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| Giant Sandwiches from the members. |
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| On exchanges with Sis. Rhoton, a new missionary |
I don't even remember what happened this week. It's all a blur. Is it
P day? That's weird- so are hippies.
Speaking about hippies, we had exchanges again this week and switched
back in Ashland. We again went to Lithia park and saw like 50 hippies
just chillin' in the grass, shoeless, brown skinned, dreads and smoking
weed. As we were getting up the courage to drink the Lithia water, a
hippie walks up and fills his water bottle of the stuff and takes a
giant swig. He then proceeds to show us the 'true' lotus pose by
crossing his legs and then reaching his hands around the back to grab
his feet. And I guess to make the day even better, I swallowed the
Lithia water! 😳😜
This week was very full, we were busy all week long! I love Sister
Peterson! She works so hard with me! I am so blessed to have her! So
many people are outside and we talk with all of them! With the new
Pokemon go game, tons of people are showing up at the church (haha,
nab them before they run away).
One person we are teaching is named Pat. She is so cute! She's an
older woman, she is living with her brother for the time being, and his
family knows many members in the ward. She agreed to take the
lessons with us and she has lots of questions about the priesthood and
about prophets.
Crazy story: We met with a man by the name of Marcline Charles, a man
from Haiti. At first, he explained a bit about his beliefs and we just
sat there in amazement at his knowledge of the Bible and of the truths
of the gospel. It was amazing. And then I asked him what he thought
the priesthood was. He then explained Aaron and Melchizedek and how
John had the Aaronic and Jesus Christ had the Melchizedek. And then
THATS when it got crazy! He got REALLY passionate about Jesus Christ,
to the point that I thought he was going to thrown something at us. As
he was yelling and crying I thought : "Man, this was going so
good...I don't even know what is happening right now!" When he quieted
down I explained the Restoration and of Joseph Smith. He understood
that the Father's role to testify of Christ, which is stated in the
First Vision. But Marcline believes that Christ was the last one, the
last prophet. But he agreed to study the pamphlet and to let us come
back. So yeah. We survived that.
On Thursday we drove all the way up to Eugene with President Cropper,
a counselor in the Mission presidency. He kept asking us questions to see if we
were studying deep doctrine stuff. Me: "Well, I'm just studying about
faith and about Christlike attributes....so yeah. You won't get any
questions from me...." None of us really had anything, so then he just
asked us really deep questions to get our minds spinning....So
anyways, we drove up there to have MLC. It was so much fun! I loved
it!
Yesterday evening we went out and tried to find a couple that we had
meet last Sunday, Skylar and Miranda. The spirit prompted us to knock
on some doors and we found them! Miranda came out and talked to us.
Her and her husband just got married three years ago and they almost
got a divorce. But they realized to put God first in their marriage
and they read scriptures together and pray everyday. It's amazing!
They read the Restoration pamphlet and STUDIED from it! They are so
prepared! Miranda asked us for another pamphlet, and we gave her a
Book of Mormon! We are having a lesson with them on Wednesday! They
are totally going to get baptized!
I love being a missionary! Thank you for all your prayers! I love you!
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| An authentic poncho of the Spanish Elders. |
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