Well.
I'm drawing a blank of what happened for a majority of this week. Here goes
nothing.
Monday
no one ended up coming to basketball (I was devastated, as you could probably
guess - insert sarcasm) so Elder Baggett and I had some extra fun. We decided
to go bug-hunting and we caught, notably, a giant praying-mantis, a
grasshopper, a huge hairy spider unidentified in species, and a stinkbug. Then
we threw them all in the same container with the assassin bug. It was a
massacre and to save a long story, the giant praying-mantis ended up literally
ripping every other bug in half and eating them. Got it on video:) But other
than that, we tried to see the Laffertys, who weren't home and then we had a
good family home evening with the Plummers.
Tuesday
we had another crazy day in Allen and Dwale. Brother Sloan came with us to a
ton of lessons and it was awesome. We had some good lessons and then it capped
off with an old guy we were teaching getting upset and throwing the Book of
Mormon. So that was a bit unfortunate. But overall it was a good day. We found
out that Cathy is finally divorced while at dinner with Sister Taylor and Brother
Sloan. She's really close to baptism!!!
She's also hilarious.
I
went on exchanges with Elder Johnson, which I forgot to get a picture of. He's
actually from Elder Normans home ward as well as being his cousin. He's a super
cool missionary. We had a bunch of appointments fall through though. But we did
get to see Thomas and we taught him about tithing and fast offering. He's doing
really well.
We
had district meeting on Friday all about planning and goal setting. It went
really well and to be honest, it really showed me how planning goes even beyond
just missionary work. Planning really just maximizes everything we do, as long
as we actually follow the plans we make. Then I got to go on exchanges with
Elder Burgener again! I normally would have gone with Elder Hill, but he was in
Martin when Brother King was found and since we had a few lessons to which Brother
King was coming to, I had Elder Hill go and see him again. Elder Burgener and I
had a good time over in Hazard.
We
had stake conference as well this weekend. We were supposed to see Sean and
April Saturday night but they had to reschedule. We'll be seeing them on
Thursday this next week. They've started reading the Book of Mormon more, which
is awesome. The lame thing is that our Stake Center is almost 2 hours away and
they didn't have a broadcast, so it was hard for any of the people we are
teaching to get there. But we are looking to see a lot of people there this
weekend.
Stake
Conference was pretty awesome. Thomas, Elder Baggett and I all rode in the car
with the Bentleys on the way there and back. It was a long ride, haha. My
favorite quote from conference was "Zion isn't built on sermons. It's built
by people who show up and put their shoulder to the wheel". That was
really cool to me, because just like anything else in life, the Kingdom of God,
our testimonies and anything else Gospel related are only going to move forward
if we actually work at it. Nothing happens until work is put in. President
Salisbury was also there, so that was sweet to get to see him.
Something
I just read in our mission Book of Mormon reading is Mosiah 16. I really like
the verse that says Jesus Christ "is the light and the life of the world.
Yea, a light that is endless that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life
that is endless, that there can be no more death" It is just such a strong
testimony to me of the Savior and how like an ever-burning light, He is always
there. He, like the ground we walk on and the air we breathe, is always there,
regardless of whether or not we notice His constant care. He IS there!
Hope
y'all have a great week and stay safe.
Take
Luck
Elder
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