Hola Todos!
This week to start off was so cold I thought I would freeze! So, really only the last half of the week. Thursday we get out of weekly planning and the wind hits us and we just about died! It just felt like everything was ice! Apparently it got down to 17 and was windy and humid. It sleeted on Saturday and made everything nasty for a bit, but the temperature was a little warmer so that was fine. Quick winter miracle, a few weeks ago I got a new pair of shoes that were on sale for Black Friday on the Monday before. At first I was hesitant, but they were over 50% off and were only $30. Turns out they were a great buy because they are somewhat a dress boot, they are leather, and have I think a wool lining because they stay pretty warm. The whole point is that the Lord gave me what I needed before I knew I would need them. Just the fact that the ones on sale were in my size! I have a size 7-7.5 for those who don't know. Miracle that I am now appreciating.
So this week was full of other miracles and good stuff. Monday I got to go to Baltimore and we had a going away party for Elder Southwick and had the most delicious cake! Then, we come back and a member that he had served with took us out to dinner at Chile's, and to finish it off we went and taught a new investigator at a member's house! It was a pretty fun day all in all, though in some aspects not as productive as I would like. Tuesday, we planned to have a super awesome day and visit all of our investigators, and...everything falls through! We had a member with us to go and visit Hector and Samuel (Hector is Juan Carlos's real name), but it was Hector's birthday so he wasn't home, we went to a dinner appointment and our member friend had to leave so we had to walk a ways to get to the bus. We got to where we had planned, and he wasn't there so we kept going. We tried by another of our investigators, and he wasn't there either. All in all, we end up going to visit someone Elder Southwick had taught when he served in Frederick the first time and to our surprise we actually found them again. It was one of those times where you could tell the Lord had better plans than us. Wednesday, we said our goodbyes to Elder Southwick and had a forever long meeting for trainers and trainees. After that though we visited Hector and Samuel and also Patricia. We taught about the importance to read the scriptures and pray and it was a very beautiful time. Thursday was cold, but we made our way to visit our investigators and no body opened up. We eventually made it to Santos's house with a member and had a cool lesson about the church. Interesting thing, the man we taught didn't learn as much, but our member really felt the spirit of missionary work and was super excited! Also, there was a teenage girl named Micaela who was in the background listening the whole time, normally this is the case for some reason, and she really just opened up and started asking how she could become a missionary. Now she is a super cool investigator that the sisters are teaching! Friday we were able to teach Gervin briefly, but also we had the opportunity to give a blessing to Hector. This is where we found out his name was actually different. Let's just leave that one that illegals are funny sometimes. It was a wonderful experience that taught about the priesthood as well. Saturday we were walking and missed the bus, but we were able to go and teach Josefina! We were able to solve some of her concerns and it was way cool. After we were heading to another potential, when I got the impression to stop and knock the door of a less active member who we can never find at home. He was home and we were able to talk about repentance and the blessings that he can receive for doing so. After that we went to Hector and Samuel and went with them to the Christmas dinner. SUNDAY! Yesterday was awesome! We had 3 investigators at church, Hector, Samuel, and Josefina! I gave a talk which was fun, and we used gospel principles to teach the Word of Wisdom. After church we had leftovers from the night before. Later that day we took a member to try and visit Gervin, but he wasn't there. Instead we taught some more cousins of Saida and were able to share the restoration. We were watching the 20 min video on line. I have never seen so many interruptions in a twenty minute video in my life! There was definitely an opposition, but the Spirit has more power so it all turned out fine.
That was pretty much my week!
I love you all!
Sincerely,
Elder Haynie
These are pics of the Scrawny little missionary tree Shannon sent me!
Hola Todos!
This week to start off was so cold I thought I would freeze! So, really only the last half of the week. Thursday we get out of weekly planning and the wind hits us and we just about died! It just felt like everything was ice! Apparently it got down to 17 and was windy and humid. It sleeted on Saturday and made everything nasty for a bit, but the temperature was a little warmer so that was fine. Quick winter miracle, a few weeks ago I got a new pair of shoes that were on sale for Black Friday on the Monday before. At first I was hesitant, but they were over 50% off and were only $30. Turns out they were a great buy because they are somewhat a dress boot, they are leather, and have I think a wool lining because they stay pretty warm. The whole point is that the Lord gave me what I needed before I knew I would need them. Just the fact that the ones on sale were in my size! I have a size 7-7.5 for those who don't know. Miracle that I am now appreciating.
So this week was full of other miracles and good stuff. Monday I got to go to Baltimore and we had a going away party for Elder Southwick and had the most delicious cake! Then, we come back and a member that he had served with took us out to dinner at Chile's, and to finish it off we went and taught a new investigator at a member's house! It was a pretty fun day all in all, though in some aspects not as productive as I would like. Tuesday, we planned to have a super awesome day and visit all of our investigators, and...everything falls through! We had a member with us to go and visit Hector and Samuel (Hector is Juan Carlos's real name), but it was Hector's birthday so he wasn't home, we went to a dinner appointment and our member friend had to leave so we had to walk a ways to get to the bus. We got to where we had planned, and he wasn't there so we kept going. We tried by another of our investigators, and he wasn't there either. All in all, we end up going to visit someone Elder Southwick had taught when he served in Frederick the first time and to our surprise we actually found them again. It was one of those times where you could tell the Lord had better plans than us. Wednesday, we said our goodbyes to Elder Southwick and had a forever long meeting for trainers and trainees. After that though we visited Hector and Samuel and also Patricia. We taught about the importance to read the scriptures and pray and it was a very beautiful time. Thursday was cold, but we made our way to visit our investigators and no body opened up. We eventually made it to Santos's house with a member and had a cool lesson about the church. Interesting thing, the man we taught didn't learn as much, but our member really felt the spirit of missionary work and was super excited! Also, there was a teenage girl named Micaela who was in the background listening the whole time, normally this is the case for some reason, and she really just opened up and started asking how she could become a missionary. Now she is a super cool investigator that the sisters are teaching! Friday we were able to teach Gervin briefly, but also we had the opportunity to give a blessing to Hector. This is where we found out his name was actually different. Let's just leave that one that illegals are funny sometimes. It was a wonderful experience that taught about the priesthood as well. Saturday we were walking and missed the bus, but we were able to go and teach Josefina! We were able to solve some of her concerns and it was way cool. After we were heading to another potential, when I got the impression to stop and knock the door of a less active member who we can never find at home. He was home and we were able to talk about repentance and the blessings that he can receive for doing so. After that we went to Hector and Samuel and went with them to the Christmas dinner. SUNDAY! Yesterday was awesome! We had 3 investigators at church, Hector, Samuel, and Josefina! I gave a talk which was fun, and we used gospel principles to teach the Word of Wisdom. After church we had leftovers from the night before. Later that day we took a member to try and visit Gervin, but he wasn't there. Instead we taught some more cousins of Saida and were able to share the restoration. We were watching the 20 min video on line. I have never seen so many interruptions in a twenty minute video in my life! There was definitely an opposition, but the Spirit has more power so it all turned out fine.
That was pretty much my week!
I love you all!
Sincerely,
Elder Haynie
These are pics of the Scrawny little missionary tree Shannon sent me!
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