I just talked to president and he said no emailing back
and forth. You forced my hand mommasita, I can't email you back and forth
that is texting which is not allowed hahaha! You are going to have to live
with that decision:)
The summer
crew is back in the Ward. Referrals here we come! We have a huge influx of YSA church
members in the ward now! They are all coming back from college and doing
pest control or finding a summer job! There are a ton of newly return
missionaries as well so they have referrals because they have been
sharing the gospel with all of their friends! Today we have a ton of appointments with referrals so I'm excited. Cam Blodose my new convert in the Red Leaf Ward just received the priesthood
this week and will be passing the sacrament next week! How amazing is that! They are on such a good road. It's awesome!
-A
little story you might like it!- Me and Elder Heiner received this
referral form church headquarters 2 weeks ago and it being a really long
drive, we have only been able to contact them twice in two weeks! As we
were planning this last week I felt a prompting to go by her house since
we were going to be down in castle rock! It was 7 at night and once
again nobody in the driveway and the front door hanging wide open and the
screen door in visible. We parked the car and decided to knock anyway
because...what's it gonna hurt? We knocked three times and no answer! Right as
we were turning around to leave we heard a car coming by and I said what
if that's them? And guess who pulled into the driveway....they did! We
hurried over to the car....awkwardly because we were just knocking at
their door. About a 19 year old girl and her mom get out and we said hi
are you Lauren...looking at both of them because the description from
what we received from salt lake was not specific at all? The daughter
answered and said ....uuuhhh yeah that's me..she looked really confused!
We both looked at each other and said you requested missionaries to stop
at your door and so here we are! She responded...I have never requested
missionaries to come by but I have a friend on a mission. Turns out one of
her really good friends from college (ASU) just left on a mission to Mexico! I said how can that be, the only way we would know to stop by was
if you sent your address into church headquarters requesting a
visit....unless your friend sent in a self referral for you from Mexico! The mom and daughter looked at each other and laughed and said that is
something he would definitely do! We all laughed and said well while we
are here would it be okay if we shared what your friend would be sharing
in Mexico. Of course the mom responds and says oh no thanks we know
where to get information from if we need it. We have a Book of Mormon.
In my mind I'm telling myself, I'm not taking no for an answer. but hold
on this is awesome! The daughter responds saying your welcome to stop by
anytime because I'm very interested in what you guys believe in! In my
mind I can hear this evil laugh saying take that mom! And the girl was
hinting to us that she wants us to come over but the mom being very
protective says why don't you give me your number and call my phone so
we can coordinate when you can come by! Again, in my mind I was like yeah we know
your going to keep us from coming so.......we will get the daughters
info. We talked to all of them for a long time but never was able to get
the daughters info. But we are trying to see if her friend in Mexico
can get us more info on her mom so we can know how to start teaching the
daughter without sneaking behind the moms back....hmmmm kinda sounds
like a similar situation, mom not interested but daughter is.... Anyway that
was the story. Hoping for a happy ending!
As for Zone
conference last week, I was able to sing the song and play the piano and
it was awesome! I got a lot of compliments which was really nice. Elder
Gray says I have such a sweet voice and the girls will love that when I return:) I gave a training at
zone conference as well and it went really well! The AP's loved it and
said that was exactly what president was looking for so...mission
accomplished! Being a zone Leader is tiring though. We have to make so
many phone calls and constantly receive updates on the districts! It
takes so long we don't get to sleep until 10:30 and I feel so tired in
the morning! I don't know what else to say. I hope I answered all your
questions! It stinks the weather has been so crappy in PA but it's really nice
here. Hope to hear from you soon.
Love
Elder Brown
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