Hey guys! It's your favorite missionary, or not, but I won't hold that against you because you're still a real one. This week we did a lot of visiting less actives and cold contacting, here are the highlights:
Richard - Honestly the highlight of the week. He's this dude that first requested to meet with missionaries to help with his drinking problem and find peace with the afterlife. Except the missionaries at the time never called him. So we have talked with him a few times and he wasn't too into it since he tried the "church route" on his own and didn't get too much from it. So we explained to him what we believed and how as you get to understand God more and what kind of person He is, and how He truly is our loving heavenly Father, that we can feel the peace and joy we are trying to. He really liked that and was willing to give it another try with us.
Volleyball - That night we were starting a volleyball night with the youth to get them involved in some missionary work. except they all just showed us up. We waited the whole hour and then went home. I gave them crap about it on Sunday and so we'll see if they show up this Tuesday.
Wood choppin - It's one of my favorite services to do. We were helping a less active and it was pretty great. I forgot to take a pic of the wood but afterwards he took us down to his private pond and let us cast a line in for a bit on his sketchy dock. It literally moved with the wind.
Destroying the Wicked - I found it very funny but because of that, a lot of you might not, so this is what happened. We were knocking random doors and came to this dude's house. Before we say anything this dude starts chuckling to himself. Me and Harkness look at each other because we know what this means. We told him we are missionaries sharing messages teaching about Christ and sharing uplifting and hopeful messages, and asked if he wanted to hear one. I was really hoping he'd say no because I knew Harkness' tolerance was real low at the end of the day. Instead this man says, "No, but I'd love to talk about all the (I'm not sure what word he used but I'm assuming it meant Inconsistencies in our belief)." Which was funny because then he asked us what church we were from. To turn it away from a bash I asked him what he believed and he said nothing, to which Harkness said, "Not even yourself?" (inside I was cheering. that man got roasted so hard). He tried backtracking saying he believed in being rational and then said that his wife would really love to be there when he "proved us wrong" so we should come by a different time. I don't know what kinda morals you got to have to like attacking peoples beliefs which are only to uplift and bring hope to others, but at least his wife supports him.
It was really nice though because right after that this super nice christian invited us in and we chatted for a bit. He gave me three holocaust books. People in Washington are wack
Pickleball - They have this big outside covered pickleball courts and so sometimes we go there and play and try talking to others. But like normal people look at you weird when you try and be social for some reason so it normally doesn't work, but this week I played with some college students and they invited me to play with them again next week so that was pretty cool.
Spiritual Thought - So my spiritual thought today is pretty basic but something I believe to be very powerful when you ponder about it. It comes from Alma 32:21
"And now as I said concerning faith—faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true."
A lot of people struggle with faith because they believe they don't know it or they set the bar super high, but faith isn't knowledge, it's hope. It doesn't matter how much of it you have, it doesn't matter if you have a perfect knowledge. You just have to hope and trust. And as you do the truth will be shown unto you. As you continue to hope for things, God will be there, and that will grow your trust in Him. Faith is hoping that God will be there for you and trusting that He will know how best to do that. It starts off small but it can grow bigger as you work on it. If any of you are working on growing your faith, or want to, the first step is hope. I as you try I can promise that peace and joy will fill your soul and warm your heart.
I love y'all and I hope you have a good week
pics
Hansen found my phone
And pond
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