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| Elder Saunders an NOMRM I knew who was visiting GI |
Thursday, June 2, 2016
A picture is worth a thousand words
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
One week down 2 to go
Dear Family and Friends
This is another crazy
week and moment in the life of a missionary when you have less weeks
than your companion has months even less days (sort of) than your
companion has months. However time does not determine effectiveness nor
love of the work of the Lord. So I will inform you of our crazy semi
productive week.
Monday we got hair cuts as I
mention So needed my hair was gross, now it is fantastic and awesome and
it will be that way for when I come home. Well we did our lazy and
somewhat normal preparation day activities we got things clean though!
that was nice we then did shopping and went to see people, all of our
plans like to fall apart and that was sad so we went and made some
Flyers for our English class and copied them so that was good, the rain
has destroyed a couple few.
Tuesday we had some
good stuff planned. We had exchanges and I was in GI with Elder Jones
and Elder Porter was in Hastings with Elder Howell and Elder Madsen.
They had fun they got lots of lighting and tornado warnings but nothing
beyond be alert. We however got nothing, absolutely nothing in Grand
Island. We had a good day of work trying people and contacting
referrals. We got two other Lessons one just outside with some teenage
boys they were fairly receptive and that was cool. The next was with our
investigators Rogelio and Anna they are awesome we haven't had much
time to teach them but they have been reading from the book of Mormon!
That was amazing and we then went out to Saint Libory to plan our lesson
with Brother Leal for Thursday with Eugenia and Pepe and that was good.
He has a lot of crazy stories.
Wednesday we
switched back and it was good we went and jumped straight into teaching
or trying too. People flaked out on us and it was super sad. but we did
service at the multicultural Coalition mainly just sitting there. They
don't have to much for us to do, we are hoping to get to talk to Steve,
our boss more about his travels in Africa, he apparently has spent more
time out of the U.S. than in it which is crazy. we then swung by Eugenia
and Pepe's house and they were doing good we had a quick 15 minute
lesson with them and reminded them of our appointment on Thursday. We
then went to our English Classes and we had two people who I think will
be consistent in coming because most people want to learn English and
find it useful to learn it even though it is hard. though there are many
who are content with just knowing Spanish. that was the extent of our
Wednesday adventures.
Thursday we got two
lessons almost a week record we taught Eugenia, Pepe had to go help a
friend fix an air conditioner and so we taught her with brother Leal. It
was a good lesson She really is starting to get the Gospel. Then we saw
Rossy she is one of the sweetest ladies and we also met her husband and
he is a really cool guy he is from El Salvador and she is from Mexico
and they are both super sweet they have amazing hearts and we taught
them a bit about our responsibilities as God's Children it was awesome!
Friday we just saw the Xec family and that was great they are
struggling Brother Xec is still in Guatemala with immigration papers and
she is here as a single mom so it is hard for her the kids are great
but not the most helpful bunch. then we did service again at the
Multicultural coalition and it was the same as last time not much to do.
we also did our weekly planning
Saturday we did
service at the Grand and it was fun (The GRAND Theater). We run concessions and clean up duty afterwards and so that was very amusing to
see all the different people there I really liked it we got to talk to
the bosses who run the theater since it is actually owned by a board of
directors of local store owners not a company or single family
franchise. I we also just talked to the other missionaries since we had
to be on duty during the movie. we then had a lesson with an
investigator then we ran over to a ward party that we were invited to
since both the English wards use us as extra man power and so that was
fun we got food and watched the other wards members interact with the
the sisters. Sister Hall injured her foot so all the girls were wanting
to be her helper it was kind of cute and funny, us as Elders we were
relegated to a corner.
Sunday we went to the GI
2nd ward and listened to President and Sister Gardner speak as well as
hear Sister Hall Sing in sacrament it was a great meeting very reverent
and very orderly we planned our day for seven lessons and then we only
got two it was sad and sacrament had very poor attendance which made
things sad too. but it was a good week
Zone Conference, Exchanges, and the Get Trunky Quick Plan
May 23, 2016
Dear Family and Friends,
This is another one of
our exciting weeks here in the Nebraska Omaha Mission. We just completed
our Zone Conferences in the areas not in Omaha, It was a really good
week and so here is your report day by day
Monday we
did our Usual Preparation Day relaxing and Visiting with the Other
Elders nothing too crazy or exciting and we had some good times and took
care of business such as cleaning then we had a member Dinner and FHE
(Family Home Evening) our message was a quick scripture because me
mainly helped her and her family get the computer figured out because it
had some issues and we showed her how to download the Gospel Library
app and get to it and that was good, then we went and found one of our
investigators home and taught him from the plan of salvation how we are
children of our Heavenly Father and how we lived with him before this
life in Heaven as his spirit sons and Daughters and his Sister showed a
bit of interest and we set return appointment
Tuesday
was our Zone Conference I got to see some of my missionary friends
before I go home. The Lincoln North and South Zones came to Grand Island
and the rest of the Kearney Zone was here in GI as well so there was I
think 73 or so missionaries it was cool. We talked a lot about how to be
more effective in working with our members and being worthy Conduits
for the Holy Ghost and then sister Gardner gave a great training on the
Lies of the Devil the things that he throws at us to distract us, and
she said we need to say when he sends those to call him out and remind
him that he is being a Lying Liar Lieface! so
that was funny I had never thought I would see sister Gardner say that,
but she did and she got it from Arthur! that is what made it cool we
sadly didn't get to watch the clip but that was okay. Well we also had
the Housing people from the mission office install a carbon
Monoxide/smoke detector combo in our apartment and it was funny they
liked our little room but they did think it was kind of crazy that it
was so small but it was nice they wanted to steal our book shelves but
they were the Abshers so Ha ha ha we won Member Housing is sweet! then
we went and saw an investigator and he had started reading in 3 Nephi 11
like we had committed him too and it was sweet because he had a
question about why the people didn't understand the voice when they
heard it the first time and then we taught about how the Holy Ghost
works and how often times we don't listen but we still fill his
influence and then we slowly realize that God is trying to get a hold of
us. Like when you get a phone call and the phone is on vibrate but
you're walking so you don't feel it until you sit down and have that
quiet moment you realize someone is trying to call you but you were just
to busy and preoccupied to listen because you thought what you were
doing was more important etc... and it was a sweet lesson!
Wednesday We drove to North Platte to have exchanges with the Zone
Leaders we just did work in their area we saw some nice people, I don't
remember every bodies names but it was good it is just a smaller version
of Grand Island so that is fun I guess.
