This was a killer of a week. I learned a bunch. And we just had a bunch of fun.
It started of on Tuesday when we had a lesson with this lady. The appointment was all confirmed and good to go, but when we got down to her place, we found out that she lived in a locked apartment. We looked for the call box and....nothing. We went to the front desk...nothing. It turns out that the place was a center for drug rehab. And because it was a single lady, we had to bring somebody with us. So the member that brought us was leaving and heading down the road. But she called us and said we could still come up. So we quickly called the member and he went up with us to teach her. We started teaching her and found out she has a couple of kids. It was a rough lesson as far as distractions go. The three year old was tearing up everything. We taught her and she said she feels like something was missing in her life. We asked her if she feels like the gospel could be that missing thing and she said yes. So she is now working for a baptism date!!
Wednesday we were on exchanges with Elder Hall. He is a new missionary and he is just trying to get his footing. We had a really good day. We tried to help him find out why he is here. We talked to a few crazy people. Elder Hall is a big guy. Like 6’4” or 6’5”. We went to this door and there was a little weiner dog. And it was barking up a storm and it scared him so bad!! He freaked out!! Oh my!!! I laughed about that for a little bit. Then we taught this guy named Nate. He is a less active who just wants to have some happiness. We bore some big time testimonies. It was awesome.
The next day we were supposed to have a mission leadership meeting but President was sick. So we had a couple of lessons. It was a bunch of driving. And it was kinda a rough day. It was one of those days that was hard and you crave ice cream. So we went through to the day and we stopped by one more person before the end. They weren't home so we decided we could get some ice cream. We went in and this girl asked us what church we go to. She told us that her grandparents are members and she goes to church with them every once in a while. She doesn't feel really welcome because she is the only person her age. So we talked to her for a bit and she said she would come to church this week. Do you think it was an inspired ice cream run ? I think yes.
Friday we had a bunch going on. We went to the temple visitors center with a less active. He really enjoyed it. Then we got wrecked with traffic. And they took a few wrong turns so like 2 hours later we finally got back home.
Saturday we went nuts. We had appointments all day. It was sweet. The first one was with a referral from a member. She is solid. She has been to all the churches and feels they are all wrong. Then we taught her the restoration she said it makes sense. And when we invited her to be baptized on the 31st and she was all down for it! She said that when she commits to something she gives her all. It was awesome. Just had a couple of lessons after that so nothing too crazy.
Sunday was again way cool. We had some random non members at the church. They were here for a business approach so the stake president just happened to be there. We introduced them to the bishop and they were actually really interested. So that was awesome!
It was a really good week. Learned a bunch and had a bunch of fun!
Elder Astle
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