Hi Family,
This week was a weird one. On Monday, we had a Nerf war with other Elders and the Fly boys; everything was fun! So Tuesday, we spent it going to see some people in Wakefield who weren’t there, then we went this lady whose house was up this eerie road and the rocks tore up the car like crazy. Then we had a lesson with a former named Ray and we committed him to read the Book of Mormon and I bore my testimony about the Book of Mormon and he said that he would take any time he could to read it.
On Wednesday, we went to see this lady at a thrift store named the Frik and Frak but we had to reschedule because she was working. (I found the perfect gift for Tessa on her B-day.) Then we went to see a bunch of other people that fluffed out on us which is basically saying they have better things to do than hang around for a lesson. Then we went to see my favorite less active family, the Millers. Their son and his wife moved out because their dogs drove everyone to the edge.
Thursday, we went to a District meeting and I taught on Diligence and used the lifeguard CPR I know as part of it and also used the Preach My Gospel manual and scriptures to tie into it. It was pretty good. Then we did an exchange with Lawerenceville and it was the greenie named Elder Baldwin that came with me. So we went to teach a Restoration lesson with a lady named Loretta and she loved it and wanted really bad to know the truth about our religion. She has a busy schedule so we don’t have regular appointments with her. Elder Baldwin did a good job and I did good letting him talk. So after that we did a lot of tracting where we found a former, Gracie, and a lady named Angela who works at Golden Corral. We also visited a guy named Emmanuel who had our phone number and had called. So then we went to la Hacienda and Elder Baldwin ate really fast! He said he eats fast because he was a firefighter before coming on a mission and they have to eat fast. We didn’t have any other standing appointments.
Friday, there was a tornado scare and it was really windy! I took Elder Baldwin to the church tower to see the weather. Then we got to tract Wakefield and we stumbled on this guy who rejected our message and tried to get us to forget it and be saved by believing in Jesus Christ but no real doctrine. Then his wife rambled on about that men are liars and about Obama and being saved. It was really scary because I was the older missionary and Elder Baldwin didn’t talk a lot. Then we tried to waste time till 3 pm so we went to see a lady in Dendron. Not there. Then we did more stuff in Waverly and talked to a guy with a retarded dog (honestly, it was retarded; they told us it had been dropped on its head as a puppy) and his other dog threw up in front of us. Then we exchanged back in Petersburg. Elder Coon and I went to see David, our Baptismal Date, who wasn’t there or didn’t answer. Before that we saw a snapping turtle in the middle of the road and Elder Coon picked it up to get it out of the road and it bit him and cut his finger really bad.
Saturday, all of our appointments fell thru and one of them was on house arrest so we knew he was home! He even locked out his wife so as not to see us! We ate at an Italian restaurant and then drove to David’s. He was home but just didn’t answer. Waste of miles. Then we tried to see Larry Brown and he wasn’t even home and he could have called us. Bad day.
Sunday we went with the Grubers to a Conference from Salt Lake for the whole South Eastern Shore. Elder Richard Scott talked about giving women appreciation and to treasure them. It was crazy to hear cuz after that we met again with this lady, Teri, who gave us a 20 minute version of her life where her father, husband, and boyfriend all beat her up and were really mean to her. She has had the worst life in the world because of those men. We invited her to read the BoM and pamphlets and she was really interested. Then we went to the Dayton’s for dinner and their son Zack was screaming most of the time and was so bad.
Monday got a package from Mom and loved it. Had to open it immediately! E. Coon got a whole set of Encyclopedia. We went to the Harter’s to email and here we are.
Love you all,
Elder McClure
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