tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83480866689284801562024-03-12T20:10:55.839-06:00Elder Brendon William FosterInviting others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-48916945272041435592014-09-15T18:10:00.001-06:002014-09-15T18:11:20.018-06:00Monday, 9/8/14 - Sunday, 9/14/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today was P-day so it was a short day. Taught
Brother Brockway a little lesson about continuing to persevere. I feel like it
uplifted him a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I read Ether 4 and it talked about John’s
words being fulfilled and I realized I need to read John more and learn about
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Bouten’s fed us again and this time they
took us to Sister Skoggins’ to eat there. Had a great time! The Bouten’s drive
us around a lot! Sister Bouten also looks like my Grandma Hurst. It’s pretty
cool. Kind of weird at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had an exchange and I went to Thomasville
with Elder Jackson. He is the missionary I replaced in Cairo. He moved because
he wasn’t being treated kindly. Anyway, the highlight of our day was teaching
Chip. He is very humble and teachable right now and I feel like he will get
baptized someday. We were able to teach him about the Atonement. It went well!
He teared up as we talked about it. He wants to change so bad.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned today that new missionaries seem to
be so powerful. They rely upon the spirit so much that they can be more
powerful at times. Elder Jackson is in his 2<sup>nd</sup> transfer and he
taught with so much power!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Jackson helped me see that if you put
your mind to something that you can do it. He has a learning disability but he wants
to be here and does a great job!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we (Elder Jackson & I) started off
helping out at a thrift shop type place. I think it was some sort of “battered
women” type thrift shop. Really good place. Then we traded back and cleaned up.
Then back in Cairo Elder Winterton and I went to teach Virginia at the Walker’s
house. Good lesson! The Walker’s are so cool!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sometimes you just need to relax and take a
step back to see the view instead of just going at light speed.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Brother Walker is awesome and is taking my
suits to get them dry cleaned. I asked if anyone knew a good dry cleaning
place. That was on Sunday when I asked and he said he would do it.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taught David, Pam, Jarvis and Jamarius.
Taught about callings in the Church. Also a bit about charity. They are great
kids. Great family all around. We always have some good laughs with them. We
also taught a great guy named Andrew Knight. We knocked on his door and taught
him a bit about the Book of Mormon. We also got a random call from Brother Humphries
and he took us to Hardees. We talked to him a bit about the Church. He has a
referral for the missionaries in Tally. That surprised us because he is
less-active. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is easier to be open with each other as a
companionship. It makes me feel better. Even if it is something that might
sting a bit for the listener. They will get over it if they really want to. I
can apply that to marriage too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a great day today! Gave Brother
Brockway a blessing. He has been having some trouble with his health. Hard to
see people like that. He was in pretty good spirits though. Brother Walker took
us to see a young guy named Chris. He was gone but his Grandma, Mary Young, let
us in and we taught the restoration. She seemed to really like it. We also
tracted at night and met James Roberts. He accepted the Book of Mormon and said
he would love to read it. It was cool to act on the prompting to go talk to
him. My companion, Elder Winterton, thought it would be too awkward because he
wasn’t out of his car yet. I felt we needed to talk to him though. We also met
a lady named Renae. I asked her how it was spelled and she spelled it and then
told me, “It’s different than everybody else.” That’s what my Mom always says
too! I told her that is how my Mom spells it. We are hoping to do some service
for her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was reminded today that when you follow
prompting that success will follow. You might not get to see the success but it
is there. Because if you follow God’s promptings whatever happens is what he
intended.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Grandma and Grandpa Bouton took us out to eat
after coordination at Pizza Hut. Brother Walker got us DQ after. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We did some service for Brother Doug Taylor
today. It was great! I hadn’t done that type of dirty yard work type of service
for a long time. We also went over to see Jarvis and Jamarius. Threw the
pigskin for a bit with Jarvis. Jam threw it a few times too. He was mostly with
Elder Winterton during that time on the porch. We also shared a good quick
lesson with them.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sometimes it doesn’t matter how kind you try
to be toward people. Sometimes they will just dislike you and be rude no matter
what. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Brother Taylor took us to lunch at DQ. That
was nice of him. He and his wife are great people. The Jaynes’ later picked us
up and we had dinner over at their place. That was good! They are nice people.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tracted a ton today. I had the best tracting
day I have ever had. We taught a ton of people and I played a quick game of the
basketball game where you have 2 hoops next to each other like at an arcade. I
tied the guy and that really surprised everyone. They didn’t expect a white guy
to place like that. We taught 7 new investigators today and most of them were
all the same street. Taught Angel, Rod, Tan, Jamei and Leon and also Julisa
Shorter 10-20 minute lessons. Then to finish it off the last one was Erica and
she let us in and we had an hour lesson. Sadly her husband didn’t come listen
but she enjoyed it. It was an awesome day. Tracting does work!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I gave a talk in church and ended up changing
my whole talk at the last minute. Even though I had prepared for something else
I found out the Spirit is stronger if you follow the Spirit. He knows what everyone
needs to hear.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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media referrals. Sister Bouten fixed a great steak lunch. It was so good! No
luck with the referrals though.</span>Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-90931096398822307882014-09-08T18:19:00.000-06:002014-09-14T22:43:48.799-06:00Monday, 8/25/14 - Sunday, 9/7/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today Brother Blackburn took us up to the
South Alabama campus to go biking through the forest on some trails. It was
really fun! Pretty challenging curves on that trail but it was sweet and it
helped me relax.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I read a great talk by Boyd K. Packer called
“Strengthening the Less-Active”. It is a great talk. I learned that it is so
important to allow people who don’t normally get to do things (like pray in
church or speak/teach in church) to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think we helped the Blackburn’s desire to
continue to want to do missionary work and invite people to meet with us. We
ate over there for dinner and had a good talk after.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Met a black guy and shared the Book of
Mormon. He didn’t let us come back. Went over to see Brother Speed and had a quick
lesson about church. He said he has been thinking about coming.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that you make a greater impact than
you would think in areas. We drove to half mission, which is tomorrow, and ate
in Pensacola, so we were able to see the Schewes’s and Brook’s from the Fox Run
Ward. Then in Crestview, because we slept there, the Burbidge’s came so I was
able to see them and catch up a bit. They are as cool as ever! Those kids crack
me up! It was really awesome to get to talk with all 3 of those families. To
top it off, I got to see Sister Boyd, the Blum’s and Peterson’s at the Multi-Stake
Ward Council Conference. Brother Peterson also called Andy for me so I talked
with him for a bit. It was great! Made my week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had Half Mission with Elder Zwick. It was
great. We didn’t have much, actually we had zero proselyting time. The one way
I helped others was by helping take down chairs and tables after.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The main thing I learned was to get back to
basics because that will lift my spirituality more than anything. I think that
will take away my discouragement also.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The coolest thing today was Elder Lovell, not
the one I was companions with but the Spanish speaking one. Anyway he came up
to me and thanked me for leaving the Fort Walton Beach Zone the way I did. He
told me he had heard great things and that was awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taught Brother Smart about the temple
interview questions. Just the first 2 today. I think the lesson really
strengthened him. He needed his air conditioner fixed/unclogged so we went back
to try and do that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I need to have better prayers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My companion, Elder Bochenek, told me that I
don’t seem trunky. Elder Payne told me I was very patient.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we tracted a lot but talked to no one.
Went to see an HQ referral but she wasn’t there. Then we met Akil and his mom
Sandy. They took a Book of Mormon and are going to let us come by again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can, and need to, follow the impressions
that I receive from the Spirit a lot better than I do. Sometimes it is hard to
tell if it’s my thought or the spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well today was crazy! Cleaned the church and
then had studies. That wasn’t the crazy part though. President called and asked
if I would go to Cairo for the last few weeks because they had an emergency
transfer. President told me I would leave Tuesday, then later the assistants
called and told me to be at the Stake Center at 6 tonight. Then the Mobile
North Zone Leaders told me to be there at 4:30 today. So I freaked out. Packed
then we got blizzards on our way to the stake center. Met the zone leaders and
Elder Bott then we headed to Pensacola to meet the assistants, Elder McPherson
and Elder Welch. It was a fun car ride home. Total trip took about 5 hours. I
stayed with the assistants tonight and then will go to Cairo tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I went to church with the assistants
and saw and talked with the Liebenhaut’s that used to be in the Tally 4<sup>th</sup>
Ward but now they are in the 3<sup>rd</sup> Ward. It was good to get to talk
for a bit because I liked that ward. We also went to the 5<sup>th</sup> Ward
and I saw the Tucker’s that I used to teach. I was hoping to see more but
didn’t get to. That’s okay though! Then we eventually made our way to Cairo
(pronounced Kay-Row). Met Elder Winterton and I got settled in just in time to
plan. Elder Winterton seems like a good guy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we went to the Bouten’s so we could
email. We were there for quite some time. Helped her with a couple puzzles
while waiting to email and eat. Then later that night we had “dinner” with
Sister Scoggins. She fed us cookies. We shared a message with her and she told
us the church wasn’t true. I guess she was off her meds and she doesn’t believe
in the church when she doesn’t take her medication. Then we gave Sister
Newman’s mom a blessing and shared a message with Sister Newman. We had to use
a different video but it was meant to be because Sister Newman loved it. Good
day that we had today! Happy Birthday to Todd today!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today is my brother Zach’s birthday! Wooo!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we taught Jarvis and Jamarius about the
atonement a bit. They are 11 and 10 and they have tons of energy! We threw the
football around for a little bit with them. Great little kids! Jamarius also
taught us all about the solar system. We also taught Keith about church,
reading and prayer. He is less-active but he is a great guy. Just needs some
love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we did some service for the museum here
in Cairo. We vacuumed, dusted and also moved a few things into the attic and
put some other things out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that Soloman wrote many great
proverbs but that he was not called by God as a prophet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we had a great time at the Crosby’s
(less-actives) and a great lesson. Brother Walker came with us and he is a
funny old guy. I really like him. We shared with them how the Book of Mormon is
the keystone of our religion and why that is important. I think that it really
helped Abrey. Brother Walker is also a great friend/fellowshipper.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that my mission has really helped
me to be slow to anger. I didn’t even realize it until today. I am very
grateful for that. You really do learn so much in the mission field.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Bouten’s came out with us and gave us a
ride. The appointment fell through but it was awesome they did that for us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today was a good day. A little different than
most days. The Bouten’s invited our investigator, Virginia, over to make jelly
and have dinner. Virginia almost cancelled so we ran over (drove over actually)
and had her talk to Sister Bouten on the phone. That saved the day! So we had a
great time there at the Bouten’s and so did Virginia.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is so easy to help someone feel love. It
makes such a huge difference for those who are learning about the church.
Virginia was so happy as she spent time with the Bouten’s. All the Bouten’s did
was share jelly making and then the gospel and it was awesome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think I have said enough already but it was
all the Bouten’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we played basketball with Jeff, Virginia’s
son. He is a less active. She is a non-member. Anyway, we had a great time
playing 21. After we had a great lesson with him and I feel like it really
uplifted him. He broke down in tears and opened up a lot. He loves his family
and wants them back. He has a ways to go but he will get there. We also taught
Jamarius and Jarvis. We taught them yesterday too. That was really good! They
are great kids!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that Christ is so merciful that he
even gave evil spirits their wish when they asked to be cast into swine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We couldn’t find anyone from our branch to
come with us tonight because they all had stuff going on. Brother Nickel picked
us up at our place and brought us to our appointment. He is in the Thomasville
Ward! Great guy! We then taught Sister Corely (less active) a great lesson and
she made us a great dinner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tracted near the church a bit. Hopefully we
touched someone that we talked to. Had a little message at Sister Newman’s and
her less active son was there. Watched a good video and talked about living up
to our potential.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being in this area and see Jarvis (11) and
Jamarius (10) and how well they understand the gospel has amazed me. They
aren’t even members yet! But what I have learned is that God truly is preparing
the next generation and they are better than even my generation that was just
10 years after me. Pretty cool to see!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are a solid family! Then their son Killian came out with us. So it was really
good! He is a good kid!</span>Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-77709881646438476222014-08-25T19:06:00.003-06:002014-09-06T21:29:35.146-06:00Sunday, 8/17/14 - Sunday, 8/24/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we had a great lesson with Eric Hetzel.
He is less-active but we were able to answer some of his questions and he said
he would read from the Book of Mormon each day. That was the best lesson we
had.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I learned that Brother Vasquez is the
bomb. He told us about a time that he was talking to a guy and said something
about thanking God. The guy he was talking with said, “I thank Budda”. He then
replied with, “I’d punch your Buddha in the belly.” Cracked me up! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had dinner with the Schloemer’s. They made
some Korean food for us and it was so good! Tony was also there. He is the
Hubbard’s grandson. Him and the Schloemer (Slaymer) kids, Kenny and Jessica, go
to ROTC and get yoked after school each day. It’s actually just the prep for
P.T. not the actual ROTC. Anyway what really helped me was that the Schloemer’s
got here when the ward was really small. Sister Schloemer said it has grown a
lot. So that gave me some extra excitement to go work!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We knocked on some doors around a referral
that didn’t answer. Tried to share a message with them. Didn’t work. Tried to see
some less actives who also didn’t answer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Justice helps us express/use faith. Without
law there would be no reason to try. So God has given us laws to help us grow
in faith. Well he has to give us laws anyway but yeah! It was something I knew
but a great reminder. Thanks Elder Holland.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Bochenek got me some BK after a not so
successful day. It was good!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we stopped by Sherry Gibson’s place in
Grand Bay. She is a less active and her and her husband have been fixing up a
neighbor’s home in preparation to sell it. We volunteered to go help after
dinner with the Gignilliat’s. That was a fun dinner and it tasted good. We had
some delicious pasta stuff that had crawfish and shrimp in it. It was a good
time. Went back over to the Gibson’s and changed out the wall outlets in one
room but we had to head out so we are planning on going by tomorrow again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that I need to be less like Laman
and Lemuel. I have just been murmuring, discouraged, lacking faith and just not
being grateful. Gotta do better!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had district meeting and district activity.
The other missionaries in the district just help me so much. It was just a fun day
and they build my faith.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taught Kelsey again today for the last time
before she moves. Lesson started off as prayer and was side tracked to
everything else. It was kind of an interesting lesson. I hope Kelsey grew
closer to Christ in some way. After that we helped the Gibson’s and had lunch
with them. They are so cool! We got all the power outlets and light switches
replaced with new ones. It was fun and I learned how to change outlets and
light switches. We also taught Eric Hetzel today. We got side tracked but it
was okay. I learned from him that if they (the government) would lower “malpractice
insurance” for doctors that medical wouldn’t be so expensive. I also learned
that I should stand or kneel always when I pray. The Bible dictionary has great
prayer insights.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today was a slow day so I don’t feel like I
did a whole lot. I tried to help our new companion, Elder Payne, bring his bags
and bike to the car and apartment though.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have learned that I am going to have to
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Blackburn’s fed us. It was great! Best
family ever! Alex played the guitar for us. He played “Sweet Home Alabama” and
“Crazy Train” for us. He is like 11 years old and is way good already.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Saw Sister Batton today. She just needs
people to talk to. It was funny though because she came out and stuck in a Navy
aircraft carrier movie for us to watch. Her husband was on a carrier so she
wanted to show us boats like his. So we kept trying to come up with ways to get
it turned off. Finally she left the room so I got up and shut it off.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we have started a new thing where we
“snap” each other with a rubber band if we say anything that is inappropriate.
We do it for any sort of substitute of a swear word or anything slightly
vulgar. It’s really fun but I have realized that we say so much slightly
inappropriate stuff. It’s usually so overlooked. That is also what has helped
me and it was Elder Bochenek and Elder Payne that helped by causing me physical
pain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also got a sick Kobe shirt from my Mom as a
24 month out gift. Fitting since he is #24.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we went over and uplifted Brother Brown
then we went to a couple places with him. We went and saw Brother Crittenden
and got to know him for a minute. He is a good guy and I hope we can get him
active. Then we went to see a guy named Richard. Highlight of that was Elder
Bochenek just giving him a great blessing for his sad feet. He has something
wrong with his feet but he still walks to work every day. Dedicated I’d say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that “Messiah” is Aramaic and
“Christ” is Greek. They both mean “anointed one”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I feel as though the way Elder Bochenek went
about giving Richard a blessing was very faith filled and inspiring. We should
never be afraid to minister to those in need!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we met a really nice guy in the
Lahtinen’s neighborhood right after dinner with them. We walked with him for a
bit and taught a bit and gave him a Book of Mormon. Then met a guy named Mac.
He seemed a bit unsure about us but that might have been because he is blind.
We taught him a bit though and then he called us to set up an appointment.
Really cool!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned from Brother Lahtinen that Twitter
affects the stock market. He did some research on it and it’s pretty
fascinating.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Met a guy name Paul Kinnell. Tracted into him
and he said so many great things about the work we are doing. He took our
number but no appointments. It was good to hear that someone likes what we do.</span><span style="font-family: Maiandra GD, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we didn’t find our referral home but we
met a lady named Lee who is friends with the Dees’ in our ward and also Sister
Webster. We were able to teach her a bit and give her a Book of Mormon. We also
gave away 3 other copies of the Book of Mormon in that neighborhood. Didn’t
have much else happen the rest of the day. We did also have basketball so that
was good. It’s always good getting all those kids into a good environment.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We actually went to a Catholic mass today
which was very interesting to see. I knew they believe the bread and wine are
actually Christ’s body and blood but it was interesting to see that they bow to
the bread and wine every time they go up onto the stage or leave the stage<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the Catholic church they were very
friendly and I am always comfortable but they helped me see how I need to treat
visitors of our church.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today Brother Brown wasn’t feeling too well
so we went and visited him to see how we could help him. We ended up just
having a really good talk but maybe that’s what he needed. We also went to
visit a recent convert that just moved to the ward. Welcomed him to Theodore.
