On Monday, we were able to go out to lunch with Elder Atkinson and Elder Tunstall. 2 of my previous companions. Elder Tunstall is heading back to Canada this Wednesday as he is done with his mission. It was super good to see both of them.
Tuesday morning we got a call telling us that there was a Hmong elder that was coming to the mission field a week early and that he would be spending that week with Elder Goldsberry and I. We would be picking him up later that night.
We had Zone Training Meeting, learned a lot of good stuff, afterwards we went out to a restaurant with our district, 4 Elders, and 4 Sisters. We would all be paying for ourselves. It would be about 10 bucks each. Our waiter brought us the receipt and he said that some couple across the restaurant paid for us and would like to remain anonymous. What a blessing. We were all soo grateful. Thanks who ever did that..
We eventually picked up Elder Bastian and then had dinner with the Deifenbachs later that night.
Wednesday we had to go to the mission office so that Elder Bastian could receive some training from the Senior Couples. After that we were able to see a couple investigators and Less Actives. We had a really good lesson with Nikia and Nikel, we shared the Book of Mormon with Nikia and then taught them the Plan of Salvation. Nikia just ate up the plan of salvation as she had already believed most of the points in it. It was great. We finished off the day having a dinner with the Young family. They're super solid.
Thursday we had our 2 of 2 appointments fall through on us so we spent the day weekly planning and tracting. We were able to catch up with a lot of our records and find some cool people to hopefully start teaching.
Friday, we started off the day with an apartment inspection. We passed.. hah We then went to the Widmans for our weekly service. That was enjoyable as always. We then had a lesson with Janice Williams. We shared with her the Families and Temples Pamphlet, pointing her to the temple. It went really well. We finished off the day doing service for Pat Jensen, helping her out with the portfolios again. We shared a good message with her and her daughter after the service.
Saturday we had a lesson with Gary (a recent convert) and Alyse (his nonmember daughter) We watched the Restoration Video and the lesson went super smooth. We testified super strong and were just super down to earth with her. It was good. Afterwards we saw Brother Vang, shared the Families and Temples pamphlet, pointing his wife and him towards the temple to be sealed. Afterwards we stopped by taco bell to use the restroom, as we walked in they asked us if we wanted some free tacos, so of course we said yes.. We got 3 Doritos tacos and 3 soft shell tacos, perfect for all three of us.. Miracle.
We went on to see Firmin Delago and his 8 year old son Jordan who isn't baptized yet. We taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and he really wants to be baptized! He just has to get permission from his mom before it can happen. Hopefully it happens before he turns 9 in a few months. We finished off the night Tracting with Mark. I went with Elder Bastian and Elder Goldsberry went with Mark. We were able to talk to some really nice people and be there for one women who opened the door crying. Its so cool how God puts people in our path.
Sunday we had church. After church we went to the Tracers to give Sister Tracer the Sacrament. She told us about the Milwaukee Riots that had occurred the night before. People going crazy, protesting a police shooting. They went around burning cars and a few buildings. I'm sure you all have heard of it..
We then went to Cynthia, where we had an appointment with her. She was truly sorry but wasn't able to sit down with us because apparently some of her family members were involved in the riots and they were planning for a funeral on Friday. We shared an uplifting message and told her she'd be in our prayers. We then had planned to go visit some less actives that lived next to where the riot occurred. We stopped by them and drove passed the gas station that had been burned down. There were news trucks everywhere, I got some pictures and videos of it. Pretty sketchy! After that, we finished off the day visiting the Xiongs. Elder Bastian was able to practice his Hmong with them.
Anyways, it was a fun filled week with a lot of stuff going on! We were told to tell our families that we are safe and sound! Hope all of you have a great week! Love you all!
Elder Stevens.
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