Oh deer... getting dropped like its hot // week 49
8:50 PM
What a week. So I'm typing this on a keyboard instead of my
ipad so Im sorry in advance for the typing errors... Remember how last week
wasnt that eventful? well this week was the opposite. we had something going on
EVERY SINGLE DAY. lets begin...
Monday. Basic pday. we had a fun pday activity as a zone and
we played games in a members insane backyard and we enjoyed kickball and
ultimate frisbee. in the evening we did some family home evenings and as we
were driving home from Farmington to Kaysville on Main street a stupid deer ran
across the road and I almost hit it, but because of my awesome defensive
driving skills I didnt. Instead i hit the brakes and the horn at the same time,
yelled "WHAT THE?" and the cars behind me didnt hit me. the deer was
pretty scared though and my companion was pretty impressed. im more used to
coyotes running across the road, not deers...
Tuesday we did a service project as a district for a
nonmember lady. it was fun. her husband was recently deployed and she just had
surgery so we did yard work for her to help her out and we were able to create
a relationship with her instead of just preaching to her about the gospel.
Wednesday we had a district lunch that the elders put
together with a member in their area. super sweet of them, but guess what we
had for lunch, fajitas... tortillas, rice, meat, and beans, basically what we
have every day, thanks elders, but its okay because it was very Americanized.
We had a lesson in the evening with a less active lady who really loves our
hair and now she wants us to dye her hair for her, wish us luck!
Thursday was a really cool day. So on Sunday the Assistants
called us asking if we would be able to help out with a service project down in
Salt Lake. This service project was for a non-profit organization called IRC.
they help out refugee families for 2 years to get on their feet by supplying
them with an apartment and basic supplies, like hygiene products, cleaning
supplies etc in their homes. So what we got to do was we put together all of
these supplies, stuffed our car (MOST INTENSE GAME OF TETRIS YOU EVER DID SEE,
pics below to prove it), and then we drove to the apartment to set everything
up. just me and hermana huxford. it was a really cool experience. we were able
to help out a family of four start fresh and have a new opportunity to become
who Heavenly Father wants them to be. so it was a special moment. but because
the apartment was out of the mission we were an hour late to district
meeting... oops, we had AP permission though.
Friday, okay today was AWESOME. so i
am going to write a lot. so today we were blessed to be able to be edified from
a member of the 70, Elder Woodring and his wife. we had our mission tour today.
it was incredible. im going to go through what i liked about each part, so be
prepared. so Sister Woodring shared a scripture that really touched me, she
shared Doctrine and Covenants 24:7-8 which says "For thou shalt devote
all thy service in Zion; and in this thou shalt have strength.
Be patient in afflictions, for thou
shalt have many; but endure them, for, lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of
thy days." I was really touched by this
scripture because right now I am serving in Zion, or Utah, and from the surface
it may seem easy, but at times it really isn't, but if we are like Paul and if
we endure, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will help us along the way. Elder
Woodring started out by sharing a story of a pair of elders that met a man in
Europe that said he saw their faces in a dream, he then asked us, "do you
have the faith that you can be guided like that in your areas?" He really
focused on faith. We had an awesome discussion on about how faith is a desire,
belief, and ACTION. just like it says in the scripture, "faith without
works is dead" we have to ACT and EXPECT when we have faith. He also said
"against all hope, have hope" sometimes thats the hardest thing to
do. after lunch we had another discussion on real intent and how if we dont
pray with the intent to act on the answer we will receive, Heavenly Father will
not give us the answer we need. So after being so spiritually pumped we took
all of that and went out and had a super powerful lesson with an investigator!
her name is Maria Espinoza. We really focused on how she needs to have faith in
God that he will help her find a way to be baptized. it was a powerful lesson.
Saturday. what a special day. so
when hermana huxford first came into the area she met a less active family, the
Ariza family, who were expecting their second daughter in August. Hermana Ariza
had a goal of being reactivated and worthy by the time their daughter was born
so her husband could bless their baby girl, well 6 months later we were able to
go to the temple with them for the first time in over a year. it has been an
awesome experience to be able to work with this family and see them progress
from not going to church to working so hard to go back to the temple and next
month Hans will bless their new baby girl. it was a sweet experience, and we
also were able to go to the Ogden temple so that was fun. that temple is
BEAUTIFUL.
Sunday was just another Sunday
filled with church and meeting and lessons falling through. all is well though.
update on our fast that we did as a district
a few weeks ago to find the elect, well its working, but not in the way we
would have hoped. we have been dropped by a lot of people and we have been
dropping a lot of people because they are not progressing or they are not
interested, etc... but thats okay, because Heavenly Father is just giving us
the time to go find those that truly need us. but the fast is working the other
way for the elders though. they have found new investigators so we are excited
for them! Sorry this email is so long. Shoutout to those that actually read it
all! love you all. hope you have a great week!
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