Unfortunately he will be moving out in a couple weeks. His name is Damarcus.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were able to have a dinner with the
Willet’s then after we had a great message with them about prayer.
Unfortunately everything else fell through. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that the Book of Enos alone can
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tonight Brother Evans took us out to our
appointment and that fell through. So he ended up driving us to a couple other
places. Those didn’t work out either but it was good to have a member with us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I was in Pascagoula on an exchange with
Elder Danner. We had a great dinner with the Killgo’s. They are a part member
family and I had an extensive conversation about the Gospel. He has some
extraterrestrial beliefs about God but it was an uplifting conversation. Then
we watched #BecauseOfHm and that really brought the spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went to a Book of Mormon study class
tonight. First off I want to do that when I get home more often. I learned that
back then in the Book of Mormon times things weren’t too different. Of course
there was less technology but they still had a lot of the same troubles we do.
We read Mosiah 26 by the way. It is very good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Danner helped me get my mind off of the
hard things in missionary work and we had a ton of good laughs. Broke a credit
card reader at Sonic, talked in southern accents for a long time, tried to
improve our rapping skills, and had a great night talk. Great exchange!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we had a great lesson with the
Crouthamel’s! They are such a great family. They are both converts. Brother
Crouthamel was baptized a little over a year ago. I knew Elder Lane who was one
of the missionaries who taught him. We called him “The Lamanite” because he is
Native American. Flint and Lilly were as energetic as always. Anyway we taught
about Christ’s atonement and worthiness. It was great. I really hope it helped.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that 1 Corinthians 15 explains resurrection
so clearly! If you understand the chapter it helps to understand baptisms for
the dead as well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Bochenek took charge of the member MTC
we are doing and that was nice. It helped me to not be overwhelmed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we met a lady named Shartoscha. I can’t
even remember how to pronounce it. Great lady! She seemed open to learn about
the Gospel. We set up a time to go back as well. Then we talked with Nedgie.
She is completely active but neither of us had even met her. She is Sister
Hunter’s daughter. We are going to go over there and try to get her husband
going strong again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that I am so lucky. Recently we
have had a lot of people requesting their names off the Church records, 6 to be
exact. I see that most of them fell away in younger years and grew bitter. So I
say I am lucky because that could have been what happened to me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Constantine’s helped me a lot today. They
helped me to relax and gather myself. Brother Constantine said something really
funny too. We were talking about a super hero, don’t remember which, and he
said, “He was formed by a chemical explosion”. Then I jokingly said, “That’s
what happened to me.” Then he replied with, “Yeah, a chemical explosion called
conception.” Ha ha so funny!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we had a great lesson with Kelsey. She
was a bit quiet but it went pretty well. After the lesson we texted her a bit
and she actually is thinking about the possibility of baptism now. I always
felt that she would decide to find out if that is what she should do. We also
helped the Grantham’s clean up their yard a bit because Brother Grantham is
getting older and has a hard time with all that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went and saw Micah today and taught him
about missionary work. We more so just talked to him about what he has
considered and encouraged him to keep seeking. We also went with Brother Wells
(less active) to the Coast Guard base. We were able to have some great
conversation with him and see what is going on and how he feels about the
Church. He is a great guy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I learned that tons of us feel guilty
all the time about every little thing, even when it is completely unnecessary.
I do it a ton. I realized today that this is one of Satan’s tools to push us
down. We do not need to be discouraged or feel guilty about dumb things. Gotta
just put the little things behind you and keep moving forward. When we do that
and don’t quit we conquer Satan. He wants us to quit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">Elder Bochenek had a gift card so we went to
Bonefish Grill. I got a Kobe Beef Burger. Delicious! Best beef ever! We also
made a sweet video. Elder Bochenek pretended to be a Baptist and I was a Mormon
talk show host. It was funny.</span>Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-63549378525207776902014-08-11T19:05:00.005-06:002014-08-11T19:06:54.150-06:00Sunday, 8/3/14 - Friday, 8/8/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we were able to go over to see Brother
Logan and share a message with him about temples. Read a bit from D&C with
him about the early days of the church when the Lord commanded to build
temples. He also asked if we could help him put a dart on his Corvette sometime
this week. I also learned how to crack a bull whip at his place. It only took a
couple tries to learn and then he ended up giving us each a bull whip. Pretty sick!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Went over to see a couple potentials, Sandra
and another lady named Brandy. Conversation with Brandy was really short but we
still were able to follow up to see if we could come back by. Conversation with
Sandra was good though. We talked to her for about 15 minutes about different
things and she still wants to sit down with us so that was awesome.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope I helped the district as I taught
about being a successful missionary and what that really means. Went to
Fairhope on an exchange with Elder Miller. Taught Mickey about temples, family
history, priesthood and auxillary, and missionary work. She is getting baptized
this weekend so it was great to get to teach her. We also taught Dawnell and
Carnivais. Tried to teach about the Plan
of Salvation but it turned into purpose of the Book of Mormon. Carnivais told
me I can marry any of his three daughters. That was interesting. Never had had
that happen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned from Enos that when I have kids I
need to make sure to speak of the plan of salvation a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Miller helped me to see what I can
improve on and get back to being faith filled.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had an awesome dinner tonight as well. Bishop Parker from Crestview was coming
through and came down to Fairhope and fed us. It was awesome to catch up. That
was such an awesome ward so it was great to hear how things are going.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Uneventful so I didn’t write anything.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we saw Brother Holladay and just talked
with him. He has prostate cancer I believe. So we just went to talk and help
him feel love. Then we saw Eric Hetzel, a less-active. He is an awesome guy and
I hope he will come back. We shared a message about Christ’s grace/mercy and
how nothing else on this earth can save us. He is a great guy and it was really
fun.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That I need to stop being so hard on myself
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today started off as a struggle but Elder
Buchenek was talking to me about grace and that really helped. Sometimes as a
missionary I trick myself to believing that I have to be perfect to do this
work but I don’t. God knows what I want and the direction I am going. I just
need to keep trying but recognize that Christ will make up everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we had a great lesson with Kelsey
Stone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I think I learned that I should ask
more questions to help people think because we had a sad experience with an 18
year old that recently fell away. He told us “I hate the church” and then said about
the Book of Mormon “I read it every day and hated it”. I feel I should have
asked him why but I felt so blown away that he sounded that bitter. I was
speechless.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Brother Hubbard fed us. It’s small but it was
very nice of him to do so. He is really awesome. He told us a lot about what
Green Beret selection is like. Sounds like the hardest thing ever! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify;">We also had volleyball at the church. It was
really fun! Constantine’s came and Luis and Michael. Oh, and can’t forget
Christian.</span>Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-45157048630597242232014-08-04T18:56:00.001-06:002014-08-04T18:56:30.622-06:00Tuesday, 7/22/1/4 - Saturday, 8/3/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday - Sunday </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">– This week was really slow so I decided to sum it all up
in one entry. On Tuesday, Elder Shoemaker was taken by the Mobile North Zone
Leaders to start his journey home. Also had our first District Meeting this
transfer. Elder Stroupe from New Mexico is new in the district and also Sister
Maxwell from Draper. She also went to Hillcrest. Started calling different
members that we hadn’t met yet so we could set up some appointments with them
and hopefully get some less actives back. Had dinner with the Safford’s and set
up a time to share a message with them. Some other highlights we had this week
was seeing Brother Smart with Brother Brown. We taught him about temples and
family history. Hopefully we can get him to the temple so he can receive those
blessings. Had an awesome dinner with the Constantine’s on Friday. Played some
football with them while waiting on dinner to finish. That was great! Had
volleyball Friday and it was awesome. Basketball was also pretty good. We also
helped the Dee’s tear down some of their barn they are rebuilding. That was
sweet! They also fed us at Sonny’s. Sunday was great as well! Brother Lahtinen
gave a great talk in Sacrament. We also got to teach Chase and I think he is
feeling more comfortable with us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was good! Played some P-day pool. I suck at pool though. I am getting better…I
think. I am now going to start answering 3 questions at the end of each day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went and saw Brother Speed today and
listened and tried to help him resolve some concerns. He is a great guy and I
hope he felt the spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that I am to judgmental and need to
not judge in the way that I do sometimes. I feel I need to judge in a positive
way so I can still discern but not be judgmental.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Bochenek helped me to see how I can be
more understanding toward others. I am very grateful for that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I feel we helped the Grantham’s to feel more
love because I am sure they are a bit stressed right now. I hope that Elder
Stroupe feels as though I helped him in some way while he was here on an
exchange with me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To be more bold in letting people know what
our purpose/expectations are right from the beginning. I have got away from
that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went to the Crouthamel’s home and their
kids, Flint and ??? really uplifted my spirits. We taught them and Sister
Crouthamel. Unfortunately Brother Crouthamel didn’t join us. Hope we can help
them come back to church.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Saw James Gage (less active). He wants his
name remove from the Church but we talked to him a bit and gave him some
scriptures to read and he said he would think about it and get back to us. We
also saw Tiarra and she was having a rough day. Her mom threw away her Book of
Mormon a while back so we gave her a new one. Hope we uplifted her a bit. Met
Shery-Lynn today as well. Really nice lady. We pulled weeds with her and shared
a bit. She accepted a Book of Mormon and told us to come by. Also met another
lady that we are going to go mow her lawn and then teach her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is okay to struggle through life and I
don’t have to have anxiety or worry too much. Just keep trying.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elder Bochenek had the great idea to set some
great goals. They should help us keep our minds on our missions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we had a great time over at Cassie’s. She
is the lady that I said we were going to mow her lawn. So we ended up doing
that for her and her family. Borrowed Brother Brown’s lawn mower and got it
done. Crazy how we met her. We knocked on a less active’s house and she told us
to come in so we did thinking it was him and his wife living there and she told
us he moved so we set up a return appointment with her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That we need to do more service in our area
because the work is slow so maybe we can make a difference that way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I feel as though today and everyday Elder Bochener
teaches me how to be open with people because he is a very open guy. He is
always himself no matter who he is around that is something I need to get better
at.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Went to Grand Bay and taught Kelsey a great
lesson. We ended up teaching her about the Word of Wisdom and the Law of
Tithing. She is way prepared and doesn’t even know it right now. We challenged
her to come to church and also to be baptized. She is going to pray about it
and let us know.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I learned that when the Spirit tells you to
do something that it will work no matter what the idea is. If it is good and
helps someone come closer to God then it is of the Spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sister Jolley is so kind and she gave us some
shampoo after we shared a message with her. It is good stuff too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ate at IHOP because Elder Bochenek had a gift
card. While we were waiting on our food Elder Bochenek noticed an older lady
behind me and she was eating alone. So he asked if we should say something. So
I kinda glanced back and our eyes met and I asked how her day was. We were all
able to have a great conversation after that and hopefully that made her day a
bit better. We also helped the Martin’s out with their daughter Chloe’s
baptism. We filled the font for it and it was a good time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That the Lord helps/impresses us all to speak
to so many different people each day. Even in IHOP.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seems small but Sister Cox came and told us
the font was getting close to being full.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Monday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Today we had the usual preparation day stuff. Played a bit of pool while
emailing. That was pretty fun. I am not very good but that’s all good. After
P-day was done we headed over to the Hoach’s to have dinner but they weren’t
even home so we went home to eat. Rough night after that. We tried to see some
less-actives but had no luck.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we headed to Daphne for our zone training meeting and listened to some
great talks on the way that I really needed to hear. Zone training was okay but
I was checked out a bit and could not focus. Took the Spanish Elders back home
to snag their car and then they took it to the body shop. After they dropped It
off we took them home. Then we came home and ate. Had our studies right before
heading out for a long walk. We walked to Brother Martin’s and it was way
further than we thought. Talked to Brother Martin and the nurse lady in there
when we got there. He is at a nursing home. We gave the nurse lady a Book of
Mormon and a card. Gave another nurse lady a card. Invited them both to church.
Then we went on a little walk with a guy in a wheelchair. His name was Edward.
Then Brother Cronin picked us up and gave us a ride home. He is so cool!
Celestial member! Chatted with him a bit and that finished up our night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in our path. Met a nice lady and talked to her a bit. Then met Tony’s son and
got to know him a bit. He is a good kid. Walked home and had lunch. Then we
went to see Bryant and some other people but we didn’t get to teach anyone. Had
dinner with the Blackburn’s and that is always really fun. They are just a
really happy family and it is great to be around people like that. Left their
place and talked to Rick briefly. They were having dinner. Then we went to see
Jennifer who we met a while back. Ended up talking to her husband and it seems
like something good might come from it. Good day. We also met a really nice
less-active lady then a meanish lady who wants her records removed. Put a bit
of a damper on the day but it was still good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Brother Brown called because he wanted to take one of us out to go to breakfast
with Brother Rider and him. So I went and it was a pretty good meeting. Shared
a little message and that was pretty good. Brother Rider is a good guy but I
hope he will come to church someday. Came back home for my studies. Then we
left to go and see Nadia, a less-active, and shared a little lesson with her.
Met Brother Ott as well. He is a less-active and I think he might come back
someday. He didn’t seem to be very strongly against the church. Then tried to
see a bunch of other people but it didn’t work. Had dinner with the Willet’s.
Good food as always. They have really fun kids. Then we had weekly planning.
That finished the night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we finished up our weekly planning and had lunch. Then Brother Brown
picked up Elder Bochenek for splits. Then Elder Shoemaker and I headed to see
Sister Jolley. Taught her a great lesson. She also gave us some gifts, small
things but it was really awesome. Tried see a bunch of other people. Most of
them didn’t work out. We did see the Bosarge’s, well just Tiffany and set up an
appointment with them. It rained on us like crazy and then we also ended up
running into a closed road so we couldn’t get to some people. Had dinner with
the Cox’s and Dalby’s. Met back up with Elder Bochenek there. They showed us
some of their cool guns too. Then we dropped by a couple less actives and met
Brother Musial. He isn’t a member but his stepson is so that might be good for
him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saturday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Pretty good but different day today. Reason being we went to do service at a
swim meet. Elder Bochenek and I were “runners”. We went around collecting the
timesheets and DQ slips. Elder Hummer gave ribbons to the winners and Elder
Walker timed for one of the lanes. Elder Shoemaker just kinda chilled for most
of it. Had our studies and all that good stuff after the swim meet ended.
Taught Jose’ and Jesus’ a bit. It was a shorter lesson but we just kind of
talked about their purpose meeting with us and our purpose meeting with them.
Jose’ said he would try to come to church too. Tried to see Cherie and a couple
others. That didn’t work out but we did get to see Brother Logan and talk to
him about us teaching his grandkids. Saw the Carter’s briefly and helped them
bring groceries into their house and shared our testimonies. Maybe that will
help them. Then had our sweet Pioneer Day party at the church. Elder Bochenek
beat me at stick pole. I beat Elder Shoemaker and I lost a best of 3 stick pole
to Brother McGee. I beat him once though. I won against Elder Bochenek in
checkers. We juggled. Oh Brother Webster won the stick pole championship for
the men. Chase won for the young men and Sister Safford for the women. It was a
good time!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Church was good today. Elder Bochenek spoke and did a really good job! Had a
little change in our plans. Had our studies and ate at home because Brother
Allen got a bit hurt yesterday and it didn’t have to do with the stick pull. We
went all over today and tried to teach but no one was home. Didn’t get to teach
anyone. Had a tie trade during dinner because Elder Shoemaker is going home
this Wednesday. Then our 8 o’clock appointment cancelled so Elder Shoemaker
packed a bit. We also all switched tags and acted like each other and it was so
funny!</span><span style="font-family: Maiandra GD, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sunday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Today we had no ward council so we were able to do some studies in the morning.
Then had church which was pretty good. We started a mission-wide fast yesterday
so fasting was awesome this time. Hopefully our mission can have even more
success. After church we went with the Dees’ to see a potential but that fell
through. We then went to visit members with the Dees thinking we would be able
to see some less-actives but we ended up seeing two active ladies. First we saw
Sister Gignilliat and talked with her and gave her a blessing. Then we saw
Sister Green. She has been taking care of her daughter who has cancer. You can
tell it stresses her out but she is staying strong. Her daughter wasn’t there
today so she got a break from it for a day. After that we headed home to do our
studies and dinner. Then we went out to see Tony who wasn’t home so we stopped
by Gabe Bradley’s and shared a message. He is a less active but seems to have a
testimony. He is Brother Holladay’s grandson. Then we stopped by to see Pat.
Met her son Tarrell and we set up a time to go see them. They are nice people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Monday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
P-day stuff was lame today. I had to take some survey. Both of us did actually.
Elder Zwick is coming to our mission so it was an informational survey so that
he will have an idea of what is going on here. So that took forever so I didn’t
have time to write a single letter. Elder Shoemaker was really on one about
buying some glasses with yellow lenses like the ones Brother Grantham has. Then
we headed to the Phillips’ for dinner and it was awesome. They are a really
cool family! They were telling us some very disobedient stories about some
former missionaries in our area. Left their place and we ended up talking to
their neighbor and gave him a Book of Mormon. Hopefully we can help him come
closer to Jesus. Not much else happened after that. Just knocked doors around a
gators house.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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we went to Pascagoula for our district meeting and also had our district
activity which was pretty cool. We went to the gator farm in Pascagoula. It was
pretty cool! We got to hold a baby alligator. Took some sweet pictures and video
of the gators eating chicken. Then we ate at Dairy Queen. Never get their 5
dollar meals because they are tiny! The burger was as big as a McDouble. Got
home and studied. Then we had a great lesson with Joshua. His wife gave us
Oreos and cereal so that was pretty cool. They are a really nice family.
