HELLO WHATS UP!! I LOVE YOU!!
This week was like the slowest week for me. I don't know why, but it just was. I was doing service at a golf course for half the day and so I don't have much time to email. So every week when I say I'm gonna try hard the next week to make a longer email....yeah just forget that hahaha something always comes up. I'll get the hang of it someday.
There's one experience I want to share:
We were knocking on doors on a road we hadn't been on before. We prayed for inspiration for where we should go. We both agreed which direction to start going in. Well after a few nice people rejecting to hear our message and a few door slams, we eventually received some blessed people willing to hear our message. (Not that the other people aren't blessed. They will one day decide to hear the message :) just takes time.)
So we walk up to this guy smoking on his porch. He said he had met with missionaries before and that he likes us. He invited us over for the next day. He called us and asked if we could pick him up some McDonalds hahaha so we got him a bigmac and fries. We gave it to him and had a lesson with him. He was so sweet. I didn't know what to think at first because we don't usually go out and buy people we don't know food aha but anyways we did. And he called us on Sunday and asked if we could come by. We said that we were still planning on coming Tuesday. But he insisted that we come on Sunday, so we did and he had prepared a plate of BBQ for us. He listened to another lesson we shared and we are meeting with him again this week. His name is K and he is so sweet. He has been through a lot in his life. Lots of trials and hard times but he is one of the most positive people I've ever met. He inspired me to just have positive days and never be down on yourself. I try to be but I don't do it enough.
This happened 3 weeks ago but just now telling you, anyways… We knocked the door of a really ghetto apartment. The hallway smelt like weed, alcohol, weed, cigarettes, weed and mold. Oh and also weed. A girl answers and her name is J. She listened to our message and halfway through the restoration she shuts the door. Aha so we stood there and just waited. Then the door opened up and she pushed her boyfriend out into the hall and said he needs Jesus more than me, then shut the door. So we shrugged our shoulders said whatever and started teaching this guy. Tatted head to toe. Louis Vuitton tattoo on his head. Rugrats babies on his head. His name tatted all over hahaha. He Tatted "r-yah" on His abs so we call him r-yahyah. He's hilarious. Well weeks pass and he is just crazy aha. But we stopped by and didn't see him for a week and wondered where he went.
Well turns out he went to jail. He got out the day we came by and went to jail the day we were there aha. He came to church the very next day out of jail. It was sweet. He showed up in a st. Louis cardinals uniform and a snapback.
He said He wants to dunk on me and I told him I could jump higher than him so he might ball up with us on a pday.
So he's hilarious and cool.
Another investigator her name is C. She is the sweetest lady. We talked to her about The Book of Mormon and she told us about her brother and dad that passed away. She started crying. And we said we loved her. We came by the next day and brought her cookies that I made in a muffin pan cuz we don't have anything-here hahaha but that's okay. We stopped by and gave them to her. She answered the door and was standing behind the door and only showing half her face. She said, "I'm really not well right now. You shouldn't be here. I am sorry I'm just not good right now." I said, "C, we are here because we love you. I know we just met you but I love you and I want you to be comforted."
She started crying and said, "I love you too." We left the cookies on the doorstep and left. She is so sweet and she seems to really like us and feels comforted being around us. We meet with her Thursday :)
The Lord has given us life here on earth. He has given us love, care, guidance and comfort. The times we feel that the Lord isn't there with us are the times we aren't looking. So try. Have faith. Turn to him in love and gratitude. Be grateful for specific blessings you've received in your life. Don’t hold grudges. Don't be angry. Don’t be beaten up by past mistakes. Turn to the Lord and ask for forgiveness. Allow yourself to feel forgiven. Show your love to Him because He's showing His love for you every single day. Learn to recognize it. I promise you'll feel his love for you when you are looking in faith.
Be happy because there's joy in life.
Be loving because God loves you.
Be positive because positivity is fun.
Be you because why not.
I love you and I invite each of you to think of a time you saw Gods hand in your life and then pray to Him in gratitude.
Peace out talk to y'all next week
-elder newbold
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