Hey y'all! Welcome back to another week of a lot of things to not a lot of things happening, so basically normal missionary work! Hope y'all are doing well and are staying out of trouble! Let's get into the past week!Monday we went out and did shopping and as well we got our haircuts, which was well needed. We also finished up any other P-Day thing we needed to do. Then we left and visited Betsy and the family and talked with them for a while, and it was pretty good. Betsy had us try her soup, and that was pretty good as well, kinda reminded me of Spaghetti-O's because of the flavor. But yea! Then we came back and ended the day.Tuesday I conducted my first District Council! It was a little nerve racking but it went pretty well, I hope haha. But that was good. Then afterwards Brother Doss took us to Cookout and we got food, and then he took us back to West Point. We biked around town and had a few lessons fall through sadly, so we tried visiting a few others and nothing came out of it sadly. Then we had dinner with the Booker Family and we were there for a while as we talked about a lot of things. We talked to them about the Gospel and about the Book of Mormon and they really enjoyed it a lot. It was an awesome discussion with them! Then we came back and ended the day.Wednesday we did studies and did some contacting. Afterwards we left and went to do lessons. The first lesson fell through and when we were leaving Elder Judd had a flat tire that we had to fix, we were afraid we weren't going to be able to, but thankfully we did. Then we were biking to the next appointment and not even got too far when I was switching gears my bike chain derailed and a few of my things got bent. And I was afraid we were going to have to get it fixed at a Bike Shop, but thankfully a miracle happened. As I was assessing a XFinity Truck pulled over and out came a non-member husband of a member in the Tupelo Ward we've came across before and is like super cool and he started helping us out. He was able to assess it and was able to fix it thankfully! But yea, we ended up missing a lesson because of it. And overall we were dealing with Elder Judd's bike and my bike for 2 hours straight. So that was a lot of fun. Then we had another lesson fall through sadly but we visited someone that has met with missionaries before and he is super cool, then we had a lesson with Omar and Charlie and talked about our life on earth and trials. They enjoyed it a lot and they want to come to Church this coming week! And then after that we went back to our apartment where the Honsingers picked us up and we went and visited Neely and Betsy with them and had a long good conversation about a lot of things in life! It was awesome. And that pretty much sums up that day.Thursday we did normal studies and all that. We also prepared a few things we promised Betsy we helped her with. We also helped Starkville with some questions they had a referral want them to answer. And then we went over to the Youngs and had a really good Lunch with them and talked with them about a lot of things! They are awesome people! Very open to learning more and more! And then afterwards we had a lesson fall through so we did some contacting and some reporting. Then we went and tried to see a few people and found a person out of it which was awesome. Then we had a lesson with Miehsa and it ended up just having to reschedule but we were able to talk to some of her guy friends that are there on occasion and they're pretty cool. And then after we decided to go to Neely and Betsys and we chatted with them for a while and talked about things. And that went pretty ok. Then we came back home for the day.Friday we went up to the Food Pantry and did service up there. Then afterwards we came back and finished the rest of our studies. Then we went and visited someone that we are working with and basically talked about the importance of being self reliant because he's been on a spree about it and it's pretty cool haha. Then afterwards we biked up to our apartment and Brother Doss picked us up and took us to Okolona for a few appointments we had scheduled. We had a really good discussion with our first lesson and we talked about the Book of Mormon and about the Plan of Salvation and that went really well. She is excited to re-learn some of the stuff and check it out! Afterwards we had another lesson where we answered some questions about some Doctrine stuff and we challenged her to Read the Book of Mormon and she said she will so we hope that helps her with it. Then afterwards we went to our next appointment and kinda went through. We talked outside due to some house problems and we prayed with her and rescheduled. Then we came back home and did Weekly Planning and watched the new Book of Mormon Video that came out that night.Saturday we did our studies and got things ready for the day. We got picked up by Brother Doss and we went up to Aberdeen and did a lot of contact attempts and had a few lessons. We found a couple of people which was awesome! We were able to setup a lot of return appointments that were setup for next Saturday so we are really excited about that. Then we came back home and finished off the day with other stuff we needed to do and did Call Ins with Starkville.Sunday we sadly had no one at Church. But we had a lot of changes in our Branch Presidency and in our Elders Quorum Presidency. So that was something. Then afterwards we had our potluck and that was really good as usual. Then we got home and we had a few lessons that fell through. But we had some lessons that went through and we talked about the Book of Mormon and helped her understand what it is. Then afterwards we