These mission weeks go by so fast! It's CRAZY! I'm having a ball down here!
So, Monday we stayed in B-town and just chilled. We played Curses :D and played a cool tennis ball game, I took a video of it and I'll send it home when I get the chance. We also got to play tennis with 2 teenagers and for never really playing before I think I did pretty well. :) We also got mail for the first time in about a week and a half! I was reading my letters when we were traveling down to White Mesa and when we stopped I was finishing up the game Jessica sent me. Well we had to get out of the truck and right when I opened the door... yep a big gust of wind came. Let just say this, if you want to know how fast a missionary can run give him a letter, preferably from a girl, and have the wind blow it away. :D Oh, fun stuff. But no worries this time I beat the wind! Mwhahaha! We also committed someone to baptism in White Mesa! It's great! I also got a picture with me holding a german sheppard puppy. You should've heard the mother in the back ground... oh man, I'm glad that she was chained up.
On Tuesday we got to meet with M again. He's doing so well! He's reading and he following through with all of the commitments we are giving him! I'm so sad that he moved down to Anneth on Friday! But I guess those Elders need good people to teach too. :) We also got to meet with the kids; H, T, D, N, and D. We taught a really short lesson and then we played tag with them. Fun stuff! I miss playing tag. Then we got to go eat with J. That dude is so sticking funny, I just love meeting with him. And he's reading actively too! Love it love it! Then we went on splits and I got to teach B. He's coming along and will hopefully have a set baptism date!
Wednesday during studies I was reading in 2 Nephi
chapter 10. For me verses 11 - 13 were really powerful. Especially
coming from a military background. After studies we meet with a new
investigator! B is an older Navajo women with one of the best spirits
that I've felt. She is already living the gospel standards and can't
wait to be baptized! We also got to meet with M again and teach him some
more stuff about the gospel. He is progressing so well! That night our
Ward Mission Leader fed us. When we were leaving, one of his baby goats
got out of the pen and started following us around. Yes Dustin I got a
picture of it. It was funny case we had to put it back in the pen and
run to the truck and drive off before it came back out and tried to
follow us again. We had to do this about 3 times before it was
successful. Then we got to meet with M & P and taught them
commandments. They are already living most of them so we are so excited
for them!
On Thursday we had Zone Training with our new Zone
Leaders. We talked about finding because they gave us a new goal for
the next 4 weeks. So from the last four weeks they want us to triple our
finding in the next four weeks. So for us, in the last four weeks we
got 13 new investigators so they want us to find 39 new investigators in
then next four weeks. This is going to be awesome!!!! Oh btw we found
out this week that we are getting 2 more sets of missionaries in our
zone, one will go to Bluff and the other will be in Blanding. So we'll
have 8 missionaries in Blanding alone, WOW!!! We really got some work to
do apparently. :D So after Zone Training we went to get lunch from
Patio. Guess who was there... A WHOLE BATTALION OF NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN!!!! Ya I stayed there for about 5 minutes then I grabbed Elder
Edwards and said we're leaving and going to Subway before I lose it.
Haha, so we went to Subway and I got to use my gift card. We got to read
the BOM with some less actives after that. For dinner we went to the
B's. We had dinner and my love of Ultimate came up and they said they
had some frisbee's they didn't want so they said I could have them! And
one of them... IS BIGGER THAN MY FACE!!! AWESOME!!!! Then we met with M
& P again and talked about their baptism that is coming up on the
18th. Then we got to watch the "Restoration" with them. I have never
felt the spirit so strong before while watching that movie. I know that
Joseph Smith is a true prophet and he did see God the Father and Jesus
Christ. I'm so happy that I get to share this message with my brothers
and sisters so that they may feel the same happiness I have felt.
Friday during studies I first heard about John
Tanner. Wow, what an amazing man. If you haven't heard of him you should
look him up. After studies we met with M for the last time before he
moved. If it's that had to leave a person then every time I get
transferred, I'm doomed. We taught the kids about fasting and played tag
with them again. Then we got to read the BOM with a couple families.
Saturday we met with B again, she is doing so
well! Then we got to got down to M & P and talked with them. We gave
M a blessing to help him quit smoking. I really like having the
opportunity to give blessings.Then we got to go down to White Mesa....
:D I have now been chased by dogs. :D Before anyone freaks out yes I'm
fine. My companion decide to start messing with them. Ya that was fun
stuff. All our appointments cancelled so we got to knock doors the
entire time we were there and we got 8 potential investigators! As we
were walking around and we got to talk to the one real Police Officer
down there. He was in the Navy for 5 years as a member of and EOD team.
Dang, that is legit. EOD is good, dang good. When I told him that I'm a
Marine he said, "This should look familiar then." and pointed to his M4
laying next to him in his vehicle. Oh man, that made me want to shoot
again. He had a nice one too.
Sunday I got to go down to White Mesa for
sacrament meeting then come back so I could teach all of the youth in
the 8th ward. I walked in late and found that there was 50 youth waiting
on me. Ya that was fun stuff but the lesson went really well. I taught
about receiving personal revelation. After church we had Stake
Correlation Meeting and then dinner. And we got to watch the Testaments
with B & S. Good Stuff!
Another FANTASTIC week! Thanks for all the support!
If some one could get me the email address for Justin Cook it would be
greatly appreciated! Hagonet!
Elder Chipman
Me and the puppy. :D
Me and the goat. :D
THE BIG FRISBEE!!! :D
No comments:
Post a Comment