Hellooooo everyone! So I'm down to 14 days until I head to Australia and the people here have me thoroughly convinced I'm gonna die from a snake bite within a month haha. The members are all saying I just should stay and Momma Jane even tried marrying me off haha. But go to Australia I shall and I'm gonna box a kangaroo so I'll send you all the video!
So Monday through Tuesday nothing really happened, just a lot of finding and walking cause appointments fell through. On Wednesday we went over to Eric and Kims' and she brought up some of her deep concerns and we both just looked at each other and were like what do we say??? So I said a little prayer in my heart and started talking. I knew all the facts to her question and scriptures to prove it and all these things, but we knew in our heart that now wasn't the time for that so we told her that we could try to persuade her or prove it with scripture, but we don't want you to take our word for it we want you to ask God and take His word for it. And then we both bore our testimony to her and commited her to really read and ponder and pray. As we left we had mixed feelings but we knew we had listened.
Later on wednesday we went out and saw the Senators, melissa(the mom) pulled me aside and told me some of the struggles she was having with her 12 year old son mickey and it pretty much mirrored the same things I went through so later I pulled him aside and asked him how everything was going. He told me about the things he was strugling with and the mixed feelings he had about moving and I told him I struggled with some of the same things and was able to help him out a little. I love that kid! I'm really gonna miss this area. I have like 4 sets of grandma and grandpas now oout here haha! They aren't nearly as good as my grandma and grandpa White and Petersen though! I love you grandmas and grandpas!
So last week we talked about the Baker family. They are the ones we were led to by the Spirit last week and we were able to teach the restoration to the dad and daughter. Well bad news.... we went back on thursday to see them and it was funny because last time we were there we said we would bring her slim jims and we knocked on the door this time and Hailey the 14 year old daughter answered the door and said, so where are my slim jims? jokingly and I whipped out a pack and she was like no way you actually remembered!! It was funny but she let us in and we went to the kitchen and started chatting with her and her dad and they had read the book of mormon and loved it and felt that it was all true and me and Elder Kamauu were so excited and then they said but sadly you guys cant come over anymore.... and we were just kinda shocked and I asked if there was a reason and he said his wife was baptist and didn't want us in her home again and she said they couldn't see us anymore so we left and it was pretty rough. The dad was almost in tears cause he really did want to learn. So the rest of the day was just kinda a downer. All of our appointments except for one with a less active fell through so we did some more walking haha.
So Friday was a good day we saw our investigator Clell Peyton and comforted him cause his daughter had just passed away. Then we went to Jeremey's and had an interesting time there. I wont go into detail but some things came up and we had to work through some things but he is still all good and doing great. After we went over to the Jacksons for a birthday and some food. It was fun and we had a good time. After we went and tried to see the Haneys, the kids were not home but the mom was so we talked to her on the porch for a little and told her how well she had rasied her kids and how she was doing a lot of good for them and I asked her were she saw all this going, what her end goal was and she said she wanted her and her kids to come closer to God. I asked if they had been reading the book of mormon and she said honestly no I'm still not quuite sure about it but I'm still praying about it. We both bore our testimony of the importance of not only praying but reading and bore our testimony of the Savior and she started crying and said she would read and pray and that she felt good about what we have taught and then she started bawling and told us how hard it has been for her with her husband in jail and raising the kids on her own and how everyone makes fun of her and her kids cause they live in a shed and a lot of things and we were able to comfort her and read some scriptures and it was a great meeting with her.
On Saturday Elder Christoferson of the quorum of the 12 apostles came and spoke to all the missionaries. Before the meeting started he wanted to shake everyones hand. As I went up and shook his hand he lookd at me and I said I'm elder white from gilbert arizona and he said its nice to meet you and I went blank and just smiled and he said good luck in australia and I said thankyou and had to move along haha. But as I was sitting down I realized that I hadn't told him I was going to australia and I asked president later that day if he had told him and he said he hadnt so that was a really cool experience for me. It was a great meeting though. I got a lot from it. Later that day we played with the kids ( the twins and bailey) they are not members and we play with them then teach them so today I showed them how to make catapults with shoe boxes and then we played with those for a bit then they wanted bow and arrows so I made them some (with rubber bands and sticks) and they all tried to shoot me haha. Then we taught some of the scripture stories and about Jesus Christ. Later that night we went and saw Eric and kKm and they had their son over he is 12 and so we visted for a little then Eric started asking questions about the second coming and we answered a couple of them and all the sudden their son just starts crying and sobbing and we were like whats wrong? and he was just really scared for it all and wants to start comming to church with eric and kim haha.
So on Sunday I confirmed jeremey a member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints and gave him the gift of the Holy Ghost and gave him a blessing. It was a cool experience for me and I'm happy I was here to do it. Kim came up to us after sacrament meeting and said she had been thinking a lot about what we said and reading and praying and she knows it's all true and tha the priesthood is back and that there are prophets again and she said she was ready to be baptized. It was awesome and we are gonna work with her to get her ready for it! After church we went to Clell Peyton's daughters funeral and there was like 200 people there cause he is a very influential man in Logan and he said we were his sons and hugged me and had us sit in the front with him and his wife. He is a great man and I'm gonna miss him too. Later we went and saw the Rowleys and she is having a really hard time with her kids right now. She leaves for work before they leave for school so they have just decided to stop going to school and they go like once a week now for the past couple months. We are worried about them but dont know how to help.
It'ss been a crazy week and a good week and I'm loving serving a mission. I hope you all are doing good and love you all!
elder white
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