Monday we had District P-Day, and we played a lot of games. We were at a members house in Collierville and Brother Boggs(One of Collierville's Ward Mission Leader) was there too. We played Clue, some cool Tic Tac Toe game using Cards, Take 2 (Basically a interesting scrabble game), and of course Uno. It was a lot of fun so that is always good. Then after we had dinner at the Morrisons and talked about Goal Setting for the new year.
Tuesday we didn't have District Council, because Wednesday was Zone Conference. We planned on trying a couple of people on 311, and then we got ready and left. We first visited Sister Huckaby and read in the Book of Mormon and invited her out to church. And then we went finding. It was successful because we managed to find 2 new people who live right across the street from each other. One was a little old referral and the other was just from knocking on his door. They both were open to take a Book of Mormon and they both said give them 2 weeks to get into it and then we come back. So we planned to come back on the 15th. Then after that we had a lesson with the Beckerdites, and as I've said before, going there amazes me, because they ask some pretty amazing questions. Then we left them with the Pamphlet for Lesson 3 and we are going back Monday night (tonight as I send this email) to review and answer more questions. Then after we visited the Blines and talked with them for a while.
Wednesday was pretty good. We had Zone Conference and we learned a lot from it. From an invitation to talk to 20 people a day (10 per person) ((I'm still trying to figure out how we can do that effectively here since it's not a popular area)), and when it comes to talking to people, it's talking to them AND giving them an Inspired Invitation. Also we are working on asking more inspired questions, because they help thinking and be able to make steps towards Baptism. So that was really good. And we got a couple of calls from Holly Springs, to sum it up one of the members needed a blessing, so we came back home after, and Gary & Mack picked us up and we went, gave her the blessing, and then went to Panda Buffet and had dinner.
Thursday was a little interesting. Woke up to find out our little facet thing on the fridge was pouring water out, most of the night. So we contacted our Landlord to turn off the water so we can figure it out. So it's another repeat basically from the start of my mission haha. Normally we would be in Lamar on Thursday, but we ended up in Byhalia. We decided to check out the pawn shop in Watson (a small town) and we ended up getting a service opportunity out of it, which was really good. After we talked with one the Andersens son for a while, and had some good fellowship there. After that we had dinner at the Cooks, and we had a lesson with 2 of Sister Cooks friends, because they were curious about what we believe, so we answered a lot of our questions and talked about the Restoration. Time flew by so fast and it ended up being 9:15 so we were home late. Whoops. We are going to meet again this Thursday though so that's exciting.
Friday was pretty good also. We went to Lamar and we talked with a less active and got to know her a little bit and we invited her out to church. Then we visited Pat and Floyd for a little and invited them out ot church. Then we visited Mickey for a little and answered some of his questions and talked about family and such. Then after that we decided to go finding on a street. So we park at a members house and tried 2 houses across the street from them and they were pretty successful. The 2nd house we talked about where it talks about a 3rd Heaven and she was interested about that so we plan on going back soon to teach her more about it. And then after that we went to Sister Yeagers and talked with them for a little and shared a spiritual thought.
Saturday we were back in Byhalia and we had a lesson with Elton about Temples with President Hull and it was good. Elton is starting to become more into it and I love it. It's exciting. Sadly the Andersens cancelled so we talked with Brother Wilson about church stuff going on and about more of his life. A lot of members here really go through a lot, it's crazy really. Then after we went looking for a specific building and met a guy who was given a Book of Mormon by his friend just the day before, but he lives in Olive Branch. He gave us his info and we sent it to Olive Branch and actually Olive Branch gave us a referral for someone in Byhalia, so we are meeting that guy Wednesday. Then we went to the Morrisons to get ready for a lesson with the Beckerdites but the Beckerdites had to cancel so we just spoke with the Morrisons and that was it.
Sunday was interesting. The 2 hour block felt pretty fast, and actually Elton bore his testimony! He was nervous but he did a fantastic job. After church we finished a few things up and went up to Lamar again and did more finding. A while back Gary gave us a few people to go hit and we went to those houses. We parked at Mockys and she said a prayer with us before we went out. 2/3 houses were home, and it was very welcoming. The first house let us right in without even saying a word haha, and we got in conversations about stuff, hopefully when we go back we can invite her out to church. Then the other house we hit was a little more interesting. She used to be a member, but not anymore. She doesn't have any religion but believes in God and knows the Bible pretty well. She has a lot of beliefs that some Baptists have. It was crazy what she laid out, and I had a lot of scriptures to lay out each of them, but I just didn't know how to go about it. But next time when we go back I will ask more inspired questions and work that out. Then we had dinner at Mockys and discussed what happened and talked more about all that stuff. Overall it was pretty good.
I hope you all have a good week, and always remember that I love you and care about you. Take care.
Elder Braxton Hotton
Attachments:
-District P-Day
-Me and a 3 legged dog
-Elder Jackson's hat and Mag(net) Tag left on the car by Brother Roswell
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