Elder Gavin Milius: PRAYING WITH KIDS

Well this week was a little better, things have smoothed out a little more with the new comp, he still is adjusting to the area so I've had to bear with that still, he's a great missionary just hasn't been in 2 different areas before so it's his first time trying to adjust but we still move forward!

Tuesday was very interesting, of course, we went to the farm which was a party as always! Never can complain when you have a day at the farm!! After that we came home, got ready and headed out to go knock some doors. While we were knocking this one area there were some kids that were walking by listening to us, they asked if we were jehovah witnesses and we politely told them no and tried to go about knocking, then they came up to us and asked if we could pray with them. I didn't really know what to do, I mean I can't just say no but at the same time I just wanted them to leave so I said sure I'll pray. I said the quickest prayer and blessed that they would have a good day with whatever they were doing, they then asked for a pamphlet and I just said oh I can't give these to yall cause we are almost out. Then they finally left but two more kids showed up and started speaking gibberish to us, the whole situation was just awkward and weird and super uncomfortable so before My comp was able to knock the next door I just said let's go! And we walked away. While we were walking away the kids were still yelling at us and we just didn't look back, I was honestly frustrated at this point and knew that they were just being turds as kids usually are lol.

Wednesday was hype!! We had a lesson with a new guy we are teaching and the lesson didn't really end up being a lesson, we kinds just sat there while he preached at us and we were there for an hour! I got to the point where I just stood up and said we got to go! But after that we went over and did some service with this lady that loves us, then after that we went over to another guy's house who is a member and also loves the missionaries and we planed some wood with him! It was hype and a great day to relax a little. Definetly made the day way better, cause after that we just went and visited a lot of people in our area. We then came home and had some dinner, then went out to teach one of our really progressing guys, that lesson went OK, it went like usual, he kinda just couldn't remember anything we talked about with him but we are praying he slowly can remember what is going on.

Thursday was Zone Conference and I've been needing a zone conference for a while lowkey! And this conference was so much fun, I love seeing all the missionaries I know and having a blast learning and growing and all that! Something that really stuck out to me was something president said to us. He told us to have public victories outside and in work and just all through the day we must first have private victories and it all starts at the beginning of our day, if we can have a private victory in the morning like making our beds or saying our morning prayers or having an effective study or whatever we do in the morning, then we can and will have victories aka miracles and blessings out in the day. Also learned that when the temple opens up, elders prolly won't be the ones doing tours, I know, sad, but I guess it has something to do with the fact that sisters are just a little more pretty than us. Hey it was presidents words, not mine lol. But that was some sad news but he did then praise us and say we were the ones that were gonna be able to lead people to the temple and bring those to go to the temple even if we don't get to go. So I guess we are awesome like that. But then we had zone breakouts and git to hang with the zone for a little bit, we also got new temple pass along cards which are fireeee!! Overall it was a fantastic zone conference! It's always really nice to see people I know and hang with more than just my comp lol.

Friday was a crazy miracle filled day! We had the farm in the morning which was a blast as always! Then we came home and had studys and got ready, it was also pouring rain today but we had in our schedule to go knocking, we were hoping it cleared up but it didn't. We then went and visited a couple people instead and got a return appointment with one of them, then we were going to visit someone else but he was outside on the phone when we pulled up so we just went to another street and knocked it cause we didn't know what else to do while we waited for him. A couple houses after knocking we found a person and got his number and all that! It was super awesome, we then went back to visit the guy we intended to visit, as to which we had a great contact with him. He said he's gonna try and read the Book of Mormon more since we stopped by! We then got some pizza and went home, as to which we had a lesson with a lady who I wasn't sure if she was actually interested. But as I was going through the lesson, we were reading about Jesus Christ's baptism, talking about the importance of it all and for some crazy reason I just started putting her on date! I don't know why or how my mind took me there but I asked the question and... SHE SAID YES!!! We put her on date for next month, so we just got to teach her all the information and she will be ready to be baptized! It was so crazy cause I was not planning on doing that and then all the sudden words just started flowing out of my mouth and she accepted the invitation!

Saturday and Sunday were the basic days this week lol. Saturday we spent the day visiting a lot of people we talked with in the past and had some good contacts with some of them, we then came home and had dinner and finished out the night calling people and inviting people to church. Sunday we obviously had church and I'm not gonna lie I kinda blanked out during Sacrament meeting but we were able to get a few of our friends to church which was great!! Then we spent the afternoon visiting more people and actually had lunch at like 4pm then went out for another hour and had dinner at 6pm it was kinds funny but let's just say I just made my dinner at 4 and didn't eat anything at 6 lol. We then finished off the night with calls.

Today, aka Monday, we went to the store and then hung out with the elders in out district, we went fishing and we went to smash burger, don't ask me how I had money for that, I don't even know the answer to that question. But then we went and played some pool and I killed my comp, went 4-4 lol, poor comp. But now we bout to make some more calls and get ready for the week.

I'm super excited for this next week which is good because I lowkey can't wait for this transfer to end cause I really want to leave this area after and I'm praying I do so I get to see some change of scenery here in the mighty Virginia Richmond Mission. Anyway I love and miss all yall and I can't wait to talk to yall next week!!!

-Elder Milius