Hello all!
Hope you are all doing well.
This week has been okay, it started out pretty tough. Our washing machine
has been broken since last week, with half of my clothes locked inside it until
friday, so we have had to wash our clothes in the bath which has been
interesting... the office are getting us a new washing machine but chances are
we wont get that until friday... more bathtub washes then, fun!... the joys of
missionary life ay?
I have just noticed that it is raining outside... that sucks! its the first
time it has rained since I have been here, I thought I had finally found
somewhere that was immune to rain... I guess not. ah well!
This week has been mainly finding and working with less-actives though. We
have only been able to get one lesson with an investigators this week, which
does suck, but our other investigators have been out of town or we haven't been
able to contact them. It has been good to get to know some of the less-actives
here though and working with them. One of them actually made it out to church on
sunday (although I didn't see them there, for reasons I will explain in a bit).
And finding has been quite hard when let's be honest most people around here are
quite... how can I put this nicely without offending anyone... Elderly? Yeah, I
know we should preach the gospel to everyone and we do try, but nearly all of
them say the same thing... I am *insert age here* I am stuck in my ways and so
on. But we are trying our best.
The one investigators we were able to see though was Andy, we saw him
yesterday and taught him the Plan of Salvation. It was a good teach and I
actually amazed myself at how well it went. When Elder Martin first started
talking I was kind of panicing inside as I wasn't sure what to say or what
scriptures I could use, but when Elder Martin finished his bit, and it came to
me, I somehow knew exactly what to say. It felt amazing. Obviously it wasn't the
perfect teach, but I am getting better :) But we invited Andy to be baptized on
the 13th of october, and he accepted! The reason we set his date so far away is
because we can only see him on sundays as he is super busy and works two jobs.
It was a good teach though, and he is a great guy.
Well this weekend was interesting. Newton Abbot ward had a baptism, which
we were invited to as Elder Martin was asked to speak. The guy being baptized
though, Ian, is in the process of moving from Paignton to Newton Abbot, so
currently he still lives here, but he spends most of his time in Newton Abbot
with his friend, so that is why he was taught there.
So yeah, this sunday I spent in the Newton Abbot ward. they are a really
nice ward, really friendly and welcoming. The funny thing is my good friend Dann
is in that ward, and he taught Elder Quorum which was actually a good lesson. It
was great to see him though, and to hear he is still preparign to go on his
mission.
But yeah, that has been a sum up of my week pretty much. Let's hope that
next week we can get more teaches (and a new washing machine).
Hope you are all doing well, Love you all!
Ciao for now! :P
Elder Mitchell
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