Monday –
Today was a good P-day. Visited Hibbett Sports and they had D-Will jerseys for
25 bucks but they were too big for me. Also met Anthony Davis’ aunt while we
were looking around there. He plays for the New Orleans Pelicans. So that was
pretty cool! Elder Shoemaker and I also played some sand volleyball 1 on 1 at
our apartment complex. Had dinner and went over to meet Jake who is Micah’s
brother and Sister Madison’s son. Then worked on our map for a bit. It’s almost
there! I am so sick of working on it!
Tuesday –
Today we had district meeting and had to drive to Pascagoula for that. It is
such a long drive there. District Meeting went pretty well. Could have gone a
bit better. There is never enough time to teach all I want to. During the day
when we finally got home and finished lunch we had companion study and then
everything fell through so we decided to get the oil change that we were told
to get. So we took the car to Toyota and they told us to wait on the oil
change. We apparently don’t need it so we told Elder Bell and he said wait.
Later we got to go to the Greer’s with the Evans’ and they fed us again! They
are so awesome! Lesson could have gone better. Brother Evans kind of rushed it
and it wasn’t as powerful as it could have
been. But it was still good and I think we started a good friendship.
Wednesday – Today we went to see Tony but he wasn’t there. So we went to see a less
active because his name was Jared Kerr so I was like ”we gotta go there”. He
wasn’t home but we talked to a lady at his house who was telling us about his
family a bit and someone he is related to is named Joe Kerr. We use to always
joke about Shawn naming his son Joe because his last name is Kerr and it makes
if Joker! Cracked me up a bit. Was driving by a lemonade stand and decided to
pull over and get some and also give them a card. Then we headed to Daphne to
have interviews with President Smith. Well only Elder Shoemaker had an
interview because I already did. Had a lesson with LaVell that was all over the
place. Could have gone a bit better. Had dinner and then we headed to the
church for our family history class. No one came but we still did family
history with Brother DaCosta who came to help out. That was actually really
fun. Also brought Micah and his brother Jake on a church tour and that was fun to
do. Jake is a great kid.
Thursday – Today
we had weekly planning but it is a heck of a task trying to keep Elder
Shoemaker on task. He is such a kind hearted guy and he tries his hardest and
he will be blessed for it. We did finish our weekly planning though so that’s a
plus. Also did just a bit of mapping in the day. Briefly saw Sister Batton. She
is such a sweet lady. She gave us Gatorades. We went and had a little lesson
with Jake and Micah and also their little brother Jayce. Before service for a
lady their mom works with. Jake and I were speaking in British accents for most
of the time and I think it nearly drove Sister Madison batty. It was fun
though. Then we went with them to Cici’s Pizza and started an eating contest
with Jake. I am sure I lost but it was fun. Then we got home and did the map
for just a bit.
Friday –
Today we started the day working on maps and printed some out for the Spanish
Elders. Then we headed off to see Sister Jolley and taught her a bit. She said
she would like to come to the family history class we are doing on Wednesday
nights at the church. We met Stephen Kynaston who is a less active and it
doesn’t look like he is going to have us come back over but we gave him our
number so we will see. Sister Gignilliat lives nearby so we swung by there to
talk to her because I hadn’t met her yet. We were going to go see a couple
others but ran out of time. So we headed to the Salinas’ home to eat dinner
with them. It was delightful. Sister Salinas can really cook! We also gave
Brother Salinas a blessing because he was sick. Then we had volleyball which
was pretty fun. The Constantine’s came and Tori, their daughter, brought two
friends. So it was a success.
Saturday –
First thing today we went to see Rick Piatt but he forgot so we rescheduled.
Tracted around his area a bit to see if we could find someone. We did get a
potential investigator out of it. Then I got to meet Sandy who they have taught
a bit and she is very nice. Then we stopped by to see Sister Ford and she told
us to go and see her daughter and her daughter’s husband. They are having a
baby so she said it is a good time to teach them. Spanish Elders told us to go
see Norma Rester so we went to her place. She was sick though so she said to
come another time. Met Samantha Carter. She is a former investigator but it was
kind of awkward because no one from the Church had stopped by since the
missionaries stopped going by. Met Rhiannon Anderson who is a less-active but
she told us to call her. Then we ate some dinner and then had basketball at the
church. Heard about some of the rumors in the NBA. Carmela and LeBron talks.
Interesting stuff happening. Basketball was good though. I decided not to play
and it was hard to just sit there.
Sunday –
Church was really good today. Brother Lahtinen was there so I was able to catch
up with him a bit. Went home after for our studies and they headed out. Taught
Marouf and his son Mo. They are Muslim and they have a ton of similar beliefs
as us. They agree a lot with the principles in the Plan of Salvation. They
don’t drink or smoke either. Kind of cool to find that out. Then we had dinner
with Bishop Mills and his family. That is also who Brother Lahtinen has been staying
with so I got to hear a lot about the Tallahassee 4th Ward. He told me
Brother O’Connor and Brother Bishop are both in the bishopric. He also said the
Jessica Buyer married Chief Osceola, well the guy who dresses up as a Chief
Osceloa. Then we stopped by and shared a message with Mark Hearn and his son
Sheldon. They are less active but hopefully we can get them active and his wife
baptized! Then we saw Bryant a guy that Brother Dees told us to “tract into”
and he told us to come back so we hope to teach him. Then we saw Rachael and
Steven Schwartz that Sister Ford told us to go see. Rachael is her daughter. So
we taught them a bit and they want us to come back.
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