Unfortunately that was about all the positive contact we had today with
someone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today Brother Lyon came out with us to see Pat. The lesson was great...up until
the end. For some reason she got confused and thought we were telling her to
worship Joseph Smith. I don’t know how. We explained what prophets are clearly
and simply from what us and Brother Lyon thought. Then we headed to IHOP to
meet Sister Tartini there because she has always fed the missionaries the day
before transfers. None of us are going luckily but Elder Bochener will be
coming with us to be in a trio. IHOP took forever because the server was one of
two. So right after we headed to see Leigh Anne. Taught her about our life and
the atonement and that really helped her feel better. She is such a nice,
humble lady. After that we headed over to the Lahtinen’s house for a move. They
finally got moved it! It was awesome to help and I am stoked to have the
Lahtinen’s in my ward again. Then we went and saw a couple less-active families
before heading over to the Constantine’s to eat dinner. That was fun! They have
very energetic kids. Celestial family! Saw Sister Mitchel and she is very
bitter about certain members. It’s sad when people let others hurt their
salvation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we had coordination with Brother Brown and the Spanish Elders at Brother
Brown’s. It was a good time! Brother Brown made us some key lime pie. Then I
asked to see some of his old swimming stuff from back in the day when he was at
FSU. He was way fit and had a little mustache. Tried to see Cherie after that
and then went home for lunch because she wasn’t there. Elder Shoemaker also
called his mom while we were at lunch and I ended up talking to her and found
out that Elder Shoemaker is supposed to be on medication. His mom told me that
he is completely different now than when he left without it. Talked to
President a bit as well and he was pretty concerned. Then we picked up Elder
Bochener and got to chat a bit with Elder Bott. Came home after for Elder
Bochener to unpack and then had dinner with the Vasquez’. It was way good. We
had ribs and all sorts of good sides. I really loved the baked beans a lot!
Then we went to the store to pick up a couple things for Elder Bochener. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we did weekly planning in the morning but didn’t get completely done.
Went over to the Grantham’s for a little lesson. We are sharing messages with
some of the members hoping that we can strengthen them. Then we went home to
finish weekly planning but ended up trying to update the ward roster on our
GPS. The computers at our clubhouse wouldn’t let us so we tried the library.
Neither of them allowed us to download the program onto the computer. Then the
Grantham’s signed up for dinner too so we ate there and then finished weekly
planning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we taught Jose’ and Jesus’ a bit and it went pretty well but they just
sit there and don’t say much so I don’t know how much they comprehend. Walked
around and talked to some really nice people. We might go do some service at
another church. We talked to a couple that was telling us that their church had
been going through some renovations. Shared a bit with Betty Imms as well. She
was a bit out of it though. Didn’t get to teach very much so we headed out and
went to see some others. Ended up sharing a bit with Quincey and he said he
would be at church. Also talked to a couple really nice people in the
neighborhood. Then went to the Safford’s baptism. It was for their niece named Gia. She just turned 8. Good service and some good food. Then we had
basketball. It started late and there were too many people there today. It was
hard to manage and not everyone got to play. I think some of them were annoyed
about that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ward council and church. Both were good. The stake presidency came because it
was ward conference. President Jergins gave a great talk and so did Bishop in
Sacrament. President Jergins also gave a great lesson about the simple things
we need to do to keep our testimonies strong. Brother Brown also told me today
that Bishop said he wants me in the ward for 6 months so that made me feel
good. Quincey did end up coming and I hope he felt the spirit. Had a potluck
after church and it was awesome. So much good food! Had our studies after that.
Then we headed out and had no fruits other than Sister Strickland and her
daughter let us in and we shared a bit. That ended our day.</span><span style="font-family: Maiandra GD, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-14719021077955684672014-07-07T18:15:00.001-06:002014-07-07T18:15:19.071-06:00Sunday, 6/29/14 - Saturday, 7/5/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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Today was good! Had Ward Council first thing. Brother Brown, our ward mission
leader, was able to come this time. He has been sick and hasn’t really been
able to. Church was good too. Elder Hummer, Elder Walker and I spoke in
Sacrament. They always have the missionaries do 5<sup>th</sup> Sunday
Sacrament. Also had a great 5<sup>th</sup> Sunday combined lesson taught by
Bishop Mills. He taught about being prepared for disasters. It was awesome!
Then he also tied it into the Plan of Salvation. We had our studies after
church and that took us to the Stake Priesthood Meeting. It was really good!
President Nielson, President Odona and President Jergans all gave really great
talks. President Jergans told a story about how he would knock into people’s
homes on his mission and ask, “Do you know me?” The other person would usually
say “no” so he would reply with, “You should, the Savior sent me here to bless
you and your family.” He got in to every door he said. Had ice cream after and
then headed home. Brother Evans took us there and back and we discussed some
awesome church stuff like China and a few other things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Monday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Good P-day today. Just normal though. We didn’t do anything fun because we had
no miles to do any P-day activities. Just enough to go shopping. Tried to see
the Schwartz which didn’t work out. So we decided to see if we could find out
some info about somewhere to do a family history booth. No places had anything
that looked very promising so we will see what happens. Then we went on a night
walk type deal. Met a really nice guy that talked to us for a bit and we shared
a bit with him so maybe something will come of it some time. Knocked on some
doors of some really huge houses and met a really nice lady named Gwen. She
didn’t ask us to go back though. Planted a couple seeds though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Today we had district meeting. It was really good and Brother Brown was there
so that was good. Sister Maeser and Sister Turina taught and did a great job
teaching about charity in our companionships. Had our exchange with the zone
leaders and it went great! I went with my former companion, Elder Smith. He
treated me to some IHOP. It was really good. We taught a guy named Chris who is
coming back to activity. He wants to be a singer. He is pretty good but gets a
bit too into it at times. Saw a guy named Gene Bass who is living with a lady
who doesn’t like the missionaries because they visit her neighbor so it affects
Gene. Had dinner with an awesome family/couple the Gould’s. They were way nice.
We were even way late because we forgot our stuff at the apartment. Oh, we also
taught Skyler and his friends. I pogo’d at their house. Went back to our
apartment in Theo and all 4 of us stayed here. Had some mad tie-trading.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Wednesday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Said goodbye to the zone leaders this morning. They went to Crestview for MLC.
First thing we did today was go through our HQ referrals and call them all. We
have quite the list and who knows which ones were contacted. Then us and the
Spanish Elders went to the Tartini’s to discuss all of the Relief Society
sisters in the ward. Sister Tartina went through it with us. It should help me
to get to know the ward a lot better and have some info to go off of. We also
shared a quick message with Norma right before that. She doesn’t seem too
interested. Also went to the Brockwell’s and shared a message with them. They
are a part member family but her husband didn’t sit in. Then we went to our
apartment to give Elder Miller his backpack that he forgot at our place. Then
we headed to Goula to do a baptismal interview. I interviewed Maggie and she is
great. Very kind hearted girl.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thursday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Today we went to Brother Madison’s to do our coordination meeting with him.
Brother Brown and the Spanish area. That went pretty well. Brother Brown is
very excited about missionary work all the time. The Lahtinen’s move was
postponed so we just went into our weekly planning. That took a long time! So
then we had dinner. Then we went up to the Grantham’s with Brother Brown to
visit them and shared a message. Brother Grantham is excommunicated but working
himself back into the church and Sister Grantham is a member. Such a sweet old
couple. We also gave Brother Grantham a blessing because he was feeling sick.
Then we went with Brother Brown over to see Sister Mitchel, a less-active who
was offended but I feel she will come back. She is a great lady and very funny!
That finished our awesome night with Brother Brown. I do also have to share
that the spirit is guiding missionaries on what to say because I told Sister
Mitchel that when she realizes when she needs to come back it will be hard but
I told her to just remember Christ went to church with the person he knew would
betray him. Normally I don’t think I would say that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Friday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Happy Independence Day! Don’t blow yourself up! Today we taught Joe, Coach,
Jesus’ and Cedric about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. They are some of
the guys from basketball and they are really cool. They also fed us ribs for
lunch that were pretty good. Either it was Jose’s dad or Jesus’ dad that mad them
for us. I just can’t remember who’s dad he was. Tried to see Betty but no luck
there. Then swung by a bunch of people on the way to see Bryant and LaVell. Met
a really nice lady named Claudia at LaVell’s apartment complex. She is set in
her ways but hopefully we can soften her up. Had a good dinner with the Turley’s.
The DaCosta’s were there also. It was a bit strange though. I felt like we were
killing a party. Then we went out that evening and tried to contact some people
but it didn’t work out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saturday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Today was a hard working day. Biked like 10 miles but didn’t get to teach who
we were going to. We talked to some awesome people though. Talked to 2 black
guys about family history and we might actually get to do some with one of them
named Nate. Saw Bryant’s dad and they were heading out so we talked to him
briefly. Also talked to Marouf and he didn’t get to read from the Book of
Mormon yet. Briefly talked with Stephen Gayle and met his wife. She is also
really nice. Met a really nice French lady named Andree’. She is awesome. Wish
we could teach her. Also talked to a really nice couple. Can’t remember their
names but they told us to go see the wife’s sister. I guess her sister likes
genealogy. Met a guy named Joshua and set up a time to go back and share more
with them. The Dees came out with us and our appointment fell through so we
went and taught Cherie instead. The lesson went really well. Cherie is awesome!
I hope she will come to church. The Dees then treated us to Subway. Then we had
basketball and I forgot my shoes. So I tore it up with some Nike slides! My
ankle is pretty sore. It will be fine!</span></span></div>
Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-11525527956530022012014-06-30T19:38:00.001-06:002014-06-30T19:47:05.297-06:00Monday, 6/23/14 - Saturday, 6/28/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Monday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Today was preparation day. It was a good day. Just relaxed for the most part.
Need to figure out something to do a P-day to have some fun. Then in the
evening we got our map completely finished! Now we can just work! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">–
Today we had district meeting. It was pretty good. It takes so long setting
goals so that makes it hard to get a lot of teaching in. I think Elder Shoemaker
did a good job teaching about studies. Then we had some great role plays
teaching about prophets and focusing on bearing testimony. Good to see Elder
Smith and Elder Miller too. They were visiting the Spanish Elders district
meeting. After district meeting we headed to the Stake Center to help them move
the family history center from one room to another. Went to see the Carter’s
but they fell through. So we hopped on the bikes and biked to see if we could
see some people. Went to Cherie’s and her mom slammed the door in our face.
That won’t stop us! Taught Sister Corona a message about family history work so
hopefully we can get her going on family history. Left her place and got a
little lost. Then we learned the Elder Shoemaker lost his scriptures. So we
called Sister Corona and she went and looked for them and found them. We also
did some research to find a family history event location that we could
utilize.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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trade back after their exchange and then I could go on an exchange with Goula.
Elder Musgrave was also there so he could go on an exchange with the zone
leaders. So for our exchange I stayed in Theo with Elder Danner and Elder
Shoemaker went to Pascagoula with Elder Owens. Elder Danner and I had a pretty
slow day. We did get to have a really good lesson with a guy name Bryant. He is
the guy Brother Dees told us to go see. He said he would like to come to church
with us. Went to see Windy Davis who was a really old HQ referral. She wasn’t
interested but we gave cards to all of the kids around the trailer park. They
all ran up to us. Saw Larry Logan which went well. We got to talk to him about
the possibility of teaching his grandkids. Then we hurried up to the
Blackburn’s. Didn’t realize they lived so far from where we were. Really good
dinner! They made pulled pork and put it on baked potatoes. Went to the church
to do our family history class but no one showed up. So we went on a walk to
some less-actives and met some great people along the way. Gave a Book of
Mormon to a guy and I really hope he will read it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we did a second exchange with the Pascagoula Elders. This time I went to
Goula with Elder Owens. It was awesome! Elder Owens is such a great missionary
and he is going to do great things. We had lunch and then were called to go and
help a member move into the ward. They were really nice and very appreciative
of all 3 sets of young missionaries (English, Spanish and Sisters) showing up
to help. Plus Elder and Sister Anderson came too. They said they would like to
be coming back to church sometime. They also got drinks for everyone. Then we
went over to Damien’s and shared a message about chastity. Then we had
coordination and dinner at Taco Bell, which was not the best idea because next
on the agenda was sports night. We had basketball. It went well! I felt a bit
sick from Taco Bell. I schooled e’ryone! They were hackin’ the crap out of me
though and I got a bit ticked and kinda yelled at this thug…or should I say
child of God. Not the best moment for me but I had hand marks all over my arms.
So now I suppose I am justifying now. The end of the night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we ended our exchange and met a Bishop. He is the Bishop of the LSU
Singles Ward and he bought us lunch! Such a nice guy. So us 4 ate at Waffle
House. It was pretty good. I got the all-star meal. It is huge for like 7
bucks. Then we had a great lesson with Sister Jolley. She gave us some tomatoes
so that was awesome. She is such a sweet lady. Then we went to Brother
Madison’s. On the way we cut through a cemetery that had a bunch of statues of
Christ inside of it. It goes through his entire life. Had a little meeting with
Brother Madison all about the ward mission plan. Had dinner with the Willet’s
and it was a great time. This ward is doing pretty great and I really like the
people here. Then we headed home to weekly plan but ended up calling Brother
Brown to talk about some of the things we would like to start doing to get the
work going.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today was a really weird day. We went out to try to get an oil change but no
place near us took payment over the phone. So we tried to see a few less
actives with no luck. Then went to our appointment with a girl named Tiarra but
her mom ended it quick but she was really curious and wanted to learn. Then we
had lunch and then weekly planned because we never go to do it. That took us up
to the Constantine’s baptism for their son Darien. It was a good service and
was fun to spend some time with them. After that we had our fellowship night
and played basketball. Good studff1 I got my right cheek under my eye cut open
when I was wacked in the face. That didn’t stop me though! Shared a bit of a
message about Christ after also. Good night!</span></span></div>
Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-11361593584789626772014-06-23T18:24:00.003-06:002014-06-29T13:20:30.382-06:00Monday, 6/16/14 - Sunday, 6/22/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Monday</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> –
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!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> –
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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wednesday</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – 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. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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 4<sup>th</sup> 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
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Today we had breakfast with the Champagne’s. They are a really cool couple and
have a really sweet house! They also have a son on a mission, I believe in
Sacramento, California. Didn’t really do anything too exciting. Looked for
Elder Shoemaker’s scriptures with no luck and his wallet was in there too. We
hope to find that. Then did mapping to finish the night. It is such a long
process. Oh I almost forgot that we saw a yellow 1969 Dodge Charger. I got a
really blurry picture of it and turned around to follow it but couldn’t find
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Today was good! We had zone training and also had a meeting before with the
zone leaders and all the district leaders. Elder Smith and Elder Miller are
excellent zone leaders. It was a great zone training. I also got my glasses and
I am not a big fan of wearing them at all. I feel like a hipster of sorts.
Drove home after that and had a lesson with a less active so we had to jet. We
taught Sherry Jolley again and her husband Gene. They are awesome! Really cool
people. Brother Jolley doesn’t hear well though. Had to talk very loud and it
made my throat hurt. Had a lesson with the Greer’s and invited Sister Evans to
come. Her and Ally seemed to really enjoy one another. The Greer’s fed us and
we had no idea they would. It was awesome. They are very very Catholic which I
think is good. They have great faith in Christ. David and I talked about some
sweet things like the Catacombs in Rome and things like that. We had a great day.
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and his friend, Sharron. They were in some sort of group home so that was
interesting but they understood pretty good. Also as we were driving Brother
Brown was messing around and said the “F-word” on accident. I laughed my butt
off. It was so funny! I also left the phone on the tray at Taco Bell and Elder
Shoemaker threw it away so we had to go all the way up to Taco Bell to find it.
Helped Sister Madison move her friend’s mattress and got a potential
investigator out of it. Set up an appointment with the guy. Saw Miss Innis and
shared Moroni 7 on charity. She liked that. Then had a great lesson with
Cherie! We taught the plan of Salvation and I think she really enjoyed it. She
said she would be at church. We told her we would get a ride for her. That was
the highlights of today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today was a day of a lot of inside work. We really came to the realization
today of how big the ward really is. We have so many members in this ward. We
did a lot of mapping. I am so sick of it but it is going to be so nice to have
when we are done. Did a bit of our weekly planning as well. Also had a lesson
with LaVell. This one was better but he has some praying to do. He is a very
spiritual guy so I hope he will recognize the truths we share. The Stafford’s
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Today I worked my magic to get our church tour with Cherie worked out. I got
two members to help. Sister Gentry for a ride for Cherie and Micah for a third
male. Then unfortunately something came up for Cherie and we couldn’t do it. We
also did some work over at the food bank. Elder Shoemaker forgot his planner
there. Then we went out with Micah to see Tony. Tony is a guy the missionaries
use to see. Good guy that could do a gardening show because he can talk about
plants for days. Then Micah took us back to our car and he wasn’t feeling good
at all. We got home and Elder Shoemaker thought he lost the keys to the house
but really he just never grabbed them and our apartment was unlocked. Then we
found out he did lose his scriptures again. Just a bad day for forgetting. Had
a good lesson with Donna Corrona who has been returning to church recently. Had
a great dinner with the Vasquez’s and learned some Spanish. Then went home to
do some #’s for the zone leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today was a good day. We actually ended up working on our map a ton because we
finally had no appointments to run around to so we had to take advantage of
that. Finished up our weekly planning too. Had dinner with the Willet’s also.
