Monday – P-day today! It wasn’t a very
exciting P-day. We didn’t get to play basketball because stuff took too long.
We did get to eat at the Thomas’ and shared a message with Sister Thomas.
Unfortunately Brother Thomas wasn’t feeling well so he didn’t stay for the
message. Then Brother Kriser came out with us to the Barbecho’s which fell
through. But he came to see Mallory King with him. Mallory has always found
something new to hold him back and this time it was not having a cemetery at
every LDS chapel. He straight up just denies the enabling power of the
Atonement as well. So sad! He is a less active member who is like 83 years old.
Tuesday – Today was our half mission conference
and it was really fun! We had some messages by President Smith that were
powerful. Then had people singing and playing different songs about Christ. We
have some talented missionaries here in the FTM. Then had some lunch provided
by the Stake. Sister McArthur from the Fox Run Ward was there so it was awesome
to see her. The conference was actually in the Fox Run Chapel and that brought
back some good memories. We also had a stocking exchange between all the
missionaries. District Leaders were suppose to have a creative way to introduce
their districts. Only 3 of them did something and 2 of them were from our zone
and that was awesome! We helped clean up for a while after then headed back to
eat with the Climer’s. That was fun. First time I have eaten with them. Went
with Brother McKenzie after that to Johnny’s. That fell through so we ended up
teaching Ben Barbecho about the Plan of Salvation a bit. That kind of confused
him a bit but it was good. That finished the night.
Wednesday – Today we started off the day
figuring out the exchanges for the transfer and when we would go on them. Got a
call from the 2nd Ward Elders, they needed a ride home while their car was
being worked on. Then we went to teach Jamie, but she pawned us off on Ben who
was cleaning up the back yard a bit and throwing away the leaves. We were able
to get him to come out to see Teressa and Ariel later. Went to see Tom Hughes
who used to study with the missionaries. His ex-wife was LDS as well. He also
had a quad set of scrips that I saw but he didn’t want us to come back. Then we
went to see Austin which fell through. So we walked up to Brother White’s. In
the process, ran into Caitlin who met the other Elders finally. She is going
through a rough time right now. Taught Teressa and Ariel with Ben and it was
perfect! Ben taught so well! Ate with the Bissen’s and Andy committed to talk
to his brother. Food was awesome too! Had a little message with the Prazzo’s
about Christ and the meaning of Christmas. Finished the night with
coordination. Also talked a bit with Sister Edington, Brother Harter’s mom.
Thursday – Today we had to recreate the forms
we use for weekly planning because our revised version sucked. Then had our
lunch and weekly planning. We were actually able to finish our weekly planning
in just one day this week. Then we went to the Woodring’s for a quick message.
Robert has been having a hard time kicking the chew habit but he is trying to
do it. Went to see Manny as well and he is planning on quitting his smoking
which was great news! Read some of the Book of Mormon with him. He understands
it so well. Hopefully it will get him to desire to change. Then we taught Bryan
and Brother Wadas came out with us. He did a really good job too. He taught all
about the restoration. The spirit was so strong! Bryan is very skeptical about
our message though. He thinks that the Book of Mormon is just the Bible with
different names. We read a verse from the Book of Mormon and he said that exact
verse was in the Bible. It isn’t though because I checked. After that we went
with Brother Wadas to give Brother Harter a blessing. That went great. Brother
Wadas gave a powerful blessing. Then we met the assistants at our place for our
exchange.
Friday – Today we had our exchange with the
assistants. We blitzed our area as usual. I went with Elder McPhearson and
Elder Evans went with Elder Wright. It was a really great day! Elder McPhearson
and I were teaching all day. We found a new investigator named Shane and set up
a time to see him in a week. Also taught Anna which was interesting. She was
almost flirting with us or something. It was weird. She is a middle-aged woman
and that has never happened with her. A lady also came out of the store near
our apartment while we were walking by to give us one of the Bibles that we
hand out. She found it at a yard sale. We also went to the Barbecho’s to see
Jamie. Ben was leaving so we taught her outside for a while and raked the yard
while teaching. Then we taught Ben when he got back. Ate and did the leadership
exchange report. Elder Evans and I then went to drop off some cookies to a
couple people. Brother McKenzie and his wife do it. We just ring the doorbell
and run. Then Elder Evans and I ended up seeing Austin briefly before coming
in.
Saturday – Today we had our meeting at Ryan’s
with President Miller. Then we helped Brother Boyd move a couple logs. One was
estimated at about 800 pounds and the other at about 600 pounds. It was pretty
fun to do. Those logs had nothing on us. Then we stopped by the office at our
apartments and picked up a ton of mail that has been sent to our old
apartment. So it was a great mail day. Got packages from my dad then later some
from my mom. I also got one from JC Penney that didn’t have a name so I don’t
know who sent it. All day we had plan after plan fall through which was sad. We
did get to go to Cracker Barrel to eat because we won a drawing for turning our
miles in on time. Met a cool lady named Lesa, pronounced Lisa. She was really
nice! She worked at Cracker Barrel and had been married to a member. She knew
quite a bit. After that we went to Jamie’s to teach her even though she
canceled. She is a hard one to figure out. Always cancels but says she wants to
learn. Brother Boyd was there with us as well and we headed to Johnny’s with
him ‘cause she said come back. Taught him a good lesson. Went back to Jamie’s
and she blew us off again. She said tomorrow and that ended the night.
Sunday – Today was good because we got Teressa
and Ariel to church and Bryan also went to the 2nd Ward. Then we had
some less-actives there as well. Brother Haines came and the Steele’s and also
Latrell Higgins came. Pretty great! Sacrament was interesting though. Kind of a
boring one. The rest of church was good. We taught a member family named the Tatro’s
with Brother Wanner. They hadn’t been able to come to church for awhile so we
just wanted to check on them. That was good. They should be back soon. Then we
ate with the Taylor’s and had some great bonding moments. Brother Taylor also
told us a crazy story about a companion he had on his mission that went out and
hired a prostitute! What an idiot! Then we went and made cookies at the
Bissen’s and read Luke 2. Didn’t quite finish because we had to run to Teressa
and Ariel’s. Taught them about the Plan of Salvation. Devon Brown came and it
was powerful. A ton of members also gave us gifts for Christmas which was way
cool!
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