Whaddup erryone! Comooo eastaaass?
This week was spring break for people down here so it was a slower week with a couple challenges along the way, but missionary work is missionary work and it's freakin' awesome to be a part of.
Something we do as missionaries is a couple things, which we do a lot of, is "Red shirt contacting' and 'Appointment with the Lord.'
Last week (4/12) we did 'Red shirt contacting' where before you go out and tract an area, you pray that you'll be directed to someone wearing a certain color or clothing. Sounds crazy right? It usually lasts throughout the week, but in this instance it was instant. E. Flint felt impressed that we should go for someone with blue shirt and white pants. It was my turn to say that prayer and didn't feel impressed to say that, but instead say "blue or white shirt and pants" then we headed out. We followed the spirit where we should go and then I felt we should turn down a certain street. We did and then came across a man sitting on a bench wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans....that was quick. Such humbling experiences. We talked to him, placed a BOM, and then made an appointment. We couldn't find him at the CAR SHOW (SO SICK) but we found a couple other new investigators there. One thing leads to another.
Then we have the 'appointment with the Lord' which is where we pray about a certain area (we pray about 10-20 times a day which adds up to praying roughly....10920 times on my mission hahahah. nerd.) then we ask our Heavenly Father to direct us to those who are prepared for us or to the "elect." We walked quite a few miles, with my boot on, and I knew someone was waiting on a certain street. We finally got to that street and the first door we knocked on was an older lady and son who haven't been to church in years. She lost her husband and is scared to go out and do anything, so we shared a spiritual message and are in contact with her.
Things like that are why it's so important for us to live a worthy-obedient life so we are able to guided into those situations. Boom. Spirit.
At a recent Zone Meeting we were doing greetings. We had to come up with somone who our companions reminded us of....the whole zone said "Slim Shady/Marshal Mathers/Eminem" for me hahahahah....it's the new haircut. I told the man to cut an inch off and he grabbed the buzzer and started going HAM on my head! It's never been this short before hahah. Meh. Sister Palmer's companion yelled out "There's Sister Palmer's father-in-law!!" when they were watching conference when my dad got the nice head shot, they all started laughing hahaha. Awesome.
Sister Palmer's little brother is dating a girl whose brother is serving in Tucson hahah. We're tight. Played bball with Elder Hickenlooper the first day haha small world.
We (Elder Flint and I) are going to teach the first discussion very briefly....on helium and send it home for the blog hahaha. Since he's dying (going home) soon, we have a few things like that planned....including a Monster.
We had a lesson from a LARK who basically told us.....things we didn't really want to hear about.....having kids hahah. It turned into a lesson so it was good. His name is Ralph and he bought my comp. the whole extended version of Lord of the Rings hahaha. That's a lil bit much...
In Arizona it's illegal to deny someone a glass of water if they ask for it. This is one of the hottest missions and it got up to 118 degrees in Tucson last year when my comp. was serving there, and they don't take any safety precautions hahah. So hott! FTW!
Been a slower week, but that's okay. These next 4 could very well be the longest weeks of my mission. Been able to try and help out and give a couple blessings to my companion as he approaches reality. Blessed for those opportunities.
Well, this computer sucks hardcore, and so now I have to go. Love you all! Thanks for letters again! I usually reply within like 3 days of getting the letter...usually haha.
Congrats to those who got their calls to crazy places! Say hi to me when you fly over! hahah :D
Going up to silver to play bball with the Zone now! Seeing a doc Tuesday for my foot. Feels fine now tho for the most part.
SOTW yo: Jacob 4:6-8.
Peace out.
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