Week 85 More Investigators

Hey everyone. This week was a good week. We got 4 new investigators! So ya, things are going great. Here is my week.

Monday

We had P-day. We started with the normal morning, went shopping, then emailing. After, we then did a little more shopping. Then we came back to the church and played basketball. I got bored after a while and played Clue with the sisters and Shalla on the stage. I've played basketball so much on my mission that I just get sick of it, but my companions like doing it so I do it for them. After having all that fun, we then went home, got changed, and then had dinner. After dinner, we came back and Elder Milner got packed for the exchange with Bellingham Bay. Then we exchanged, and I got Elder Redd. 

Tuesday

We started the day with mormon.org time. After, we then went and saw a potential family. They weren't home, so we went home and had lunch. Then we had comp study. After comp study, we went and saw tons of people. We really tried to get a new investigator on Tuesday, but nothing would really happen. We got a few return appointments for later in the week, but none of them worked out. Later that day, we had dinner on our own because the people feeding us were sick. After dinner, we went to Sudden Valley and saw some less actives out there. Then we came back into town and met with Bishop before the exchange. After, we then exchanged back and drove home for the night.

Wednesday

We had interviews and district meetings. We had our interviews before everyone else, so we got ours out of the way. After interviews, we then had district meeting, and Elder Brown talked about how important it is to work with members to get the work done. Reading these weekly updates, you probably see that topic a lot for district meetings. It’s because as a district leader this year, he has to talk about it every so often. After district meeting, we had lunch as a district. Then we had a lesson with Brother Winnbrener, a less active in the ward. We just got to know him and talked about how his reading is going. After, we had a lesson with the Sibleys. We taught them about the plan of salvation. It was nice. We brought Brother Jones, and they had a friend over named Perry. He's a nice guy who's pretty religious, and he really liked what we told him. So, we picked him up as a new investigator. He said he was going to come to church, but he went to the hospital for depression. It's really sad. He's a great guy. We'll visit him some time soon. After, we went and had dinner. Then we went and met with Justin Lon, to just see how he was doing because it had been a while since we had seen him.

Thursday

We started by going and seeing some potential investigators that we got from the zone leaders, however they were not home. So, we came home, had lunch, and did comp study. Then we went and had a visit with Scott Warren. We just talked with him and read some scriptures with him. After, we then had a lesson with Jason Byers. We read the gospel principle manual with him on the millennia.  Later, that night we had dinner with the Mecleaves. They are really nice. They’re letting me borrow some of their musical instruments that their kids aren't using anymore. In our mission, you can't take or keep or buy instrument while you’re here, but if a member will let you borrow an instrument while you’re in their area, then that's okay, just don't let it distract you. So, they are going to get their son's violin fixed so that I can borrow it and play it in my spare time. That is really nice of them. I told them they don't have to, but they said they wanted to. After, we then went to Sudden Valley and met with Cad Wilson, a less active that wants to come back to church. He came yesterday too. We just got to know him, and Brother Baird, the member that was with us, his home teacher, just shared his experiences with the church helping him to understand and learn these things. After, we then traveled back and ended the night.

Friday

We started with doing some weekly planning, After, we then went to go see Edwin, one of our potential investigators, but he wasn't home so we went to go see some other people in those apartments. After, we then went and had lunch. Then we did comp study. After that, we went and had a lesson with Chris. We taught the word of wisdom to him and why it’s important for him to give it up. After, we then went and met with Sister Kavah. We read some scriptures with her that were uplifting. She's going through a hard time. She has an infection in her foot, and they are in the process of finding where it is. She's gotten almost all her toes amputated, and they are about to amputate the rest. It’s kind of sad. After that appointment, we then came back into our area and had a lesson with Lailoni. We taught her the plan of salvation. From there, we went and had dinner. Then we weekly planned for the rest of the night.

Saturday

We started the day with going over to Laurels Ward and helping the zone leaders help move someone from an apartment. After we did that, we came home, got changed, and had lunch. Then we did comp study. From there, we went into Sudden Valley and met with Greg. I didn't want it to happen, but our discussion about the Book of Mormon kind of turned into a bash. I didn't do anything. I just looked up the scriptures we were talking about and asked some questions on what we were talking about. I don't like how that is the case when we go over, but he's kind of not listening. So I don't know what to do. After meeting with him, we went and saw some other people in Sudden Valley and then drove back into town for a lesson with Justin, one of our new investigators this week. We talked about the Book of Mormon. He's a cool guy, and he says he's reading it to try to understand what it is. He's really solid when it comes to it. After our lesson, we then went and had dinner. Then we met with Nate, one of our investigators and picked up his girlfriend  as a new investigator. Then we had a meeting with Brother Jones, and that ended the night.

Sunday

We had no ward council so we went to church. After church we had correlation meeting. No investigators came to church. It was kind of sad. After correlation meeting, we then went home, had lunch, and then went over to Justin Lon's and watched The Restoration with Avery and the kids. They really liked it. After, we had a meeting with Holland and read some scriptures with him. After that, we came home, did personal study, and then we went and saw Hue. She was sick, so we gave her a blessing. After, we drove down to Sudden Valley and had dinner with the Saunders. Then we came back into town and had a meeting with the Redelks. We just read 1 Nephi 11-12 with them. Then we went home and ended the night.

That's the week, everyone. I got one funny pic of us that happened this week. We went to go see Ivan, one of our investigators, and he was not home. But on his door was a Jehovah's Witness card for his wife, who I guess could be taking the discussions. There was also a flyer for a southern Baptist church, so we wrote a note for Ivan and stuck it on the door. We took a pic of it for laughs and giggles. Anyway, that's the week. Love you all.

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Elder Hammond