Hey People in the Idaho Area and Beyond,
This week was a pretty hard one as far as teaching lessons because everyone cancelled our appointments. Here are the fun parts of the week:
On Monday we had dinner with a less active lady named S. Hardy. Got into a Nerf war with her sons and it was brutal. We played this game with her little girl, Ari, where she holds onto this metal pole we hold between us and we lift her up and randomly she lets go and hits the ground.
On Tuesday we tried to see people but it just wasn’t happening. We did get to go to Applebee’s using a $25 gift card a member gave us. It was great to get fancy food for a change. We caught Tiffany in Arby’s and she told us on the 1st of April she is going to court for getting caught 3 times with an expired driver’s license, so there is a possibility that she could go to jail for 10 days to a year. I’m hoping she doesn’t have to go to jail at all, but we’ll see what goes on. Very disappointing for her and it may impact her baptismal date quite a bit, which makes us sad.
On Wednesday it was same thing except we got to deliver a Gospel Principles book to S. Raplee's son Michael. He’s not a member but is showing some interest in becoming one. We played a game where we hit a soccor ball with golf clubs really hard. Elder Chapman and Jerritt had a fun time talking about an anime show called Naruto. They went off on it and it was hard to listen to their conversation and stay on track. Later that day we spoke with a lady named Dotsy. She was puzzled why the Book of Mormon didn’t start out like Genesis in the Bible. She thought the Book of Mormon was another version of the Bible, so we had to set her straight on it being a different book. We had the same problem the next day with this guy who owns a thrift shop. I guess that’s a common misunderstanding – that the Book of Mormon is a retelling of the Bible, but the same information.
On Thursday, Elder Chapman and Low got haircuts. That night B. Rogers took us out for pizza and we got fried chicken pizza and it was delicious. Sounds weird, but really good!
On Friday morning, B. Rogers took us to Waffle House for breakfast. I got chocolate waffles. Afterward, we went to our zone meeting. Zone meeting focused on dis-establishing causalness in missionary work. The only thing I will not do is wear a suit constantly (other than church or a meeting). I can’t do it! After the zone meeting, we got Taco Bell with B. Rogers. We had a lesson with an investigator who is upset about how lust has become a controlling factor in her life. But we are going to always help her get through the struggles she has.
On Saturday we took a long trip to Virginia Beach for Elder Chapman to go to a baptism. It was so nice to be near the ocean again. B. Rogers bought us lunch, which made 5 meals that he bought for us. What a great guy! The baptism was nice. We found out that every companionship in the Virginia Beach area has a baptism scheduled. That was crazy, but awesome! I got to see a battleship and later spent the day with the Kings.
Sunday was good since it was Easter. We watched The Lamb of God during the last hour of church. What a wonderful video! After church, we had a lesson with Juanita and George. Juanita was just stating hard core that she didn’t understand all too much but will still listen. Then we had dinner with the Evans which was filling. They asked us how to increase faith in Christ. We talked about remembering the service that Christ performed during his mortal life as a way to increase faith in him.
Although we had many cancellations this week, it was a productive few days and we had some enjoyable conversations and experiences.
I love you all,
Elder McClure
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