Monday – P-day! It
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.
Tuesday – Today we
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 1st 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.
Wednesday – Today we
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 2nd
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!
Thursday – Today we
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.
Friday – Today we had
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.
Saturday – Today was
sick! Had a sweet church tour with Josh Vining with Bishop Parker there. It
went really well too. Josh set May 31st 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!
Sunday – Today it
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 Salvation brings him. The spirit was so powerful. Then
Brother Peterson took us home.
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