Thursday we
came back had lunch with a member and that was good we are going to be
helping her pick out some toys for her grand kids next time she takes us
out to lunch because they are little boys and so we were like okay
whatever you say but that will be fun I guess. We saw one of our
returning members she was doing very well she is a super sweet lady, we
had a fun conversation with her and invited her again to church so
hopefully she will get back in the habit of coming she needs the
blessings of God, we all do, but her husband is in and out of the
hospital with a heart condition so we are going to have to go see her
and visit with him too to see what we can do to help. We then went to
see an investigator Eugenia and Pepe they are such cool Cubans I don't
know why but they are so sweet, It think it is because they have had
such difficult things they have had to rely a lot on God. we had a good
lesson about the Book of Mormon because she has been doing good at
reading!
Friday weekly planning it was good but not
the best like usual but it was very effective and that is what makes
things happy! we also had a great lunch appointment with the Rubio's
where we introduced the new pamphlets to them yes we have new pamphlets
so call your missionaries and get them to give you a copy and then you
can introduce it to people because it answers lots of cool questions! We
then did some service at the Multicultural Coalition translating a
thing or two for them and then we just talked and that was good we then
went to a lesson with a Less active named Angel he is so cool he is
coming back to church and we are going to have him help us with an
investigator or two and then we saw Eugenia and Pepe again with Brother
Leal and it was a sweet lesson, I am going to have to get some of his
story written down I think it will be best shared in person but
basically he was Cuban special Forces and he got hurt pretty badly but
he came out okay and he also was an Olympic athlete for Judo but ya long
story. but Eugenia and Pepe are starting to grasp more the need for the
gospel and why the restoration. we are going to have to go visit with
Brother Leal and plan out our next lesson to keep the momentum with
them.
Saturday we saw our Seventh day
Adventist investigator who has read the Book of Mormon 4 times and knows
its true and also has read D&C and the Pearl of Great price. that
went very well. He knows the book of Mormon is true but he still has
hang ups on the whole Sabbath day thing and that was kind of the
majority of our lesson was that doesn't matter as much and the law of Moses was fulfilled.
Sunday was great I spoke in church
and I didn't find out till 12 and I didn't get time to prepare until
about 1 and then I still was mainly pondering not studying, but I got
complements from Eugenia and Pepe who came to church!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that
I spoke very fluidly and they felt the spirit and I spoke on how the
lord always fulfills his promises and the greatest promise is salvation
and how God fulfilled his part of the Deal and that it is now our job to
obey the commandments out of love and we will receive our rewards! so
it was good I felt good about it and the other missionaries came as is
our custom, to support each other and Also President Kearl came to so we
talked to him and that was nice talking to him and he gave me a few
compliments in front of the other missionaries but ya I did do a lot of
work with President Kearl in the past. So ya it was good.
That is my week really we got some good lessons and are making progress
and will hopefully be hearing of success from Grand Island in the
Future!
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Zone Training, Crazy, Then more crazy
May 16, 2016
Dear Family, Friends, and Furry creatures who are adorable (IE cats dogs squirrels and other R.O.U.S.)
This has been another eventful week in the lives of us missionaries
here in the Nebraska Omaha Mission. So to get to the details, and to
not leave you pondering and confused here it goes
MONDAY, Monday Monday MADNESS!!! So lets see, we emailed and then went
and had food, did shopping and went to try people around 6 well that
didn't go so well people don't like being home or letting us in, 😢 but
we decided we would do some knocking in a part of town I hadn't really
been in to knock or teach people and in doing that we saw this house and
I felt I should knock that house but it looked dark so I walked past
and partially I got distracted talking to Elder Porter (A.D.O.S.) and
then the spirit told him hey knock that house so we did and a lady named Christen answered and she was a sweet old lady and her husband is a
member who is less active right now, (health issues) and she had visited
with the sister missionaries and she said she knew she should get
baptized but she was concerned that she didn't know how to swim and that
the water would be to deep and all the sudden, we realized this sweet
old lady had felt the spirit of the lord in her life she knew this was
the path she needed to take but she was scared of going forward because
she didn't understand the actual ordinance of Baptism and so we resolved
her concern and she agreed to meet with the sisters again and the
sisters are starting the lessons and I hope to hear of their success
soon!
Tuesday we had some crazy stuff happen we
had a normal service at the Stuhr Museum it was fun we used weed
Whackers to trim some things the lawn mowers couldn't get and it was
good and we just walked around whacking stuff for an hour or so then we
got to answer one of the workers questions about our church and what we
do as missionaries because everybody wants to know they just don't want
to be pressured into stuff so we just kept it simple and it became a
very spiritual conversation despite being covered in grass and smelling
like lawn mower. We then went to an appointment and the lady was like I
am busy and we were like well can we have five minutes we started
teaching the restoration to keep our promise of a fast lesson then she
made it longer and at the end it was twenty minutes but it was a super
good lesson and hopefully she keeps her commitments. We then had lunch
with the other Elders and went to see a less active member named Rossy,
she is one of the sweetest ladies we have taught and she has a great
testimony she stays here in grand island to take care of her mom with
Alzheimers disease so she has a really good heart and we committed her
to come to church, she is still reading and praying and doing pretty
much everything you could and should do as a member but she just stopped
coming to church and she wanted to come back and we told her make it a
goal, God wants to help you so he will make a way for you to come and
she said okay Elders I will make a goal
Wednesday That was a crazy day we went to Kearney for Zone training and
it was good President Gardner came and the main focus was keeping the
momentum we are not allowed to slack off and do nothing, also that we
have a support group together as districts and as a Zone and that we
never should let ourselves become depressed because we are all part of a
family the family of God and that was a great part of the meeting we
also talked about the light of Christ and the light of Christ is
basically just Virtue PMG chapter 6 virtue change virtue to the light of
Christ it makes so much sense. It was awesome we shared that. Then we
came and had dinner/lunch at a Chinese restaurant and it was good it was
a buffet and I was happy I was hungry and we didn't have a dinner
appointment so it all worked out. We then went to a house of a family who
invited us back it was the bible study thing we sat through last week
if I didn't mention that. Well we were going to share something at the
end but they asked us to go first while they waited for some others who
were going to be late so we took a smidge of time and shared the Gospel
of Jesus Christ and showing a little bit about it from Hebrews and how
that is the foundation and if we don't understand that we
can't understand anything else and we won't comprehend the scriptures.
