Hello to all!
This week was great! The hike that we went on was great- I'll try to get some pictures off so you can see it. Like I said, things are going great! We're really seeing the Lord hastening His work in that we've got people that we're helping out that are just falling from the sky. We're almost sort of overwhelmed trying to keep on top of things, but we know that God is in charge so everything will work out. We got a call the other day about making arrangements for splitting our area, so that would be great, even though it is nice being the only missionaries in the branch. They might make it a bike/car share area- we'll see! Anyways, we've been pretty busy!
Thursday- Weekly Planning in the morning! Planning is such a crucial part of missionary work- you can work hard and you can work smart. Working hard is going out everyday and coming back when you're supposed to and giving it your all. Working smart is planning to use the Lord's time effectively- taking those opportunities to receive revelation so that you can do the Lord's work in His way. When you put the two together, that's when things are the best! Anyways, we took the time to do that, then went out to meet with some people. We met with a less active/part member family for the first time and we just had a very spiritual lesson. One of the daughters had been in a car accident and she had a broken leg. The timing of the accident along with the timing of us being led to find them and other things that have happened were just perfect and we all realized that in that lesson. She came to church this past Sunday after years of not going and it was great! We had another cool experience where things had fallen through, and we hadn't really thought about dinner and so we dropped by a member's house and it just so happened that they had made two extra quesadillas for no particular reason- they acknowledged it as a miracle and so did we- why not credit things to God rather than just coincidence? We taught the Restorationof the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a newer investigator that night and Elder Lewis and I both agreed that that was one of the best lessons we've been in- we could see her faith grow. It was a great day with even a few other lessons in there.
Friday- Went to Paul's house for lunch- he's still great! We had a lesson with a less active family and then had correlation. We then went and did some service for a Young Man's eagle project in our ward after which we went to dinner with Hermana Galo or Abuelita as we call her. After that we had a lesson with a less active we hadn't yet met and it went well. He's had problems drinking in the past but was able to overcome them with AA and now is helping other people do the same. His obligations there haven't allowed him to come to church, so we're going to start bringing the church (except for the sacrament, the most important part) to him until he can go back. After that I think we tried to drop by and teach some other people, but we were not able to get in with anybody. We did meet a lady again whose door we knocked on earlier in the week and we found out that she works with a bunch other other people in our ward, so that wasn't a coincidence. We specifically knocked on her door and nobody else's, so God led us specifically to her- it's cool to see that!
Saturday- We got up and went and did some cleaning at the church in the morning. When we got back and finished studies, Elder Lewis began to have a migraine. He had to stay home for the day so I went on a mini-exchange to cover one of the lessons that we had- everything else had fallen through, so things worked out just as they were supposed to- just another one of many confirmations to my faith that this is God's work.
Sunday- Church was great! Probably the best turn out I've seen on the mission- a good number of investigators and less actives, with people coming back to church after years and such. That was great blessing! Afterwards we had a few good lessons and then came home.
Monday- We had a Zone Meeting in Middletown. Those happen once a month, so we took the thirty minute trek over to middle town and enjoyed being with our group of missionaries. We're talking about The Book of Mormon this month, and it's funny because recently we've been getting a lot of people questioning us about The Book of Mormon lately- why is it needed and so on. I'm excited about moving forward and strengthening my testimony of The Book of Mormon and seeing how it can help us to live the gospel better and come closer to Christ. We had some great lessons after that!
Tuesday- We had to go to the church to let a guy in to fix a computer. We stayed and chatted with him. We then went to get our car fixed- we had been having a flat tire kind of frequently so they removed a nail from the tire. We then went and had a lesson with Mayra- the less active with a broken leg- it was a great lesson! Afterwards we found an investigator that Elder Lewis had only seen once at the beginning of his time here who had an accident and couldn't meet with the missionaries. We had a great first lesson with her and her friend Hector and we have a return appointment with the two of them tomorrow! We had a couple of other lessons for the day and things went great!
Today we were banking on doing something that fell through, so instead we decided to take our time and have a very relaxed day- not to rush anything. So that's what we're doing! I don't think I've ever had a p-day like this and it's nice. I did get a hair cut from an Italian guy named Umberto- I spoke to him the little bit of Italian I know (which is indeed very little) and he liked that, so he sprayed me with some good smelling cologne, which Elder Lewis says he hasn't ever seen happen, so that was sweet! Haha I'm hoping to pick up Italian after the mission. We'll see!
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