Hey all! How are you all doing? Is the weather getting colder? If so, it's ok, it's doing the same thing down here. This week has been really something. But, in the end everything will be ok. And that's important.
After P-Day, we just had a lot of contact attempts, a lot of them failed, but we had some appointments set. It wasn't a lot that happened, just mega contact attempts.
Tuesday we had District Council and we also had Exchanges. We had District Council about Goal Setting and about Technology. I liked it a lot because I always feel like Missionaries don't use technology as much as they can. But after that we went to Panda Express and ate there. Then I put my stuff in the car and me and Elder Anderson headed out to South Haven. After a long drive we made it to the Apartment and we put the stuff in the rooms. And we started doing our Personal Study and we got a call from the South Haven ASL Sisters and asked if we could give a blessing to a member. So we went over and did that, which was pretty good. And then we decided to go finding after. We went to a lot of houses and a lot of them ended up being re-boots (Which in my terms mean made contact with missionaries again after a while). So that was really cool. Then we had dinner at a place called Cracker-Barrel with a member in the ward which was really freaking good. I had Rainbow Trout and it was super super good. Then we visited a less active member who has caught a lot of fish and he has a room which was decked out of fishing gear and such as I loved it a lot. Then we came back home and finally did our studies and went to bed.
Wednesday was another cool experience. We worked out, and got ready. We got all of our studies done, then we had lunch and then went to a less active spree. We visited a less active Sister and we helped move boxes that she had outside her door inside. Then Elder Anderson asked if she wanted a blessing and she said yes and wanted me to give it. At this point, I've only known her for maybe 20-30 minutes and she wanted me to do it. It went pretty good actually and she appreciated what I said in the blessing and I was happy that she did. Then we tried two other houses, one didn't answer and the other one invited us back and said 'It must meant to be' Because we were looking for someone else and she answered so that was pretty funny. Then we drove all the way to Byhalia where Unique and Maricus had their Baptismal Interviews. We also had to move their baptism to next week because of their father having some work stuff going on over the weekend so they wanted him to be there so we moved it to the 20th but it's still going to happen. Then we drove up to finally meet Cheryl and she's amazing. She went through a lot and she still kept her faith. She accepted a Baptismal Date for Nov 10th!!! Then after we visited Mike, talking about his father and I had the biggest impression to promise him blessings. But with all of the convo's that were happening, I couldn't get to it. But as we were leaving, I still felt like I needed to. So I had Elder Brinkerhoff text the blessings to him as we were driving home. So that was a cool experience.
Thursday was pretty good. We went to a town called Atway (Below Lamar) and we tried 3 houses. One answered and her and her family are Independent Fundamental Baptist. But she has known about us before because she actually lived in West Jordan, UT! That was pretty interesting. She said she will talk to her husband about it. Then we helped Gary do Bean work so that was fun. Then had dinner at Mockeys, and drove all the way to the top corner of our area to try and visit two houses but no one answered. Then we visited Sister Yeager and spoke to her for a little.
Friday we did more Animal Shelter stuff, got a new dog in the shelter named Liza. Then we came back for a little, did Daily Planning, felt like we needed to go find somewhere and low and behold in the end, it was for Amanda. Though no one answered the door Elder Brinkerhoff felt like we needed to knock at. So we are going to try again soon. Then we made contact invites to church, then had dinner at the Hardmans, then visited Jane finally, met her, and talked with her. Then after that we talked with Benjamin and that was a good convo with him.
Saturday was a lot of planning and re-focus goals and all that crazy jazz. We have so many things that we've been working on, but with the guidance of the Holy Ghost, we can be able to change what we can do and achieve our goals. Then we had dinner with the Roswell family and then visited someone who sadly dropped us. But that was the gips of that day.
Sunday was fast and testimony meeting, which was pretty good. We learned more about the Holy Ghost and the Gathering of Israel in Priesthood and Sunday School. We then after church ate with the Morrisons and talked about General Conference with them. Then after we met with Michelle, spoke with her for a while. Had dinner at the Roswells again, then met with Georgia for the rest of the night.
I love you all, don't forget that. I hope you all have an amazing week, and remember that you are not alone in this world. Take care!!
Much love,
Elder Braxton Hotton
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-Items at Cracker Barrel
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