The Spirit filled the room and they had never looked at it that way and
they were wowed which surprised me but then we went on to have an hour
discussion on why The Latter-day Saints even exist and it was sad because they would ask great questions and then they would refuse to let
us answer them. I avoided all possible bible bashing I could I began to
just teach the restoration and to bear testimony and they felt the Holy
Ghost, there was not one person in the room who didn't feel it and that
was the crazy part but at the end the People refused to Pray about it
and we left on good terms but it was sad but super cool. I know this is
Christ's True church the Holy Ghost could not have been their had I been
telling lies and falsehoods it is an impossibility.
Thursday We got three lessons it was great we saw our investigator we
taught Tuesday and she was like I don't have time then she started
ranting about how her husband is getting into trouble probably drugs and
prostitution and we have heard this rant before and I was like
okay Mrs. we can teach you, or you can vent to empty air because you are
just angry and hurt and that isn't going to help you, we then testified
of how the Gospel has helped us to overcome difficulties especially
disappointment and sorrow and heartache and how it can do the same for
her if she'll let it. And so we testified of that and we are going to
read with her Alma 32 and go from there in order skipping 35 to read 36
that is our long term lesson plan it'll be great. We then saw the Xec
family who is struggling to be active sister Xec's husband is out of
the Country for immigration paperwork and she is basically as single
mother right now and it is hard on her, but she is so strong and she has
overcome so much. We later had a team up with Hermano Leal to see
Eugenia and Pepe they are so sweet and with Leal we taught the plan of
salvation while including the Great Apostasy and he made it so simple it
was amazing basically the great apostasy is the Devil's mist of
darkness to keep us from realizing who we really are as spirit Sons and
Daughters of Our Heavenly Father. When they grasped that they were like
oh ya and so we are ready to help them to really progress it was great
we just have to set a return appointment.
Friday our day went down the drain with mowing our lawn it took longer
than planned and then we tried seeing people and that just went crazy as
well but we did get to see the Arviso Family With Rosa Jesus
and Xavier, it was a great lesson and the kids are so funny and we hope
they keep being that cute forever but sadly they'll still grow up like
everybody else.
Saturday fell apart with
dong an unexpected service project. Helping somebody disassemble a shed,
it was weird because they bought it but don't have a place to put it.
Some people's Kids then we Had a good lesson with a man named Luis, and
he knows the church is true he just doesn't want to admit that he needs
to get baptized again but he wants to help his friends join our church
and so that is super funny
Sunday
was Branch conference and apart from the stake leaders us the branch
presidency we had three people in sacrament meeting it was sad but we
still had good meetings hopefully we can get more people to come this
next Sunday.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Transfer Week
Monday May 9, 2016
Dear Family and Friends
This week has been a
bit crazy and also very good with transfers etc.. we are doing well here
in GI and we are having fun so here is the official update for the
week.
Monday we hung out with the other missionaries
and had lunch with them we then went to a park to play Frisbee golf and
it started out pretty well, I was enjoying myself then on the third
hole there was a water hazard and it was fine I tossed mine across and I
was shooting for a gap in the trees on the other side, and well the
wind caught the Frisbee just a little bit and then the Frisbee went up
and over just enough to hit a single branch and bounce back and fall
into the water I scrambled around the waters edge to get it before it
floated away, but luckily with they way it hit it went into the shallow
water at a steep angle and sunk so I had to wade to get it and my tie
got wet as I bent over to grab it but it was alright but then two other
elders proceeded to follow my example. So that was sad because I was
used to fetch the Frisbees. However I got par on that hole, the cool
thing was there was a tree between me and the hole and I tossed the
Frisbee around the tree and sunk it into the hole and it was amazing
everybody was awed because the water hazard had gotten them good. Then
we went home did our shopping and got cleaned up and then went back out
and tried people we tried this investigator named Luis and his sister
Anetsa answered so we taught her and part way through our conversation
Luis pulled up with his friend and they saw us and drove away. 😢 but
that was good.
Tuesday we got transfer calls and
that was crazy because early we got a call from Lincoln Spanish and I
was like why are they calling us and I answered and Elder Porter was
like I'm going be with you Draper, so that was fun Elder Davey was super
excited to leave and go to a new area so that was good he is in Norfolk
Nebraska in a trio with Elder Barton and Elder Philips so that is crazy
all my old companions are in the Sioux city zone and three of them are
now companions! We got a couple of lessons in despite it being crazy
packing day so ya we taught Eugenia and Pepe a little bit about
missionary work and it was good they are surprised that we don't get
paid but it hopefully will click in their brains that this is the true
church.
Wednesday was transfers and that was great
and sad at the same time we had to mow the lawn so that took lots of
our time once Elder Porter got here since it had been raining during the
week, we met this guy named Michael he was white and we got an
appointment with him but we did teach a brief restoration on the street,
and it was great.
Thursday we did service for the
Leal's helping them move the people they bought their new house from
furniture out and that was exciting and because it was more crazy than
we had planned we gave the other missionaries Aloe Vera Drinks as
compensation for their patience. We also saw Eugenia again and read with
her a bit from the book of Mormon and then we dropped an English book
of Mormon off to Michael since we didn't have one then we knocked on a
former investigators door and caught them in a Bible study and we asked
if we could join and being good Hispanics they let us in and it was more
of a church service sermon rather than a bible study so that was sad,
but they invite us back for next week for their actual bible study so we
are going to share something simple and powerful and give them a run
for their money I think maybe the gospel of Jesus Christ 😇
Friday we did weekly planning and saved miles since we use a lot with
our service project and I got my SD card from the sisters since I gave
it to them to record their Guitar skills/singing skills, they sing and
play the guitar very well especially the Hymns so those were great to
listen to
Saturday we got stuff ready for the
video chat home. Then we taught Michael the restoration and he was like I
like learning but I am going to stay Baptist and I asked him some very
pointed questions about what God desires and I testified of the unity
and love of God and the restoration and Elder Porter says he looked
scared, like he recognized he was feeling the spirit but didn't know
what it was and I could feel the spirit filling the room and I agree
Michael didn't know what to do but he doesn't want to progress so we are
going to leave him for a season, he didn't even consent to pray at the
end of the lesson he was like okay it is time for you to go boys.....
ya.........
Sunday we did the video chat and that was the week love you all.
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Sincerely,--
Elder Logan Joseph Draper
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| Baptism for Jesus |
Hi North Platte, more crazy RAIN, Baptism by immersion not sprinkling!