had a few other things that fell through but overall it was a pretty good day. One of the things that happened is that someone texted us that we've been trying to get a hold of and had a super amazing discussion with him about a lot of things and answered a lot of the questions he had and we are meeting with him either Wednesday or Thursday. So miracles still happen in all forms!! Then we came back and did Call Ins with the Zone Leaders.This week overall was super good. We have continue to seen miracles in many different forms and it's truly a blessing. I encourage everyone to see life on a different view. I love you all and have a great week!!May God be with you all, and know that I am here. I love you all!Elder Braxton HottonAttachments:-Notes Elder Reardon left when we had Exchanges the week prior(found the last one this morning, took the entire week to find all of them)-Haircut-Cotton Field
Hey y'all! How are y'all doing?? Hope each of you had a fantastic week! This week was something else to say the least. First week of being a District Leader and a lot of success in the finding spectrum of things! It's been great! Let's get into it!Monday we had Lunch with the Shields and got P-Day stuff taken care of. After P-Day we visited someone that we are working with and talked about his stuff that's going on with him and the struggles of life. We hope we can get him to come to Church soon. But other than that nothing else happened.Tuesday we had a pretty cool day actually! We did our studies as usual and had plans to really be all over town, so that was something for sure haha. We went out and tried visiting a few people, and some of them worked out and others didn't answer. We had a lesson which was pretty good, and answered some of his questions about life. Then afterwards we went north of town and tried visiting some people who were previously taught and we were able to find 1 person out there which was pretty cool. Then we biked all the way almost south of town and visited someone and they became a new person. And then as we were biking to try to stop by someone a thought came to me about someone else to stop by and I was just like oh duh, we can do that as well. And Elder Judd agreed so the person we first wanted to try didn't work so we went to the person that came to mind and we had a super cool talk with her husband! He is a talker for sure but we loved it! He's a super cool dude and him and his wife both met with missionaries before and they loved it a lot! And we hear he's a mega good cook as well! So we're excited to work with them! And then we ended the day and came back into the Apartment.Wednesday was a pretty good day also! We had a lot of things planned for the day and we were pretty excited for that. But sadly some of them fell through but we were able to find a person during that so that was pretty good. Then we had a good lesson with Alice and we read the Book of Mormon with her and helped her understand what it was and why it's important. Afterwards we reported on the things that happened that day and we tried visiting one of the guys missionaries have been working with for a while and we were able to catch him and have a really good discussion with him about a lot of things in life. He's super cool. Afterwards we met with Neely on one of the streets and she was telling us what we need to do for the dogs she wanted us to take care of while she was gone for the weekend and we did that. Then we ended the day there.Thursday was full of miracles, it was literally super cool! We did studies and got picked up by Brother Doss and he took us up to Okolona where we started exchanges with the Zone Leaders. And I stayed here in West Point with Elder Reardon. And we went to Aberdeen and tried visiting a few people and we had a few cool experiences. We were able to find 2 new people up in Aberdeen and talk to those people about experiences in the Bibles and about the Gospel. Then we got dropped off back at West Point and we went out again to go visit other people. We had a lesson fall through so we took care of the dogs and that was something else. And then after we biked up to have a lesson but sadly that fell through. We contacted for a little bit and then tried stopping by a members house but they weren't there. And then we walked to a person of interest and we started talking to him and his neighbor about the Plan of Salvation and why things happen and we gave them pamphlets and we set up a return appointment and we were super happy about that. Then literally we walked down the street and Elder Reardon asked a guy about the Post Office(me knowing it's right behind our house) and then we started talking to him about who we are and he became a new person and we both walked away just shocked out of our minds knowing that we just found 5 new people on the spot. So we were pretty excited about that. Then after we visited someone and talked about Church and talked about his struggles again. Then we came back and ended the day.Friday we did studies went to do the Food Pantry, sadly we didn't have any boxes. Then we came back and finished studies and then they came down and we ended exchanges. Then we got stuff ready for dogs and went out. We took care of the dogs and we came back and did some Weekly Planning. Then we got picked up and visited Okolona and we tried seeing a few people. We found one person and updated the notes for some people in the area. We sadly had a lesson fall through but we were able to talk to her a little bit. Then we came back and finished Weekly Planning and ended the day.Saturday we had an early lesson that fell through, then we did studies and got ready for the rest of the