Tuesday is when I last wrote but that night was a really good night. Our investigators S and A’s mom called about our appointment and asked if we wanted to eat dinner with them too! So we went and had some pizza and salad with them then had a mini lesson that didn’t go too well because of my migraine. It was just a little mixed up. Now after that we went over to see that family the guy at church told us about and had an amazing lesson with them (mom, dad, and 22 year old son). We talked about the Holy Ghost and its importance starting with John 14:26-27 talking about when the Holy ghost was given to the apostles, then read Galatians 5:22-23 about the fruits of the spirit and read Helaman 5:30 about how you need to pay attention so you don’t miss the Spirit. We expounded on everything and had the member with us bear his testimony about the spirit and it was soo good after he bore his testimony I asked if it would be okay if we just sat in silence and felt the Spirit that was with us. They said it would be okay and we spent about 20 seconds in silence and the dad and mom had tears in their eyes and the son did a little bit too. The Spirit was soo strong and they said that they would be at church on Sunday... but they didn’t go. So we will find out what happened tomorrow when we see them again.
Wednesday we went to visit a couple of members in a rest home on our side. We see one of them about every other week and she is super nice and friendly, just lonely. The other is a member that just got there because he is recovering from a hip replacement so we went to see him and he told us stories about being a police officer and how much the Holy Ghost can guide and protect us. It was a really fun and neat experience. We also had a tracting experience that was absolutely awful and disgusting that I’m not going to expound on but it made me think how lucky I am to have been raised with the morals that I have and the belief in God and Jesus and how much they do for us. We went to Mutual that night and hung out with the Young men/Young Women because some of the stake came and put on some fun games. It was pretty great and I love the youth in our ward
Thursday we had a good meeting with a couple of newer investigators and we taught them the restoration. It didn’t go as great as I wanted it to because there were a lot of distractions and he seemed really distracted but his wife really seemed to be pondering what we had taught her. We then went and met with J our recent convert and got to visit with him and his family for a while. I love that family to death!
Friday I went on exchanges with Elder C in my district and went on bike! It wasn’t too bad actually! We had a full day of appointments and we started to help a less active start on a program we have that helps people stop smoking, we saw a recent convert and a less active family that we watched the testaments with. It was a very good day and it was fun to be with a different companion and see how he works.
Saturday we went and did service on the other Elders side of a less active that we all love! He is a super funny guy and I’ll tell you more about him later but yeah we helped him do some service then went out in the middle of nowhere and saw a family and are working on convincing the 81 year old dad to get the priesthood so him and his wife can get sealed in the temple. He just has a lot of excuses why not to do it but we got him to commit to seeing the bishop soon! That night we went and played basketball with the same less active we did service for.
Sunday we had church and went to dinner and spent awhile there then left and went back to that less actives house to pick up the other elders bikes. We had nothing else to do that night so we stayed for a bit because he said he was bored. He is a Samoan guy and has a super funny sense of humor so we stayed. After a bit he handed me his scriptures and said "Elder Graf I want you to share a scripture with me." so I opened up and found a scripture in Helaman about prayer Helaman 3:35 and he opened up to me and my roommates because my comp was talking with the less actives friend in the next room. But the less active said that he was committing to us all right there that he was going to start going to church again. He knows he should be so he will start going to sacrament meeting at least because that’s all he can before work starts and also he told us how his 2 friends he was living with know that the church is true but one of their moms is too pushy about it and they don’t want to do anything right now about it but they only opened up to this guy and he told us that they really do like us being around and enjoy our company and that every time we come over to start sharing little thoughts with everyone. It was a really cool experience to be a part of.
Well that is the exciting parts of my last week! I love you tons and hope your week goes well!
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