Lets
talk about our first day! Me and Elder Cluff got to our apartment at
like 11:30 in the morning. The apartment hasn't had anyone living in it
for the last 4 months. The elders before left it completely trashed. The
trash wasn't taken out, the shower wasn't clean! It smelled nasty and
there was a pile of dirty dishes in the sink piled up to the cupboards
above grosss! I was pretty ticked off but I got over it and once I
cleaned everything, I was fine. By the way, Elder Cluff was new to the area also, so we swept in both of us to the area not knowing anything. We
got to the apartment and said well lets build this place up. For about
4 hours we went and started studying the area book and the people
the missionaries have taught and the tons of work that the missionaries
before weren't doing. After that we took another hour and started
calling investigators, less actives, and recent converts. We set up
appointments with tons of people so there is a lot of work to be done. That night we went to our Ward mission leaders house and let me tell you
how awesome he is. He typed up this sheet of the most progressing and
lessons taught to them and members from the ward who have fellow shipped
them and there was a list of about 30 people that haven't been contacted
in a while. We started working with him and said if we needed anything
just let him know. He then took us to the store bought us our groceries
showed us around the area and the day after he came to two lessons we
had as the member present. He is in his 60's never served a mission but
is a great teacher. That day which was two days ago we already had 4
lessons, 2 with new investigators who really want to learn more. The
next day we had an amazing lesson, committed a less active couple who
hasn't come to church in forever to come to church and they said they
will. We really connected. That evening we were able to get another
member to come along with another investigator we had. The member that
came with us was a convert and related super well with the investigator. The investigator is half way through the book of Mormon and really wants
to learn more, I was feeling the spirit so strong in the lesson and we
put her on baptismal date for the 28th of January and she is coming to
church this week! WOW what a week already and a hot start!
The members
are awesome we get fed every night and brother Night said there are 5
ward missionaries in the ward and all the members are engaged in
missionary work. Even the bishop is super engaged in missionary work.
Honestly this is a blessing from the Lord. Although all these good
things are happening it has been pushing us to work harder than we have
ever worked before. I have no time to dilly dally and it is very time
consuming. Truthfully, I am starting to feel like a real missionary and
the spirit is working with me more than it ever has before. I know the
Lord has called me to this area and even though biking stinks in the
freezing cold it is worth it! I want to stay here for a while and with
Elder Cluff! I know this is where I need to be
Last
week was interesting, I was very emotionless, because face timing you
didn't feel real at all. Although it was really good to see your face in
person it didn't feel real. I was honestly in shock the whole time.
Sorry if I was acting weird. but I bet you were as happy to see me as
happy I was to see you. It was still really good to see your faces.
A gift I bought myself with some of the Christmas money!
Tell Everyone Thank you!
I love to play Chess!Thanks Grandma!
Remember the savior and what he did this Christmas season and you will find more joy.
Happy New Year!!!!!
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