Dear Family and Friends who are reading my Blog
I am happy and excited to be writing you today, and saying I am super
duper cool missionary dude, I have nice ties, a short sleeve shirt, a Book
of Mormon always at my side and I am ready to baptize. I now just need a
hose and an inflatable pool, most people would say yes with our current
weather. Ha ha, just kidding. I would not do that, but seriously it is
hot.
We had a fantastic week contacting and finding
less active members. We have been giving Book of Mormons out almost
daily, if not more than one a day. We often are asked by people, not us
asking people. So you can see that this area is ripe with desire to come
to God. Now not to let you think we do talk to practically everyone, but
the people that accept usually start talking to us first. We sadly did
not have as much success as planned. We hope to find some more
success this week and really get down to business and get some member
present lessons.
Monday of this last week we had some
interestingness, because we got two lessons in on Monday. We tried to
help some less actives. We got this last minute impression to call a
member to go with us and we did. When we got there they were not
home, but then we walked away and were talking to the member on the
street. We then taught her a lesson, and then the family showed up. So
we went back, the sister talked to the sister and we then taught the
Hermano, and it was super cool. We had some fun with the kids and we are
turned them over to the sisters because the Hermana doesn't feel
comfortable with us due to girly-ness. I guess we aren't feminine or
understanding enough. But that is okay, whatever the Lord wants to
reactivate her, as long as it works I am all for it.
Tuesday
we had a super cool day though again not according to plan. We were
beguiled into an activity at the church, which the other elders were
holding, and then we got there. None of our people were there and we
basically wasted time, and it wasn't worth it and not even effective, but
I got to put some stuff on my USB at the mission office because we were
there too. I got the Old and New Testaments audio files and it was
amusing because now I need to get it into the right format but it is all
fun because at least I have it. We came home to have dinner and we
got a super awesome service opportunity with some person moving into our
apartment building. We helped move, we dropped off our stuff, and moved
stuff like super hyper white dudes and totally confused the people and
gave them Books of Mormon and refused money like the servants of God we
are, had dinner and simply had fun. We tried to teach the nephew of a
member but he ran away and disappeared. I am pretty sure he was home but
the kids said he wasn't but I think he told them to say that, but no big
deal I can't take his agency. We then went and visited a family, the
husband was in the other room with his wife, but the sister let us in and
talked to us and we had a interesting conversation because she is
technically a member but she doesn't remember or believe anything the
church taught, because I don't know. I feel most Hispanics don't
understand the relation between The Book of Mormon and The Bible. I
have tried to explain it and it doesn't seem to come across, but I guess
it is time to start asking inspired questions.
Well that leads into Wednesday. We had a super awesome zone conference and we had some really good
trainings on not leaving crap in your apartments, taking care of your
cars, staying positive and asking inspired questions. So we got some
really good insights from the trainings. I know I need to do better. We are working on asking better, more inspired questions in our role
plays. I got in some extra study time while the Zone Olympic finals were
going on. Some of the events were fun to watch but I more enjoyed my
studies, and since Sister Weston told us to be ourselves I figure if I
want to study and write my girlfriend on P-Day then that is what I will
do because they are both perfectly obedient. But zone conference was
made even better by Brother Dallon, a member who is in our ward, and it
was fun because he basically told us over dinner "Look Elders, it isn't
that hard. Inspired questions is all about timing and simply frequency. If
you suck ,and judging by the fact of we are Americans we all simply like
to talk so we suck, so practice frequency until you get that down and
also simple, there are three types of questions facts, reflection and
exploration. Those are it and what you have to do is simply: be smart, listen and ask good timely questions." So I think he could give some
really good additional insights to the zone training and I liked it. I
will really work on frequency so I can get better.
Thursday
was really cool, we met with an investigator and several less actives. It was fantastic and I was super happy. I got to teach and run
around crazy. Sadly some of our set appointments fell, but the man said
"Please stop by whenever you can, because I like how you teach and
everything, I just feel bad because I have been meeting with the JW for
so long." So we will get him around and it was fun. We are going to get
him baptized, at least Barton will if I don't. We had a little lesson
with a drunk till his brother got him to bed, then we taught his brother
about The Book of Mormon with a member. Sadly the brother was a less
active, and it was sad because it should have been a member present. We
then got a good lesson with another less active and they are good. We
got out his interests and we have figured out a way, through some really
random promptings, of how to help him.
Friday
we got some awesome weekly planning and then some super fast service,
and a member present lesson that rocked. We are going to hopefully
get another one with him this week, so it will be fun. We just need to
corner them on the street or in a restaurant, because they are underage
and it is hard to contact them. We had a less active take us to dinner,
then we wasted time at a ward activity because there was none of our
people there. We did decide to follow Nephi and his brothers example
and cast lots about teaching an investigator who is just in the sisters
area and their fellow-shipper is in ours. We have been teaching them
far more than the sisters, so it was good because we are joint teaching, and I think that will help more.
Saturday
we taught one lesson, but did lots of good contacting. We hope to
find more people and get things going, but we don't know. It was sad
today because we had a stake conference and lost two hours of teaching,
almost three, and it was sad but worth it.
Sunday
we had a fantastic stake conference, though the adult session was
better. We had some good trying to teach and finding because we
found a less active lady and she was like "Elders!!!!! I missed you and
how are you? I am so sorry, I was going to come to church but I slept in." We were like "It is okay. It is actually at 11:00." She was like "Really? Awesome!" We were like, "Can we come back next Saturday?" She was like, "Of course, then I will see you on Sunday." We were like, "Awesome, see you then!!! So it was successful.
Have a fantastic week all of YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Logan Joseph Draper the AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
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