Really a milestone week!
Monday we had P day. Then we went down to White Mesa and got to teach 3 lessons and also found a few potential investigators by playing softball for about 45 minutes. I was reminded why I never really got into baseball or softball. Haha. :)
Tuesday we got to teach one of our recent converts, B, and then we got to teach our Ward Mission Leaders 10 year old adopted daughter. She is freaking SMART!!!!! Like, she really doesn't even need us to teach her cause she already knows everything. Then we got to go help Bro. Ford rip out some carpet in his gym and then start taking the glue from off the flour.
Wednesday, we got to workout with Bro. Ford and we really focused on upper body. Lets just say I could barely take off my shirt when I was done because my arms were so sore! So near the end of last week I was talking to Elder Hooton about a poem I really liked. It was a poem about a man walking in sand and he could see two sets of footprints then in the hardest part of his life he looked back and only saw one set. He asked the Lord why he had left him in the hardest part of his life. The Lord replied that those were the times when he had carried him. So I was talking to Elder Hooton about it and wishing that I could get that poem. Note, I never asked anyone for it. So on Wednesday I got a letter from Jessica and inclosed was that poem. WOW! It's amazing how the Lords works and how he can prompted people to help others. So we had dinner with a family in 8th ward and we had gotten a call from them that they were leaving and would be back in a couple minutes and said we could go head and go in and relax, and I could play the piano. :) So we got there and they were gone so we went in and I sat down and started playing the piano. I had not been playing for 30 seconds when up there drive way come the FedEx man. I see him and go, "Oh crap, Elder the FedEx guy is here!" So we go hide in the front room behind the stair case the only problem is that if he walked around the house to the side there was a window he could see us from. The dude was there for like 5 minutes! It was FOREVER! So eventually I dove behind a couch to see if he was still there. Eventually he left and the family came home and we had a good laugh about it. Then I got to continue working on my Family History with one of our less active family. I now have about 30 pages of family history! IT'S GREAT! Then we got to go have a spiritual experience with M & P talking about the Book of Mormon and Patriarchal Blessings.
On Thursday we had district meeting and all of the Elders, except Elder Hooton did the Quad challenge. Which is 4 hamburger paties and the fixing and you had to eat it while you are in the store. IT... WAS... MASSIVE! But yes, I did finish it. :) Then we got rain that night! AND A RAINBOW!!! I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OF THOSE IN FOREVER!!!
Friday we had a lesson with the four kids who are our recent converts as well, but while we were waiting for them I was swinging and I was getting pretty high, high enough to see the rough and the had there little 5 pound dog running around. So while I was swinging forward it almost walked infront of me but it backed away right before I hit it. So on my back swing I came down and my foot hit something. The dog had gone and sat down right in the middle of my path, and I made SOLID contact. I felt so bad. It took us like ten minutes to find the dog. Thankfully it wasn't mad at me. That night we a really cool lightning storm. And the best part is, I found out how I could pictures of it and I did! :D
Saturday I read Alma 42: 31 in my studies and it was a really cool verse to me about sharing the gospel. Then we went out and started our day and then came back for lunch and got a call from President Batt. He asked me if I would be willing to step train Elder Deacon in Flora Vista, New Mexico. I said I would. So that is where I'm being transferred to, Flora Vista, New Mexico. I really don't want to leave Blanding but I will go where the Lord wants me to go. So we spent a good part of the day taking pictures with people.
Sunday we gave a talk in White Mesa about the Plan of Salvation. It went well. Then we took pictures with people and had a 2 lessons. The last lesson was really neat. It was with a lady that I've been teaching for 4 months and she opened up to me and now lets just say I have 4 older sisters. :)
So it's been a good week. I'm excited to serve the Lord in Flora Vista and to be worthy to be step training. I love this gospel and I know it's true with all my heart.
Thanks for everything. Until next time, Hagonet!
Elder Bryson Chipman
That's the same dog as before, the one I was holding. :)
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