HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEAUTIFUL GRANDMOTHER AND MY AWESOME AUNT MICK (Vicki) April 1st!!! I miss and love you both!! You are amazing women and I am the luckiest Elder around to have you in my life!
Alrighty then... this week was a pretty intense roller coaster... like X2 status!!!
So we go to meet with a less active and turns out, she is in the hospital. We ran over there/drove "efficiently" to see how she was doing. she was doing well but we were unable to share a lesson with her due to everything that was going on. so we stopped by a potential investigator that wasn't feeling well either. But no luck there, nothing was going our way that day. I felt that we should knock on their neighbors door. Neither of us had any cards on us but Elder Boothe had a restoration pamphlet. we knocked and she answered as the dogs went ballistic (like every house in Ohio, all dogs bark here and it's honestly making me not want a pet anymore. but dogs that don't bark are SWEET!!! or shed...) she stepped outside and said, "So, what do you got?" We testified about prophets and the Book of Mormon right off the bat! She took the pamphlet and she asked what we are doing here, what we are doing for school. I did the whole life story "I'm from San Diego" shpeal and that I was at BYUI studying music before i came to Ohio. HER DAUGHTER IS ON TOUR WITH THE SWAN BROTHERS FROM THE VOICE TV SHOW!! Elder Boothe loved the voice like we do!! We hit it off and testified of how this gospel has blessed each of our lives and are meeting with them as a family again Tuesday night April 1st!!!! I thank my Father in Heaven who had prepared each of us to deliver and receive the message of the restoration by and through the spirit of God!
We had a great heart to heart with our investigator C, he is the 17 year old. We had a lesson over the phone with him due to miles (he lives about 30 minutes away, and it is the end of the month so our mile allotment was quite depleted) and it went really well. However, not 2 minutes after we received a text saying the basic jist of, "go away, I don't want any part of this church" and went on to denounce the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. we were extremely taken back and confused!!! Then promptly after that text we received a texted apologizing for the one prior. His mother had texted that message from his phone with out C knowing. He explained that his grandma had just broke and threw away the DVDs, and his friend has said that she doesn't want any part of this amazing gospel. He testified plainly to us that he knows this gospel is true. He spoke with his mom and now after some time listening, she is allowing him to meet with us again. He loves the Book of Mormon and knows Joseph Smith translated it by and through the power of God. this is all a miracle with in itself. he will not deny the truthfulness of the gospel. I am so proud of him and his decisions!! I love the blessings that this gospel brings and I love seeing C grow, testify, and progress. He hasn't been able to go to church due to this whole situation. Please keep him in your prayers please! So that was probably the biggest one this week.
Those are the 2 major spiritual coaster rides this week and I gotta get running. Prep day is one of the busiest! Oh wait...A few more Shout Outs!!!
Bummer Tiara couldn't play much but that is awesome that she asked the coaches what she can do to improve!! That seems to be a weakness of to many of us. We're not willing to ask, or not willing to listen. Many times I find myself doing that in prayer not giving enough time for God to answer and just saying a prayer rather then speaking WITH my father in heaven. I'm proud of you T!
Vicki and Farrell are awesome!! I miss Dani too!! Glad to hear they are doing well and glad you got to spend time together! What a Wonderful support for T on a tuff weekend! Earthquakes and ALL!
I will be with you in spirit brothers at the cabin, Sausage bake is the bomb! And shooting with the boys are some of my fondest memories. I love how close we are. I love my family. I am grateful for my ancestors and the faith they exhibited in order to live the teachings of Christ. The excitement around here is our ward as a whole is all making a push for family history!! Like the Cardiff ward did! I was able to bare testimony on the power of family history work and to second the promise of Elder Bednar as we do this work.
Fight the fight, stay the course, keep the Faith!
Love,
Elder Tr3y 7ool5on :)
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