Hi Family!
I had a really fun week this week. Leadership training happened. Elder Canova had to go but I didn't. So me and Elder Seegmiller (another elder we live with and a zone leader) went out for most of the day and then we came back to the house to a group of 4 other missionaries that we had to take out and do missionary stuff with.
Tuesday I got to go over to fill out baptismal records for Josiya and Josetta Joseph to get them ready to be sent off. We also went to see a few other people for Elder Seegmiller but they weren’t home at the time. That night, me and another elder went to have dinner with the Denniss' while Elder Canova and another elder went tracting in the neighborhood around the house. They found a couple of people who were interested and later in the week we went to go see one of them. The lady's husband came out and basically argued that by faith we are saved, works are not needed, only discipleship is needed. He also thought that the purpose of the commandments is being saved through ourselves. So, the guy was basically a moron due to all his self-contradiction and in the end I found him really annoying.
We did service on a farm Wednesday and I fed apples to a pony named Elvis, mowed a lawn, and painted railing for a barn. That night, we went to the Hurley’s and they invited a friend named Big T. Some of the elders we live with gave them the down low on us. He used Yokepants on Elder Canova and it was really funny. Brother Hurley told us all his stories about being in Australia and all the funny jokes they did.
We did service on a farm Wednesday and I fed apples to a pony named Elvis, mowed a lawn, and painted railing for a barn. That night, we went to the Hurley’s and they invited a friend named Big T. Some of the elders we live with gave them the down low on us. He used Yokepants on Elder Canova and it was really funny. Brother Hurley told us all his stories about being in Australia and all the funny jokes they did.
Thursday was mostly me and Elder Seegmiller going down to VCU to see some potentials in these weird put together housing apartments and it was really fun. We saw a couple of false churches that were really cool looking and awesomely designed but still false. We happened to talk to a shirtless guy on the street and gave him a Book of Mormon which was really cool. We got back up with the other elders there and went down to the Campus sidewalk and offered free Tang to everyone. We got to talk to a lot of people and one of the elders Bible bashed with a few people. One guy came up and wanted to be baptized on the spot to save himself! I got rejected a lot of times by people when I tried to give them a card, but I did give a card to the minister of a church in view.
The coolest thing this week was having Josiya and Josetta baptized. It took Josetta 4 times because: 1. She didn’t go all the way under the water because she was scared, then 2. her arm, and then 4. done correctly. It was cool! Afterward, we taught a guy named Jordan Lee and he is so cool and ready to learn. I’ll tell you more about him in a letter. We came back to see another baptism – a lady named Katie – by the other elders. When she came into the room she started crying. It was cool.
Elder Canova and I were assigned talks to give in Sacrament Meeting on missionary work but Elder Canova took so much time giving his talk that I was only able to bear my testimony. I felt kind of bashed from that. However, Josiya's confirmation was really cool and it gave her knowledge and blessings for the future. We were also able to give Blaine Franklin the priesthood and we need to talk to him more on that later
this week.
this week.
Well, have a fun week and know that all the storms that come thru Virginia aren’t really serious and they are just a lot of thunder storms so no worries.
Love you all!
Elder McClure
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