May 2, 2016
Dear Family and Friends,
This has been a crazy week for us in the Nebraska Omaha Mission if your names are Elder Draper and Elder Davey.
Monday
we got off to a good start, we hung out with the other Elders and ate
food & had a pool party (like the game no water was involved). Then we
mowed the lawn and went off to teach people! We were able to see Eugenia
and Pepe which was amazing! We helped them get rid of Junk mail mainly
scams of, If you donate money to this charitable organization we are
going to enter you into a contest to win a prize and the fine print was
on the inside of the envelope so that you wouldn't read it. Then there
was a scam (or at least that is what it seemed to me) from a church (I
won't say which). They said write down three wishes you have and then
after writing each wish say sweet Jesus then enclose $20 for each wish
and your prayers will be answered! REALLY?!? I can pay to have my
prayers answered? REALLY?!?? and we told Eugenia, that is a scam, Christ
said thy faith hath made thee whole, and Peter and John told Simon the
sorcerer that thy money perish with thee for thou has thought that the
gifts of God can be bought with money and then she promptly ripped them
up all the papers and tossed them in the Garbage and she declared that
she would not be the victim of a scam again! We then saw the Arvizo
family to help make sure that Jesus was on track for his baptismal date
on Saturday
Tuesday we did our studies and then
before Lunch headed out onto the road for our two-ish hour drive
to North Platte to do exchanges with the Zone leaders. It was a really
good experience and it has been my only real exchange this whole
transfer and that was cool because it meant I got to spend more time in
my Area! However we did good work and we taught a lot of people between
street contacting and contacting potentials so it was fun and I enjoyed
myself. And we also had a little presentation of dating tips from Elder
Davey then the ZLs realized that wait Draper you need these more than we
do you go home soon and I responded no I don't I have been out a little
over a year.
Wednesday we had a mission wide
conference call where President Gardner shared some miracles from the
mission from teaching more about Christ from the Book of Mormon. It was
super cool and it as great for us. Then we drove home to Grand Island we
had lunch with our Branch president and his wife then later his wife
came and met us with a sister who has been less active she has six kids
and her husband isn't a member so that is hard when the kids are
difficult in the mornings so we haven't seen her for a while. We also
saw Rossy one of our other less actives and that was fantastic she is
doing super well, we had only two people at our English classes which
was super sad but it was raining really hard and they were probably all
like ah never mind. So I hope we can get more people to come this week. Then we saw the Arviso Family again and we solidified the baptismal date
he was and is on track to make it.
Thursday was
also great we had district meeting and that was fun and nothing too crazy
other than forgetting the DVD of the District that I needed and rushing
back home to get it but luckily we had enough miles and so we were fine
then we had a lesson with Juan, which Juan ha hah ha, but it was a good
lesson so in teaching him about prophets we read 2 Nephi 31 and showed
how Nephi testified of Christ many hundreds of years before his coming
and that Lehi did the same and we left him with 1 Nephi 10 to
reinforce that so that will be awesome! And next time we will review
Christ's ministry and the apostasy (Today Monday!) Then we got an
appointment with a lady named Araceli who asked us to come back and she
hadn't been available then we took lunch and talked with our friend
Sandra at the Taco Truck and she is Golden she said, I hope my kids can
grow up and be like you and do what you do, I want to see them dressed
up wearing a name tag representing Jesus Christ. 😇 We then rushed off
to Sutton which was a crazy drive trying to get there in time but we did
it we then came back and saw a member who just ranted about how
churches are built up to get gain and we then showed her how our church
isn't, it was kind of funny actually
Friday was
all service and the Baptismal interview of Jesus and he passed it was
funny we did lots of crazy running around
Saturday we did service with the Red Cross installing smoke detectors and
then we did service at the Grand Theater for their free Matinee which
was good, and then we had the baptismal service of Jesus and then we
went back to the Grand theater which was good there was a lot to do on
the clean up end, and that was sweet we got to do stuff then we went and
had dinner at a Chinese restaurant Buffet and that was good then Elder
Davey and I came home and crashed then did weekly planning and that was
pretty much our week just rushing to and fro never stopping for to long
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Elder Logan Joseph Draper
Monday, April 25, 2016
Nebraska Plain
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Advertising English
Dear Family and Friends, and other people who may be reading this IE my Cats and Dog and
other furry friends
As
the title states advertising English was a big activity and I will get
to that later but for now I will start out with a brief description of
the week.
Monday was a good day we emailed and then
went outside and mingled with the Sister missionaries in the Library
parking lot. Sister Hall was being funny and goofy and Elder Davey made
it better when out of the blue he said looking at his reflection in the
car window, "I look so cool!" ya it was great. Sister Kelsey and I
talked about the Spanish missionaries who have been ZLs in Sioux City
while she was serving there, so it was a good time to reminisce on old
times and enjoy the present. We got some things taken care of at the
house then we went with the other Elders and played basketball at the
church and ate pizza it was a good time, I am crazy compared to most
because I am athletic and fit so I just zoom around the court like The Flash or Captain America. Most of our plans fell through like normal but
we did get one cool lesson with an investigator and it was cool
because we got his younger brothers to join in!
Tuesday
our initial morning plans fell through but we were able to go help out
at the Stuhr Museum and that was sweet! We had fun and I got to run
behind the Gator (a six wheeled Golf Cart for use on farms and stuff)
and I was keeping up with it at one point and I felt like Captain
America it was fun. Then we had our left over pizza with the English
Elders and then we headed out and tried some people and we got a good
visit with a less active member, she is as sweet lady and she remembers
all the other missionaries from before and a few even from before me so
that is amazing and cool she just got out of the habit of coming to
church, she cares for her Mom with Alzheimer's and that is rough but the
Gospel is helping her to understand what is going on. So we are going
to be getting a team up to get her re-fellow-shipped. we were supposed to
go to Sutton but that canceled which was a good thing because we got to
sit down and eat dinner and it was nice. Our evening plans got crazy as
usual with all the last minute cancellations we got. It was sad but we did
get a good lesson with the Arviso Family we re focusing in on Jesus with the
nine year old son who is getting baptized on the 30th! So that is
sweet! and hopefully he will be ready.