It was really fun to get to know them. I can’t wait to know them ever better.
Brother Willet is the Young Men’s President. Then we had our fellowship
activity of basketball. I rolled my right ankle again. It was very unfortunate.
I played pretty good and I also dunked it for the first time in about 20
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Today was great! Church was pretty good! Brother Damron asked me to say the
closing prayer in Sacrament. That is two out of the two times he has been at
church since I got here. That’s also more times that I had ever prayed in
Sacrament in my life. Two out of my three times doing it were here. Pretty
funny! Had lunch with the Lohse/Hearn family and they have a lot of
wayward/non-members in their family so it was good to share a message with
them. Went to see someone that Brother Dees told us to see but they weren’t
home so we tracted a bit and a Muslim guy told us we could come back. Then had
dinner with the Webster’s and their daughter Sophia has been dating a guy named
Chase. He has been to church a lot already and seems pretty golden. He is going
to youth conference in Troy so. Anyway we were able to teach him the
restoration. He is a great guy and already knows a ton of answers about things
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Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-83055005669993913112014-06-10T19:13:00.002-06:002014-06-23T18:17:45.239-06:00Monday, 5/26/14 - Sunday, 6/8/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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Today we found out Elder Rasmussen would go to Destin and I will be going to
Theodore in Alabama. It’s basically lower Mobile. Had lunch with Sister Linares
and her new husband and also Andrew and Jeffery Linares. Played basketball at
our church because Twin Hills was closed. The Spanish Elders came down and that
made it pretty fun. We also emailed at the Burbidge’s and got to take pictures
with them. Landon also ended up punching Taylor right in the face but they got
it together for the pictures. Ate at the Hartwell’s also and that was good.
They are awesome people. Tried to see Wes but he was sleeping so we said bye to
Erika Campbell, Erica, Alyssa and Cameron. Then worked on transfers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> –
Today was pretty great! Started off by going to our district meeting and it was
really good. Elder</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Urquiaga</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> is a good district leader. He always prepares well. Had
our district leader activity and played some kickball. That was fun! I decided
to do a little flip when I scored and it went all wrong and I landed on my
hip. It didn’t hurt too bad in the moment but later on my wrist and hip were
real sore. Then we hurried over to see Theresa and Ariel. Ariel wasn’t home at
first so we chatted for a while and the Sisters also showed up because they had
an appointment with her. So we took some pictures and said goodbye when Ariel
got there. We saw the Barbecho’s briefly and they wanted us to come by
tomorrow. Then we ate dinner with the Cochran’s. It was a good time as always.
Dropped a dish off to the Burton’s and he showed us his wife’s cool gun. Then
we went to the Bissen’s for one last time. Andy told us we were the coolest
missionaries he has known and that meant a lot. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Wednesday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> – First thing today Brother Dunn picked us up in his sweet Nissan Altima. Such
a cool car! We taught Jerry Barnett and unfortunately he wasn’t interested in
meeting any more. He told us he didn’t feel our church was right for him. He is
a great guy and I got his email. Tried to see Daniel Curry but that fell
through so we stopped by Pat’s but he wasn’t there. Brother Dunn also took us
to Lenny’s to get a sub sandwich. It is a good place. Got dropped off at our
place. Went and saw Chris Nichols for one last time. He is a great guy and the
Gospel has really changed him. We also got to teach one last lesson at the
Barbecho’s. I really hope Jamie keeps taking the lessons! They asked for the
missionaries to go by tomorrow. Also stopped by Miss April’s briefly to say
goodbye. Ate with the Taylors’ and it was so good! I will miss eating there.
Took great pictures with them. Went to the church to see Wes and he wasn’t
there. Said bye to some others. Then had our last coordination. Love the
Boyd’s! I will really miss this ward!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we swung by to see Andrew on the way to transfers as it was raining.
Poured on and off all day. Got to Wendy’s and did the transfer thang. Sister
Taylor and Jane came by to see me leave. Sister Taylor told me that Preston
told her that he either “wanted chocolate or wanted Elder Foster back”. That
was awesome to hear! Such a great little man! Then it took forever to get to
our area in Theodore. They banished me and I am excited to be out here. We are
going to get this area poppin! Met Elder Shoemaker. He is such a nice guy. He
is a bit slow and awkward. So it’s awesome he is out here. He came out the same
time as me and I saw him and never expected him to be that way but we will have
fun. I unpacked and cleaned a ton when we got back to our apartment. It was so
dirty here. It’s much better now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we went out with our assistant ward mission leader Brother Madison. He is
a great guy! We saw 3 less actives with him. Sister Bell, Sister Strickland and Sister Batton.
Very nice ladies and hopefully that little bit will help. Sister Strickland
lived in a neighborhood called Crestview and when I saw the sign I thought to
myself, I never left! Had lunch with the Lyon’s. Great young couple in our ward
and hopefully we can put them to work. Started to create a map for our area so
I know where to go. Ate dinner at the Tartini’s. They are really cool too.
Sister Tartini is the Relief Society President and Brother Tartini is Ward
Clerk. They are converts with a great story. Then we headed to the church for
our fellowship volleyball which turned into basketball.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we actually had to weekly plan because we never got to do it. That took
just about the whole day and we have also been making a map so I know how to
get around. I did get to meet one of our investigators named Cherie. She is a
way nice lady. Then we had basketball. The hood came to play and we had some
good competition but I have played against a lot better players. They all want
to be fancy with no fundamentals or work ethic. At one point though a guy that
looked like Lil’ Wayne blocked the heck out of a guy way bigger than him. It
was a fun night. Hope we can get some baptisms out of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we had Ward Council and church. It all went well and we seem to have good
leaders in our ward. I hope we can work well with them. It was kind of a
lukewarm welcome though. I met David and his wife who I can’t remember her
name for the life of me. But anyway they were really cool! Ended up waiting
around after church for a couple lists that we needed which took a while.
Finally got them and headed home to study. Then ate at the Evans’ home. They
are really nice and seem to have it together. After dinner we walked around a
nearby neighborhood and met a bunch of really nice people. Most people seem to
be really friendly in Mobile. Went home to start on our area map because I can
hardly plan because our roster is 30 pages long. So the map will help.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Pretty good P-day. It was just normal though. We didn’t do anything active
anywhere. I got my hair cut by a member who is a hair stylist and she did it
for free. Her name is Delene Madison. Very cool lady and we actually had dinner
with her. She fed us pizza and her sons Micah and Jayce were there. Micah is 24
and Jayce is 9. Very cool family that seems to be somewhat similar to mine. Dinner
took longer than expected so we went and did some more mapping.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we had our first District Meeting since I got here. It went really well
and I think it really set a good tone for this upcoming transfer. Had lunch
with the Spanish Elders at Subway after and it was fun to talk to Elder Bravo
again. After that we had a great lesson with Kelsey Stone and she is very
willing to keep commitments and I feel like she will get baptized someday. She
is very prepared and I think the Lord knows she is ready. After we got back
into town Brother Madison (Dalene’s dad ) came to see Dekita with us. That
lesson was like a roller coaster… all over the place! She is a really nice lady
though. Cherie’s lesson fell through </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">L</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. Tonight we met a really nice guy named David and he
invited us back. We are excited about that. He is Catholic and is very active
in that so maybe I can learn a bit about Catholicism.</span></div>
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we decided to just do the map a ton because I was sick of not being able to
plan. So we got a huge dent into it and basically finished the main part of the
map. Then we headed to the church for family history but ended up helping
Sister Mitchel set up a projector for a film she is showing on Friday. Then she
decided not to use it so she won’t have to hassle with all the complications
that it will possibly have. Also helped Brother Willet with a buzzer system he
was testing. It was a really weird day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we weekly planned and then worked on our map. Got the main part of the
map finished so soon we will be able to start putting people on it. Had to call
Elder Newby to figure out where a potential was. He is in Crestview so I got to
talk to Ben Barbecho. They are heading out to South Carolina tomorrow for their
move. Unfortunately everything else we did today fell through.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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we started off our day going to the food bank with the Spanish Elders and
working there. Cleaned/inspected food to make sure it was safe and clean. Had
lunch and finished up our mapping. Well we are finished putting the maps
together but now we need to finish putting all of the members on it. Then
headed out to Grand Bay to see a bunch of people out there. We got to meet
Sister Sherry Jolley and share a message with her. She is a great lady and we
are planning on going back. We also went to see the Bosarge’s, an HQ referral,
and were able to teach a bit and set up a time to come back. We tried some others
with no avail. Then headed to Pascagoula to interview Krissy for baptism. She
is so ready for it and I am excited for her. Very nice girl and baptism will
really do a lot for her cause it does a ton for everyone. After that we stopped
by the church to play volleyball but no one came except for the Constantine’s
so we chatted a bit and then headed home and met the Zimmerman’s at the gas
station. Also had a scare. No one could contact the Pascagoula Spanish Elders
for a while but they were just in a lesson. So everything was okay.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we started the day with our coordination meeting. The ward mission
leaders Brother Brown and Brother Madison, have some…spunk! They are energized
about missionary work. Talked with Sister Tartini about getting together with
her and going over the roster. Had lunch and then headed out to see a referral
named LaVell. He is a good guy! He does have some great faith! Hope we can help
it grow even more. That took a while. We tracted a couple doors in his complex
while he took out some trash. Then we went to try to see Raina an investigator.
She wasn’t home though. Then tonight we had basketball at the church. I almost
dunked it but just didn’t get quite high enough and had to just lay it in. I
also blocked a guy who could dunk as he went up for a layup. I met him at the
top! He is way athletic. A lot of guys came out so it was awesome.</span></span><br />
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Today I set up chairs while Elder Shoemaker went to ward council. Elder Hummer,
one of the Spanish missionaries, set them up with me. Had great meetings at
church too! Then after church we had a sweet lesson! I felt we should have
Brother Crohnin come with and he did. I had no idea but him (Bobby) and Brother
Crohnin related really well. Both of them have had trouble having kids in their
marriages so they were able to connect. Had brother Dees’ come out with us to
see an investigator. The appointment fell through so he took us to go visit a
couple members. We saw Brother Hart, great guy. He sadly broke his leg recently
and can’t put any weight on it so that’s been hard for him. We also went to see
Brother Holladay and that went well. He is a nice older guy who can’t get to
church due to health. He also gave us food before we left.</span></span></div>
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Pretty good preparation day. Not as much email because I got to call home
yesterday for Mother’s Day. Killed it in basketball at Twin Hills. It was
really fun. There was a girl that played today and she was pretty good. Had
dinner and a lesson with the Bissen’s. The lesson was good. We taught in depth
about apostasys and how the gospel was restored many times. Then talked about
the restoration. Then we went to the Barbecho’s and taught Jamie and Ben in the
kitchen. Jamie didn’t come sit in so we brought the lesson to her and it worked
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Today we went to Fort Walton to split and go to both district meetings. Now we
have an English district and a Spanish district down there. I went to Elder
Kimball’s district meeting and Elder Rasmussen went to the Spanish district
meeting. Elder Palau is the district leader in that district. Good district
meeting. Elder Kimball had us sit in a circle and I enjoyed that. Then we had
an example with Elder Kimball and Elder Atagi. Elder Kimball and I went to
Crestview. Had some service for Donna which was a slow day to start but then we
started cutting down some branches for her which was pretty fun. Then we
cleaned up, ate and headed out. Found a guy named Martin and talked to him and
he asked us to come back. He was really nice! Use to be a devil worshipper type
of religion but has changed and is very humble. Also taught Ryan Kirkendoll
finally. He really appreciated the visit. Then we finished the night by seeing
Josh. Encouraged him to live the Word of Wisdom a bit more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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stayed in Fort Walton with Elder Palau and Elder Pizzaro went with Elder
Rasmussen to Crestview. They are Spanish missionaries so it made the day
interesting with me trying to catch on to what people were saying. When we left
Elder Maclay told me to say the prayer in Spanish so I used all the Spanish I
knew to start the prayer. I said “Hola Father” then just finished with English.
We had a great day. We saw Hermana Smith and shared a bit with her. Also taught
Alejandra a bit. They’re less actives. Alejandra also came to a lesson with us
to teach Wilmer. We set a BCD there too so I hope Wilmer will take this
seriously. Then we taught some younger kids as it began to pour so the other
Spanish Elders picked us up so we could go home and eat. After that we had
English class and I helped teach it. That was fun! Played a bit of basketball
after with Elder Atagi and Elder Kimball and a couple other guys while waiting
for our ride. We also saw another kid named Jorman. Good kid! He has read a bit
of the Book of Mormon I believe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Happy Birthday to my Mom! Elder Palau taught me how to say “come here sugar” in
Togan this morning. It is “Ha</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ú </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mai Tahina”. Might need that knowledge in the
future. We had a bunch of weekly planning today after we exchanged back and
headed home. Our first couple appointments unfortunately fell through today but
it gave us the chance to finish weekly planning. Devon came out with us tonight
to see Chris Washington for a quick lesson before going over to see the
Barbecho’s. Jamie didn’t sit in with us unfortunately but we got to teach Ben
and that went well. We got to talk to him about the priesthood. That finished
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we decided to go and help the Mathis’ with the flood damage. On our way to their
house we stopped by a huge sink hole we found off of the road and explored for
a bit. That was crazy to see all the trees and everything that the water pulled
down. Then we got to the Mathis’ and they weren’t even doing any work today. No
one was there so we headed home to change. Biked quite a bit and did meet a guy
that seemed open to learn. The Sisters had also talked to him not too long ago
and are teaching his wife. Then we biked around. Saw Pat and his dad. His dad
told us to come by the radio station some time and see them. So we will! Then
rode over to our appointment. Andrew met us there and we taught Gerald. Went
and saw Jamie with him too. That went good! Lance kicked Lilly in the face. The
Barbecho kids are crazy. Ate with the Hansen’s. Then had an unexpected lesson
with Wayne Casey. Then finished the night with volleyball. Crazy day!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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started today off going to see the Harter’s but they weren’t home so we decided
to go the long way around the complex to see if we could run into Roger or
Rachel. We ended up running into Roger and somehow got on the family history
topic so we are going to try to do some family history on Wednesday with him.
Then we had lunch and then headed to a baptism. We went to Gary Miller’s
baptism for the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward Sisters and it was a good service. Gary
seems like he was so ready for it. We were talking after and I guess the Elders
had stopped by his house a few days before the Sisters and he turned them down.
President and Sister Smith were there as well and it was fun talking to them.
It always is! Then the Defuniak Elders drove us down to Defuniak for the Defuniak
Sisters baptism. Another great service! This one was for James Griffith and he
was also so ready for the gospel! Then we stayed for their fellowship activity
after and played volleyball and basketball. Elder Rasmussen and I played in
dress clothes. I had to go no shoes during basketball but killed it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today was a really good day! First thing we went and saw Brother Harter to get
him to church. Had a great conversation and he said he would be there but he
didn’t come </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt;">L</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. After that meeting we ate and went to church. Brother
Burbidge, Brother Taylor and Lauren Wadas all spoke and did a really good job!
All about prayer and our heritage from God. Great church meetings today. After
church we had dinner at the Cockrell’s and Brother Cockrell showed us something
interesting in the Book of Mormon. He showed us how Lehi’s vision of the Tree
of Life could be talking about the kingdoms of glory. Cool insight! After
dinner we headed to the Burbidge’s for a lesson with their friends the
Pfalzgraf’s (Pauls-Graf). Their 17 year old daughter Lauren has been reading
the Book of Mormon and is in Helaman and she knows it’s true. She does dance
with the Burbidges’s daughter Brooklyn. It was a great lesson and they are a
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an eye appointment first thing. I found out I am slightly near sighted and now
have 20/30 vision. I remember when it
was 20/15 but it is on a slow decline. I am blessed to have as good of vision
as I do. We also got to hang out with the Defuniak Elders Hintze and Larsen all
day. They came down for basketball and that was fun. Played at Twin Hills. It
is always a good time. Louisville’s starting point guard Chris Jones was there.
He looks like he is pretty good. I believe he is a freshman from what the
chatter said. We also went to “The Incredible Shoe Sale”. I got some really
nice dress shoes for meetings. Then we ate at the Barbecho’s and got to teach
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Today we headed down to Niceville to their district meeting. Good district
meeting. A fun group of missionaries are down there. Ate at the Chinese Buffet
with them, and by “them” I mean Elder Swenson and Elder Smellie. Then we did
our exchange with them. Elder Swenson and I went to Crestview and had a good
day. First thing we did was teach Shelton who was not all there. He was
laughing hard at the most random times. So I don’t know if he is accountable.
After that we taught Chris Robbins and read 2 Nephi 33 with him and also read
Ezekiel 37 and I think those may have hit him a little bit. Then we went to
teach Gerald with Brother Wanner. Before seeing Gerald we talked with 2 other
guys and invited them to come play basketball with us. Then Gerald didn’t end
up being home so we taught his stepson and his stepson’s cousin. Their names
were J.R. and Annie. Hope we can teach them again. Then we had a great dinner
with the Climer’s. They make salmon and we had a light sabre duel. Legit! Then
tried to see Danny but that didn’t work out. Then it dawned on me that we got
an HQ referral today! Name is Jerry Barnett. Great guy! He let us in and we got
to teach him. He has had some hard times. His daughter passed away in a car
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and we got way off task. Saw Jamie for a lesson and she read with us and also
prayed! It was so awesome! Then we had a lesson with Judy our neighbor. Brother
Dunn came with and we taught about the restoration of the gospel. She seems very
humble and ready to learn but has a lot of change to make. She is such a kind lady!
