On Monday, we spent
our Pday with the Manitowoc Hmong Elders. We went to this super sick
lighthouse out on Lake Michigan. We got some awesome pics that I'll link
at the bottom. Monday evening we did some work with the other Elders in
Two Rivers and then we spent the night in Manitowoc.
Tuesday we had District Meeting. After that we exchanged companions, Elder Lewis went with Elder Amann and I went with Elder Larose. I know I say this allll the time.. but Elder Larose is the sickest missionary ever. We get along super well. Most of Tuesday we went visiting and teaching Hmong people. So basically I didn't get to say anything.. It truly felt like I was in a foreign mission for a day. Its so cool.
Wednesday, we
exchanged back in the afternoon and Elder Amann and I just spent the
rest of the day visiting people and trying to set up appointments.
Before we exchanged back, Elder Amann and Elder Lewis had a lesson with
Brad and with Vince. Vince is slowly but surely making steps towards
quiting smoking. We're excited for him.
Thursday morning we
went to the car shop to get an oil change. Granny called us and canceled
so we spent that time weekly planning. The rest of the day we spent
visiting less actives and we were able to get in with the Upshaw family.
We talked with them and were able to set up a time to come back and
teach their foreign exchange students all the lessons.. We'll see how
that goes. In the evening we read over the phone with Vince and John.
We've been keeping that up every day.
Friday was April Fools.. I
rubber banded the kitchen sink sprayer so that when Elder Amann turned
on the sink it sprayed him.. That was about the extent of the fools.
Pretty Lame. We spent that day visiting and tracting. We were able to
have a good lesson with John. His friend Jens was supposed to come but
he got caught up with some stuff and wasn't able to come. He said he'll
be there next week.
Saturday, we did our morning studies,
then went straight to the church building to watch General Conference.
After the first session we had our weekly correlation meeting with
Brother Jensen. And also had lunch at McDonalds. After the second
session there was a branch BBQ which was really tasty! Then we proceeded
to watch the Priesthood Session.
Sunday was basically the same schedule, but John came to the first session of conference. He really enjoyed it, after the session the Reichwaldts invited us to have lunch with them. They invited John along also. So we had a really good lunch and lesson in the Reichwaldt's home with John. John is so awesome.. he has troubles with reading but he's a super good christian. He wasn't able to stay for the second Sunday session. But we were still able to read over the phone with him last night. He really enjoyed the time he spent with us and watching conference. Actually while typing this email, John texted us asking what he has to do to join the church!! We texted back the next steps but he hasn't replied yet.. That's super exciting though! Seems like General Conference really made a change in him.. Later on Sunday we were able to visit the Walkers with Brother Reichwaldt. We invited them to strive to make it to the temple and they expressed desires to do so. So that's awesome!
We
really tried to get in with Chrystal, Josh, Luke and Sarah this week
but it just wasn't able to happen! Hopefully we can get in with them
sometime this week..
Anyways. I love and miss you all! Take care!
Elder Stevens
(There's lots of pics but this one was the best for all of us..)
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