Monday was Halloween. We weren't allowed to knock on doors or proselyte on Halloween so we had dinner with Capt Jim Jacobson and his family and spent the rest of the night with them. Capt Jim is soo funny.. We got there, ate, and then he put in a Christmas Mormon Tabernacle Choir VHS in for us to watch.. His son was at the door handing out candy to little kids and we were inside watching a Christmas VHS. Pretty funny.
Tuesday morning we raked leaves for Sister Kirchner in the morning and then we had District Meeting. After district meeting we went and Blitzed Iron Mountains area. I went with Elder Pawluk and we had a great time. We went and saw one of their investigators, when we got there for the lesson, they were just starting making dinner for us. This was one of the most boonie places I've been.. There were dogs and cats everywhere, unfinished construction all throughout the house and dirt everywhere. She made us Macaroni and Cheese, with chicken (supposedly) and baked beans. It honestly was quite an experience. They kept egging us on to eat more and more but we both had quite enough after one helping.. It was pretty great. After having a nice lesson with them, we went over to another one of their investigators houses for dinner since it was her birthday. Let me tell you.. that was hilarious. Elder Pawluk had a minor allergic reaction to something he ate earlier.. so there were like 3 drunk people egging him on to chug the rest of the Benadryl they had (which was expired a year and a half ago) he did it.. Didn't feel too well afterwards and then one of the drunk people was all anti Mormon and so the other elders and a member started teaching him the Restoration and answering all his questions, but because he was drunk out of his mind he had noooo idea what was going on and all of his comments were soo funny.. Idk.. It was just a great night.
Wednesday, Elder Pawluk and I helped Brother Erickson repair some less active ladies shed. Which went well, and then helped Brother Erickson out with random miscellaneous items he needed help with around his house. After helping him, we were able to talk with one of their investigators named Jack. Jack has a lot of different views then the rest of the world.. they were quite interesting. We were able to talk with him for a while, answer some questions.. and then Elder Hill and I headed back to Escanaba where we had a really good lesson with Jill and Joseph. We finished the Families and Temples pamphlet with them. Joseph has a really strong desire to get sealed in the temple, and wants to work towards that goal, however Jill is still skeptical of that goal. I wouldn't blame her though as all of this is super new to her. She's still reading the Book of Mormon and feasting off the words that are in that book.. They're doing great.
Thursday we were able to see Sherry with Sister DePaul. We went over the first half of the Families and Temples pamphlet with her. It went well. We weekly planned the rest of the day and then had a really good dinner with Sister Bizeau and Tori Wilber.
Friday we helped out at St Vincents in the morning, collecting hangers for their monthly bag sale day. Our Appointment with Shannon fell through since she was sick. We Raked Bunny's leaves. Which went super well! She had her 30 year old daughter come out and help us rake, after raking they ordered a pizza and we had a really nice talk about what we do as missionaries and what not. We shared a really good Restoration with them and Bunny and Kaity are both interested in learning more. It was honestly really cool.
Saturday we had correlation with Brother Ollero in the Morning. He took us out to Hong Kong Buffett afterwards. We then helped move in a couple that are moving into our branch. The Pughs. Afterwards the Wilbers asked if we could help Rake some of their leaves as well, so we helped them out and then they fed us afterwards.
Sunday we had a member from Stevens Point WI come up and Visit Elder Hill so we had a little lesson with them in the morning, going over the Families and Temples Pamphlet. We then had a Regional Stake Conference that was broadcasted to over 141 stakes in the Mid West, instead of normal church. We heard from the Stake President in Green Bay and then the Broadcast switched over to Salt Lake, where they had many area authorities address us, including Elder Renlund of the 12. It was nice. Later in the day we were actually able to make it into the Gentz home and have a lesson! We taught them the Plan of Salvation. They had a lot of questions and i think we were able to answer most of them. Hopefully we'll be able to get in and see them for frequently now.
Things are going well though! I've got less than 3 months on my mission which is crazy to think about!
Hope you all have a great week!
Elder Stevens.
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