Obligatory, "This week flew by pretty quick."
phrase...
We had a lot more time to get in our area and work which was
nice. This week we found a bunch of people and it felt like we were constantly
in with people teaching them.
We are working with a part member family and we invited them
to our Ward barbeque and they came! They were a little late and ended up being
surrounded by missionaries since we were moving tables and ended up being the
last ones to get food. It was kinda unfortunate that the members didn't make
much of an effort to get to know them, but they also came to church for a bit
and they made a connect or two with some people.
We went and did some service at this place called 'second
harvest' and that was pretty fun. Basically they get giant loads of
less-than-store-quality food and we sort through it all. Throw away the bad
stuff and box the good stuff. It was good fun and we sorted a few tons of food
which equated to a few thousand meals.
Soo Miguel was supposed to get baptized this last Friday but
scheduling issues made us push it back to this Wednesday. Pray for him and for
his work so that he can have time to come!! He didn't come to church this week
for a dumb reason so we went over and had a good talk with him about why it's
important to go and why he can't just bail on plans after he has committed to
do something.
Obispo (Bishop) Landin apparently called president white and
somehow got permission for all 12 missionaries in the ward to meet him for
lunch at a restaurant. Normally this is not allowed at all, especially since
there were both sisters and Elders but with Presidents word of approval we all
went. It was kinda weird for everyone the whole time but that made it funny
haha. Pics included.
Funny story for this week, we met this old Vet out walking
his dog and he was telling us this craaaazy story about this dog. First of all
it was a massive dog, probably like 200 lbs, pure muscle and when it stood on
its back it was as tall as me. Anyway he said this dog had been all around
Africa and that the Military had specially created this dog to kill cheetahs
and crocodiles. It was super freaky because it was so massive and this dude was
a little crazy probably. While we were talking, the dog reared up and tried to
lean on me and it totally caught me off guard haha. Thought I was dead for a
sec, but the dog was actually really nice and apparently most of it's past
owners have been about my size. Anyway this dude talked for a while about this
dog and some crazy stuff that it had killed, who knows how much was true but it
was memorable haha.
The Church is True! We talked to so many people this week
that have nearly given up on God because of problems in their churches with
abuse and greed. We are seeing more and more people who have lost their faith
and that is why I'm super grateful for The Book of Mormon. I'm grateful that it
is hard evidence of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that
everyone had the chance to find out for themselves if they belive the Book of
Mormon is true. I'm grateful for prophets and that we have them as guides for
us. Jesus Christ is the head of the Church and when human beings make mistakes
it doesn't take that fact away!
That's pretty much it! Love yall!
E. Thompson
Fotos:
1. Pasco 5th Dinner with Obispo
2. Goofy District council pic
3. Recording a rendition of Be Still My Soul on the recorder
with our roommates (file included in email)
4. Helping Elder Calvin make a motivational video for his
district
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