Blessings

This week was really cool!  We haven't really been teaching a whole lot of people, so we have been trying to find more people, and we found a lot this week!!  We went out to a town like 25 miles away, Laurel Hill, this is super country, to teach a less active family (the Triplett's) and it turns out that they are really wanting to come back to church and even make it to the temple!!  On our way home we decided to go and see another less active, but ended up talking with his neighbor (Ted), who is a complete red neck, for like an hour!  The first thing this guy told us was that he smokes pot!  It was so funny!  He ended up really liking us and wants us to come back over!  We are really excited to start working in Laurel Hill, there is so much potential out there!!

Another day we knocked on a few doors that we had planned and non of them were answering, we knew they were home, but didn't answer, so we knew we weren't supposed to be there, so we went over to the Anderson's.  When we knocked on the door, this guy that we had never met answered the door.  Turns out he is living there now and has been through the ringer!!  Just before we got there he was asking Sister Anderson if people from her church ever visit!!  So crazy!!!  We taught him the Restoration, and he totally accepted it!  When we told him about The Book of Mormon, he said that it just makes sense that God would talk to people everywhere, not just Jerusalem; why can't everyone be like that??!!

It's amazing how many times we have been in the "right place at the right time"
while on the mission, I have really gained a testimony that God is very aware of all of his children and has a perfect plan for them.  He may put us through some trials but he isn't going to put us through something we cant handle.  It's really hard to see sometimes but everything that happens to us in this life really is for our own progression and benefit.

We went over to Jim Brown's house again and had a lesson with him out on his porch, like we normally do, and a CRAZY rain storm hit!!  So bad that we could hardly hear one another speak!! Thankfully Elder Renslow is the man, he taught a great lesson and Jim told us he had been prompted multiple times to read The Book of Mormon but didn't, so he gave us his word that we would this week!

Some sad news.... we got a text from Ashley that her and Jeremiah Jenkins are "estranged right now"... she told us that she really misses us, but we have been over to their house many times and she isn't there and he doesn't really want us there, so we don't really know what to do....

BUT all in all, this week was a great one!!!  I hope all of y'all had a really good Easter and that y'all have a great week this week!

Love
Elder Schipaanboord