Pretty Legendary

September 7, 2015

Weekly email

Today is Tuesday and this morning we took the car to get an oil

change. It took a lot longer than expected so we walked a little ways

to Taco Bell before getting picked up by member. We had breakfast at

Taco Bell and studied. Then we walked all the heck way to the Walmart.

From there we walk to remember for lunch. While there we discussed

going to the temple and also discussed modesty. Are investigator, Walt, was there as well. Sister Abrams, the member, asked for a blessing. It was awesome

to have Walt there to see it. They then give us a ride to get our car

at the garage. We tried to visit a bunch of people without

too much success. Then we went back to our apartment and prepared for

dinner with an investigator. Investigator, Tony, took us to Arby's and

we had a long discussion with him. After dinner we went to the church

and took Tony on a tour. He's an awesome guy really nice.

Max came out with us on Wednesday and we almost died in the minivan

that Max was driving because of the awesome peelout Max had at

50mph doing a turn. We visited a lot of people who didn't really

answer the door to us, and Max was wondering if this is how mission life

will be and we said that its about half and half, depending on the day

or season or the work within the area. When Max went back we went

tracting (knocking doors) and that is where we met a guy named Jesse

who came all the way from an east African country to find work as a

scientist. He wants to talk with is because he feels that the Book of

Mormon will answer a lot of the questions he couldn't find a solid

answer to throughout his life. We then had dinner at the Hodges house

and went to go “Find and Teach”, which we found some people and a kid in

a wheelchair was out walking his dog and the dog got stuck in the wheels

so while he asked us to untangle the dog he asked for the book I was

carrying, which was the Book of Mormon. So I gave him a copy and he

wanted to read it because "I don't really do much else and I need a

book to read, and that looks interesting". Late we taught a man named

Ricky who was somewhat interested in the message we shared. We had to

go home after that so we went back to our abode.

Thursday most of the day today was spent weekly planning. We needed

some fresh air so we decided to go out and check the mail, no mail...

While Checking the mail we saw a moving truck pull up to a neighboring

apartment. We decided to go ask if they needed help. At first they

said no but then said yes it would be nice. So we went and helped them

move for quite a while. They were very appreciative and it was a good

experience to be able to help them. Very nice people. Didn't break too

many things. After that, we went to Five Guys  for dinner and Sweet Frog with a

member from the congregation. It was delicious and we left 10 pounds

heavier. Still looking good though. I got like 10 brain

freezes. Then we wrapped up the night by visiting a guy that was not

the most open to our message. In a “round about” way he told us the book

of Mormon is false. We asked him straight up if he was saying it was

false and he said yes. So we bore solid testimony to him. We then went

to a gas station to visit a member who was working there.

Eat Pasta Not War shirt for preparation day 

Friday we woke up at 5:50 and went to Seminary, we were invited by

Sister James, the Bishop's wife, and she's the teacher and we discussed

Genesis chapters 1 through four in the creation of the world and that

was really interesting to hear the different things about how there

was extreme planning that went into the creation with Heavenly

Father's divine purpose and potential for us as individuals coming

under Jesus Christ and being able to rely on him and all of the

challenges that we have through the world. That was created everything

is for our benefit. At 6:40 we left for apartment to go back and

prepare for the day and we received a phone call from Max saying that

he would pick us up at 9 o'clock for our zone meeting at 10 AM. We

were two minutes late to  our meeting But we were able to still

continue right on schedule although we ended 25 minutes late. it

happens every once in awhile.  We found out more in our zone meeting

that there is more service opportunities that we can have to share the

gospel- that every single activity within the church is for others to

come and know what we are all about. We also learned more that

obedience and sacrifice that is required for blessings and miracles.

We then had lunch with Elders Walker, Oler, Udy, Johnson, Langford,

and Max at Firehouse Subs which was a really good sandwich place.

Driving back we drove through a giant storm which was really cool and

I talked with Max about video games and other such things afterwards.

We met with Dwayne and Katelyn and we had to drop both because of the

issues of not keeping commitments. We then had dinner and went and

completed our weekly planning.

Saturday we went to the Farmers Market in the morning and I

bought some meat and popcorn then after that we went and helped out of

the Op shop until noon. From that point in time we then had lunch and

after that was when we went to Colonial Beach and talked with an

investigator here named Mark. We then went to the McNamara household

and found that we needed to see someone else in another area, so we

visited the Strickland family and had dinner and a lesson with them.

We saw the importance that one family and each individual has for that

family in strengthening the home. We then talked with a Muslim man who

wasn't the most interested or friendly when we tried to talk with him,

but his Christian mother was very happy to talk with us! That was

really cool.

Sunday we went to church and had a wonderful Fast and Testimony

meeting. There were many testimonies given that really uplifted us,

include and also uplifted a recent convert that was with us. Following

Sacrament meeting and Sunday school we went in with the Young Men for

class. It was pretty interesting; they were pretty crazy all day. The

young men are pretty awesome though. We are supposed to be giving a

fireside this coming Sunday on how to share the gospel friends. We are

pretty excited for it have been planning hard. Well somewhat hard.

During church some random visiting member from California came and

spoke with us and told us he wanted to take us to dinner soon. He also

said that he would like to participate in the 40 day fast going on in

the ward. The 40 day fast is where one family each day for 40 days

fast for missionary work. After church we went and visited a few

different people, spoke with some members. We went and visited that

same person that always asks about my watch. I told him that if he

reads the first eight chapters of the book of Mormon and tells us what

it is about that I will give him my watch. He was pretty excited to

except that challenge. We'll see how that goes, I'll let you know.

After that we went to dinner with the Millers. The kids always try to

ambush us with Nerf guns. They were pretty dang intense armory of

guns. As I explained in the last email… We had some great lasagna

there and shared a message that they really enjoyed. The message was

about preach my gospel, love, and favorite scriptures. It was really

just all over the place. Brother Miller drove us around after dinner

and we visited with less active members as well as investigators. Work

here is tough but well worth it. At the end of the night we visited

with a member family who Brother Miller home teaches. They were very

interesting family but their way awesome. That pretty much wraps of

the night and the week, hope you all have an awesome week and

especially a great Labor Day!

Random view 

Quote for the week (this was said by one of the young men that came

out with us to visit people one day) "ya know when you are younger and

there are people that are legendary in your eyes, like the president,

the missionaries, your parents. Then you grow up and they aren't as

legendary as you thought, except the missionaries, they are still pretty Legendary. 

pretty legendary."