Wednesday
we went to the library and got flyers printed, we are starting an
English class!!!! It is going to be sweet we spent a couple hours
putting up Flyers on 4th street where there are a lot of Hispanic
stores and Restaurants. We did find a new investigator. He was a former investigator
of the other Elders, he has depression and it is severe and so he was
dropped due to the fact he became sick and couldn't meet with the
missionaries, but the the teaching record says if he is doing well start
teaching him. And we found him again and he is doing very well. He has
gone back to work and has a cute dog super friendly and big, (a black
lab about as big as Daisy). We had a long conversation and he said that
he has read the Book of Mormon four times and that he has also read
through the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price once
and he knew that the Book of Mormon was true. He wasn't sure what to
think of D&C but that it was good and had many truths he agreed
with. So that was awesome and a miracle to find a new investigator.
Thursday we had district meeting and that was good, the sisters in my
district are fantastic for at least the hour and a half I see of them so
ya it was good. We then went and had a lesson with Eugenia and she is
being her awesome crazy Cuban self as ever and ya it was funny she is
very mothering to everyone which will make Saturday great. But we go
and have lunch and then we got tape to post more of our signs, so we
went and got the rest of 4th street done and some other random Hispanic
stores and Laundry mats so that was fun we got to talk to lots of people
and most people seemed excited and happy that someone wanted to help
them for free. Because everything else costs money and ya. We aren't
even going to preach to these people. so ya. We did talk to one lady
named Sandra who spoke English she is probably a stateside born Hispanic
but she was super sweet and we talked with her about what we do as
missionaries and she was very impressed by that and she was like ya I
wish I could do what you do and we were like well in our church we
believe that the best way to give back to God is by serving others so in
our church we focus on serving and teaching others and we don't have a
paid ministry and she was like okay that is cool.
Friday we decided to take lunch after studies and before weekly planning and we decided to go to our new friend Sandra's taco truck and it
was sweet she made amazing tacos and then she also had amazing green
salsa with a hint of pineapple it was so GOOD!!! Then we did our weekly
planning, basically suffice to say we are stuck in our basement room for
three hours except for bathroom breaks but it is still long! we did
some good attempts to find people but we didn't have luck, because most
everyone scheduled for next week. However we did have dinner with the
Lagunas Family in a Restaurant called La Flor it was pretty good it is
actually the same place where they didn't have bread or rice so they
redeemed themselves. Then we put up some more advertisements since
we were in the neighborhood.
Saturday was sweet!
we did service out at one of the English bishops house Bishop Piper or
Pyper quien sabe but it was good we helped him clean up his back yard
and it was crazy. It used to be a farm and there was old metal tractor
parts hidden around the lawn that we raked and we filled two pick up
truck beds with stuff, sticks weeds grass etc.. so now he actually has
one clear lawn. We again saw Eugenia and Pepe which was good Elder Davey
got side tracked during a conversation and started thinking about food
then when he came back to us he was super confused and Eugenia was like
oh what is bothering you and he said nothing because he was fine but she
was like no, what was it and he was like well I got side tracked when
you said Pizzeria and she was you are hungry lets go get you food so
she ran upstairs and heated up spaghetti and burritos and it was
delicious and we ate well I finished but Elder Davey was like I am full
and she was like you need to finish you can't be full you are a man and
so she was like here I just had burritos I'll take part of your
spaghetti and we will have a race to see who can finish first and well
Eugenia whooped him and it was funny. I lost it and we had a good time. Then we tried people and when that fell through we drove to Sutton and
we had a good lesson with a couple who is part of the Alarcon clan
(different Alarcon clan than the one in Crete) but still members at
heart though less active so hopefully we can help them come back. Well
we came back after that driving through the beautiful Nebraska plains
the highest point was a bridge over some train tracks it was funny. We
got back to GI and found a new investigator a woman with a disabled
daughter named Luz or light she was so cute and funny, the Mom Sandra is
going to be a good investigator.
Sunday we
had some good things we saw Luis again the guy who had read the BoM four
times he had questions for us mainly about Polygamy so Elder Davey
answered those, Polygamy is a common practice in the Bible and is
justified in the Law of Moses if God commands it to happen so it was
funny to read in the Law where Moses justifies polygamy or at least God
does since Moses only said what God told him too, so ya then we later
saw and had dinner with the Lagunas family again but this time at their
house since her boyfriend was there and we taught them the plan of
salvation and we are going to review the restoration again so it was a
sweet week!
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Driving Glorious Driving
April 18, 2016
Dear Family and Friends
This has been a fun
week, not necessarily 100% productive but it was still good and I am
excited to share some of the highlights with you. so to start out with
last Monday we saw the Mahan family, from one of the English wards and
they had us and the sisters and the other Elders over for dinner. Then
we went over to our relief society president's house and visited with
her for a FHE and then ended up teaching her son, He is your average
teenager wanting immediate gratification but he is a good kid.
Tuesday we tried to see some people but that didn't work out so at
about 1:00 we headed to Sutton a small town in the middle of no where it
was about an Hour drive to that town. we then tried to see some people
and after a while we wandered into the library to see if they had a town
address book, they have that in Lincoln but not there apparently but
we talked to the Librarian a super sweet lady she said she was Christian
but she didn't believe the bible stories to be true or that Jesus
Christ was the Son of God and she had had LDS friends while she lived in
South Dakota so ya we gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon and invited
her to read it and hopefully she did and we will catch her when we go
back to the town. Later we had a lesson with a part member family in the
town and it was good. We then hopped back onto the Highway and drove
back to Grand Island or GI once in GI we had dinner and then saw our
awesome part member family we generally see every Tuesday and we
reviewed the restoration and recommitted them to read as a family
Everyday from the book of Mormon so that the Jesus can get a testimony
for himself.
Wednesday we taught this kid named
Santiago, basically we just keep knocking this door to catch someone
and then someone new answers every time last time it was Herminda this
time it was Santiago. So that was funny. Then we tried teaching people
and it was one of those days where nothing really works out. Well we
taught a lady named Mariana a less active who has had a lot of struggles
and we testified of Gods love and how she needs to forgive herself to
fully repent then right after that the sister missionaries texted one of
them would like a blessing and they would be willing to meet us
wherever they had to so we met them at the church and we gave the sister
a blessing and it was one of those things that she didn't want the ward
to know and the other Elders were out of town on exchanges so it fell
on us. It was a super cool and spiritual experience to participate in
that. That was the end of our day basically every thing else fell
through
Thursday we had a sweet district meeting
and I trained first on being ourselves and developing our own talents
and not competing with others. Then find when you teach and teach when you
find or however it is said in PMG. So ya it was great the sisters loved
my training and then we did some good role plays district meeting went a
little over but it was all worth it! We felt the spirit and what more
could you ask for. So we took lunch then tried to contact some referrals
we had in our planners and we met a guy walking on the street said
missionaries could contact him again and so we were like sweet send that
to the sisters and that will be of note later. Then we taught a less
active member who is just not coming to church and stuff but she is
super sweet and we then had a dinner with an English member in the other
ward, they used to live in Utah and so they have been here for about
the same amount of time as I have so that is cool.