day. Then we had another lesson fall through so we baked sweets for those we said we would for. Then after we were leaving to take care of the dogs and someone stopped us and we started talking to him and he met with missionaries about 2 years ago and he enjoyed it a lot so we got his number and set up a time to go by, and we were happy about that! We then took care of the dogs and visited Betsy and had a good visit there. Then we came back and dropped off stuff and had a lesson with someone and talked about the Plan of Salvation and gave him a Book of Mormon. After that we had 2 other lessons, one of them fell through and then we came back and I did Call Ins with the Starkville Sisters.Sunday we had Church and didn't have anyone show sadly. Then after Church we studied a little and went out and took care of the dogs, and got rained on. Then we came back and the rain didn't get any better so we did some Contacting, cleaned up Area Book a little, and cooked Enchiladas. After that we had Call Ins with the Zone Leaders and that was about it.This week has been mega amazing! And I'm thankful for the experiences I'm having! I hope y'all continue to see Miracles in your own lives and hope you know that I love each and everyone of you. Stay Hot y'all 😉!May God be with you all, and know that I am here. I love you all!Elder Braxton HottonAttachments:-Me and Elder Judd with a Pumpkin haybale-The haybale itself-Bible/Book of Mormon timeline-Me in Wal-Mart
Hey y'all! Happy October and I hope everyone enjoyed Conference this weekend! This week was busy busy busy and we saw the Lord's hand more in our lives! It's amazing! Let's get into it!Monday after P-Day we went over to someone we were teaching and was able to have dinner with her and her family! We also were able to talk about the Book of Mormon videos that came out and how it's blessed us in knowing the Book of Mormon a lot better and she got really interested in them! After that we went over and saw Neely's mom and had a great discussion about how she didn't go through certain things and ended up down here for no apparent reason and meeting us, and she agrees! She's learning a lot and has a lot of questions to ask us and she loves it! Then we came back and ended the day.Tuesday we got picked up by Columbus and drove all the way to Tupelo for Zone Conference and it was amazing! We learned a lot about how studying Electronically and how marking, tagging, and linking things will promise us greater understand of the Gospel and I have definitely see it help me out a lot! And we also talked about being Bold with love, that as we show our love and they know we love them, we can be as bold as we want with them, just not overbearing. Then after we got things ready and we came back a little later than planned and went out to try and visit people but it fell through so we just had dinner and ended the day.Wednesday we did studies and went to the Library and did some studies there and gave Bibles to a lady who's collecting Bibles for the people in Ghana, which was super cool! Then we had a cool lesson with someone about the Restoration! And what was cool about it is that she likes what we are teaching because we can back it up with scripture! It's cool to see people open their hearts up when we show them that it's there in the scriptures and when they ask questions! Afterwards we had other things fall through and we decided to go tracking, and out of all the houses we knocked, we found 1 person through it all, and we felt accomplished by it! Through every effort we do, we see the blessings as we go out and act on finding the people who are ready for the Gospel! Then we had a lesson with someone and read a couple of chapters in the Book of Mormon and talked about Jesus Christ and the prophecies in those Chapters! After we came back home and ended the day!Thursday we did studies and then a member took us to lunch to Staffords and that was super good. After that Columbus showed up for exchanges and I was staying here in West Point with Elder Hall. Then we started exchanges and me and Elder Hall biked up to the north end of West Point to have some appointments. Sadly they fell through and we decided to try and visit some people. We felt inspired to visit some houses and because of that we ended up finding 3 people! You know, I find it cool with that experience because I have learned that as you act on the promptings you feel you will be blessed. Some happen immediately, but some others take a little, but they happen, and it's super cool how the Lord is using me and anyone else as instruments in bringing righteous purposes for the Lord. Then after we had some lessons and visited someone we are working with and helped him understand stuff he had questions about. Then we came in for the night and had dinner.Friday we got ready and went to the Food Pantry and we had 32 boxes. It was the most I have ever seen since I've been here. It was insane. We had to check temperatures, weigh, and sort into their perspective categories. Let's just say Columbus had to come to it and helps us finish because it was taking us a while haha. 272lbs of it was meat overall. It was crazy. Then we ended exchanges and me and Elder Judd had a miracle lesson with Vernita! She's been meeting with missionaries for about 2 years now and has had a hard time with a few things. But miraculously we were able to set her on date and help her able to overcome those struggles! We were super excited! After we came home and got picked up by Brother Wilson and had 2 pretty good lessons about the Plan of Salvation in Okolona! We helped one of them feel peace about a lot of things about the Spirit World and it was super cool