Good Morning!!
This week flew by and was filled with some good times. Definitely was able to see the lord’s hand in our lives this weekTuesday
We woke up and went to cracker barrel with a member for breakfast and it was nice. I have never been there before but it’s pretty good. We helped a family build a dresser for them and it’s sad because all the kids live with their grandma because their mom was murdered by their dad in front of them all. It’s horrible to hear about that but we know the gospel will bring joy and peace that they so very much need right now. We also set our boy Eric on date to be baptized, his sister tried to attack us
Wednesday
My companion woke up with school threat energy today. He had a dream the STL’s did some dumb crap and ruined the zone. His day was ruined. We had ZLC and talked about how everyone needs to stop talking crap about missionaries. It’s too easy sometimes. We had a Hispanic dude buy us pizza and says he likes the missionaries and eats with them all time. He said we can call him ” papa” and he always says ” i love you guys” Ain’t no way I’m calling a dude papa.
Thursday
We had lunch with the AP’s and some other elders so that was super nice. We had weekly planning so we got everything ready for the baptism this weekend. We contacted a ton of people and found a new person to teach which was nice. It was a slower day so we will have to make up for that tomorrow. I hate cats but this cat looked like Garfield at our investigators house so I was petting it. Dude scratched the crap out of me and made me bleed.
Friday
We had district Council today and not to be rude but we had a missionary give the most ineffective training I’ve ever seen. It was on making small talk with people. I had to do a roleplay about a guy having an anime picture in his house. We ate some pupusas with the AP’s and they hit hard. It is my companions birthday tomorrow so we had dinner with a family and it was a good time. We didn’t find any new people today which sucked so we gotta go hard tomorrow.
Saturday
Today was my companion Elder Ellis’s birthday and his birthday gift was our baptism today. The baptism went well but I swear we haven’t had any baptisms go smoothly besides one. Half the time a kid was playing on his iPad full Blast. We had a birthday dinner with some other elders at King buffet and it was super good. Ate some nice squid. It was 41 degrees today and rained for a long time. It might snow tomorrow so I’m excited to see if it does
Sunday
Woke up today to see snow falling from the freaking sky. It was literally 70 degrees like a few days ago so it makes no sense at all. It snowed off and on the entire day so that was really cool to see. We had a couple of our investigators come to church this week and even sat through the 2 hour stake conference. We found a new kid to teach named Cameron who’s an absolute stud.
Spiritual thought: 2 Timothy 2:3
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
What does it mean to be a soldier of Jesus christ? As members of the church we must stand tall and be proud of who we are and what we stand for. It’s not easy and it is difficult at times, but we will always be lifted up and given strength to fight our battles if we look to the savior. He is the light of the world and the only Begotten son sent down to redeem us. We can be saved through him
Elder Willis