We then ate and then went back to the Barbecho’s to help them prep for their
move. Took down a swing set and the shed in their backyard. It was really fun
to do. I love doing service. Cleaned up for some dinner at the Boyd’s. We got
ties and had them autograph them for us. They gave us the ties and they are
really nice. Then we had our coordination meeting which was really long but a
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thing we did today is go over to the Barbecho’s to continue helping them with
prep for their move to North Carolina. We ate lunch with them and had an
unexpected call from Elder Winter and we told him where we were so he came by.
We told them to come in through the back door so they wouldn’t see them. It was
pretty awesome. Jamie saw their care pulling up and it freaked her out a bit so
we had to pretend it was the Sisters driving by. Then Elder Winter and Elder
Rowan walked in right behind Jamie. We headed home to weekly plan and change.
Then we had dinner at the Thatcher’s. They made some really good steak. Then we
had basketball and no one showed so we went out to see a couple people with no
luck. Also hit 21 months today! Almost forgot we saw Chris Nichols last thing
and read with him in our car. It was good and really seemed to uplift him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today we went to see the Cockrell’s referral but he was busy talking to
someone. We also realized that it was in the Olive Branch area. So we referred
it to those Sisters. Then had a lesson with Jerry. Brother Wirt came and the
lesson was pretty good but I feel we didn’t answer his questions as well as we
could have. We were too wordy some of the time. Then Brother Wirt took us and
his son, Nathan, to Los Rancheros. Elder Rasmussen and I realized some songs
that were playing that we formerly thought were innocent are not! Then we got
an oil change and I had a huge headache so we just chilled at the dealership! Looked
at some of the cars. The new Impalas are sick! Saw Pat for a bit and got to
talk to him a bit. He showed us a cool Evil Knievel comic book that he has that
is signed by him. Had dinner and then volleyball.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Went to the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward Sister’s baptism. Really cool and spiritual
service. Having a ton of success in the zone. Had lunch and studies and then
biked a ton all day. Oh, we also taught Darren right after the baptism. That
lesson was great! He just finished the Book of Mormon for his 2<sup>nd</sup>
time. He just needs the spiritual witness that it’s true. Biked a ton to see
Brother Harnet. Learned some interesting stuff from him. He was telling us that
some guy came up with some sort of solar panel road. I guess they would be very
efficient and would pay for themselves quick. Saw Ryan Kirkendoll briefly and
their family is having some trials. He is such a nice guy. Met a homeless guy
who actually seems pretty promising. As promising as a homeless guy can be.
Today was so hot and we are tired. Good day though. As we were talking with
Darren about church today he asked about how he should dress. We told him and
he was telling us he would dress up but he couldn’t tie a tie. We told him we
could teach him. Then I told him, “If ya teach a man to fish, he will eat for
a lifetime. Teach a man to tie a tie, looks good forever.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today was a great day! Had Ward Council and it was a really good council. Came
home for our studies and lunch. Then back to the church to teach Darren with
Andrew as our member presents. Darren is a smart guy and he seems to grasp
things. He just needs a witness that it is true. Had great church meetings too.
The Climer’s gave some great talks in Sacrament! Elders Quorum was good. Brother Climer was released as Elders Quorum
President and Brother Wadas was then set apart with Brother Oliphant and
Brother Wirt as his two counselors. Andrew taught Elders Quorum and the power
went out while he was teaching. Then you just hear President Miller in his deep
voice say, “Keep going”. It was pretty funny. Ate dinner at the Fisher’s and
that was good. They are a really good couple. Celestial people! Talked with
Glen Ashby briefly after that. Then I drove around a bit to show Elder
Rasmussen some places just in case I get booted out of Crestview. Stopped by
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preparation day today. Good emails and all. It’s always good to hear from my
family. Played basketball at Twin Hills and had a sick play where I posted up
on the left side of the hoop, then received the ball and as I was catching the
ball I saw Elder Rasmussen cutting so I just threw the ball up over my head. As
I turned around I saw Elder Rasmussen jump up, grab the ball and lay it in to
complete an aly-oop. It was so cool! We also had dinner with the Peterson’s. It
is always a good time there. Then went to the Barbecho’s and ended up teaching
Ben because Jamie wouldn’t come in. Ben seems to be closer to God and more
motivated to do what’s right. Then we began our exchange with the Crestview 2<sup>nd</sup>
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exchange with Crestview 2<sup>nd</sup>. I went with Elder Urquiaga in their
area and Elder Perkins came to ours with Elder Rasmussen. We had a pretty good
day in CV2. Met a few potential investigators. Crestview 2<sup>nd</sup> seems
like it is ready to blow up. Andrew Linares from my ward actually came out with
us to see Jim Brown. Jim is a great guy and has a ton of faith. I really hope
he will pursue the gospel. Talked to a way awesome lady named Thelma. Kicked
around a soccer ball with Landon her 3 year old. Had a lesson at the Vause’s
home and taught their baptismal date Josh. He seems very ready for baptism.
Then had to do some unexpected service at 8 pm. Helped a member move in. Great
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planned for Zone Conference and planned in completely the wrong direction. So
we had to start from square one all over again. Took so long but then we had
the idea of talking about working with the ward leaders. Made some copies at
the church and then went to Josh’s. That fell through but he has been reading
the Book of Mormon! Talked with Brother Hawes a bit about a bunch of military
stuff. Learned how the fighter planes and all the planes get their #’s in the
title. Ate with the Boyd’s and then had coordination. Then we went to the Washington’s
and had a reading session with them. I really like them. I hope we can get them
to progress.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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weekly planned faster than ever before. Saw Theresa and she is struggling a bit
but I think she will start doing better. She just has some discouragement with
her calling and everything. She did meet a guy that she wants us to meet! Then
we swung by the Mathis’ and helped them box up some dishes. Set up a time to go
there on Saturday to help. Then we jetted down to the Cochran’s for dinner and
I wasn’t feeling too good so I didn’t get to enjoy it as much as I would have
liked. Went with Brother Blum after that. First we saw Tony and bore powerful
testimony which made him mad so he walked away. He doesn’t want us back. Then
headed to the Nimmo’s with Brother Blum and had a great lesson with them!
Samantha, Isaiah and Levi were there. Then we met Andrew and his friend Derrick
at the church for basketball. We didn’t have time to get our clothes so we
played in church clothes and when we finished I ended up jamming it in church
clothes twice! Great way to finish the night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Zone Conference. It was way awesome. President talked a bit about the original
12 apostles. It really hit me that we don’t have to be perfect. Peter wasn’t,
Thomas wasn’t and Judas wasn’t yet they were chosen by Christ. Briefly saw the
Barbecho’s before eating at the Taylor’s. They are the best family! I love
going there. Went to see the Higgins who weren’t home. Darren went to volleyball
so we decided to go and play some volleyball. That was awesome!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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breakfast/meeting with President Miller and it was good. Headed home to study a
bit and get ready to help the Mathis’. Then headed there to find a sign that said
they cancelled because of the forecast. So we went on a walk and found a guy
name Anthony who said we could come see him. Went with Andrew Linares to see
Darren but Darren cancelled so we stopped by a ton of places and randomly
decided to try Pat. Ended up teaching Pat and found out he went to school with
Andrew’s mom. It was so awesome to see that happen! Great connection. Then
Andrew came and ate with us at the Barbecho’s. Good food! Then we went and had
an extensive Q&A with Eric Eliot. Hopefully we can get him to look at the
spiritual side of things. Great guy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mother’s Day to all moms but most definitely my mom! Love you! Went to 2<sup>nd</sup>
Ward’s Sacrament Meeting because Andrew picked up Chris Robbins so he could
make it to church. It was a great meeting. We then studied a bit and then
headed to our church meetings. Brother Peterson gave a great talk! He always
does a good job because he studies regularly. Brother Boyd also gave a great
lesson in Gospel Principles. We went to the Taylor’s and got to call my dad and
skyped my mom, Zach, Sean, Natalie and Todd were there too. It was so good to talk to them all! I love
all of them! Then I ate a bit ’cause they made food too! Amazing meat loaf!
Best cook ever = Sister Taylor. Then had a fun spiritual message and also
Brother and Sister Taylor sung “Every Rose Has A Thorn” by Guns ‘n Roses while
Brother Taylor played the guitar. So cool! It was a great day!</span><span style="font-family: Maiandra GD, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ball’d it up again at Twin Hills and tore it up! We only played a few games
today. Had dinner with the Bissen’s and taught Andy after. The lesson went
pretty well. Not sure if Andy is really seeking too hard right now. He is going
to get there though. Brother Climer came to Josh’s right after that lesson. We
had a good lesson with him about the Sabbath Day. He is really coming along!
That was about all that happened.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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today was prepping to go to MLC. Then MLC was cancelled due to tornado watches
throughout the entire mission. Went to District Meeting with the Defuniak
District to have a conference call about the weather with President Smith. He
told us all to just go home and stay in. So we didn’t do too much today. Read
some scrips and a ton out of Jesus the Christ and also read a conference talk.
Didn’t storm too bad until about 5 and then it rained and got worse from then
on. Got some good videos of lightning which was cool. We also heard about
tornadoes hitting Pensacola and Dothan areas. Rumor has it they are coming to
Crestview.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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day of much rain and a continued lockdown. It was really quite boring being
stuck inside for that long. The south got destroyed by the weather! Saw Jamie
briefly and ran around with the Barbecho children. It was good! Ate with the
Burton’s. Brother Burton’s parents were there and they know Don & Dorothy
Bradford from my home ward. Small world!
Then had coordination. That finished the night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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long day of weekly planning. It is tough to have a quick weekly planning
session when you constantly get phone calls and distractions. Then we went out
to see a bunch of people and unfortunately we didn’t have a ton of luck. Talked
to a sweet lady name Keiko York. She is a really nice Asian lady that was media
referred to us. She wasn’t interested unfortunately. Then we had dinner and
then had basketball. Darren and Andrew came so it was small but we still had a
good time and Darren said he would be baptized when I asked him about it. Then
got home to plan our exchange with the assistants. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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up being a lot different than planned. Had our exchange with the assistants.
Elder Musgrave came with me and Elder McPherson went with Elder Rasmussen.
Elder Musgrave and I spent our whole day helping Joyce Mathis with her flood
problem. The 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward Elders were there too and Elder Rasmussen and
Elder McPherson came later. Her house flooded probably 3 feet deep in water and
she had to be taken out with a canoe. Luckily the water was no longer in the
house when we got there. We spent the day cleaning out her house and she had a
ton of stuff. Not to be rude but she is hoarder status. Tore shelves out of her
house. Pulled up carpet. You name it and it had to be done. It was fun and
hopefully we can get some teaching from it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a really awesome lesson with Josh Vining about how he can quit dipping by
reading and praying when he wants to do so. Had a lesson planned with Theresa
that didn’t work out so we headed to Joyce’s place to help some more with that
project. They had to do a flood cut and all sorts of demolition to get it ready
to be put back together. Emptied an entire closed-in porch full of all sorts of
bags of soaked fabric and magazines. Talked with her granddaughter, Lindsey,
about her days in Utah. She lived in Syracuse and Layton. She seems like she
might / could accept the gospel. Then we headed to the Barbecho’s for dinner
and to our surprise Ben got home from his deployment last night so it was great
to be able to talk to him again and see how he has been. It was a good time.
Then went to Sam Hills and tried to do some more family history. Couldn’t find
anything. He kind of bashed our religion in a nice way. He told us he is
Calvinist and I had never met one before. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">They believe God has already chosen who will be in heaven. It’s a different
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great day. Talked to Brother Bruno a bit. Good guy. The Sisters are working
with him though. Then looked for a house that doesn’t exist. Highlight of the
day was going to the broadcast of the Fort Lauderdale Dedication. It was
awesome and the Spirit was so strong! It was awesome to get to listen to President
Uchtdorf. Then we headed down to teach Eric Eliot with Brother Peterson. It was
a really good lesson and Eric asks a lot of really great questions. Then taught
Andy and we actually got a little progression I think. Then went to see the
Whipple’s. Sean wasn’t there but we got to talk with Sister Whipple and her
daughter Kristin. Had a good convo and we set up an appointment. Then met the
Burton’s at the Barbecho’s but the Barbecho’s were gone so we talked with them
a bit. Also saw Johnny for the first time in a long time. He has been doing
good. We will probably start going there again and see if we can get some
progression. Also saw Gerald today briefly and he is going through a rough
patch. Hope he will embrace the Gospel cause it will help. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Monday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> – Today was a
great preparation day! Balled it up with the black kids again. I hit like 3
game winners which was a good thing and made it really fun. Jamie got sick so
we couldn’t eat there but Brother Burbidge took us out to eat at Applebee’s and
I had the juiciest steak ever! It was so good! Brother Burbidge is such a cool
guy. I wish I could remember some of the hilarious quotes form our conversation
with him. Then we had a good lesson with Andy talking about real intent. It
went well. He has sadly back slid…we will get him there!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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It is going pretty fast. Had a really great district meeting in Elder
Urquiaga’s district meeting. It was really powerful. He talked about doing a 40
day fast type deal where you fast from worldly things and try to break bad
habits and become better. I am going to do one pretty soon. Had our exchange
with the DeFuniak Elders after district meeting. I went with Elder Larsen to
DeFuniak and Elder Rasmussen went with Elder Hintze to Crestview. DeFuniak is
huge so we spent a ton of time to drive different places. We first picked up
“farm bread” from a member with the Habel’s (senior couple). Then helped some
member, the Howard’s, pull up some carpet so they can lay wood flooring. Had
some delicious chili with no meat in it. Left there to go to a lesson but
Rosylyn thought it was on Thursday so we moved that. Saw a less-active and then
did our companion study to finish the night. Then talked to Savannah their
gator about not being Wonder Woman for some event she is going to. My reasoning
is because Wonder Woman has an invisible car and that isn’t riding in style.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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day off Elder Larsen and I did our exchange report then headed out to teach
Savannah, their gator, but she was a bit late so Elder Hintze and Elder
Rasmussen got back before we started so all 4 of us taught her. I think Elder
Rasmussen and I probably could have left to make it less intimidating. She is
golden though. Should get baptized soon. Headed home to do some of our zones
key indicators on Excel so that we could graph it and track it. Should help the
zone out hopefully. Ate dinner with the Boyd’s. Found out from Brother Boyd
that Tony isn’t happy with us for some reason. Had some hilarious dinner
conversation with the Boyd’s. Brother Boyd has a bit of a messed up eye and
Elder Rasmussen asked him about it. Brother Boyd responded by saying he got
surgery on it to make it so he could see the intent of people’s hearts. Then
topped it by telling us he looked at too much port…he was joking of course.
Also had coordination. Oh he told us the real reason of his eye being messed
up. He had surgery to reattach his retina and it didn’t work and he now has a
ton a scarring on it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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our weekly planning session. Went good. Took up a lot of time though as always.
Went over to the Rice’s and talked with them a bit and then when Andrew go
there we taught a short lesson. Read a bit from Alma 32. Their hearts are softening
a bit. Then we had a short meeting with the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward Elders and
Sister Newell about the Family History Center rules. Then we tried to see Tony
and he wasn’t happy to see us at all. I am not sure what he has heard or read
but he said he didn’t want any more false prophecies. Then we ate dinner and
then played basketball at the church for our fellowship activity. Got a good
crowd. Brother Ratcliff finally came and he is really good! It was way fun!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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honestly a really rough day. We walked around to start the day and we had some
good success. Got Caitlin’s phone number so we could get in contact with her.
Talked with Sister Bielec and her niece. Talked a bit and said a prayer. Had
lunch and then did some brief service for Donna. Came back and changed to go to
our lesson to teach Chris Robbins. It went pretty well and he is understanding
it pretty good. Stopped by the Whipple’s and talked to Sister Whipple for a
minute. She is a really nice lady. Also met a kid named Cole that lives nearby
and got his number for basketball on Thursdays. Then ate at the Wanner’s. It
was so much fun. Talked about Elders and their weird quirks that they do with
each companion. Brother Wanner told us about how he read to one of his
companions while his companion took a bath. Then he gave us each a giant piece
of ice cream cake. Took a minute to eat all of that. Darren then fell through
so we tried to see a less active and then had volleyball and that was fun. All
of that made the day better then it started<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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talked with President Miller about some things to improve the work in the Wards
or Branches to help hasten the work. Then had our studies before heading out to
help the A-Team Sisters with service. The service fell through. Had a pretty
good lesson later that day with Gerald Jones (T-Pain) as we call him because he
look like him. Then we talked to Mike on the phone and he wanted us to go teach
him or something but we think he was toying with us. Checked out the car show
on Main Street while we were waiting for him to text back. Got to sit in a 1920
Model T. That was sweet! Went to see the Thomas’. Brother Thomas isn’t really
progressing toward anything right now. Saw Josh and he is going pretty well. He
took his test so we can start teaching him again. Gonna have to give him a jump
start to get him to May 31<sup>st</sup> for baptism. Went by to see Chris
Nichols and told him his nickname if 5 cents because of his last name. I am
glad we went there because he needed some uplifting. Chris also dropped a rhyme
for us. That sums up the day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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interesting. Definitely didn’t go how we thought it would. Had Ward Council and
discussed the Ward Mission Plan. The leaders, not all but some, do not get the
concept of a Ward Mission Plan. They seem to think that if your ward isn’t
functioning as well as it could that a Ward Mission Plan won’t work. In reality
it is the opposite. If you don’t have a functioning Ward Mission Plan then your
ward won’t function. People don’t understand that the only thing in the Church
is missionary work. No matter what you are doing in the church it is all
supposed to bring souls to Christ. Brother Burbidge talked to us after about a
great idea he had. We were telling Bishop about it after church and as we were
talking about it Elder Rasmussen just said something along the lines of, “It’s
all just a work in progress”. So we might use “A Work In Progress” as our ward
mission plan motto. Had dinner at the Fisher’s and went with Brother Fisher to
home teach the Boyett’s. Fun day but church stuff took so much time.</span><span style="font-family: Maiandra GD, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the much anticipated day that we find out if we will be transferred. To my
surprise I will be staying here in Crestview for at least 6 more weeks.
