Monday was a good day! We cleaned out our apartment most of the day. All the clutter from past missionaries is gone and our apartment is squeaky clean! We spent a little time emailing, then had dinner with the Weidner family. They are so awesome! They are inactive but working towards returning. After we had our lesson with them we had a lesson with Kristina and Charles and we put Kristina on date for the 14th of October.
Tuesday was a good day! We spent all day finding. Met a guy named Bryan who loves the Hill Cumorah Pageant and the Book of Mormon but doesn't know if it's something he wants to change for. We invited him to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and we will follow up in a little bit. After dinner we had a lesson with Tera Dusenberry. We taught her some of the commandments. We had Sister Davenport come along! It was so awesome. Afterward our appointments canceled so we were stuck to finding and teaching people on the streets!
Wednesday was good we had lots of finding again, we had district meeting! Elder Thorpe gave a good training on following the spirit in lessons and finding! Helped us and motivated us to pray more while we are out and about. We did some street contacting on Main Street, had dinner then our appointments fell through again. (Theme of the week) so we did some more teaching and finding on the streets! We had a lesson with Natalie, Gorge, and Alana. We taught them the plan of salvation. It was really good. We had Sister Watkins come with us and the spirit was so strong. That little family is such an awesome and cute family. Big plans for them.
Thursday we did weekly planning in the morning and finding in the afternoon! The Meadows family fed us dinner then we went out and did some more teaching on the streets. We had a lesson with Steve and Desirea. We read Alma 32 with them and talked about faith and how to gain it. They said they wanted to come to church! Which was a huge shock, they both don't really have a belief in god or Christ so it's been cool to see their desires to change.
Friday was a really good day! We had MLC, all the zone leaders and STL's meet with president once a month and we go over goals and actuals and give trainings on things to improve and move the mission forward. Elder Hardy and I were chosen to give a training on finding, teaching, and testifying. It went well. It was kinda scary. My first
time to MLC and I was giving a training! Haha after MLC we came back to our area and have dinner with the Bishops, they are an awesome old couple that has us over once a week. We did some finding after dinner
then we went and had a lesson with Deongella, we taught her the restoration again. And invited her to be baptized and she was super stoked and asked when. We didn't want to set a date cause there's some things we need to work through. We are bringing her to the sites soon.
Saturday..... haha we defiantly tracted every hour of the day.
Sunday was a good Sabbath day, best fast Sunday I've had on my mission. There was something different about today where I was just filled with the spirit once I opened my fast until I closed it. It was nice:) but it was also a really good fast and testimony meeting. After church we did some tracting and got turned down. Then we went to
dinner with the Pitts. They are a way cool couple. President Pitts is the pageant president. So yes I had dinner with the Hill Cumorah Pageant president, perks of serving in the NYRM. Haha he was the mission president to the Provo Utah Mission. And he inspired us, gave us really good advice we will and already have implemented. Then we went out and pounded the pavement and after 4 hours of finding God led us to the one prepared person at the end of the time. 4th floor. Last door. Always. Haha we had another lesson with Natalie and Gorge! This hour dispelled all the bad thoughts I had about this week. God provided. We had Brother Watkins come along and we read the Book of Mormon and then taught them the gospel of Jesus Christ and as we were talking about baptism Brother Watkins took over and invited them to be baptized on the 30th of September.... it was crazy. He also gave us some really good advice on what we should do now. This ward is awesome.
Even though we spent a lot of time knocking doors and working our hardest to find people to teach, I felt peace every night after a hard day of work. I went to bed dog tired but overwhelmed with peace and joy. I don't think I've heard so many people bring up revelation "do not add to this book" the opposition as you go closer to the sites is
greater. It makes for a fun challenge to find the prepared people. Lots of faith and compassion, persistence, and grit to get the work done. I love you all! Have a good week!
Love,
Elder Judy
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