The lady that we bagged leaves for (Myra) came to church and absolutely loved it! She felt so much love from everyone and said that she feels so good inside and this is where she is supposed to be. Myra is honestly so great, she is already doing missionary work! She has been talking to everyone she knows about how we are real Christians and how we were an answer to her prayer and now all of her neighbors hearts are softening, one of them just lost a son and wants us to help with her yard and talk with her too, it's so cool!
Ty has been drinking a lot because he has nothing else to do with his
time, so this week we got him a new pair of glasses so he can actually
read now (he was doing great until he lost his glasses and stopped
reading The Book of Mormon)! Crazy thing about Ty is that he is also
doing missionary work like crazy! He lives in an apartment complex and
knows like everyone there and is always sharing our pamphlets with
everyone, he has invited people to sit in on the lessons too! This week
one of his friends did sit in and he loved it and wants us to get him
each time we go and see Ty!
So funny story for the
week. We had this potential investigator who was super nice to us and
invited us back over on two separate occasions (never taught him, just
talked on his porch), then out of nowhere we get a voice mail from him
to which he says that we are going to have to agree to disagree and then
he said that he would like to share some verses with us and then went
on and on about all these scriptures in the Bible that everyone down
here uses to bash with us, and proceeded to tell us not to come back
over. It was really sad but honestly I couldn't help but laugh, we
literally got Bible Bashed over voice mail, that's awesome!! hahahahaha!
Get this, Brother Aukema,
from Chipley, was down here for a meeting and afterwards, we totally
went out on splits! I went with him and Burch with Luke, it was so dope! We were able to pick up two new investigators and 2 potentials because
of the split! Brother Aukema amazes me every time I am with him, this
time we were stopped at a red light and he looked at me and said "give
me a pass along card" so I hand him a card, and he gets out and goes and
talks to the people behind us!!! He is literally such a beast!! He
would always tell me when I did something good "You're a real
missionary." So when he got back into the car, I said "Brother Aukema,
you are a REAL missionary!" and he just looked at me and said "shut up"
hahahahahahaha!
Lastly, we had another
MLC, but this time we had 2 members from the missionary department from Salt Lake come, it was so incredible! They taught us ways that we can
double baptisms and also a lot about having a positive attitude and
also raising our expectations. I think our attitude and expectations
apply to all things. If we wake up and say "Man, today is going to suck." You are going to over look all the good and notice all the bad things
that happen that day and will get super upset cause it was a "bad day." But if you wake up and say "Man, today is going to be a great day." You
will be able to overlook all the bad and notice all the good, which
will lead to a happier life and a greater desire to accomplish
everything you are supposed to. there is a quote in PMG that says "If
you lower your expectations, your effectiveness will decrease, your
desire will weaken, and you will have greater difficulty following the
Spirit." I believe that the opposite is true, if you raise your
expectations, your effectiveness will increase, your desire will
strengthen, and you will have greater ability following the spirit.
Thank you for all that you do and say, and say you do! I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Elder Schipaanboord
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