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| Elder Sherren |
So this week has been pretty good! I guess as good as any
missionaries birthday can get! haha
The rest of Monday we spent with a less-active family who is
kind of going downhill, but the good news is that they all came to church
yesterday, so there was a reason to our madness! They are great and hopefully
with a little bit more push they will be there every Sunday for the rest of
their lives!
On Tuesday we had our regular district meeting and then
headed out! We actually were going to check on a referral from a member to see if
they would be interested and while walking we heard a faint cry for our
assistance, there was a disturbance in the force. When they got our attention
we realized that there was an older lady yelling "pastor" at us and
telling us to come over. When we got there, it was about 5 or 6 women and the
oldest one was just going off about some story that her granddaughter wanted to
kill her own baby and hurt her mom. It was pretty crazy, but everyone was calm
and they just wanted us to pray over them, so we taught them :) They are
a pretty cool family who are part Hindu and part Christian and have been
reading everything we have left with them! They are progressing forward and no
one has killed anyone yet, so I think they are on the right track to baptism.
Then on Wednesday we got a call in the morning that our
branch president wanted to go and see people with us. We had already planned
out a day the night before but we said, what the heck, if someone wants to help
build the kingdom of god, Why not!? So we met up with him and he told us he
wanted to go see some people, so we decided it wouldn't be terrible to push a
few appointments back to have him show us some people! well it ended up being
an all day thing of seeing a whole lot of members! It was great and I think it
really helped, but it just really helps build my testimony seeing an ordinary
guy going out and telling his friends and neighbors what he knows is true! I
love it!
On Thursday we had a great day of visiting with people but
the best was having a wonderful Family Home Evening with a strong member family who we taught
about missionary work and is excited to refer us to some of their neighbors!
Working with members really is great and is the single best way to do
missionary work! I have a strong testimony of that!
On Friday I guess it was alright, I had a birthday or
whatever which was cool I guess...;) But we taught some great lessons and then
headed over the bridge so that Elder Sherren could interview someone over there
for baptism. Then we headed over to the senior couples house to pick up some
things we ordered from LDS.ORG and while we were
there Elder Sherren may have mentioned that it was my birthday so we got some
ice cream and cinammon rolls there! Then we headed back to Rosignol to meet
with the Persaud family who made an awesome Chocolate Cake for me! It was
amazing! haha, not like my mom's but still a pretty great way to end my
birthday!:) On the way to the Persauds the Mission President's wife, Sister
Mehr, called me and wished me a happy birthday too! It was pretty great of her!
It was really nice!
Then on Saturday the excitement had to drop a little because
we met with a few investigators who aren't keeping commitments and will most
likely have to be dropped during this upcoming week which is sad... but Hey!
that's the way things go!
Yesterday we had church in Bushlot and then had some great
studies after that. I love reading the Book of Mormon and it is such a blessing
to get time every single day to read that amazing scripture. Then we had a good
time going to see a few families that are less-active.
It was a wonderful week! And I thank you all for the
messages and prayers that are being sent my way! I love you all so much and
couldn't ask for better friends and family!
Hope you are all doing well!
All my love,
Elder Dorrance
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