Hellooooooo
Another good week in Cheyenne Wyoming. A while ago while eating dinner with members they told us we could come by and pull some weeds in their backyard whenever we had a chance. So we went over last Wednesday. We went to their backyard....these were not weeds. These were small trees. They had trunks. We spent hours going at it but didn't even make a dent by the time we had to leave for an appointment. But it's okay because now we have service to go do whenever we're free.
Wednesday night we had a lesson with two kids, one 14 and one 12. We invited them to pray about the Book of Mormon and taught how we receive an answer and shared our testimonies. I know that your testimony is strengthened by sharing it. I simply just testified of the peace that I've felt while praying about the Book of Mormon. And I can't deny that, that peace came from the spirit of God. I didn't say much but the spirit was so strong, and reaffirmed to myself that I KNOW the book of mormon is the true word of God. If you ever get a chance to share your testimony, SHARE IT. It's benificial to who hears it and to you.
Thursday we had district council then went to the retirement home for service as always. But just this week after service I realized that Heavenly Father answered my prayers by giving me the opportunity to serve at this place. I am not a very easily sociable person. I like being in my little turtle shell and not talking to anybody I don't know. It's honesrky a trial for me, and I know as a missionary I have to talk to people I don't know. So I constantly have prayed for help and assistance as I go out of my comfort zone and talk to people and learn to start conversations with random people. Well going to do this service, im forced to go around to tables and talk with old people. We collect their plates and fill drinks but most of the time is spent just talking with them. And as the weeks have gone by Its been easier to start conversations and talk with them. The Lord was looking out for me by sending me to this area where I have the opportunity to do thus service each week and improve talking to people. He answers prayers!!
We met with Mei again and she is awesome. She's from China so she always brings up Buddha and we're trying to make sure she understands the difference between Buddha and God. This time she mentioned something that was really cool. She was saying how she likes Buddha's rules. But with Buddha everything is empty. With Jesus Christ she feels warmth and hope. AWESOME. I know that the spirit is touching her, whether or not she recognizes it. And I know that hope really does come from our savior. If I didn't have the knowledge of Jesus Christ that I do, my life would be so much harder and hopeless. I don't know where or who I would be without Him.
Saturday our stake had their "transfer breakfast". At the beginning of each transfer the stake has a breakfast with all the missionaries in the stake. There was only one new missionary to the stake and it felt really good not being the new guy. The stake president had Elder Killian share his testimony because he is going home soon and the spirit there was so strong. The spirit is awesome. I'm so grateful to be a missionary and have so many opportunities to be in tune with that spirit.
Nothing too awesome happened the rest of the week, although we did have a good experience tracting on Monday. We had a dinner appointment so we decided to walk and knock doors on the way. We knocked like 6 doors with no answer...but then the first person to answer let us share a message with her!! She took a Book of Mormon and we'll come back and follow up. Even if nothing happens comes from it right now, there's a seed planted. It was just cool to have that happen, it rarely happens. I'm used to people rejecting me, so when the very first person I talked to said we could share a message it caught me off guard and Elder Killian had to save me!
Spiritual thought: I was reading in John 6. Jesus is teaching and some disciples murmured at what he was saying. They decided to turn away from him and left. Jesus then turns to his 12 disciples. He asks them "will ye also go away". Peter answers and says "to whom shall we go, thou has the words of eternal life". The 12 apostle's testimonies were so strong, that they could not deny the Son of God. I love that. Because of how much I know of this Gospel, I cannot turn away from it. I would have nowhere to go. The church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints is everything to me. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is how I make it through the rough times. The gospel gives me hope for a better world, and teaches me how to live my life to obtain the kingdom of God! I can't turn away from what I know. That just really stuck out to me this week during personal study.
Fun stuff
-I shaved my legs, long story: I was listening to a talk thing by Hank Smith called "Being happy in an unhappy world" (it's very good I'd recommend it to anyone) At one point he was listing off things teenagers told him happiness was. One of them said "happiness is laying in clean sheets after shaving your legs". That brought up a conversation between me and Elder Killian about shaved legs. He told me a story of an elder who shaved his legs for a very interesting reason. I said I'm gonna shave my legs someday to see how it feels. Well preparation day comes and we are shopping. We end up in the personal care section and Elder Killian points to the razors. I end up buying them and that night shave my legs....also I convinced Elder Killian to shave his legs too. We both have been complaining about how cold our legs are.
-I bought a bag of Halloween candy and it's already almost gone
-Elder Killian bribed a 12 year old with sweedish fish to pray about the Book of Mormon...
-EVERYONE here has dogs. I went to service at a home that had 3 dogs, then went after that to a dinner appointment who had 3 dogs, then went to a lesson who had 1 dog....makes me happy
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