September 7-21

Sept. 7, 2015

So this week our investigator with the baptismal date, Ja'coleman Green, came to church this week. He showed up late and almost missed sacrament meeting but he stayed for the rest of church. There is not a lot to do on p-days here in Cairo, so I have decided to make a suit of armor out of cardboard and duct tape. So that will keep me busy on p-days for a while.

Sept. 14, 2015

So this week was a rough week. All of our appointments fell through. One of our investigators dropped us, and we haven't had solid communication with any of our investigators for 2 weeks. So most of this week has been tracting, so not a lot has happened this week. The weather is starting to get better, it is cooler in the morning, but during the day it is still in the high 80's

Sept. 21, 2015

So not a lot happened this week, it was filled with mostly tracting. On Saturday we had service at a members house we were planning on digging a trench for an underground fence but when we got there they said they would rent a trencher. So we ended up moving some bricks and we helped them plan out where the fence would be laid. But the good thing was they fed us breakfast when we got there and they fed us lunch before we left. Yesterday we saw two bunnies. Also we had a lesson with Ja’coleman and he said that he wants to bring his whole family to church. If he does, our primary will triple in size.

Fantastic week

This has been a pretty fantastic week.  To start it off, on Tuesday we had a half mission conference and we had 2 70's there. That bring the total that I have met to 4 70's and one apostle. The 70's that came were Elder Neilson and Elder Stanfill. Elder Stanfill will be giving a talk in general conference Saturday afternoon session.

So we picked up two new investigators this week, so that brings the grand total for this transfer to six new investigators.  The next thing is we had stake conference this week so we drove down to Tallahassee and stayed the night with our zone leaders and drove back on Sunday. When we got home we had dinner and decided to go and see one of our investigators that lives close to us. we got in and had a great lesson with him. we were reading 3 Nephi 11 and we got to a part where it said to be baptized and be saved or no and be dammed and the spirit nudged me to extend a baptismal invitation.  It wasn’t the normal "will you follow the example of Jesus Christ" I just asked "do you want to be baptized" and he opened up and we now have a date set for October 31, and yes I know that is Halloween.

Also the hurricane that is coming this way shouldn’t do much up here but we have been told to have are 72 hour kits prepared and our cars topped off with gas.

Success Academy is no1 in the nation?  That is so cool.

One Year Down!

August 10

So this week has been good. We had our first other lesson this week, it went well. It really sucks building an area from the ground up. So small towns have advantages and disadvantages, the advantages are that the people most of the time are nicer, but on the other hand the town has been completely over worked and it is hard to find people out in the boonies. So on Sunday we had to teach primary. With two brothers that are the only primary kids. We were given the lesson and then when the first hour was up no one showed up to take over so we had them color and we just watched. They were really rambunctious and they were wrestling in the middle of class and with our missionary rules we couldn’t do much about it (we are not allowed to touch them). So it was an adventure. So this week was my year mark, crazy to think that I have been out longer than I have left.

August 17

So this week was fun. I had two tradeoffs and I left the area two times. The first one I went to Thomasville and the second one I was in Tallahassee. They were both really good for me. So we had a really rough day yesterday. We were tracting and we ran into a Baptist who was "concerned for our salvation" and he wouldn’t take anything we said to him. Next we were going up to knock on this door and the owner came up on his tractor and told us to get off his property and he wouldn’t even accept a free family history card. I got really stressed and when we got home that night we planned and I went to bed.

I go to send you pictures and I always forget about some stuff that happens. I got stung by a bee and Saturday and I also made cookies, some of them didn’t make it to the picture.

August 24

So this week has been good. I have got to know all of the members because there is like 15 of them. But we have been picking up some new investigators. The work here is slowly picking up. So one thing that happened this week is sometimes we pack a dinner so we don’t have to drive back to the house and then back to town. So I had my sandwich and Elder McEwan decided to go to taco bell. Well I was broke and I have only eaten at taco bell twice here.

 I can honestly say that that was one of the most awkward moments of my life when I walked into taco bell with a sandwich and sit down and start eating.

Searching for Someone to Rescue

 

August 3rd

The new area is different, in my last two areas I have lived in the city and this area I am in the boonies. Our area covers all of Grady County. When I got here there was nothing to do because the elder I replaced was going home and he was trunky. So we made a map and fixed up the area book. We have been tracting all week. It has been in the 100s all week. It is so hot.

But on the bright side we get fed more than my last area we get fed regularly 4 days of the week. I’m going to get fat here. So crazy, the temple will be so cool. I can’t believe that everyone is already coming home. I guess I got on the boat late. Make sure to record some of Braxton talking when he gets home. I want to hear his accent.