Weekly update for Oct 2nd - 8th
Howdy! Well this week was great(ish). Ups and downs like all weeks are. Time is flying. I only have 10 more days to be a teenager. I turn 20 in 10 days! October 19th. Here on the mission birthdays and holidays are so much different haha but it's still cool.
We had exchanges with the zone leaders and we went to their area which is Englewood. This is also the Korean area so it's cool to see lots of signs are in Korean. We worked hard all day and talked to tons of English and I talked to tons of Spanish people. Great day weather wise as well. For our snack during the day he made me a tortilla with honey and peanut butter, it was ight.
We had zone conference and it was super good and cool to be able to see the whole zone! Also there was a clothing give away from all the stuff past missionaries left in their homes. So I went and looked if their was anything I needed. I found this super ugly giant bath robe so I thought I would be funny and put it on... that's where everything went down hill... yes, people were laughing but it wasn't worth it for what I was about to find out. When I took it off it looked like I had a white suit instead of blue.... I was covered in the fabric from the robe! Then even more people laughed.... I used duck tape to get most of it off haha. Good times!
So the technology we use to keep all our investigators and members and set appointments is called Area Book. Well, this week it had a huge update. But, not for the better. It changed sooooo much stuff and made it so much harder to do lots of things and set up appointments. Nobody liked it. So I've really been looking for the good in it and I've found a lot. I'm starting to think positively of it. So we're all good.
I was able to give like 4 blessings this week which is always my favorite. I love the ability to give a blessings and help people. The priesthood is amazing.
So, Orly was supposed to be baptized on this past Saturday but a couple little things came up and her grand daughter wasn't going to be able to come and she really wanted her to. So, now it is this Saturday at 3:00 PM. She asked me to baptize her :). My companion will be giving a talk on baptism. She is amazing and is super prepared. We have worked with her for 3 months now.
We also started teaching a older man who is family with a member. We have taught him a few times and now he is on date for October 28th! We just have to get him to church which is his only struggle since he gets home from work on Sunday morning at 3.
Well now for possibly the saddest part of my whole mission... so last week we received a message from bishop that a lady needed a blessing so we went over there under the impression she was a member. She isn't but all of her family in the Dominican Republic is. She told us she was pregnant and that it was a high risk with the way the baby was at the moment. She asked for a blessing so we gave her one, shared a short message and set up a time to come back and teach her... this week we came back to see how she was doing. She told us the baby had died. I'm not sure how far along the baby was, I don't think it was very far along but it still crushed my heart... she and her daughter were both crying and I was about to. I said a quick prayer in my mind on what I could teach. Many scriptures began to come to me. We shared many of them about how all children who die before the age of accountability will be saved in he kingdom of God and how she WILL see her child again. We taught the plan of salvation and by the end she was at peace and knew that g\God had a plan for both her and her baby. He knows things we don't. Now she is in a tough situation and has turned to the Lord. She has been reading from the Book of Mormon and wants to be taught more about our message. I know that the Lord works in mysterious ways. Some are not what we expected.
All I know is that this church can bring every peace and comfort to know what happens after this life and to really know gods plan for us. I'm so thankful for this opportunity to be able to teach this plan to everyone. I know this church is true.
Now time for a happier story. We have really been pushing on getting in actives to return to church. So we have been visiting all the members in our area. Less active, and inactive. We were able to get into the door of 2 of them. Neither of them had been in over 5 years (2 different houses). With Both of them, we shared very powerful videos and by the end they both said that they need to come back to church so they could feel that same spirit that was present. We bore our testimonies and invited them back and told them God needed them on his side and needed their help. I love being a missionary. The good, bad, and the ugly. I love each and every day. I love you all too. Hope you have a great week.
- Funny picture I took this week on the street -
mason.davis@myldsmail.net
Elder Mason Davis
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