So this week is going to be called darkness and light.
So on Monday we had to go get some signatures for the baptisms that we had coming up on Saturday.
Then we went to the store and we started talking to this OLD guy. In
the middle of talking to me he asked Elder Deakin, "Who are you? His
dad?" Oh man..... I had to really try hard to NOT laugh. So I look older
and I am older than Elder Deakin but the guy still asked. LOL. :) Then
we went and played basketball for a little while up at the church. Then
we had to go get a haircut. So we go in and I say I want a 4 on top and a
2 on the side. So I sit down and she starts cutting my hair. She cuts
and cuts, oh and I'm not facing the mirror so I can't see anything. I
say to myself, "This feels a little short. Well when it was finished and
I got to look in the mirror I had a 2 on top and a 1 on the side. So
the problem was that I had already asked my mission president if I could
cut my hair shorter because I like is short. He had told me no and I
was ok with it, except I was going to see him on Tuesday.
Ya..... I was a little freaked out. Haha. :) Then we had a first lesson
with an older lady, she's an interesting individual. :) In a good way.
:) Then we got to visit one of our investigators who we haven't been
able to meet with in a long while. I got to show him the CPR cups and
then the LDS gospel library on his phone. Good stuff!
Tuesday
we got to meet with a Less Active member who we met when he came to
church. I wish we could meet all people at church, that would make our
job SOOOOO much easier. :) But all well. So this guy has overcome
smoking on his own and we got to hear some stories of his life. This guy
is an Army Vet. So I got along with him pretty good. (It would've been
better if he had been a Marine. ;) ) Then that night we had the baptism
interviews for the family we've been teaching. So it's a part-member
family, the people getting interviewed was the mom, who had been
investigating for almost 5 years, a 9 year old son, a 9 year old
daughter, and an 8 year old daughter. So the mission president had to
come and interview the mother. So that interview started like 5 to 10
minutes before the others. Can I just say the waiting for baptism
interviews is really REALLY stressful!!! They all passed!!! :D
So on Wednesday
I went on my first exchange as a District Leader. I went the the other
Elders area. We did a lot of tracking. But crazy enough we talked to a
guy who had been in the USMC attached to 4th LAR Charlie Company! (The
same unit I was in before my mission!) CRAZY SAUCE!!!!! So we talked to
him for a little while about the Corps and who was still in. Good stuff.
On Thursday
I got to teach District Meeting. So I had District Meeting planned and I
started in on my lesson and I had some prompting to add some things and
to do somethings a little different. If anyone has a doubt about
following the spirit, JUST DO IT!!!!!! IT'LL BE BE-AMAZING!!!!!!!!! That
was such a good District Meeting. So we'd been getting some pretty good
rain all week. Well Thursday
we got the BIG storm. Big enough that our house started to flood. My
"Box of Sunshine" (where I keep all my letters) was right were the water
was and I caught it just before it got completely soaked. Only the
bottom got wet, thankfully. I have pictures and video's but my computer
won't let me send them this week. :(
Friday. Friday
could probably be the hardest day of my mission. The day started out
good. We had a lesson with an investigator that pointed some stuff out
in D & C 89 with tobacco. We worked it out but it was a good
experience. The we met with our 1 remaining recent convert. When we went
over she was smoking, she was drunk, and she was high. None of which we
have seen her doing before. I can't really talk about the rest of the
lesson because there is some legal stuff involved. Later that night she
texted us and asked us never to come back. :( Then right I after I got
that text I got to call my dad for his wedding. :) Well I call and my
brother picks up and tells me that my dad wasn't there, he was in the
ER. Ya, not cool. But after like 2 more calls to them and my mission
president I got to talk to him so that was good. In my journal that
night I wrote, "The darkest night always comes before brightest day."
What a true statement!
"Saturday
is a special day"! So true. We had the baptism for the family and it
went awesome!!!! Mean while I knew that my dad was getting married!!!!
Let's just say I'm not going to forget this family that was baptized
because every time I see the date of my dad's marriage I'm going to
think of this family! I love this Family!!!
Sunday
we had the families confirmation. They walked into Sacrament like 5
minutes before they were confirmed. Ya, my heart is still pumping, that
for sure. :) Then we had two great lesson that night about baptism with
another investigator and then about the Law of Chastity with another
family. We brought a member to the LOC lesson and it was AMAZING! What a
great lesson!
So that was my week. Thanks for all the support! Until next time, Hagonet!
Elder Bryson Chipman
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