On
the first day, Elder McClure came to the computer and checked his emails. And
the emails were good.
So this week was full of all kinds
of fun and havoc:
On P-Day we did something I have
never done before: played Dungeons and Dragons.
We created our characters; I’m an elf wizard named Yozu - I know, super nerdy
for y’all’s taste but we are bored and boredom brings weird things. The rest of
the day we helped B. Liskey pack up his stuff because he is moving across town.
He accepted our nerdiness.
Tuesday was the busiest day yet -
one appointment after another. We taught
Donna, William (RC), Robert, had dinner with the Bradys, taught Joe and saw a
less active. The lesson with Donna was the restoration. We taught about the Restoration and she seemed
a little distracted, but she’s also dyslexic.
We got the lesson across okay to her but it was hard for her to
understand. Our lesson with William was him teaching us the Restoration. It was weird having a lesson from a recent
convert’s perspective. He added a lot of
the teaching styles Elder Moon and I had used. Our lesson with Robert was
mainly him bashing with us on points of the Plan of Salvation. He doesn’t believe most of it , although the
scripture about the three kingdoms kind of stumped him and his friend. He
dropped us so I’m glad we didn’t bash too much. The lesson with Joe was awesome
as usual and he is just the greatest guy. He chose B. Liskey to baptize him
since he received revelation through a dream that B. Liskey should do it. It’s
been awesome to teach him and see him grow in the gospel.
The rest of the week was basically
finding people to teach. We also had a
lot of service to do which is fun. A
couple of the things we did: moved B.
Liskey to his new house with a couple of other guys and helped rake up these
grass mound rows for the Hartmans. While
we were raking, these little bugs were pestering the heck out of us and bouncing
off my face; we also got bit by horseflies. They are nasty. We tried to see
people but it’s been a little bit difficult to get things done. One cool thing about
the week is that we met with a less active named B. Eshbaugh and he has a son
about the age of 9. After we taught B.
Eshbaugh, trying to help his believing, we asked if his son was interested in
learning so we are now teaching his son and have taught him the Restoration. He’s a smart boy so we’ll see how it goes.
We also had Zone meeting this week and
there were some changes to how we do things.
Now, we have to three-way call sisters in the district with the zone
leaders on the other line instead of just one of us calling one of them. A lot more complicated. My comp can now call and text while I drive
so that’s better because we can now set appointments in the car. After the
meeting, we ate at this restaurant which gave us a huge basket of fries that
took 4 elders to finish. We did Walk and Talk and it was okay; we found a
couple of potentials.
I bore my testimony at church and
made them laugh. I said, "I was
having a battle with whether or not myself to go up and bear my testimony or
stay sitting down and then it hit me that I bear my testimony all the time
during tracting but I usually get the door slammed in my face so I’ll enjoy
this a little bit more." That’s what got the laughs. We also taught Joe
after church and we had a lot of people sitting in on the lesson, like 10
people, so it seemed more like a classroom setting. And we taught Law of
Chastity, the Word of Wisdom, and tithing. Man, that tithing one is an awkward
one for people to grasp.
Well, love you everyone and have fun
with life!
Elder McClure
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