Well it's that time again! Yall get to hear from the Greatest Of All Time!! The man, the myth, the legend!! The best missionary this world has ever seen!!! THE HOLY GHOST!! What did you think I was gonna say myself pfttt I'm second best lol.
Anyway this week was pretty busy, we had a lot of lessons throughout the week but at the same time a lot of time to go out finding.
Tuesday we had a lesson with this new lady, she was a referral and I don't think I've had to explain the Book of Mormon more to one person than I did with her. We explained that it's an ancient record of people who lived on this continent and she was like so where in the Bible is this. We then were gonna read Alma and she was like where in the Bible is he. She was having a very hard time understanding, we think she just is a little closed off and thinks the Bible is all we need, which is false because the Book of Mormon is way cooler and better and when put with the Bible it's even better. Anyway she finally let us finish our message and we set up a time to call her back. Then that night we had two other lessons over the phone, one of them fell through but the other was super cool and was a great lesson with this guy we just started teaching. We have quite a lot of new people we are teaching so that's awesome!!!
Wednesday we got some bad news, the guy we had on date for the 4th said he wanted to push his date back for a while, he's going through some stuff and wants to be in a peaceful state of mind. What stinks is I know that getting baptized is what he needs, and it would help him so much, but he just doesn't understand that. He honestly could get baptized whenever because he is so smart and has already accepted this church. But we will continue to work with him, I just hope I'm here when he gets baptized because I've put so much effort into helping him that I pray I get to see his baptism. But that afternoon we had another lesson with a new guy we are teaching and it went super well, we just taught him the restoration but he seems super accepting of it as well. Then the sisters in our district asked if we could go give someone a blessing, so we drove all the way out to Norfolk and come to find out, the lady didn't want a blessing, she just wanted a prayer, so we basically went to go say a prayer with the sisters lol it was funny, but it was also just a waste of time for us at least.
Thursday we had a little bit more of a slow day, we had district council which was super fun and then had one lesson after that, we taught another new person and he is super cool, whenever we promise blessings with him, he is always like, man I really want that, and we know that if he continues to read the Book of Mormon and to pray he will recieve those blessings! Then after that we were able to go visit with a member for a while and that was fun cause he is a little less active and he really appreciated us coming by and talking with him. Missionary work doesn't always have to be finding people and teaching non members, member work is very vital and today was living proof
Friday we were pretty much booked the whole day, we had service, weekly planning, and a lesson with a lady that loves the missionaries but isn't part of the church. Nothing too crazy happened today but it was still worth saying it was great!
Saturday was a long day of finding, we didn't have anything planned except for a couple phone lessons, we first went out talking with some members and again we got in contact with a less active and had a great conversation with him, we invited him and his family to church, unfortunately they didn't come but they are an awesome family and again, member work is important!! We then went out knocking the rest of the day, we found a couple new people and had a couple contacts with some other people. What's crazy is I've been able to recognize more and more if things aren't right, like we were knocking this one area and after two houses of people rejecting us hard, I just felt like this wasn't where we needed to be, so we packed up and went somewhere else which is where we found another lady and got her number, it's so cool to see the lord work his work through you and especially when you listen and it works out!! To finish out the night we had a lesson with our other guy on date and it went well, we went through the baptismal interview questions and for the most part he answered them correctly!!
Sunday was an awesome day as well, we had dinner with a family in our ward and it was so fun, they make delicious food and are super nice and care so much for us. The also gave us a care package of snacks and cinnamon rolls, you already know where those are going, in my belly!! Wooooo!!!
Anyways, I'm tired of typing this email so I'm gonna send it now. Hope yall had an awesome week. I love all yall, you guys made me who I am today and I can't be more grateful for all the love and support I have back home and all over the world!! This church is so true and it's so clear to me now that without this church I would be so lost. Keep being awesome!!!! Also heard this from one my friends, Keep Slaying The Day!!!!!!
Till next time
-Elder Milius
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