It's been a really fun week! Here we go!
Monday we tried to get everything done early because we were going to
Chaco Canyon as a Zone. Well we get ready and start heading down. We get
to the turn off/ meet up point and everyone is there except for one
vehicle. So we sat around and threw a Frisbee. Well then we get a phone
call from the vehicle saying that they're jeep just broke down. Great...
So we all get in our vehicles and head over there. Come to find out
they had ran out of coolant so we got some from the gas station and
continued on our journey. Chaco was great we all had a great time! My
favorite picture was one that I asked the zone to do... good ol' totem
pole. :D After Chaco we come back and had a lesson with one of our
recent converts, Robin. He's great! He is just soaking everything up
like a sponge!
Tuesday we had MLC! SOOOOOO Good! Everyone
was participating and we had some great discussions! I really enjoy
learning from President Batt and the other missionaries. Then we had a
lesson with Lloyd, he's getting close to getting back in the church. He
had a question about the books that got taken out of the bible. So we
discussed it and how they weren't scripture but we could still read
them.
Wednesday
I finally got to play soccer again!!! It was so great! My leg is all
beat up now but it was well worth is. Then we had a really good lesson
with Josh. He asked us if we knew any scriptrues in the BOM that talked
about being a good role model. So we looked some up for him and then we
started to talk about him coming to church. He said he wanted to but
that he was having a hard time of just getting back into. That his not
going for so long was stopping him from going. I felt prompted to share
this Mormon message with him. https://www.lds.org/media-
Thursday
we had Zone Training. We had our Stake President come and talk to us
about his vision for the stake. Then we had Sister Childs train on
Attitude, then I trained on inviting (extending commitments) and Elder
Martin finished it off by training on finding. I think it went really
well. Then we had a really great lesson with Sophia and Brandon. Sophia
is a less active member who fell away and her husband is a non member.
We went over and just listened to them. What a great family! They are so
special! Listening really made all the difference in that lesson. Then
we went to go contact a referral. Well we go and knock on the door.
About 10 seconds later a guy comes up and tells us they aren't home. He
said he had met with missionaries before and he wanted to meet with us
again! AWESOME!!! So it's interesting to see how the Lord provides
people. Then we didn't have anything to do and right then our ward
mission leader texted us a person to go see. So we did and it went
really well. Again we just listened and shared some Mormon messages. I'm
excited to keep teaching that family!
Friday....
Crazy stuff happened. :) So we go out and try to contact some
investigators and potential investigators. Well we knock on this one
lady's door. She comes to the door and starts going off on how her son
isn't doing so well. Then she asked if we could pray for her. We of
course said yes. Ok so far pretty normal. Yes, she had been drinking but
still pretty normal. Well we are on the top level of an apartment
complex with not much room. But she manages to set up to chairs for us
and then she sits on the stairs and turned her body towards us. So she
keeps asking us to pray for her and I keep saying I'd love to. Well we
finally get to say the prayer. I just clasp my hand together and bow my
head. Well then I feel her hands on top of mine and her head resting on
her/ my hands. Ok... so I say the prayer. I really try and make this a
powerful prayer with a lot of sincerity. Well when we finish she was in
tears and she went off on how good of a person I was. She could just
feel it by touching my hands. She on about this for about 2 or 3 minutes
then turns to Elder Martin and asks to touch his hands. "You're a good
person too! But not as good as him!" I'm thinking, "Great..." Elder
Martin and I had just been going back and forth about who was better,
each saying the other was better. So he put a big ol' grin on his face
and completely agrees with everything she is saying about me. I feel
this was a one sided conversation. :) Well then she keeps going on about
me. She would occasionally reach up at touch my face, but even better
than that she kissed my hands. Ya... That was a little different. Then
she started going off about how the Pope was Christ on earth. Elder
Martin and I look at each other as if to say, "How did this get brought
up?" So we finally were able to leave and she gave us both really big
hugs. Crazy stuff man!
Saturday
we were walking around town when we say this lady watering her plants.
We went and talked to her about her plants. Eventually the subject got
turned to religion. She went on about what she believed. Right as we
were starting to invite her to take and read the BOM she said, I don't
have one of those books and I'd love to read it! The Lord really is
preparing people to receive the gospel!
Sunday
I got to see my recent convert family at church! They have been really
busy. It was so good to talk to them! They are amazing! During our
sacrament meeting there was an announcement for the institute party,
they said it was going to be held at "Elder and Sister Chipman's house"
WOW wow WOW!!! Wait a second!!! Right then a lady sitting behind me
leaned forward and said, "Congratulations! I had no idea!" I replied,
"Me neither!" Ya that was crazy. I'm pretty sure there are Chipman's in
Farmington.
So that was my amazingly awesome week! Until next time, Hagoonee'!
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