Emailing was good. Some days it is so hard to find the motivation to write
people at this point in my mission. Played some more basketball at Twin Hils.
It wasn’t as fun today but it was still pretty good. I think it was just the
mood I was in. Had dinner with the Thomas’ and had a powerful lesson there.
Looks like Brother Thomas might come on a church tour with us. Then Brother
Wadas came with us to teach Jamie and the lesson was powerful! Jamie is so
close to allowing Christ to take over her life. I want her to come unto Christ
so bad! It will bless their family so much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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today! Had District Meeting and afterwards had our district activity of
ultimate Frisbee which was way fun. Got a bit muddy and the Sisters played too.
We did some Elders vs. Sisters. There were a lot of Sisters on their team. It
was 6 on 8 or 10. I can’t really remember how many. Had lunch and then a great
lesson with Theresa and Ariel. They plan on Utah in July and October. Then we
went and made programs and preparations for Wes’ baptism which was so powerful!
I had the opportunity to baptize him and give the talk on the Holy Ghost. It
was so awesome and so calming. Then we had some dinner with Wes, Erika, Alyssa,
Erica and Cameron. It was a lot of fun. Elder Urquiaga was talking to little
Erica in an English accent which caused all three of us to go off for the rest
of the night in English accents. It was so funny!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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started the day off working on transfers. Got that all ready to go for
tomorrow. Started the day off getting stuck a little bit in English accents. It
was pretty funny. Elder Urquiaga couldn’t even speak normal without thinking
really hard. Tracted into a less active lady, Brenda Bailey, which was weird. I
didn’t know she even lived where we found her. I have been on that street a few
times and didn’t realize it. Moved some couches to the curb for her. It was
cool to see the spirit work with us. Started with an unplanned visit to Darren.
He wasn’t home so we headed to Lake Drive where a couple potentials and less
actives live. On the way to those people we met a really nice guy who was
thinking about finding a new church. It was sweet! Taught Chris Nichols a
little Easter lesson and taught Chris Robbins a bit about the fall and our
life. Chris Robbins is coming along pretty well! Then we had to go to the 2<sup>nd</sup>
Ward choir practice for their Easter performance. They tried to convince us to
sing Sunday but it’s not our ward it’s Urquiaga’s. Then finished the night with
coordination at Brother Boyd’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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transfer day! Transfer went great! Found out that I was supposed to be
transferred to Ozark and be companions with Elder Miller who used to be down
here in Destin. It was great to see Elder May, Elder Condie, Elder McPhearson,
Elder Musgrave and a bunch of others. Sad to see some of the missionaries in
the zone leave like Elder Sorrel and Elder Bochener and also Elder Lopez. And
we also helped Donna briefly in between transfers. Taught some great lesson
with Andrew Linares. Taught the Rice’s and they let us teach again. That was
good! Not as awkward as we expected. Then we taught Jamie and she told us she
is considering making her appearance this Sunday at church. Then we had dinner
and played around with a numbers calculator on Excel that was emailed to us for
our zone #’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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kind of a weird day because we started to do our weekly planning but ended up
doing a bunch of zone planning. Then I got a letter from my mother rebuking me
for not following the spirit. So I will be going home 30 days later instead of
early for school because I felt right about that when I asked the first time.
Then we went to the McKenzie’s to help them lay some wood flooring. It was
awesome to get to learn how to do that. I love Brother McKenzie! He is such a
man’s man! So fun to spend time with him, had dinner there too. Brother
McKenzie made Jambalaya. It was exquisite! Then went to volleyball. No gators
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breakfast at the church for an Easter thing. It was fun. Got to talk to the
children in a British accent and it entertained them quite a bit. Had an odd
day with quite a bit of weekly planning. Got to go on a church tour. We took
Brother Thomas on it and it went very well. He might even come tomorrow!
Brother Hansen came an did a good job teaching a bit. Also went to Sam Hill’s
house. The Niceville Elders told us to go by and to do some family history. So
we did and it ended up turning into a really messy lesson of why we do family
history work. He didn’t really like our scriptural reasons. He did take a Book
of Mormon. Talked to a really rude lady and her pretty nice husband. Stopped by
Jamie’s briefly and she gave us an awesome Easter thing called the Resurrection
eggs. Hope she comes to church tomorrow! Had dinner and a FHE with the Tatro’s.
It went well and we used Jamie’s eggs thing. It is a dozen plastic Easter eggs
that have different objects that relate to the Resurrection. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">That
was all that happened. Got a sweet tie in the mail today too actually from my
mom.</span></div>
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today! Had 4 people come to the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward then had one to our ward.
It is awesome to be able to get people to church. Elder Rasmussen and I also
got to speak with Andrew Linares in Sacrament Meeting and Wes was also
confirmed in Sacrament. It made for a great Sacrament meeting on Easter. Wes
told me that the confirmation was really powerful. Elder Rasmussen is the
person who he asked to confirm him. Theresa also gave the closing prayer in
Sacrament. That was sick! Had a great dinner and lesson with the Washington’s.
They are really fun to be around. Also had an interesting experience while
talking to Tony. A guy named Mike asked who were so we talked to him. He kept
telling us that we were lying and that we weren’t who we claimed to be. He
thought we were the CIA or something similar. It was pretty funny. Then we met
Bertha Smith a former from the days of Elder Mallory. Weird how the spirit
guides. #BecauseOfHim</span><span style="font-family: Maiandra GD, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Monday</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> – Today we
went shopping first because I had a doctor’s appointment with Doctor Roberts
for my ankle. My ankle is fine. Our gator Crystal gave us each a $50 gift card
to Hibbet Sports. We were surprised that she got it. She kept asking and we
told her as a joke and she did it. Then we played basketball and it was so
humid that the indoor courts were slick. Elder Rasmussen almost did the splits
cause of it. Had a great dinner with the Tatro’s and had a ton of laughs about
Uranus. It was a good time. Then role played for zone training.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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our zone training meeting and it was pretty awesome. It was the most fun to
teach out of all the zone training that I have done. The entire zone was
engaged and offered insight. Had a bit of lunch at the Chinese Buffet but we
made that quick so we could go to Hibbet’s in Niceville and see if they had
anything. They didn’t but they are going to send some Kobe and Durant shoes to
Crestview’s HIbbett and then they will call us when they get them in. Headed to
Crestview and called Elder Mills about our phone then headed to the church to
meet Wes there. He was way late but we were able to teach a bit about the
Sabbath. Had a lesson with Mark Hayes. Read the intro of the Book of Mormon and
that really helped him understand it a bit better. Then we were going to help
put a bed in the Sister’s apartment but they beat us to it. So President
Morgan, the Olive Branch President, got us Wendy’s. Then we went to see Jamie
and teach her a bit but ended up just setting up an appointment. She did tell
us that she wants to get more serious with learning about the church.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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crazy day! Talked to an old guy in his underwear at his doorstep. Then we rode
our bikes all over the place and talked to a ton of people but unfortunately we
didn’t get any new gators. Talked with a guy who use to be a member but left
because the church doesn’t do enough for the world according to him so we told
him to check out lds.org and all the stuff the church does. Our church I am
confident to say does more than anyone. Saw the Nunley’s for a brief moment
before they had to head out. Then we went to see Crystal and to see “mom”. It
was a crazy visit but it ended up turning around at the end. Crystal has so
much potential! We also ate there. Crystal got us pizza. Then headed to teach
Wes at the church. Had to wait a long while but finally got to. It was pretty
good!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a bunch of time devoted to weekly planning. Wes’ appointment fell through
because there was a gas spill on 85 so he was running really late. Brother
Burbidge then picked us up and we taught Theresa and Ariel. Wow! Theresa is so
solid! She just keeps trekin’ forward even through struggles. I love those two!
Then they also told me they might head to Utah in August timeframe. That would
be sick! Then we went with Brother Burbidge to see the Washington’s and had a
great lesson. Chris tends to get off on some tangents. They want to feed us on
Saturday so we are stoked for that. Brother Burbidge then treated us to
Firehouse which was delicious. Took us home and then Bishop met us at the
Bissen’s. Andy told us he wanted to take a break. He didn’t really have a good
reason but we might still be going by. Bishop bore strong testimony. Josie is
also walking now. Then we went to play ball at the church with Jerome and
Pablo. The 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward Elders, Hunter from the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward and
Andrew Linares who just got home from his mission. Jerome and Pablo played at
Twin Hills with us. It was pretty good. I sucked it up though.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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really weird day but it was pretty good. Taught Wes first thing. Went over the
baptismal Q’s with him and set up some things for his baptism. He also prayed and
we could never get him to before. He gets really nervous but it was a great
step! Then taught Chrystal and even got her into our church and the lesson went
pretty well. She and her friend, Jason, both opened up to us a ton. It was
great! Went with Andrew Linares, well he came with us and we taught a guy named
Damingo. Andrew translated for us and we tried to teach him. Didn’t get far
though. Then went home for lunch at like 2:30 pm. Ate and activated our new
phone. They sent us a dang LG Smart phone. It is sweet! Finally got that set up
and then picked up my Kobe Venomenon 4’s and Elder Rasmussen’s Durant 6’s. That
was for our dinner hour. We picked them up from HIbbet’s. After that we went
over to see Jamie and we finally got to teach her and she asked great
questions. It was pretty awesome. Then we played volleyball which was pretty
good. It was pretty dead compared to how it used to be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Miller and then back home for studies and to finish up weekly planning. Went to
try to see Jose who wasn’t home so we headed to the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward Elders
apartment to get them so we could drop Elder Burnham off at Wendy’s and the
assistants took him to Tally and then he will fly to Zimbabwe. Elder Urquiaga
then became our “AZL” (Assistant Zone Leader). He answered our phone and said,
“Hello this is the Assistant Zone Leader, Elder Urquiaga, speaking in behalf of
Elders Rasmussen and Foster”. Then after they asked for what they needed he
said, “We will check the underground and see what we can do”. It was so funny!
Met a really cool guy today name Clay who was really cool. He made a sick
“Joker” from Batman sculpture and was painting it when we walked up. Also got
to teach a guy in 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward a bit. His name is Bill Kelch. Really
nice guy and he told us he would be at church tomorrow. Should be sick!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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interesting day. We first had the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward’s Ward Council which was
sweet! It runs like a machine! Then had 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward church which was
pretty good. Bishop Roberts is such an organized guy. Must be the doctor in
him. Had an awesome lunch at the Toolan’s (in 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward). They are a
really cool family. They have a daughter in California on a mission. Then we
headed back for our church at 1:00. We had Ward Conference. Honestly I couldn’t
focus at all being at church for the 2<sup>nd</sup> time in one day. Had a
great dinner with the Wyatt’s and got to talk to her more about my possible
career choice. Then Brother Cochran drove us down to Fort Walton to the “Lamb
of God” musical performance down there. It was good! Sister Oliphant and Sister
Newton did a great job on their solos. Way to represent the CVI Ward. It was a
great day!</span><span style="font-family: Maiandra GD, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a Twin Hills again. Elder Smellie and Elder Swenson came up from Niceville
because Elder Smellie had a dentist appointment up in Crestview so they got to
play. Elder Smellie is way good! Had dinner and a lesson at the Bissen’s. It
went pretty good. Andy just needs to take the leap of faith and get baptized.
Saw the Nunley’s briefly. They are way funny people and I really love going
there. I also got to look up schools and found out I will eventually be going
to Utah State or to BYU at some point because they have Dietetics programs.
That was about everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Today
we went to the DeFuniak District Meeting. Elder Hintze is a brand new district
leader but he does an excellent job so far. Traded off with DeFuniak. I went
with Elder Hintze to Crestview and Elder Rasmussen went with Elder Larsen to
DeFuniak. Elder Hintze and I had a pretty good exchange. He really wants to be
effective so we discussed making visits with less-actives more effective by
using the how to begin teaching bullet points. We were able to see Jamie for a
brief moment and teach her a little bit. I think she might just like our
company though. I don’t feel she really wants to learn. Went to see the
Thomas’s and Brother Thomas didn’t come out so Sister Thomas gave us some Blue
Bell Ice Cream. It is dang good! Shared a little message with her about Ammon’s
perseverance with King Lamoni. Taught Chris Nichols a lesson and he is going to
come out with us to a lesson. Read a bit with Angie Davis and it looks like she
is going to be moving soon. That was about all the highlights.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Hintze back first thing and tried to do some role plays. They were not very
effective though. Hard to keep everyone focused. We were all a bit distracted.
Weird day but we did get back in contact with Donna and we plan on helping her
tomorrow. She got some of her path laid but had to tear some of it back up. It
wasn’t level and we will have to pull some more up tomorrow. Went and picked up
Chris after that to take him to Jose’s and that was such a funny appointment.
At one point Jose said “I’m 5’9” so basically 6 foot”. Elder Rasmussen and I
started laughing so hard. They got off on all sorts of topics. Saw the
Woodring’s for a brief lesson and that went well. They’re cool! Ate with the
Ratcliff’s which was really fun. They really crack me up! Then went to get a
canopy for Brother Hartwell and he showed us all the cool things they are
changing in their house. He is such a cool guy! Love this ward!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thursday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Today
we went to Donna’s in the morning to help her with her walkway and there was a
guy named Will there who had done a lot of walkways and knew how to make it
nice and flat. He was really good and he could explain things to Donna really
well to get her to understand what he was doing. Had a really quick lunch and
then went to see Theresa and Ariel. That was a good visit except that Theresa
told us that she is still having issues with a member who is racist. It is
really pushing her to her limit. Skylark’s fell through. They forgot about our
appointment. Then we went and created some slips for referral sheets for the
Family History Fair. Ate a quick dinner and then went to see Josh Vining and
had a good lesson with him. He seems to be getting a lot more solid. Then we
headed to the church for our first basketball night. It was a success. James
Purcel came and I hadn’t seen him for a long time so it was good to catch up.
He said he was still reading the Book of Mormon and is going to get baptized as
soon as he moves out of his house which is going to happen pretty soon.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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Had a lesson with Pat again and this time Brother Hansen came with us. Pat read
a bit and says he is going to continue to read the Book of Mormon. He is
softening and doesn’t even know it. Then had lunch with the Burbidge’s at
Cracker Barrel and that was way fun. I love getting to talk to the Burbidge’s. They
are such a cool family. Then we had some weekly planning. A quick version of
weekly planning. Then had a great dinner at the Bissen’s with chocolate fondue.
It was really fun. Then had a lesson after that was decent. Andy is being kind
of difficult right now. He is just not excited about the Gospel because it has
been around him so much. Then we had the coolest lesson ever with Tony. First
thing he did was ask why we set the baptismal date for April 26<sup>th</sup>.
We told him we prayed about it and felt good about that. He kept trying to
figure out if there was another reason and come to find out that day is his
mom’s birthday. She just passed away so it was so cool! No coincidences in the
gospel. The assistants then came over for our exchange and we had a lot of fun
chatting it up about “Dumb and Dumber” and “Ace Ventura”.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Today the first thing Elder McPhearson and I did was go to Main Street at about
7 am to set up our Family History booth on Main Street. That took a long time
and then after that we went to McDonald’s because we were locked out because I
forgot to grab the extra key. Elder Rasmussen and Musgrave got back and we were
able to get changed and then do our studies. Went and tried to see a few people
including the Grice’s but they weren’t available but we invited who I believe
was their sister to church because she hasn’t been to her ward in a long time.
Went to the bowling lanes for the Elders Quorum activity because we invited
some investigators to it. Wes did come but he didn’t end of bowling so we
didn’t either. It worked out though because we were able to set up an
appointment with him. Saw a less active name Lucio who I kinda recognized and
come to fine out he worked at the Greenwood Medical Center next to my house as
a nurse. Went to the Family Search booth for our shift which was awesome. We
had a ton of members help out and got 39 referrals of people that want to do
more. After Brother Hartwell took us the APS and 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward Elders to
Bamboo Sushi which was good! Then had a pretty good lesson with Andy. He is
getting closer I think.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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we called referrals from the Family History booth. Went to see some referrals
and potentials with no avail. Then had some great testimonies and lessons at
church. Had the 5<sup>th</sup> Sunday lesson and Bishop Parker asked us to ask
questions that we often got to the members so we could help the members to be
more comfortable to get out there and talk to people about the truth. Taught
Wes right after church about the rest of the Plan of Salvation. Brother Wirt
helped us teach him. It was pretty good other than a tangent here and there.
