Hello,
everyone. It’s been another great week in Bellingham, and a short one too! So,
let’s get to it!
Monday
We started with going
shopping. After we then emailed. Then we went and got the car washed for zone
conference this week. Then we went, got changed, and got lunch at Subway to
bring to Lake Whatcom Falls for lunch and games at the park. After a while, we
then got the whole zone together and went to the falls. We took some pics there
and had a great time. After, we had to drive straight to dinner in Sudden Valley.
From there, we then went to a lesson with Shane, a YSA we are teaching, but
soon passing on to the YSA sisters. We taught him the plan of salvation. After,
we did some area book work at home. Then we exchanged with Bellingham
Bay.
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Tuesday
I was with Bellingham Bay,
and we went to the food bank to start the day. After, we then had lunch at the
church, did a little bit of comp study. Then we had a lesson with one of their
investigators named Aston. We just discussed his reading in the Book of Mormon
and helped him with things he was not understanding. After, we went and visited
some people. We tried to meet as many people as possible, but with the effort
we made, no one really was interested. Later that night, I bought the
elders Little Caesars with the gift card I still had from Christmas. After
dinner, we then went and saw David Armstrong, a less active in the ward. He
talked our ears off until the exchange back.
Wednesday
We had district meeting,
and in that meeting Elder Brown just asked the question, "Is there
anything we don't understand? Whether it be Gospel wise or missionary wise?"
So, we asked some questions, just about the mission, and what make a person a
new investigator. Then he turned the rest of the meeting towards why we use Preach
my Gospel in our missions. After district meeting, we had lunch at the church
with the district. Then we had a lesson with Hue. We just read from where she
was at in the Book of Mormon. We were going to watch The Restoration with her,
but she didn't have a DVD player. After that lesson, we went to the church and
played some basketball with Nick Nelting, a less active that we are working
with. We were going to have a lesson too, but he had to go so we couldn't get
the lesson in. After, we then went home and had comp study. Later, we had a
lesson with the Sibleys. We talked about church and young womens for Kayla. They
didn't really seem interested in it, but they said they could try. It’s so
weird when it comes to church and stuff. They just don't really seem
interested, but they won’t tell us if they are or not. I don't understand. Later
that night, we had dinner. Then we went to a lesson with Debra Land. We talked
about learning and serving in the church. She is done with all the lessons now.
We had to wear masks when we went, though, because she's getting sick pretty
often, and just with her health, we can’t let that happen.
Thursday
We had zone conference
in the morning. For the whole meeting, we watched the video training for our
smart phones. We didn't get through everything though. We didn't have time, so
we'll probably get the rest of it somehow. After, we then went to a lesson with
some new investigators, Shawn and Farren. They are a young couple, and they are
anti-religious, but they wanted to learn some more about our church... I can’t
tell you how many of these kinds of people I've come across on my mission. They
just want to learn what we're like. They say they don't want to change what we
believe. They just want to learn and understand us. So, we'll do that and maybe
if their hearts are softened, they'll convert. I don't know. I'm kind of done
with getting these people on my mission. Ken was one, and many others I can't
think of right now. After our lesson, we had dinner and then went home to do
personal study.
Friday
We went and did some
service at the Whatcom Land Trust. We helped them out last year, with painting
their building. This time we went and did some yard work for them. After, we
had lunch at home. Then we got changed and went to our lesson with Chris. We talked
about baptism and put him on date for the 21st of April. He said he was good
with that. He's the same way as the Sibleys. It kind of just seems like he has
no interest. But he started to read the Book of Mormon again, so we thought it
would be good to try and commit him to it if he's wanting to try. After that
lesson, we went home and did comp study. Then we started our weekly planning. With
the new technology, we also have a new Preach My Gospel. I haven't got it all
yet, but we have a new way of weekly planning. It’s really nice. We now focus
on the needs of the investigators, instead of going and looking through the
teaching records for what lessons we'll teach next and stuff like that. After
we weekly planned for a little bit, we went to dinner. Then we had a lesson
with Sister Drake, and that ended the night. We just talked with her and shared
a scripture with her. Nothing too big.
Saturday
We did some more weekly
planning with the progress record. Then we had lunch at home. After, we went to
a lesson with Jason Byers. We read some scriptures with him. He came to church
on Sunday. After being with him, we had a lesson with the Redelks. We read 1 Nephi
8 with them. She hasn't read the Book of Mormon before, so we are helping her
understand it more for her to gain a testimony of it. After, we then went and
had dinner. Then we came back home and weekly planned for the rest of the night
until our lesson with Joey and a meeting with Brother Jones. We taught Joey the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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| St Patrick's Day Dinner--Pictures sent by member with this message..."We were so lucky to have your son over for dinner tonight! What a great missionary he is!!" |
Sunday
We had ward council in
the morning. Then we had church. Nikki, one of our instigators, came to church,
and she really liked it. Jason was there too. After church we then had a
correlation meeting. Then we went and talked with Brother Drake. He and Sister Drake
are going through a hard time. So much that they don't live together anymore. It’s
kind of sad. Brother Drake is wanting to go into the military, and he feels the
spirit is moving him to do so. We talked about revelations and how we can know
if they are true. He needed some wisdom on that. After, we then went and had a
lesson with Holland. We just read scriptures with him. Then we went home and
did some personal study before dinner. After dinner, we went home, got picked
up by Brother Jones to go get Jason Byres and Sister Caravue for the CSFY. It
was in Lynnwood, so that was a drive. But we had a good time. There were great
speakers, I saw tons of missionaries I know, and I found out Orion is getting baptized on March
31st! I can't wait!! I'll be going down to Arlington that day to see
him get baptized by Elder Wolfe. After the CSFY, we drove back home and ended
the night.
Well that's it for this
week, friends! love you all, and I'll see you soon!!
Elder Hammond
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