to see her heart open up! Then we came back home and did Weekly Planning and it was just amazing.Saturday before Conference we went to get things for cookies and we ended up finding 2 people! Then we went to the Church and Vernita came for the 1st Session of Conference! After that session we had a lesson fall through and then we came back and watched the other session and that was really good. We helped prepare the Church for the Women's Conference and we contacted a few people and studied a little and then we got Transfer news! I'm staying here in West Point and I'm becoming District Leader!! I'm super excited and nervous for it, but I know it's going to be great! Then we got a ride home and ended the day!Sunday it was mainly Conference watching and it was very inspiring!! I loved a lot of the speakers and their testimonies! After the sessions we came home and tried to visit people but they fell through sadly. Then we came home and ended the day!This week was super amazing and very spiritual! I'm truly thankful for General Conference and the love of the Savior that we feel that as we listen to the Prophets and do the Lord's will! I hope y'all can continue to feel His love! Have a great week y'all!!May God be with you all, and know that I am here. I love you all!Elder Braxton HottonAttachments:-We saw a Deer (360p quality sorry)-Pink Water-Hamburgers I attempted to grill on the skillet. 3/10 on my effort(then again it was my first time)-A Salty Bag-How we prepare for Conference😂
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Hey y'all! I hope y'all are doing well and are ready for October to roll around! It's crazy how 2019 has flown by! But this week for us was super awesome! And this week we get transfer news, holy crap!! Let's get into the week!Monday we had the amazing opportunity to attend the Temple in Memphis and it was a great experience. We did a session and I got some answers to things I wanted to improve on and it was an amazing experience. I encourage everyone to attend as often as possible. You will receive answers to anything you ask for. After the Temple we tried visiting a few people and came home for the day.Tuesday we had studies and did some stuff at the Library, then after we went out to visit people. We didn't have much success and had a few lessons fall through, but we were able to set up a time for service for someone. Then we had some time to talk to a few people we were teaching and had a lesson and found a person through that lesson. And then had another lesson too and that was good. Overall it was a good day.Wednesday Wednesday was my 14th month mark!! It's crazy how much I have left!! It's amazing! We did studies and got some things done before we got picked up to get picked up to go Houston/Okolona area with Brother Wilson. We had a lesson with a recent convert, and that was pretty cool. We helped her pick up some limbs that fell. And afterwards we tried contacting a few people before having a lesson with a referral and actually found 2 people out of it! It was a pretty cool experience! We were really excited! Then after we came back and sadly had a lesson fall through. Other than that it was a good day!Thursday I got my bike back thanks to Tupelo Elders. They picked us up and took us to District Council in Starkville and we had a good discussion about a lot of things! It was awesome. Then after we had lunch as a District plus the Office Elders and they brought things to our apartment. Then we blitzed Starkville for a little then we got back to West Point and moved a few things around and left for a lesson. We talked for a while and then we left and visited a few people and found a person through that. We also walked Bella which is always fun. Then we had a lesson fall through sadly and ended the day.Friday we did the Food Pantry and then we did Weekly Planning and that was pretty good. After Weekly Planning we had a really good lesson with someone about the Plan of Salvation and then we came back and changed into service clothes and did service for a lady and her husband and took out a sectional. We then taught about the Book of Mormon and gave them one and they liked it a lot, they've had good experiences with the Church before so that's awesome. Then we had dinner and then changed back into pros clothes and visited someone else and that was pretty good. Hopefully he'll progress better. He's really cool. Then we ended the day.Saturday we did Studies and did some Online Proselyting. After that we had a long list of people to visit and we visited a lot of people and found people out of it! It was super effective. We contacted others on the phone as well and then visited some other people and invited people to Church also. It was a really good day!Sunday we had 2 people at Church and it was Fast and Testimony Meeting! It was super cool! And we watched the Broadcast for the new program and I'm really excited about it! It's super cool! Then we came back and studied for a little before we left for lessons and visiting people. We found another person and helped out a few things. Then we came back and had Call Ins and I got a huge headache and ended up going to bed early. But it was a good day overall, so I'm happy about that.This week was amazing! It's so cool seeing the Lord's hand in this area and I'm excited for more miracles to be brought out! We have General Conference this week and I know it'll bless your life if you watch it! It's going to be amazing! I'm excited! I love you all! Have an amazing week!!May God be with you all, and know that I am here. I love you all!Elder Braxton HottonAttachments:-Me at the Temple
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