Ready to hear about my week? Well buckle up... it was a crazy one.
To start out the week we had our regular Family home evening with the YSA here. Played some family "gospel" feud and had a message. Tuesday we had our district council meeting. I had asked Elder Wood to instruct on the Book of Mormon. He gave a bomb instruction and invited the spirit into me and Elder Van Tassell's week. Later that day we were trying by someone that some Elders have taught in the past and we met her nephew Israel instead. He was actually a do not contact in our phone, but didn't realize until after. He instantly invited us in and started asking us all of the crazy "bashing" kind of questions. He was so analytical and just wanted all of the history of everything. We did our best and answered all of his questions and it turned from bashing to him listening and committing to read the Book of Mormon and praying. We have a lesson with him this week.
Wednesday I went on an exchange with Elder Jolley. We were having a good exchange, pretty chill, but then we came out of a good lesson and met a VERY angry man. Ha he was a Baptist/Pentecostal/Non-Denominational preacher licensed in the state of Texas and Ohio. This man definitely woke up on the wrong side of the bed ha we tried talking with him and not try and make him anymore angry but he just started being extremely rude and teaching false doctrine out of the bible, so I may or may not have called him out for it, and let me tell ya I've never seen a 60 yr old man just up as fast as he did. He got right up in my face and he bout punched me until I squared up to throw one back😅 all in all the whole encounter was probably the most intense 5 minutes I've had in a very long time and only ended with him dusting his feet off and him being outrageous ha!! Then after that me and Elder Jolley found a guy that apparently can see your spiritual aura?? And apparently I'm orange I guess. So yeah up to that point we had met some very crazy people, and right when I thought Abilene had ran out of them we met James E. Sanderson III.
This man claimed he had been searching for the truth for 40 years and he has looking into every religion possible to find out what God wants......"the golden person"..... but nah after teaching him the Restoration he proceeded to slowly start bashing us and trying to prove us wrong but in a way to convert us to his thinking Haha and this kept progressing throughout the whole thing until finally we found out he has actually been a Church of Christ Minister for 40 years. Plus he gave me an apostate book so that's cool?😅
To close off our week we had a few great lessons with Jordan Cogburn. He is doing great. He loves reading the Book of Mormon and is very excited for his baptism on the 29th of June. Then we also found a lady this week named Lorra Stone. She has come to church on and off for a while now but never met with missionaries. But her and her husband who is a member fed us last night and we taught the Restoration. She loved it and she s very excited to read the Book of Mormon now. To top it all off we got asked to speak because on of the speakers in our ward bailed last minute. But I was very grateful to bear my testimony and share some thoughts.
This week I have truly been grateful for the Restoration of the gospel and especially the Book of Mormon. I know that the fullness of the gospel has been restored to the earth today through a prophet of God and the one way we can know is through the Book of Mormon. And as we read it with real intent and truly seeking for the truth and to come closer to God. We will have the clarity and truth ring true to us. I know God lives and loves us. And one way we can feel of that is by keeping the commandments and repenting when necessary. I love this gospel and love sharing it. Even when the people around maybe won't listen. But that just builds my faith even more.
The church is true yall.
Love yall and hope everyone has a great week!
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