Wednesday was a pretty good day. We went and did service at the foodbank for a couple hours. They had us sorting pop the whole time. We sorted coke and Pepsi and energy drinks, they had a little of everything! It was a lot of pop. After that we did some street contacting and started to invite people to come play some basketball every Thursday and Saturday nights. There were quite a few people who said they would come play! Today was also one of our investigator's birthday and we had a Bbq with her and her family. It was really fun. After that we had a discussion on why we need to come to church. After we did that we drove up to Blackfalds, which is about 15 minutes north of Red Deer, to try and contact a referral. She wasn't home so we tried to contact a former investigator, but she didn't answer either. Oh well. On a sad note, to end the day I totally sprained my ankle. :( So that's a bummer that I won't be able to play pick up ball for a while. Hopefully I will next week!
Thursday was a very good day. We had district meeting in Lacombe, which is about 15 minutes north of Blackfalds. It was a really good district meeting. Elder Hlavaty is probably my favorite district leader so far. He gave a great training on answering the hard questions posed to us. It was fantastic. After that we tried that referral again on the way home. And we got ourselves a new investigator. Woohoo! She is very interested and has been going through a rough spot in her life that the Plan of Salvation will help with. So that's awesome. Then we had a lesson with J. She has been struggling with reading the Book of Mormon. When we last met with her, which was 2 weeks ago, she was only in 1 Nephi. This week she was in 3 Nephi! She has read a ton which is good, but she is still skeptical. The only thing we can tell her is to keep reading and the witness will come. After our supper, we went and had our first pick up game of the season. One investigator from the YSA came. That was all. It'll be a process, but with some more work I think it will be very successful. So it was a good day today.
Friday was an interesting day. First we did a little bit of weekly planning. Then we went and did Facebook to try and contact a member who needed help planting some flowers. But she hadn't even gotten the flowers yet... Oops. It was interesting. So we had ourselves some lunch after that, and then we went to Kal Tire to set up an appointment for an oil change and tire rotation. We finished our weekly planning when we got home. Supper them was consumed. We then went to teach a lesson. H had been struggling with reading the Book of Mormon and coming to church. So today we taught a simple lesson on how the scriptures can change lives and what kind of sacrifices people made to get the scriptures into our hands today. We watched the video "The Blessings of the Scriptures". It's an excellent video that I recommend to everyone. I then issues her a challenge that I think will kickstart a reading habit. One of my Seminary teachers always told us to read at least 6 seconds a day. It takes about that long to read a verse. He also said " a scripture a day keeps satan away". I told her this and she agreed to read at least a verse a day. Hopefully that will help her start to read more and more. It was an excellent lesson.
Saturday was also good. We got our oil changes and the tires rotated today. It was super fun... And by fun I mean boring. But it had to be done. After that we had a appointment scheduled, but it fell through. Sad day. So we went and did some Facebook stuff and found out she had company, and that's why she did not meet with us. Then we went to Blackfalds to help somebody move in. That was good. Manual labor is the best. After that we want to the Reid family's home. That's the family with 4 kids who were not baptized that wanted to be. 1 has been and the other 3 are on date for the 11 of July. We had a good lesson on how reading the scriptures, praying, and coming to church are the best things we can do to build our faith and receive a testimony of the gospel. After we had our 2nd night of basketball. The same person came, so we're going to make some adjustments and invite members and tell them to bring their friends. On a stupid note, I decided to try and play, and I rolled the same ankle I did earlier in the week. Woops. My bad. I just need to stay off it for about a week or 2. I'll learn someday.
Sunday was a decent day. Before church we went to get our investigators to come to church, but they both weren't feeling good so they didn't come. So we have to push the baptism date back. After church we went and visited a less active member who LOVES Porsches. He said he has had almost every single one at some point in his life. Right now he has a Cayenne, which is not my favorite, but it's still a nice car. It was awesome. That night we went and visited the Reids again. They are all super close to being ready, but they aren't quite there yet. It's a work in progress, but it has taught me how to simplify the gospel when I teach. So it was a really good day.
Monday was an alright day. In the morning we helped with another move. Manual labor again. And we got to help move another piano. That's the 2nd one this week! People need to find better places to put their pianos because they were both very tight spaces to get in and out. After the move we went and gave out investigator, B, a blessing. He hasn't been feeling well recently, and he wanted a blessing from us! So that was super cool. After that we took supper and then we did some stop bys. One of the guys we talked to talked for over an hour on his doorstep. He wasn't even the guy we were looking for! But it was super neat. He has a lot of potential, and he said if he had to pick a religion to join he would join the Mormons. Just because all of the Mormons he has worked with in the past have all been really good guys and we're just good people. Never underestimate the impact you can have on people. Good experiences with LDS people is how missionaries get in the door later in life.
This week I learned a lot about our divine potential as sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father. Just as our earthly parents want us to grow up and have what they have, or more, so our Heavenly Parents also feel. God wants us to have everything that he has. That is the reason we are here on earth. To grow and progress so that we can ultimately become like God. That alone should be enough motivation to do our best in this life so we can live with him in a celestial glory and have everything he has. I don't know about you, but I want to be like Heavenly Father.
Love you all! Have a fantastic week!
No comments:
Post a Comment