would write anyway, showing my love to my
family. Out here we do a lot of service. So you know how last week I
told you we talked to the mayor and and we're invited to the city
council meeting to talk, we went on Monday and they gave us a couple
minute we told them who we were and what we were doing and we're
looking for some service to do, the major just wanted us to put our
faces out there for them all to know us and then the city director
told us to meet with him for people we could serve. We didn't really
feel like we left much of an impression on them but back on Saturday
we came across the city commissioner while we were talking to people
at the park, he asked if the secretary had gotten in contact with us
but she hadn't, he went on saying that they want us to come back for
the next two city council meetings and give the opening prayer and
then they had some more questions for us and that we would be his
special guess there. So I guess we really did leave and impression on
them.
So now as for our teaching pool, it has grown quit a bit.
So one of our amazing people that we came across was
a part member family, we went to go say hi and they invited us to come
back another time, so we went back and had a really powerful lesson
with her and her husband who isn't a member, we were able to answer
some questions that he has had for a while and wants us to teach him
all the lessons. Apparently he was investigating in the past but he
had some word of wisdom issues but now they are all taken care off, so
that is pretty awesome. Another young couple that we are teaching is
buddy and Elizabeth, we were just out knocking doors and knocked on
there door. He came out and was just covered in tattoos but said he
was interested in hearing out message but didn't want us to stand out
in the heat, so he invite us in(which doesn't happen very often) we
had an amazing restoration lesson with them and they committed to read
the Book of Mormon and pray about it, couldn't come to church this
week cause they were going to be out of town but will come next week,
they are looking for a good family oriented church for their little
kids and of course ours is perfect for that. Then on Sunday we had a
investigator come to church, the one we went to there church last
week. The spirit was so strong during that sacrament meeting and
sitting next to him I could tell that he was really feeling it and he
knew it. Afterwards we asked him what he thought and he just said
nope, nope and walked out the door right away. He knew he felt the
spirit and just rejected it. I have never seen that happen before to
reject it right away. It sucks.
So those were the big major stories that happened this week there were
many others but I just don't got the time to tell them all. I love you
all
a part member family, we went to go say hi and they invited us to come
back another time, so we went back and had a really powerful lesson
with her and her husband who isn't a member, we were able to answer
some questions that he has had for a while and wants us to teach him
all the lessons. Apparently he was investigating in the past but he
had some word of wisdom issues but now they are all taken care off, so
that is pretty awesome. Another young couple that we are teaching is
buddy and Elizabeth, we were just out knocking doors and knocked on
there door. He came out and was just covered in tattoos but said he
was interested in hearing out message but didn't want us to stand out
in the heat, so he invite us in(which doesn't happen very often) we
had an amazing restoration lesson with them and they committed to read
the Book of Mormon and pray about it, couldn't come to church this
week cause they were going to be out of town but will come next week,
they are looking for a good family oriented church for their little
kids and of course ours is perfect for that. Then on Sunday we had a
investigator come to church, the one we went to there church last
week. The spirit was so strong during that sacrament meeting and
sitting next to him I could tell that he was really feeling it and he
knew it. Afterwards we asked him what he thought and he just said
nope, nope and walked out the door right away. He knew he felt the
spirit and just rejected it. I have never seen that happen before to
reject it right away. It sucks.
So those were the big major stories that happened this week there were
many others but I just don't got the time to tell them all. I love you
all
May 19th, 2014 - New Companion - Elder Redd
And a man without shoes.
week here has been pretty interesting to say the least. So back on
Wednesday we had transfers and that's when I came up here. There is
two wards up here and here was an elder in each one getting
transfered. So they drove down to transfers by themselves and gave me
and elder wirthlin the car to drive back oh and meet our new
companions. Well we put the address into the gps and headed off, it
ended up taking us a weird route we went through downtown Jacksonville
on all these side streets and the. Finally got on the highway. It took
us two hours to get up there but we made it. My new comp is Elder
Redd, now how would I describe him, well he is black and I guess that
about sums things up. Na he is pretty interesting, from west Africa
but has lived in the states for 10 years. He is 23 and is a 5 year
convert. Oh and I can't understand half the things he says and he
talks a lot whether to me or himself. So ya that him.
So Wednesday night we went to the church and saw some members, talked
with the bishop for a little bit, he seems pretty cool, his daughter
served her mission in Spokane and has been home for two months now, so
we talked about that. And the next night we were at there house for
dinners. Turns out I had meet her back home. When I gave my farewell
talk in the ponderosa ward she was one of the sister missionaries that
had just got into the ward, her name is Katie hood, after I gave the
talk she came up and told me that her family lived in my mission and I
should look for them. I had totally forgotten about that until I meet
the bishop, so that was pretty cool to see her and talk about Spokane.
Now my first full day here was pretty interesting. To start things off
elder redd got the car stuck in the mud pretty good, ended up having
to get a member to pull us out. So we are in a car share, we have a
car for a week then bike for a week, not to bad. Then that day we also
went and saw the major to see if there is any service we can do, when
we told him that he got all excited and wants us to come back today to
talk to the board and introduce our selves to them. This town is
probably the size of deer park I would say.
Then on Friday we finally got our apartment outfitted. So all the
elders used to stay I. The same apartment out here but the just ended
that so we got a brand new apartment and for the first two days we
only had our beds and study desks in the apartment now we have
everything. Then that night we ate at a members house and had soup and
sandwiches, it was probably the nastiest food I have had my entire
mission, eating those sandwiches it seriously almost came back up a
couple of times.
Then on Saturday we had a good day, the sisters had a baptism that we
went to in the morning which was pretty good then we had a full day to
visit people. Our teaching pool out here is pretty good, a lot of
black people. Oh and that day we also saw a less active by the name of
Rhim, a old man who they have been visiting for a while, his excuse of
why he wasn't coming to church was because he had no church shoes, so
right then and there I took off my shoes and gave them to him, I
didn't even think about. Just did it and I don't regret doing it
either, he ended up coming to church on Sunday and says he is going to
keep coming, oh ya. Then on Sunday we had an investigator who said he
would come to our church if we visited his, so in the morning we went
to there Sunday school class which was pretty interesting, I was the
only white guy there, and the class wasn't all to bad, so now we plan
on seeing him at church next Sunday. Then after that we went to
church, I got to know a lot of the members, and almost all of them out
here have a southern accent, first time I've really been in an area
where everyone speaks that way. But the members are pretty cool.
Well I have said a lot, so I guess I will end things. This week has
been good and this area will hopefully be a lot of fun.
Love you all
May 19, 2014 - Car Stuck
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