Dear Family and Friends
This week has been an exciting uproar of crazy!
Monday
we started out the week with two pretty good lessons I was pretty happy
the first one of note was with an investigator named Noe and we have
been working with him for a while but he hasn't really wanted to
progress and do more than learn and read and we decided since his wife
hasn't been involved in the lessons since Elder Sharp and I have been
here we would try to involve her by watching Together and Forever seeing
if we couldn't spark interest. Well that went I think maybe a little to
well The spirit was very strong and we could see that felt it and also
that they loved the Cheesiness but deepness of the message. Well after
the movie Noe sat quietly and we asked him and his wife what they
thought and she said I got most of it but I still didn't catch all since
it was in Spanish (she is a Hispanic American) Noe got up and said "I'm
tired I'm going to bed see you next week" they had just started having
relationship problems and after a talk the day before where they weren't
sure what they needed to do We came in with and answer Stick it out It
is Worth it
Next is Wilfredo he is a stubborn man but that
is a good thing it makes him seriously investigate we had a good lesson
discussing the prophet Joseph Smith and what happened with him. He just
kind of brushed off sadly because of The Book Of Mormon and he was like
you Focus to much on this book of Mormon use the Bible more! and I
looked at him and said why do I have to teach you things you already
know, but we are teaching you of things that God has revealed. so ya it
was funny trying to teach a stubborn Hispanic man when we don't speak
perfect Spanish.
Tuesday
we got two lessons again which rocked they were less actives and we
went over CPR with one lady CPR is Church Prayer Reading. We will die
spiritually if we stop doing one of these things and those are the
basics to stay alive or bring back one who is mostly dead (princess
bride reference) We also did service at the center for people in Need
which is fun we sorted Big Boxes of Apples I mean BIG we found some
really bad apples and some pretty good ones it was fun but awful I also
got the chance to talk with some of the people and I learned how to say
"hello" Peace on you which is said like Salam AlAkum
and reply is
Walakum Alsalam
and "good bye" With Safety mA sAlAma
Wednesday
we had zone Training which was good we had some training one from a
guest speaker from the Yankee Hill Ward he was a Lieutenant Colonel in
the US Army and is a big business guy at UNL teaching Business
leadership and we learned that in order to be an effective leader it is
for the most part having the Christlike attributes and doing what
missionaries do leading and helping others so it was super good we are
focusing on becoming preach my gospel missionaries not just missionaries
doing everything by the book we also got our Elder's Quorum president
to come with us to see a less active and he gave us a list of excuses
and then we went to McDonald's to discuss how we could work more
effectively with the Elder's quorum and that was a good meeting
Thursday we got a text Hey
Friday
we are going to the Temple! so we brought stuff and went on exchanges
with the Zone leaders which was nice and we had a good time going around
teaching we got some success they are finding some good investigators
and I felt like I learned quite a bit
Friday
we went to the temple so that was amazing we didn't get to go last
transfer because of Christmas so we were blessed I learned a lot in the
endowment session. I learned stuff that I needed and it wasn't even the
answers or information I was looking for so that was cool. I was super
impressed by the beauty and simplicity of the Temple but also its
Magnificence so we came home and did weekly planning and that took up
our day
Saturday
we had a good lessons again our days plans got changed but we still saw
miracles because our Elder's Quorum activity got canceled we decided to
go knock this apartment building the Zone leaders said had Hispanics
and we were like okay sure it is super south in a very not Hispanic area
but we decided to go for it and in doing so we knocked into a less
active who we had met once but had moved to this apartment two weeks
earlier and had no way to contact us and wants to come back to church
once she changes jobs so that was a miracle little did our zone leaders
know what an impact that would have. we had some other good lessons that
day but that was our miracle
Sunday
we had slim attendance but we still had a small group but we are going
to hopefully get back up we are just praying for the bosses of our
Hispanics to soften their hearts and that they will find some way to not
have to make our Hispanics work on Sundays
and that is my
week Miracles are abounding and the Holy Ghost is being poured out on
all those who are seeking for some thing better
--
Sincerely,
Elder Logan Joseph Draper
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