Then we saw our part
member family again they are starting to progress and we taught the law
of chastity and it went over alright.
Friday
all of our plans got changed but it worked out we had interviews a
little later than planned but it was all good we got to see the sisters
and how the referral went and well they went back and one of the guys
either our referral or his friend called the sisters Hookers so I was
not happy when I heard that but God will deal with him in his own way in
his own time. Leaving all Justice to God is the best way to go. Well
we then had lunch and that was good because it held me over the rest of
the day. We had weekly planning then we went out and tried to teach
people
Saturday we tried so hard to find people
but nothing literally nothing worked out and we ended up with no lessons
but we did do some good contacting and got some new potential investigators and that was awesome! One guy was like thanks for the Jesus
time boys and it was funny because his so called "atheist" friend
actually asked for a Book of Mormon so that is exciting and no I didn't
give him the sisters number (despite it being their area) I learned my
lesson. Sunday we got two lessons in which was sweet. Possibly new
investigator and the Lagunas Family the Lagunas family is awesome
Hermana Lagunas has a sweet testimony she has just had to work a lot
since she got divorced from her husband who already had a wife in Mexico and didn't tell her till after the fact but she is doing well and they
are a cool family the kids are mostly active. We also had stake conference
and I had to translate one of the talks and that was difficult for me
because she was talking so fast and using a lot of story telling and idioms of English not to much but I was like slow it down. but that is my
week in a nut shell/
Crazy! Zone Training, More Crazy! Then Crazy Me!
April 11, 2016
Dear Family and Friends this has been a fantastic week!
I am going crazy things are just being awesome! And ya what more can I
say than to you I will have say since I have not really yet said
anything other than crazy, Nuf said. So starting with the Monday we
bumped into a less active from another ward in Walmart and she was like I
miss seeing missionaries and I prayed that I would be able to find
missionaries today to talk to and we were like whoa and she was like ya I
guess God was listening and we were like ya he is so, if you pray to
find us you must understand the importance of who we represent and
therefore will you permit the sister missionaries to come and teach you
once again and she was like um no but I'll take their card so she took
the Hallelujah card but she did watch general Conference 😕 go figure.
Well after that we had fantastic lessons with Luis and then Eugenia Y
Pepe. Well it was good Luis was seemingly (in my opinion) not to
interested, he was working on a friends car when we showed up but it was
a very good bold and loving restoration. the difference between bold
and rude is BOLD is Being Open Lovingly Diligent while rude is just
RUDE. Then we saw Eugenia Y Pepe and we first Helped them put up the
picture of Jesus and the Angels and the Family proclamation I will send
you all a picture of that once I get there with my camera. We had a good
lesson about priesthood and the need for living prophets and apostles
and it went super well it was awesome they accepted the challenge to be
baptized.
Tuesday was Crazy! We started out with
service at the Stuhr Museum and we hauled a cut down tree away to where
we are going to chop it into fire wood for the exhibits it is a cool
place but we can't go this week. We then took lunch with the other
Elders and then tried to see people and we didn't get much done during
the day but we did get some cancellations and that all worked out because
we got one member present in the evening with Rosa Y Xavier and we also
had dinner with them which was nice and we had a sweet lesson and
committed them to live the word of wisdom.
Wednesday was crazy we had zone training in Kearney and Zone Olympics. I
conducted Zone training and that was good we talked about the need to
be Bold and to have Hope and faith that we can do what we have been
called to do, our zone has sadly not seen any baptisms for quite some
time and we are hoping to change that. The STLs (Sister training
Leaders) Gave the training on staying motivated and working hard and it
was good and I felt like that was going to come and it did just as I
felt it would, I sensed the need for that in this area and I might
mention it to my district again in our district meeting on Thursday. We
then did the Zone Olympics and I didn't "qualify in anything" though I
did all of the events but it was okay I am the smallest Elder in the
zone like I am literally the bottom of the stack it is kind of funny and
I am just barely in the Middle of the sisters so it is kind of funny
too to see me in that group. We got back from Kearney late because of
the Olympics thing which was annoying but it was fun we taught a good
lesson to two new investigators Rogelio y Anna they are technically
catholic but they don't go to church so that is sad. However they had
good questions for us about what we believe we are hoping to teach them
tonight actually. and after that we took dinner since we didn't take it
when we got back from Kearney
Thursday was
awesome, one thing they told us to do was to invite people to be baptized in the first contact so that we can weed out the wheat from
the tares and focus on those who will receive us and it was funny
because a rejection is a "Flo-Jo" don't ask where it came from we didn't
come up with the idea so ya we didn't get one and we gave out like
three or so Copies of the Book of Mormon. we later met a less active
girl who had crashed her car just before we found her so that was funny
because we had a good lesson with her outside by her car and we have a
return appointment! Then while knocking a door we got the quote of the
week so here is the scene, we knock the door, dogs start barking and a
kid maybe 10 looks through the blinds and then turns and Yells, "Dad
some people are here GET YOUR PANTS ON." If I wasn't a missionary I
would have lost it but I kept myself mostly composed. So that was a
crazy thing, you don't hear that every day.
Friday we did weekly planning and it was awesome and we got it done in
three hours and then we got to teach this random lady named Herminda we
had a return appointment with a guy named George and when we go to the
house Herminda answers and says No sorry there is NO GEORGE that lives
here and either her husband lied or she did so we were confused but she
let us teach her and we will have to try back. We then went and helped
out at silent auction for a member who needs a small intestine
transplant.
Saturday we played basketball and
then set up for a wedding of a part member family and it was good I have
decorating skills and it was fun the relief society was impressed
#MOM&SISTERS ya so that was great and that basically consumed
everything but we got food out of it so that was good oh actually the
pants thing might take second place because we went to go get tortas
after setting up for the wedding and the waiter took our order and went
into the Kitchen then he came back and was like sorry there is no bread,
so no Tortas, and the member was like okay get these elders two plates
of carne asada, and he went back and he came back and was like okay
sorry there is no rice and at this point we started laughing and she was
like fine get them some tacos and he came out and she was like, don't
tell me there are no tortillas but there were so we actually ate there
instead of taking our business else where but it was sad for them.
