Winnemucca Week 8 (Mission Week 29)

Hey guys!

Another week gone by. Already 2 weeks into this transfer. Speed of time is picking up. As for this week it was pretty good. Elder Burton and I are working and studying hard and it's paying off. We had some good contacts and we are getting along well. Heres the weekly recap

Monday

Normal Pday things. A couple of elders in the zone like to play basketball so we played a lot of it. I was actually pretty tired by the end of the day because of it haha 

Tuesday

We had district council in the morning and then had a district lunch at Subway. Someone paid for all of our sandwiches which was so nice. We went and helped out the Jones family driving fence posts. We also visited with the Lewis family who used to be 7th Day adventists and got some insight on how to best teach Voni. The rest of the day was spent trying to find people to teach.

Wednesday

We went and did service for Voni (new person we are trying to teach). We contacted Robert and he isnt doing too well because he has some health issues and is having surgery. Say a prayer for him We are going to help him with some service in the future. We also went to utual and played volleyball with the youth which was really fun.

Thursday

We went over to the Southwicks for a while and helped them with some service and they also fed us lunch. My phone has been messing up so a lot of the day was spent trying to fix it. We had dinner with the Kenison family which was very fun. Sister Kenison is from Thailand so she made some awesome authentic Thai food. We also played a missionary card game that they had with them.

Friday

We helped the Woodcooks paint their deck. They did not pick the best time of the year to do this because leaves were falling all over the place and we had to have a leaf blower going at all times. We had a picnic outside after which was fun. We conducted our weekly planning session. The rest of the day was contacting people

Saturday

One of my favorite days of the mission so far!! The youth had a Mini MTC day long aactivity that we participated in and I thouroughly enjoyed it. We did a missionary Q&A, taught how to approach a door, and helped out the rest of the day. The Spirit there was strong. Another thing that happened this day was that it SNOWED. It has gotten cold. Im glad I had just bought a jacket the week before. We also played basketball with some youth in the evening

Sunday

Regular day at church and then we studied in preparation for our lesson with Jim. That lesson went very well.

Lesson Reviews

Jim Loveless

Based on our last lesson, we felt that our goal for this one was to get him to understand how the Bible and the Book of Mormon go hand in hand. We talked about the timeline of the Book of Mormon, prophecies of the Book of Mormon in the Bible, and answered any other of his questions. Our lesson took a turn for the best. It went of course and we started talking about the Saviors atonement and how God loves us so much that he would send the Savior down for just one of his children. He then asked a tougher question. All he said was Why? Why does God loves us and he was asking sincerely not trying to stump us. I asked him if he has his own kids and he said yes. He said that he loved them more than anything and theres nothing he wouldnt do for them. I responded with "Why would it be any different between us and our Heavenly Father." He was silent for a moment trying to think of an answer but couldnt because its not different. He was speechless. It clicked to him. He then said that no other missionary has been able to do what Elder Burton and I just did in that lesson. He said we closed the bridge between him and getting baptized and we answered all of his questions perfectly. Its lessons like these that make missionary work worth all the trouble. We helped Jim feel of Gods love and that is the most important thing.

Well thats about it from this week. This upcoming week should be pretty fun because of Halloween and Zone Conference. I look forward to hearing from yall next week! I love yall so much!!

Elder Proctor

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