Monday, October 28, 2019

Week 42 - Bible bashing, cops, and bmx biking πŸ’ͺ


April 1, 2019

To my lovely friends and family, Another beautiful and sunny week has passed and I have some fun updates for you!
First off!! Something exciting happened for me this week, for those of you have followed closely along this journey you might remember my friend Allen who I was teaching in Ashford. He is from China and while serving in Ashford we got to teach him everything but then he left for vacation and we never got to finish cause we were transfered and he moved. Well this weekend he got baptized and I got to FaceTime in!!! He was so excited and said "i'm ready for a fresh start". So proud of him and how far he has come! 
Updates: 
Ashley: She is whipping us into physical shape and we are getting her into spiritual shape. This week we are officially starting a meal plan she created for us while she reads the Book of Mormon, prays, and watches bible videos. A big improvemnt we saw this week, she usually comes to church with her Boyfriend Sean, who is a member.. yesterday she came alone because he was sick! Needless to say, we love her. We are training with her tonight, so just know if you dont hear from me next week.. she went too hard on us πŸ’ͺ
David: David is still David. Taking things very slow, we are still trying to resolve his concerns but something is not clicking for him. Starting with the basics. 
Lauren and Carmen: Carmen wasn't able to join us, but Lauren was there and we got to know more about her situation. We asked how she thinks the gospel can help her and I loved her answer "in tired of living in fear and unknown and need peace." I KNOW THE GOSPEL BRINGS THAT!! That's exactly why I've sacrificed 18 months of my life to bring people peace!! 
Gregory: we started teaching him this week and he loves the Book of Mormon and read 2 Nephi 31 and asked us how he can get a fresh start.. I think we got that one figured out (; god led us to him for a reason.

Sorry for the boring updated of the week... want some fun highlights and miracle moments? 

Highlights: 
- We met someone this week named John Galvin and he is so cool!! He does BMX bike, he used to ride a ktm 250 until he crashed it into a tree. Anyway so we met him a city called Hudson as we were leaving a members house and we talked for about 20 minutes and he said we could come back, well then the next day we were on another side of our area and we just parked our car and were walking around all day when we walked out of a house and guess who was right there... JOHN!!! coincidence? I think not. GOD'S TIMING!!  He is super cool
- We ran into a crazy, drunk, perverted bible basher on Saturday and he told us we don't know anything and need to live a little. Good times. Being a missionary is fun, they said. 
-ended a drug bust.. 5 cops later. I can't get away from cops. What can I say 🀷‍
-got a good message from Megan (Madison convert) this week.. she got her temple recommend, went to the temple and they called her to be a Laurel advisor!! So happy for her. 

This email is lame.. not too much happened this week but hey this upcoming week should be pretty busy! Pumped for conference! My challenge for each of you is to invite someone into your home to watch conference with You, whether it be someone who is not actively attending church or someone who is not a member. Confernece is for every one! Everyone has questions they need answered and that is where they can be found. 

Have an incredible and joyful week. I love you all and I'm so blessed you are apart of my life. 

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