Sunday was AWESOME, okay church is sweet I love the sacrament but what
was cool was a part member family invited us over for dinner after
church so we went and had dinner with them and started teaching/having a
gospel conversation with the boyfriend and he set up for us to go back Friday and have an FHE so that is going to be awesome! We then taught
Abel an investigator and invited him to pray with his wife (who wasn't
able to join us for the lesson) to see if they should be baptized so ya
it was awesome!
Then we saw Pepe and Eugenia again they are
so funny and they were trying to justify saints like they mediate with
us and God and I was like well the scriptures say only Christ is our
mediator with the father so... ya but we resolved some concerns and it
was all around good and parents have been taking the pamphlets that we
left in the Daycare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so I'm happy and sad it has been super sweet
Love Elder Draper
Monday, April 11, 2016
Week one done Week two bring it on
April 4, 2016
Dear Family and Friends
Missionary work is
crazy! if you have read my letters, served a mission yourself or have
talked with one about what they do lately you will discover we are crazy
and I am no exception, so why do I do what I do, well you could conclude
by my own statements that I am crazy or you could be more logical than
me and realize I am not crazy (clinically) but none the less here is the
awesome rundown of this past week.
Monday was
awesome! We started a new Book of Mormon challenge as a mission. this is
almost identical to the one we started when I first came our we are
focusing on Jesus Christ his names titles and attributes, then the
Doctrine of Christ and what The Lord says, IE thus saith the Lord
"......' so that is going to be awesome so far it is. Well that night we
taught the Arviso Family and it was awesome we taught the plan of
Salvation and they felt the power of their need as a family to
follow God and the husband Xavier isn't a member so he is now praying
about baptism, and we should be setting him for a day soon
Tuesday was a blast we did service at the Stuhr Pioneer museum stacking
wood for their wood piles and that was fun we got to use a golf cart
thingy with a trailer and they let us do that because we stack the wood
better than their employees so ya we are neat and organized even in simple wood piles. So we tried hard all day to find people but we did
get one short and brief lesson in with person about god being their
loving Heavenly Father and we got a return appointment!
Wednesday
we had a good day we got a new investigator family they actually live
in Kearney but they are staying here in GI since they are working here
in GI and their friend who owns the trailer is going to be on a trip for
a while so this is a cool miracle for us. We tried super hard all day
do contact people but most everything fell through
Thursday we had District meeting and it went all right I could have been
more simple in my training but I got nervous so I complicated
things more than necessary and I will do much better next time luckily I
have a week off with district meeting. Our trainings were on how the
Gospel blesses families and simplify the Restoration and also apply it
to teach different principles. So that was awesome. We did
splits with the Zone leaders in our area before they had to go to
Omaha for MLC (mission leadership council) #NotDLProblem so that was fun
but we still didn't teach any lesson even with covering twice the
ground. That evening however was awesome! So first we saw an
investigator Family Eugenia and Pepe they are Cubans and they are super
kind and loving people Elder Davey thought we needed to drop them and
the Branch counsel wasn't opposed but I didn't think it was the best
idea but we planned that out as our lesson, and so we were establishing
our purpose and teaching the restoration and as we got to the great
apostasy their was a disconnect in their minds and I said somethings
simple super simple but super key, "their must be twelve living apostles
in Christ's church" and they were like Huh?!? and I repeated it and
they were slowly grasping it and then we opened their scriptures and
showed them in their own bible where they called Matthias to be the
thirteenth apostle and who Christ's church was built on the foundation of
living apostles and prophets and evangelists and so forth and they got
it and they realized what we have that they don't have yet and so we set
up to go back on Friday. Then we saw the Arviso Family again and they
are progressing they read their assigned chapter and Xavier knows he
wants to and needs to be baptized and we doesn't know what day but we
are going to set him again and then we taught them the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and they are starting to grasp how they will be blessed as a
family and it was awesome two fantastic lessons back to back.
Friday we went back and had a sweet follow up lesson with Eugenia and Pepe Gonzales and we showed them how to find GC so they could watch the Saturday morning session in their home and that was sweet then we set up a brief return appointment for Saturday after the session.
Friday we went back and had a sweet follow up lesson with Eugenia and Pepe Gonzales and we showed them how to find GC so they could watch the Saturday morning session in their home and that was sweet then we set up a brief return appointment for Saturday after the session.
Saturday was awesome the session was tailored to them and Eugenia
watched it and loved it and then that night she found the Women's session
and watched it!
Sunday they came to the morning
session and they again loved it and asked if we could put a copy of the
family proclamation up on the wall in her daycare and yes we can just
like elder Nelson said just ask the missionaries so they love this
Gospel they aren't even baptized but they see how these teachings of
modern living apostles and prophets will bless the lives of those they
are about
--
Sincerely,--
Elder Logan Joseph Draper
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
What the Transfers!?!!!
Dear Family and Friends
This was a crazy week for
us in Nebraska, for those of you who understand missionary lingo and
lifestyle you will understand why, if not that is okay just pretend you
do and it'll make sense part way through and if you don't get it period
it is okay I can explain, explanation we are crazy. ha ha ha ha hah
Well Monday was a weird day because I went and was emailing and I was
like Hi family I will probably be in Lincoln and ya Elder Sharp is going
home and I just get to sit tight and watch transfers go by, well not
exactly I decide to read President Gardner's email and it is like,
thanks for helping Elder Sharp stay focused till the end oh and by the
way make sure everything is updated in your area book I have some last
minute changes I decided to make to transfers and I was like Oh no Oh no
oh NO! changes transfers, we're getting white washed! So I start
freaking out the rest of the day but we still party and I am like buy
milk and get transferred not buy milk and have money to buy milk next
week????? not buy milk I am getting transferred so that is what went
through my head on Monday
Then Tuesday I was like
well I should follow the normal schedule until I am notified to start
packing and well I was like, "oh study time I Love you and I love my
scriptures and Oh cool thing mark that and Oh ya that is a good Idea
maybe I should write that somewhere,... Oh what is that weird noise
coming from our phone it is study time our phone doesn't make noise
during study time oh wait that is President Gardner's Ring tone," so ya
that was my thought process more less and Elder Sharp answers and
President Gardner is like I can't wait to see you tomorrow for our
interview and then He was like give me to Elder Draper and I was like,
"uh oh, I don't get phone calls from President this doesn't happen to
me, I didn't do anything." Hello Elder Draper can I give you a new
assignment? "of Course president (What is he talking about, I'm not
training, what is he talking about?!)" I would like you to be a district
leader in Grand Island can you fulfill that assignment for me? "ya of
course president (Huh? District leader GI😕)" I am expecting great
things.... so I was like huh that isn't normal and Elder Sharp was like
and you thought you were off the hook, and I was like "(you set me up
you told him to make me a District leader didn't you?!😒)" but it was
good, we went to lunch as a break from packing with our Zone leader Elder
Powell, Elder Smith was made and AP so ya that was crazy and I got to
see my District and it is all sisters, Wooooo I have a 'Sis'trict which
should be sweet, all I have to do is baptismal interviews solve
problems, be a friend present training's and inspire them and do one
exchange with the Zone leaders, other than that I am off the hook! So
that will be fun.
