Yaa Teeh!
What a great week in Flora Vista. Lots happened including transfers. :)
Monday we did all of our P day stuff and then had a lesson with a less active family. It was cool cause we got to watch, "Come Join with Us" by Elder Uchtdorf. I absolutely love that talk! Then we went down to one of our recent converts and we got started talking about Trek! I WANT TO GO ON TREK! I loved trek. When we got home I asked Elder Krstyen for a blessing because my knuckles have been really dry for the past few weeks. They are still dry but they don't really hurt at all any more. :)
Tuesday we started the day off tracking. We were about to head home for lunch when Elder Krstyen said that we should go knock on one more house. Yep... that was the house that we found a potential investigator at. LOL. Always knock the extra house. Then we saw an old lady trying to rack up her yard. So we asked if we could help. She said yes so we started racking up her leaves. We did this for 45 minutes, our lunch time, and all I kept thinking is, "The Lord will provide." Right before we finished she asked us if she could make us a sandwich. The Lord takes care of his missionaries!
Wednesday we walked a lot of places because we were trying to save on miles. We looked down and saw that we had 8 sets of our footprints on the dirt road when we were heading back to our truck. Then we had a lesson with one of our investigators where the topic also went to trek. So we decided to watch 17 Miracles. They absolutely loved it! It went so well!
Thursday for District Meeting I had everyone prepare a 5 to 10 minute talk on one of the Christlike attributes. That is probably one of the best district meetings I've ever had! The spirit was so strong! Then we all went out to eat as a district. We went to a place called Panda Garden. They have a buffet of Chinese food for breakfast and lunch for like 8 dollars. IT WAS SOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!! We actually went back later that week for dinner. They didn't have the buffet but they had a dinner plate that was also pretty cheap and was really good! After District Meeting we went up to one of our investigators houses. He is doing so well! He has developed a plan with his doctor to FINALLY stop smoking. Needless to say we're pretty happy about that. :) Then at dinner I had one of the boys (14) challenge me to a chess match. I haven't played that game in FOREVER!!! But I still was able to pull it off. It felt good to play again.
Friday was a really spiritually building day for me. We've been seeing this investigator for some time. She thinks that all religions are true. I've never borne such a powerful and bold testimony before. I love having the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. It's wonderful! If any of you have done something to draw yourself away from the Holy Ghost do EVERYTHING you can to get it back. It's well worth whatever you have to do!
So on Saturday we went to another set of missionaries baptism. They did the confirmation there to because it was stake conference weekend. So the person doing the confirmation was calling people up. He said, "The missionaries, ... and the other missionaries too!" It felt really good to feel so loved by someone who I didn't even know. Then we had Stake Conference for the Adults that night. It was focused on... Hastening the Work of Salvation. I feel so blessed to be on my mission as the Lord is truly hastening his work. We also got transfer new. I will be serving the next 6 weeks in... .... .... (Pause for effect) ... ... ... Flora Vista! YEAH!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! :D
Sunday after Stake conference we went to our other recent converts house and had lunch and watched only a stonecutter per request. It was really good. Near the end the oldest daughter brought out her guitar and started playing some songs so we were all singing as we left. Then I got to try out for a solo in the communities Handles Messiah. I did ok. I really didn't practice much. If I get it, cool. If not, all well. I sat by Elder West and Elder Chadwick during practice. Man we had lots of fun together!
We've really been struggling to find a new investigator and to get people to sacrament meeting. Any and all prayers would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for all the support! Until next time, Hagonet!
Elder Bryson Chipman
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