Then had the coolest Word of Wisdom lesson with Tony. We taught him and he said
he would live it. After the lesson he poured his vodka down the drain. He
hadn’t drunk that for like a year or so, so he was fine with that. He didn’t
want to dump the coffee at first but I think he was so pumped when dumping the
vodka that he decided to just do it. Had dinner after that a then we taught the
Andersen’s a bit and then came to our complex to teach a lady named Judy that
we met today. That fell through so we tried to see Brother Harter – wasn’t home
so we talked to his sister and then we talked to Brian that we used to always
teach. We told him to read the Book of Mormon and live the law of chastity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was a good day. Got an email from the Brooke’s from the Fox Run Ward. It was
awesome to hear from them. They are such a great family. Looks like their
daughter’s boyfriend might just get baptized. Played some basketball again at
Twin Hills Park. We lost for the first time in a long while. I had the shakes
the entire time for some reason but it was still fun. Had Brother Wadas come
out with us to see Mark Hayes but that fell through so we went to see Josh
Vining and taught him the Word of Wisdom and Josh committed to live it. It was
so cool! Then we headed to the Crestview 2<sup>nd</sup> apartment to do an exchange
with them. We are blitzing which means both companionships stay in Crestview 2<sup>nd</sup>
Ward. We hope to find some new gators.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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awesome! We blitzed and I went with Elder Burnham and Elder Rasmussen went with
Elder Urquiaga. Elder Burnham has grown a ton! He was talking to everyone we
saw and it was so good to see. He still isn’t always sure what to say but he is
fearless. Talked with an awesome guy that had a sweet 60’s Buick Classic, I
believe it was. Such a sick car! Had a great conversation with him. Then we had
a weird experience where this little girl asked us who we were and we told her
and then she asked if we wanted to see where she lived. Elder Burnham said sure
and she was on her bike and we awkwardly followed her and one of the people in
the neighborhood drove up wondering what was going on. By then we just gave her
a card but it was weird. Then had dinner at Azteca with the Jackson’s. They are
pretty cool. Brother Jackson is a member but Sister Jackson isn’t yet. She
questions Joseph Smith’s story. Then had a chat and message with the
Homestead’s, well just Brother Homestead and he is an awesome guy. Air Force
guy and he knows so much about it. He has a cool gun too. I don’t know what it
was.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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MLC and President changed it from what it used to be and actually made it into
a council and it was sweet! We got to actually throw out ideas and discuss what
we thought could help the mission and our individual zones. I got to catch up
with Elder Winter and let him know what is going on here in Crestview. Elder
Welch and Elder Smith are also zone leaders so I got to catch up a bit with
them also. After the meeting we went to help Sean Whipple who is married to a
member but he is not yet baptized. We got 10 minutes into the move when a bunch
of stuff fell off of the moving truck hydraulic lift. That included a TV, so in
an attempt to catch the TV…didn’t catch it…Elder Rasmussen dropped a bed frame
which fell and put a giant gash in Sean’s ankle so we had to take him to the ER
so he could get stitches. He was way cool about it though. After that we ate
with the Cochran’s which is always good. Then we had coordination which was
kind of weird for some reason. Probably because our day was chaos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this morning we had a conference call with all of the Sisters in the zone.
There was a sarcasm issue in the zone with feelings getting hurt so we
addressed that. Then we headed to help Sean Whipple move in. Try #2! This time
Brother Dunn was there to help out with the unloading. He is a good guy but
certainly could be a lot more humble. Had lunch and then went and taught Stan
and Helen Rice for the first time. They are very kind and seem very open to
learn about the restored gospel. Did some zone training planning after that and
then got ready to go help Brian Andersen with some service. We got there and
they were getting dinner ready. Brian had some hotdogs and took them outside to
a homemade fire pit in which he started a fire with gasoline and then cooked
the dogs. I don’t think eating food that is cooked with gas seems like a good
idea. Didn’t taste too bad though. Then we asked what we were going to help
with and he didn’t even know. So he decided to cut down a bush in their yard
and their neighbor came over and he had the nasty tattoos on his arms, literally
porn. Ate dinner and had a great lesson with Tony. He is living the Word of
Wisdom still!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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some planning today for zone training this morning. Then went to see Pat but he
wasn’t home so Sister Gray told us to come by for lunch so we went and tracted
a bit and met Mr. Thomley. Really nice guy who talked to us for a long time but
wasn’t interested. Then we met a somewhat rude lady who had a mustache. Ate
with Sister Gray. Did our weekly planning. Then I felt we should go find
someone and Elder Rasmussen thought we should go see Chrystal a referral. So we
went and saw her and got to teach and it went great! She is a really funny lady
and I think she is ready for the gospel. Her mom was there too. Her name if Tonda
but she told us to call her mom. It will be interesting teaching them.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to do a ton today because we had zone training to plan for. We also had General
Conference which is the last one for both Elder Rasmussen and I while on our
missions. Unfortunately no one that was supposed to come did come. There were
some great talks though. Elder Holland’s was awesome as always. Elder Zwick’s
cracked me up! Quote of the conference was him when he was talking about his
wife jumping out of the semi and he got out and said “What were you thinking?”
Good stuff! Gave Sister Haines a blessing. She is such a celestial lady. I hope
her husband gets back to being a strong member. Saw the Tatro’s to see how they
were doing and they volunteered to feed us Monday. That was brief and we headed
to Priesthood which was great. Elder Oaks gave an awesome talk! Then we had
some root beer floats. Headed home after.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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spent a bit more time on our zone training preparations. Had some more
conference and it was great! After President Uchtdorf’s talk I have been
feeling that I need to head home for school but man it is a tough decision. The
fifth session is always hard for me to focus so I didn’t get a ton out of that.
Then after conference we gave Wes a blessing for his toothache and then met Brother
Burton at one house. He gave us a ride in his STI and it was sick! Dinner was
also delicious! Sister Burton did a great job. On the ride home he showed us
what it could do. He told us that it goes 0–100 mph in 8 seconds. I think my
brain almost fell out of my head. Then taught Tony with Brother Boyd and he is
well on his way to baptism. He doesn’t get everything yet but he will. Elder
Rasmussen and I also had a heart to heart conversation with Tony about wine. He
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again at Twin Hills Park. It was pretty good. There are some good players
there. Most of them aren’t that great though. We played together with the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward
Elders and one other guy. It makes me chuckle that 3 white kids and a Peruvian
who are Mormon tore up a bunch of black kids who are more athletic and play way
more. Then later that evening we went to the hospital to give Barry McCall a
blessing and got a bit lost in the hospital because the signs weren’t clear.
Well at least not to us. Finally found him and gave him a blessing. Then
Brother Burbidge came to teach Mark Hayes with us. That went pretty good. He
told us some of the same stories he told the first time. Then we had a fun
little FHE with the Haines. We taught about the Plan of Salvation. William and
Brent are so cut and energetic and Isaac their newborn is a cute little guy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go to their district meeting and see how Elder Smellie is doing as district
leader. He is pretty new at it but his district is doing a really good job.
They tend to get a bit off topic but who doesn’t at times? Then we ate at a
place called Taco Town which was pretty good food. They had some fried cinnamon
tortilla things that were pretty good. Then we traded off. Elder Smellie went
to Crestview with me and Elder Rasmussen and Elder Swenson stayed down in
Niceville. We had a great day in Crestview. Had a lesson with Wes and Erica was
there. Went good. It was more of a get to know lesson. Then had dinner with the
Peterson’s which was awesome as usual! Had yummy pulled pork sandwiches. Then
had a weird lesson with Jamie. Brother Kriser came with and Jamie seems to just
be playing games with us. Then Brother Hartwell came to Tony’s and it was a
great lesson. Tony set April 26th as a baptismal date and we read 3 Nephi 11
and he liked us. Great day!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thing and also did some role plays. During role plays we were all doing
different voices. Elder Rasmussen did “Herbert the Pervert”, Elder Swenson did
Batman, Elder Smellie did a gay southerner and I did “Gollam” from Lord of the
Rings. At one point we were talking about having a “party” jokingly in our
accents. Then Elder Smellie said something about bringing the meat and Elder
Rasmussen responded with ”I hope you’re not talking about your friend’s ye sick
a**”. It was unexpected and he didn’t even mean to say it either. Typed up a
mission call letter for our member MTC tomorrow to help split up the groups.
Then had a lesson with Wes. He is so ready for baptism and that is so cool to
see. They are going to take us out to eat Saturday. Ate at Azteca with the
Boyd’s. It is a pretty good place. Mexican food! Taught Andy a quick lesson.
Brother Peterson came and was awesome once again. Had some funny role plays
with Andy. He pretended to be his brother and I pretended to be him. Then we
practiced what he might say. Had coordination which was short and sweet. Then
gave a blessing to Fay Mason. It was a bit weird because I had the thought to
tell her to move on but didn’t know if it was my thought or the Lord’s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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good. Didn’t get to do our comp inventory but finished everything else. Had a
pretty good lesson with Chris and Tina Washington. They told us they would come
to church with us. Should be sweet! Also saw a Nissan GT-R at one point which
was sweet. Flew down to eat dinner with the Wadas’. They are awesome and have a
ton going on right now but they are still awesome and always great
conversations. Then flew to our apartment to pick up some family proclamations.
Then flew to the church for the member MTC which wasn’t as big as we were
hoping but it was still fun. We ended up doing some role plays, some online
media stuff and Preach My Gospel Jeopardy. Pretty good stuff. Then we talked to
the Bishop and Brother Ratcliff about a family history booth we plan on doing
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Pat Dunn and had Sister Gray come and he just couldn’t say no to her. She is
such a sweet 85 year old lady. She grew up with Pat’s grandma so they are
family friends. Then Sister Gray made us some sandwiches which were lovely.
Talked with Wendy O’Bynne, a referral, but she was sick and we talked to a
couple of her neighbors. Talked with Krista and her cousin recently committed suicide
so that was sad to hear about. Also read with Chris Robbins a bit. Wow he is a
spiritual 17 year old. Day was rough at that point and we were tired so we went
and got drinks at Walmart. Talked with Henry a bit which was good and played
volleyball. Might just rename Tucker to Spike because that’s all I did! I was
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chopping down some trees. Actually we were chopping trees up into roughly 3
foot logs. Made a little bridge/path with them. Then we made a really weak
bridge over the creek and I almost fell in a few times. It was really fun! I
got a huge blister on my left palm from axing. Stopped by to see Josh for a
minute. Had an interesting conversation about all the things he wants to change
in his house. He is a great guy! Then headed to the church to teach Wes. He got
there a bit late so it took a minute to get started. Had the lesson and then
they took us down to Fort Walton to dinner at Logan’s Steak House. It was
pretty good. But they messed up so we got back late. Got to talk to Wes about a
ton during the car ride though and talked to him about fasting for his divorce
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well. Then we had a good old fashion chat with Brother Burbidge. He is such a
funny guy. Went home and had lunch while watching “Legacy” and then studied a
bit. Had church which was pretty good. We taught Gospel Principles and was
reminded of how powerful the Bible videos are. We also taught Mallory King. I
wish he would let Christ help him. He is sadly frustrating. Figured out the
signage of our family history booth. After that lesson we got a lot of support
from our ward for the booth. Should be sweet! Had dinner with the Cockrell’s
and they were telling us about the springs throughout Florida and how there is
a giant vacuum like thing going under all of them. Then taught Andy a good
lesson. We showed some of the Bible videos and talked about Christ. Also helped
them put their new mattresses on their bed frame.</span></div>
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Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-6069843057190809292014-03-17T17:30:00.002-06:002014-03-17T17:33:57.448-06:00Monday, 3/10/14 - Sunday, 3/16/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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was way fun! We played ball at Twin Hills with a bunch of black guys and tore
them up pretty good. They cheated a ton too. Had one guy travel terribly and
wouldn’t admit it. Later we ate at the Peterson’s which was really fun! They
are such a celestial family. Had a lesson over at the Thomas’ but Brother
Thomas didn’t even sit in and Brother Hansen even came out with us. Then got
lost in a neighborhood when he was driving us all to the Rodriguez Family home
to give Sister Rodriguez a blessing. It was such a funny memory. Then had a
great blessing that Brother Climer gave.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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headed down to Fort Walton to go to each of their district meetings. I went to
Elder Schwartz’s District Meeting. It was good! Got kinda weird but funny when
in our role play Elder Schwartz, Elder MacLay and I were a TV and Elder
Schwartz started stripping. At least he only took off his jacket, belt and tie.
Then had our exchange after district meeting with the 1<sup>st</sup> Ward.
Elder Atagi came to Crestview with me and Elder Rasmussen and Elder Schwartz
stayed in Fort Walton. We also did some role plays with them before we split.
We didn’t have a ton of success during our day. We gave Sister Maldonado a
blessing before she headed to Utah. Taught Jamie a bit which was good. She is
still planning on church with us this Sunday. I really hope she comes! Saw Mark
Hayes briefly and set up an appointment. Tracted with no success so we visited
with the Haines a bit. They really like Elder Atagi because he is Samoan and
Sister Haines is Fijian so we all talked about all sorts of Polynesian stuff.
Then we had dinner with Sister Blum, the Blum kids, Sister Roberts and Sylvia,
my mom’s cousin. They took us out to Mia’s Italian Restaurant. It was pretty
good. Wow Elder Atagi can pound some food! Tony fell through but we talked to
his brother Henry for a minute or thirty and also got a referral from him to go
see his uncle. Then we did the exchange report and Elder Atagi played some
tunes on his guitar. He is a great guy! Huge 360 pound “teddy bear” type of
guy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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traded back and Elder Schwartz did some “personology” on me. It was so weird!
It is really accurate. He looks at your traits and tells you what
personality/tendencies you have. Then had our exchange with the Fort Walton 2<sup>nd</sup>
Ward Elders. Elder Rasmussen went with Elder Bochenek and then Elder Sorrell
came down to Crestview with me. Did some planning stuff because Elder Sorrell
wanted us to help him plan a bit better. So I did my best to help him. Then we
went to see Chris Nichols but he was gone so we put that on the back burner and
tried to contact a guy. Couldn’t find his address so we went back to see Chris
because he told us he was back. Read a bit and had a good lesson with him.
President Pocket called us. We called him back and I asked him to call my Dad.
I haven’t heard from him for a really long time. Don’t know what is going on
there. Taught Austin again for the first time in forever. Ate a great dinner
with the Boyd’s. Sister Boyd made some daghum good cake/brownie with ice cream
in the middle and fudge on top. Then had a great coordination. Talked about our
member MTC which should be sick!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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traded back with Fort Walton and did some role plays. Went well and it was
pretty fun. Then headed home for some weekly planning and finished it pretty
quick and painless. Taught a good lesson to Josh Vining and it went well. We
are going to help him tomorrow with his jeep. Also set up a church tour with
him and his family! That will be sick! Then we had a great dinner with the
Bissen’s and a great lesson with them after. Had Brother Peterson come again
and he did awesome again! Then had a pretty good lesson with Jamie. Brother
Climer came with some great testimony to add to our lesson. Went pretty well.
Also got to kneel down in prayer with Andy and he prayed to open a joined fast
with him and Brother Peterson and us. It was powerful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a good morning. Went to see Pat, an old potential, and got to teach him about
the doctrine behind family history. It went really well and he invited us back.
Had service with Josh which was kind of slow but we got a bit of work done and
it was fun to get to know him a bit more. Then had a pretty good lesson with
Chris Robbins. Got to answer a couple of questions and help him understand the
gospel a little better. Devon came to teach Theresa and Ariel after that. Ariel
seemed a bit sad but she wouldn’t let on. She did wake up form a nap so she was
probably just tired. Had a quick dinner and then went to have volleyball. Took
some things down that were in the cultural hall for tomorrow to put them back
up when we finished. They showed up to set up more before we were done so we
set up and did some beach volleyball to finish it up. It was way fun to play in
the sand at Twin Hills again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sick! Had a sweet church tour with Josh Vining with Bishop Parker there. It
went really well too. Josh set May 31<sup>st</sup> to work toward for baptism.
Decided to go to Taco Bell but put that on hold for Eric and Stephanie Eliot.
Eric is not a member and had a ton of questions for us. They were all valid
questions. He was feeling sick and allowed us to give him a blessing. I got to
act as voice and it was a powerful experience. I felt that I shouldn’t say
something that the spirit was directing me to say. But the spirit wouldn’t let
me move on so I had to say it. Went and enjoyed happier hour at Taco Bell.
Brother Harter came to teach Tammy and try to resolve her concern but Brother
Harter kinda exploded and talked about way too much. Went to the Grice’s but
that fell through. So we went to volleyball because they decided to do it
again. Unfortunately none of the investigators we invited made it there. It was
really fun though!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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rained like crazy! We went to Tony’s first thing and his street was literally a
river. Brother Boyd came with and we had a really good lesson. He sorta
accepted but didn’t accept a baptismal date. He was there at church though and
that was sweet. He is a cool guy and his son, Ryan, and his daughter, Toni, are
so cute. Church was really good. After church we taught Jamie. She is so
nervous to pray so we were encouraging her to do so. Had to help her get into
their truck so she could get the key out. Somehow Elder Rasmussen did it while
I was on the phone with Brother McKenzie who was telling me we couldn’t do it,
so that was kinda funny. Had a great dinner with Bishop Parker and his
daughters. Role played missionary invites with them. Then Bishop took us to the
Bissen’s where we had a powerful lesson with once again the “spiritual giant”
Brother Peterson! Brother Peterson bore strong testimony of eternal families
and told a really powerful story about his wife dying and the comfort the Plan
of Sal<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>vation brings him. The spirit was so powerful. Then
Brother Peterson took us home.</span></span></div>
Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-46954425293402525322014-03-10T18:42:00.001-06:002014-03-30T13:44:08.198-06:00Monday, 3/3/14 - Sunday, 3/9/14<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Monday </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- Today was kind of a weird day. Elder Evans spent most of it
prepping to send his bike home. It was hard to see someone prepping to go home.
