Winnemucca Week 3 (Mission Week 24)

 Hey guys!

Another week gone by. This week was pretty lowkey. My companion and another elder were sick for 2 days so we were stuck in the apartment for 2 days straight. It was alright and nice to get a rest but I was ready to get back to work. I'm glad all the covid mess is pretty much over. I don't know how Covid missionaries did it. Here's my weekly recap!

Monday

We had a zone breakfast, went bowling, and played basketball! 

Tuesday

This is when we got sick so we were in the apartment all day. It was my companion, another set of elders who were sick, and I that just hung out at the apartment. We had to cancel our lesson with Jaxon and Cade unfortunately.

Wednesday

Same thing as Tuesday :( I did make everyone breakfast though! That was fun. I made a big French toast and omelets breakfast.

Thursday

Another day inside. We were feeling better but Thursday is our long weekly planning session from 1pm-4pm so we weren't out much this day either. We did play basketball in the evening with a lot of people which was fun.

Friday

We did service for a less active recent convert. We helped her clean up her yard and read Mosiah 2 with her. She also needed to change an alternator in her old car so my companion offered to help. He worked on cars at home so he used his skills to further the work! He changed it quickly and Sherrie was so happy. After we did that,, the Senior missionaries in Winnemucca were asking for help at the food bank so we went and helped giving out food to people! We gave a priesthood blessing to someone in the hospital. The rest of the day consisted of finding and trying to find lost members.

Saturday

We continued to help the Lewis family build a chicken coop. We actually finished it also! I'll send a pic. We were there for a while because we did service and they also fed us lunch. We did some more contacting and trying to find people to teach or reactivate. We heard about a music festival in town and we went on an adventure trying to find it. We eventually found it and it was so awkward because apparently you had to have a ticket but we just drove in and the people looked at us really weird. We planned to walk around but we just turned around and left haha.

Sunday

We had out church meetings. We also did more contacting and trying to find new people to teach. We knocked this one girls house and she told us she used to be a member but doesn't agree with some of our beliefs. She let us know what they were and we bore our testimonies that all of them are true. Although the contact was a bit irritating, it was a nice reminder that I do believe what I am preaching. When someone tells you that you are wrong about something you are passionate about it ignites a fire in you that you have to put out before you make someone even more against the church haha.

Sorry for the lack of lesson reviews. Because of our couple of days sick, our lessons got canceled. Just know that I'm trying my best!!

I love all of you so much. Thanks for the prayers! I'm about 2 weeks away from my 6 month mark. Almost half a year on the mission. Time is going by! Have a great week.

Elder Proctor