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hope you all had a great Thanksgiving week!!! We sure had a great
one!!! Thursday we had our Turkey Bowl for the mission and it was a
success! The Lakes Zone won the championship and it was a morning full
of fun!
We taught a lot of lessons this week! We figured its because we know people aren't going anywhere so we can finally catch them!
We
met with Sherri and invited her to a Bible Study class that the sisters
missionaries in our zone put on. She seemed very excited for that and
she also said that she wants to start reading the Book of Mormon.
Wednesday we went on exchanges. I was with Elder Koval in our
area. Elder Koval is a new missionary this transfer and I thought it
would be funny to pull a prank on him (don't worry I'm not that mean).
So I called a less active that we had an appointment to see that day and
told him to pretend that he was a random person that we tracted into.
He said that he would love to and that when we offered to share a
message with him he would just say that he wanted to play board games
with us instead. So the time came and as elder Koval thought, we were
tracting. We knock on his door; do the introduction, and he says, "Hey
I'm from the ward". and instead of being an investigator he is just a
member and says that he wants to play games with us... so ya it didn't
work out like I thought but it was still a good time. And I figured that
the prank wasn't that mean anyway so it turned out to be a good laugh
when it fell apart :)
Thursday was Turkey Day! We ate dinner at the Browns and it was fantastic!
Friday
we were able to meet with Latasi and the Worku's! People we haven't
been able to meet with for a long time! But we caught them on their day
off!
Saturday we taught a less active, Steven. He and his mom were
baptized when he was 12 and after she died he went inactive. He said
that he knows he needs to get back to church. He lives with his
girlfriend and her 5 year old daughter. He said that he would ask them
if they would be interested in taking the lessons. Its so great!!!
things are picking up!
We also taught Savannah about obedience, attending church,
reading scriptures, and praying. Her and her husband are doing so well!
Her husband is a member but has been inactive for a good part of his
life. I felt so bad during the lesson because I asked him how taking the
sacrament each week has affected him. He said that he hasn't taken the
sacrament in a long time and he really wants to. He bore his testimony
of how great it would be to take it and how he needs to meet with the
bishop. I was grateful that i asked that question however because near
the end of the lesson, Brother Gardiner, challenged him to meet with the
bishop and get things worked out. Sunday he bore his testimony in
church and it was so great to see him taking steps to grow closer to
God!
Sunday, the Worku's came to church! We had a great lesson in gospel principles and I really hope they enjoyed it!
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