It has been a great time with him. We found out Elder Rasmussen, my MTC
companion, will be my new companion here in Crestview. Had dinner with the
Thomas' as well. I really love them! Bore some strong testimony to Brother
Thomas which was good. Then went to see Ben because he is being deployed
tomorrow so we won't see him again. He went down to South America. Then we flew
to the Harter's for a Family Home Evening.That was really fun! Things seem to
be getting better for the Harter's. He told us some funny stories about him
getting tazed and taxing other people too. So funny!</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">-Today
we had a great District Meeting with our own district finally. It was really
good. Elder Urquiaga is a great district leader. Then we did some district
pictures. After that we had some lunch with the Burbidge's at Whataburger. The
manager was LDS and ended up giving us and Brother Burbidge our food for free.
We were all so mind blown by it too. Went to see Mike but he told us he
didn't want to learn. That was a weird situation. Met John, a referral, and he
was nice. Hope he is interested. Went out with Brother Jones from the 2nd Ward
and he took us to go see a couple of his friends in our ward. Didn't work out
but he told us a cool story about how he needed a hip replacement but got a
priesthood blessing which healed it. Ate dinner with the Taylor's which was
awesome as usual! They are so much fun to be with. Then we went to the
Barbecho's with TJ to butcher a chicken for her. Quite the experience. I had to
cut its head off while it was alive. Chickens do still run around with no head.
It was trying to but Elder Evans held it. Then we had another really good
lesson with Andy and Brother Peterson came again. Andy prayed after we left! So
awesome!</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we mailed off Elder Evans bike for only like 108 bucks which seemed pretty cheap.
Then we went to lunch with the Vining's at Wayne's Catfish. I think that's what
it was called. I had white fish which was pretty good. Met a young lady named
Kandice that was baptized in Niceville. She met the Sisters so we will leave
that up to them. Saw the Fluhrer's for a brief second but they were eating
lunch. So we tracted and met a Japanese lady who wanted a Japanese Book of
Mormon. Saw Jamie briefly for Elder Evans to say bye and give one last
testimony. Also saw the Washington's briefly and got to chat and share a little
bit of the gospel. Also got to teach Chris Nichols and read some from the Book
of Mormon and Aaron, his roommate, even sat in and listened and gave some great
insights. Had dinner with the Boyd's for Elder Evans "last supper".
It is always a good time there. Coordination was cancelled so we saw Theresa
and Ariel early. Great final lesson for Elder Evans. Had a great lesson and
great laughs. They are so funny.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was transfers. We headed to the transfer spot first thing to pick up Elder
Rasmussen and help out with everything else. Everything went smooth at our
transfer spot and then we sent the rest away. Then we headed home so Elder
Evans could finish packing up the loose ends and Elder Rasmussen started unpacking
his stuff. Went back to transfer spots and said goodbye to the rest of the
people leaving the zone and to Elder Evans. It is weird to see someone going
home. Then Brother Wing came out with us and we had everything fall through so
we ended up tracting after he left. Met Tammy who was Muslim at one point and
changed her name to Jannat Hajar Coulibauy. She is Christian now. Also met
Chris Robbins, like off Winnie the Pooh. Cool kid that reads the Bible at least
an hour a day. Saw Brother Spears briefly. He is doing pretty good. Just a way
busy guy. Also shared a short message with the Woodring's. Then ate some grub
at the Cockran's. Always a good time there. Tried to see a couple potentials
and then headed home to unpack.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Friday -</b> Started the day off figuring out zone stuff and
doing some weekly planning. It all took so long because I am trying to get
Elder Rasmussen up to speed on the area and on being a zone leader. Went to
Josh Vining to work on his jeep. He begun sandblasting it and we also took
apart some leaf springs. He is sandblasting the tub of the Jeep so that he can
repaint and weld anything that needs to be. We had some kinks with the
sandblaster but he kind of got it going near the end. Went home and ate and
went to see Joe Olivera who Elder Bailey told us to go see. Nice kid just
doesn't quite get it all yet but who really does? Then we had volleyball which
was pretty fun. Not as many came but it was still pretty good.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ton of weekly planning today as well because we didn't finish. Played
basketball too. It was supposed to be Elders Quorum but the 2nd Ward Elders
just invited a bunch of kids. So that was weird. It was really fun. Most of our
stuff also fell through today. Unfortunately Tina was sick and we didn't get to
go to the Washington's. Brother Wanner came out with us to teach Jamie and that
went really well. Jamie wants to know if the church is true and came out and
said she wants to come to church. Had our 8 o'clock appointment fall through.
So we talked to Devin Grice for a minute and then tried to see a less active.
Then went to a potentials named the Steele's and we knocked and the lady looked
through the window which was creepy but it gave us a good laugh.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Council and then had a long conversation with Bishop about some people in the
ward. Had lunch and then taught Tony with Brother Boyd. It went well only Tony
didn't come to church. We also met Wes Carrol again at church and his
girlfriend Erica (member). He has taken all the lessons and wants to be
baptized. He is from Crestview but they just moved down from Utah. So the Lord
is handing Crestview a baptism. We talked for a while and they are cool! Also
my mom's cousin Sylvia was at church again and I eat with her and Sister Blum
on Tuesday. After church we taught Kevin Harnett a bit. He is a less active but
still believes. His wife is just against it. Then we helped his neighbor build
a slide for a jungle jim thing. That was random but really cool. Ate at the
Bissen's and then Brother Peterson came and we shared a lesson. Andy is a tough
one. Then we headed home for a quick study because morning meetings killed that
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Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-77818497125750091322014-03-03T18:55:00.003-07:002014-03-09T17:29:58.597-06:00Monday, 2/24/14 - Sunday 3/2/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Monday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Today was a great P-day. Went and had
some pizza buffet with the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward Elders. I am not a big fan of
pizza or buffets but I enjoyed being with the 2<sup>nd</sup> Ward Elders. We
also played basketball with them which was really fun. I went pretty hard and
my ankle feels pretty good. So it is healing okay, I think… Highlight of the
day was that we got to finally see the Roger’s for the first time in my time
here in 6 months. We answered some of their questions and hopefully that will
open up a door for us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Today we started the day off going down
to the Destin District Meeting. It went pretty well. I wish Elder Simmons cared
a little bit more about fulfilling his district leader responsibilities because
he is a great missionary. Then we had our exchange with the Destin Elders.
Elder Miller came to Crestview with me and Elder Evans stayed down in Destin with
Elder Simmons. We had a pretty good exchange. We got to go to do home teaching
with Brother Hansen and then Brother Hansen came to the Thomas’ with us. I
think Brother Thomas liked him. We also got to teach Andy which I feel went
really well. We accidentally set Saturday the 1<sup>st</sup> as a baptismal
date and he accepted. We talked about the spirit and it was awesome. Then
Johnny fell through so we said hello to Ben. He was packing for his deployment.
Then we ended the night. I also had a cool experience. I have been thinking a
lot about extending my mission. Only 30 days is allowed right now. Any way I
thought I should ask God and after doing so felt strongly that I should extend.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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exchange and do role plays with both Destin and Niceville. Then we started our
exchange with Niceville. Elder Smellie (Smay-lee) and Elder Evans went to
Crestview and I stayed in Niceville with Elder Swenson. Weird day, Elder
Smellie took the car keys with him on accident so we ended up walking all over
the place with no one being home. We did meet a couple ladies that might have
some potential. We also tracted a bit with no one letting us in. Ate dinner
with Brother Young. He is a good guy and made some really good cinnamon bread.
He is very opinionated! Also saw Sister Whitzel and tried to teach her. She is
an “internagator”. She has had missionaries coming by for 15 years. Nice lady!
I also talked to President Smith this morning and he told me I would have to
talk to my mom/dad before I can extend but that he would love to have me 30
more days. So we will see!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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exchanged back and headed to Crestview to do some weekly planning. Did as much
as possible but we had a ton of appointments today. Had a really good lesson
with the Skylark’s. They asked a ton of really good questions. It made it a
really fun lesson and Ishmael also felt the spirit. Hope they come to church
Sunday! We also went to the Woodring’s but Robert and Maribel weren’t there so
we shared a message with Daryl and Devin which went well. After that we went to
see Johnathan. He is a gator that was referred by the Crestview 2 Sisters.
Interesting lesson. Met his dad, Bill, and his mom, Angela. We believe Bill is
a preacher of some sort. They knew a lot and also brought up a lot of
anti-material. Then had a great lesson over at the Bissen’s with Brother
Peterson. Spirit was so strong! Andy knows it is true but is pushing it away.
Brother Peterson is a spiritual giant! He bore strong testimony to Andy! It
pumped the spirit into the room! Sooo CooL! That’s right notice the capital L
on cool.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Friday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Today we finished up our weekly
planning which took forever. Also got to teach Chris Nichols. That lesson went
really well. We taught him how to get more out of his scripture study and
showed him some techniques. It seemed to help him a lot! Headed to the Fisher’s
after that for dinner. Sister Fisher made some really good soup for us and we
also talked to them a bit about some new move-ins that we can help with. Then
we shared a message with the Fisher’s and invited them to kneel down and pray
with us. Brother Fisher offered a powerful sincere prayer to conclude asking God
for opportunities to share the gospel with those around them. Then we finished
the night with volleyball which was really fun!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saturday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Weird day! We had our usual meeting
with President Miller over breakfast which was really good actually. Then went
to the Ralph’s to go over the ward roster with them and all the Sisters. That
was productive but just took forever! Brother Thatcher came out with us as
well. Our appointment fell through but we ended up having a weird visit with
Johnny. He was working on his cars and then we taught him. Invited him to
church and Stacey, his “wife” got all snooty telling him his daughter wouldn’t
sit through it. She has been rude the past few times we have been there.
Contacted a referral named Mike. We will teach him in a few days. Then tried to
“tract” into James Purcell’s house but that didn’t work. His stepdad was
outside. We tried to talk to him but he was clever and avoided us by holding
his dog. Talked with Skyler Nunley who gave us some grub. That was awesome,
much needed snack. Then we went to the Higgins. Brother Higgins has been having
a hard time and we bore testimony of the atonement! It was so powerful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to finish the week strong! Saw the Anderson’s and taught the doctrine behind
family history. We were surprised Brian didn’t dispute a bunch of it. Then we
headed over to see Jamie and taught her a little bit. Invited her to come to
church as well. Ben drove up a little bit later and we invited him too. Sadly
they didn’t come. They told us about the new movie “Son of God”. They went and
saw it and must have liked it. Had church which was great. Fast and Testimony
Meeting was fantastic! Brother Peterson came out with us to see Andy again and
that was a really good lesson. Brother Peterson is a SPIRITUAL GIANT! Andy will
get baptized soon. He knows it is true. Then we had dinner and a lesson with the
Wyatt’s. Brother Wyatt knows the church is true so it was awesome to help him
regain what he knew. Then to finish the night we had a fun lesson with Theresa
and Ariel. Theresa was just crackin’ jokes which made is so funny.</span></span>Renae Hursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973834273908910676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8348086668928480156.post-77076412243108592182014-02-25T19:06:00.006-07:002014-02-25T19:07:57.296-07:00Monday, 2/17/14 - Sunday, 2/23/14<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Monday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Michael Jordan turned 51 today and
Larry the Cable Guy did too. It was a good day. We emailed at the Wyatt’s
because of whatever holiday it was. Library was closed. Then we headed to
Walmart to shop. We also stopped by Hibbett Sports because I was thinking about
getting a Michael Jordan shirt or something. They had some sweet “Nike Elite”
socks and “Jordan Elite” socks that I wanted but they were too much for me. We
also played basketball which was hard. I wrapped my ankle up a ton but wasn’t
very effective playing. We also had dinner with Brother Moore at Ryan’s again.
Then we went to see Mark Hayes who gave us a pizza because we were too full.
Taught him a good little lesson. Then we went to the Andersen’s to do some
genealogy with them. They also had
sloppy joes for us to eat. We were still too stuffed. Ryan’s is a buffet so we
were way full. That was our day!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Today we headed down to Fort Walton to
go to both district meetings. I went to Elder Schwartz while Elder Evans went
to Elder DeGroff’s. Elder Schwartz does a really good job teaching to his
district’s needs. He is a powerful district leader. After District Meeting we
got to go on an exchange with Fort Walton 1. I got to be with Elder Sorrell and
Elder DeGroff went with Elder Evans to Crestview. We had a pretty good day in
Fort Walton. We went and taught John Gorham, their recent convert. He is such
an awesome guy! He is prepping for the Priesthood and for the Temple. We also
walked over to do some service for a less active guy named Mike Pernos. He
didn’t have the moving truck so we just taught a little lesson. Also saw a
really cool guy named Ken and was going to teach him but unfortunately he
wasn’t feeling up to it. Had some dinner and then we went to the Smith’s. They
are such a cool family! I think they will get baptized someday! That was a fun
exchange! I love Elder Sorrell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Wednesday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Today we did some role plays with
Elder’s Sorrell and DeGroff. That went well and then we ate at the 1<sup>st</sup>
Ward Elders. Elder Anderson and Elder Schwartz made us some food for lunch.
Then we had our exchange with them. I stayed in Fort Walton with Elder Anderson
and Elder Schwartz went to Crestview with Elder Evans. It was an interesting
day that Elder Anderson and I had. We taught a guy named Wilton about the
restoration of the gospel. He liked it but was hesitant about one true church.
After that we talked to a guy about God and invited him to ask God if he was
there. He just kinda laughed at us. Then headed to a less-active’s house named
Alfred. He loves missionaries. We took a crazy picture together, Elder Anderson
and I, for his wall. Then we went to the Wall’s and had an interesting visit
with them. Didn’t get to teach anything really, Kaitlin was taking someone some
food and she was talking about all these weird medical things she had read
about. We also tried to contact a guy that worked at the mall. Had dinner at
home. We then went to the church to talk to a couple people before heading to
the Johnson’s to try to teach them. But unfortunately they weren’t in a lesson
mood. They are the family we did the interviews for baptism. They are a really
awesome family. “Mickey” is so fun and energetic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thursday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Today we did some role plays with
Elder’s Anderson and Schwartz. That was interesting, but fun. Then we headed
home to do some weekly planning. Didn’t get to finish and we ended up not
finishing because we had to fly over to the Skylark’s. Theresa came with and
bore some strong testimony to them. It was so cool to be a witness of that. Had
a really quick dinner after that before heading over to see the Woodring’s with
Brother Climer. That was awesome! They opened up a little bit more with him
there. The Woodring’s really seem to like Brother Climer. Then we went to the
church to meet the Anderson’s and do some family history. They are really
loving it. Then we went to Johnny’s with Brother Ratcliff and taught him.
Basically just talked about trust in the Lord the entire time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Friday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Started the day off with some service
at Robert Washington’s place. He is one of the Sister’s investigators. He is a
good guy but is very talkative. It was so funny when he invited us in for a
drink and said, “I bet you’ve never been in a black man’s house before.” It
really cracked us up. After that we had lunch and then we had some weekly
planning. Then we had a great lesson with Theresa and my awesome 2<sup>nd</sup>
cousin Brother Aaron Blum came with and taught very well. Then we briefly
talked to Sister Parson’s at her door before heading to the Tatro’s house for
dinner. That was a really good visit! Brother Tatro really wants to read more
as a family. Then we headed to church to play some volleyball. I gimped around
trying to play on my ankle. It was pretty fun actually.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saturday – </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Today was a really good day! First
thing was a church tour for the Skylark’s and Brother Cochran came to help out
because he is the teacher for the 8 year olds and the Skylark’s have an 8 year
old son. It was a great tour and hopefully they will come to church tomorrow.
Then we headed home and did the rest of our weekly planning. Right after that
we headed to see Chris and Christina Washington and taught them about the
restoration and also about the spirit world a bit. It went pretty well. Chris
can talk! Then we went to see the Barbecho’s and taught a lesson to Jamie and
all the kids. We struck a chord with Alie, the Barbecho’s niece, because she
started crying. It was sad! We were talking about the atonement and that it can
lift us and I guess she is being bullied and she started crying but her cousins
gave her hugs. Then we went to “Chill” a frozen yogurt place and Chris’ friend,
Aaron, gave us free yogurt. Then we stopped by the Harter’s and they gave us
cookies. That was our “dinner” and then we headed home. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday – </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today was a great day! We had our Ward
Council Meeting and studies in the morning. Had a quick lunch and then went out
to teach Tony about the Plan of Salvation. Him and his son then followed us to
church and that was fun. We actually got to sit in Primary with his son Ryan
which was fun. All of the lessons at church were really good too! That being said
Primary seems to be the place to be. After church we went to the Ralphs’ who
are the senior couple that replaced the Bailey’s. The Bailey’s also went home
today so I gave them hugs and said bye. They are the best! Anyway we gave them
a poster and info about the ward. Then we went to Johnny’s for dinner which
took forever! Adam Leone was there. We taught him a while back and he seems
really interested. Then taught an awesome lesson to Andy Bissen. They just got
back from vacation in Vegas and Utah. Then went and taught Brother Wyatt and he
feels that he received an answer that the church is true. So that was awesome!
The end!</span><span style="font-family: Maiandra GD, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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