Elder Rash here!!! But then
again, this is my blog... if it was someone else that would be weird! hahaha :)
It's been another really
good week this week! We've stayed really busy this week and have been working
hard on finding more people to teach! This week we found two new people who
seem interested in the Gospel. One we met in a not so nice part of town. We
were going to see an investigator to set up an appointment, he was across the
street and yelled at us to "Come give him the Good Word" as he put
it. As we got closer we could see he was drunk. (We've been dealing with a lot
of drunks lately) but he was insistent that we talk to him. We could see he
wasn't in a good place so we decided to try and help. His name is Pepe. We went
inside and began to talk to him. He said he had been having a hard time, that
he was lost and stuck in a hole. We told him that we could help him get out of
that hole. We told him that his Heavenly Father loves him very much. We
couldn't stay very long because his family was coming over to celebrate his
birthday. But as we said a closing prayer he began to cry. He invited us to
come back and we were on our way.
We were also down in a
nicer part of town TRYING to find someone to teach. I've mentioned before it is
very hard to find someone to teach in nicer parts of town. But as we were contacting
former investigators and part member families we stopped at this one house. A
man came out of the garage and came up to us. He was very friendly! As we got a
closer look we saw his eyes were glazed over.... YUP he was drunk!!!! hahaha He
told us that it probably wasn't a good time right then (obviously) but that we
could come back on Wednesday! :) We were really happy!!!
We had a monthly
correlation meeting with the stake president this past Sunday. So all the
missionaries in the stake (4 sets) all got together and told the stake
president about all their investigators. Now, not to toot my own horn BUT we,
by far, had the most investigators. I hadn't taken the time to count them all
up until then but we have 14 investigators and a lot more less active members
that we work with! I know that the Lord truly does prepare people to receive
the Gospel. So let’s talk about some of our investigators.
Michael and Zach are doing
really well! I love these guys so much!!! We watched Joseph Smith, Prophet of
the Restoration with them. Michael really wanted to know more about Joseph
Smith so we thought that movie would be a good way to share some more about
Joseph. They were at church this past week, as usual! I am so anxious to see
these guys get baptized!!!!
Rachel is doing well. We
tried to stop by and see how she was doing after her party. She was having a
bad day with some personal problems. She asked us to pray for her, which we
were already doing but we said we would and we set up a time to come back and
see how she is.
Annette and Doug are
getting ready to move so we are planning on helping them with that. They are
moving out of our area so we are coordinating with the other missionaries to
come and help as well so they can meet them.
We went over to see Justen
this week. He is awesome as always!!!! He is such a funny kid!
This week we also have been
going over to a member’s house to help him with a talk he gave last Sunday. I
mentioned the Hammon Family in one of my previous letters. Auki Hammon is 18
and getting ready to serve a mission. He gave a talk this last Sunday on repentance.
The Hammon Family is amazing! They really took me in like I was family. And
this week I found out, I actually am family!!! It took a little reminder from
my father who mentioned that we had Hammons in our family history. I looked it
up and told Brother Hammon. Turns out we are 3rd Cousins!!! Hahaha It was so
cool to go over our family history together! :) I love the Hammons, and they
make really good food ;)
All in all its been a really good week :) We
began riding bikes now that it is warming up. Let me just say, there are a lot
of thorns in Idaho!!!! I've had to take my bike in twice for popped tires!!!!!
It’s ridiculous!!!
I just want everyone to
know that I have a love for this Gospel. I know that what I am doing is the
right thing. I see it in the eyes of those I try and help. I see the joy that
it brings to them as they come closer to their Savior and Redeemer. I invite
all those who haven't ever talked to missionaries to do so. Especially from
being in the perspective of a missionary. It’s really nice when people seek us
out rather than the other way around.
I love you all and hope
everything is going well.
Love,
Elder Rash
Elder Rash Spent Easter with the Hammon Family
Elder Rash discovered he is related to the Hammon Family!!!
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