Wednesday we had the actual
transfer thing we sent Elder Sharp up to Omaha super early in the
Morning then I got to hang out for anther hour or so and I got loaded on
the transfer van and we got on our way. Well partway through the trip
the APs got a call saying um well we just sent Jensen to Lincoln we
didn't realize he had to be in Omaha this morning and they were like
What! so long story Short Elder Jensen (the Spanish Elder I came out
with) was supposed to go to Omaha Tuesday night to be able to get to
Sioux city by the afternoon, but they didn't realize that till later so
they sent them towards Omaha and the APs said tell them to stop in
Lincoln and we'll just pick them up on our way back to Omaha so they
turned to me and said well looks like you get to have a nice car trip.
So I went out to Grand Island and then back to Lincoln then I got with
Elder Davey got our Car and Drove all the way back to Grand Island! So I
spent about 4.5 to 5 hours in the car on Wednesday munching on Easter
treats and drinking my Aloe Vera drink. We did service for the Abshers
the family we are living with and then we tried to find some people and I
unpacked a smidge
Thursday I finished unpacking and
we tried people but it was just a crazy odd off day with having me new
and Davey who is brand new still kind of going Uhhh who should we see um
this person but it was still a good day. We also had some phone issues
and some missionaries were texting us saying we are in your district so
can you do a baptismal interview this day? and I was like huh? I have
the York sisters and the YSA sisters but I don't have the North Platte
missionaries, well come to find out somebody decided to play
number swapperoo on me and it was the YSA sisters after all so it worked
out.
Friday we did a super long weekly planning to
introduce me to the area but ya then we got to teach a lesson to a part
member family which was sweet!
Saturday was a
little more productive we got some good lessons in and we committed
people to come to church since it was Easter and that is a good reason to
come. In the Morning we also played basketball at the church with some
members and their non member friends and the sister missionaries were
there and one of them was like I am going to make my dream team and I
got picked (ha😅 it was funny me part of a dream team which was funny
because we actually won two games in a row) then we did service at the
Grand Theater for their free matinée and that was fun I learned how to
run a cash register
Sunday I wrote my talk for
sacrament meeting and no I did not procrastinate I was just busy before
but I got it done! we had a sweet branch council meeting both Brother
Leal and Presidente Rubio speak English so anything we can't explain
perfectly in Spanish they can ask us clarifying questions in English.
and then we had some appointments and then had Easter Dinner with the
Leal family and they are sweet
That is my weekly report.
He is risen #Hallelujah!
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Thursday, March 24, 2016
The Beginning The Middle and The End
Dear Family and Friends
This week is the Beginning the middle and the End of Crazy, or it was
just CRAZY. so I have been in Denial all this time of the fact that it
was Elder Sharp's last week but it finally has hit us and we have been
going slightly crazy, I have felt trunkiness in the air but I have been
good. Elder Draper
--
Monday, March 14, 2016
Exito and Spring
This week has been fantastic and I think things are awesome!
It may just be the weather but things seem to be picking back up. Monday
we had fantastic weather and we drove with the windows down all day we
played Chair soccer which is everyone has a chair and that is their goal
and the point of the game is to hit everyone else's chair with the soccer-ball and once you have done that then they sit down and are out
and the goal is to be the last one standing but if the person who got
you out gets out then you are back in, I didn't win but I did come very
close by knocking everyone down but one elder and he got me so the game
didn't end. We visited with the Quirino Family and that was good we had a
good lesson with them and kind o helped them to know how to set some
goals so they can keep progressing and it is self motivated and driven
so that was good their boys Leo an Kriss are so cute and funny they love
to come and interrupt and be involved in everything their parents are
doing. Thursday, March 10, 2016
#Hallelujah
Wow crazy things
Monday we did
another tour of the Stadium (Memorial stadium) that was amusing not much
new stuff basically they have put tons of money into this college
football team and it isn't as good as it should be. We taught a guy
named Benito and we had a good lesson but then he interrupted us saying, I
don't want to learn this new stuff I haven't been learning anything
from the catholic church but I want you guys to teach me from the bible
but not anything new. and he also said he couldn't change and I looked
at him in the eyes and said do you believe in Jesus Christ, do you
believe in God then don't you dare blaspheme his atonement by saying I
can't humble yourself and realize you can do all things through him! He
was taken back and tried to mutter and toss excuses out like well I
can't not be catholic my girlfriend and I are catholic and my family is
catholic and......... so then we wrapped up our lesson and we are giving
him one last shot
Thursday we
had everything blow up in our faces pretty much. We did have a good
zone training though we learned about the new Easter initiative and it
is going to be sweet (apparently) the cards look super cool probably the
coolest they have ever been so ya #Hallelujah for this year. We did get
to see one less active Marvin Florez and that was good we talked for a
bit and basically it turns into his vent session while we try to share
gospel principles with him and ya it was not super effective but we are
hoping to get better.
Friday we did weekly
planning and that was good we had a ward party which actually (not
including the missionaries) was a high priest social with families so ya
it was crazy and sad we had four families show up we also had all of
our appointments cancel
Saturday we actually
got to see people but we only got two less active lessons we had some
good contact though with people we also dropped into a less actives yard
sale and I bought Sunday shoes for 5 dollars which will save me since
one of my pair is falling apart
Sunday was
Super weird we had five less active sisters show up with one active so
six sisters and no brothers just us we were like WHAT?! all the
priesthood just evaporated or something?! so we are going to be doing
some real pushing this week to see if we can't for once have the full Spanish group there in attendance we also saw Maria Ninninger and that
was good we called her to repentance for not praying and she is so
confused because she is "Catholic" ha well then the Mormon's come over
and they come prepared to answer her questions as if they are inspired
of God 😇 ya well that was fun she will figure it out soon.
and that was my week in a nut shell and I hope you enjoy my rambling
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