OK OK, yes I missed another week for my emails. I need to be better so yall know what's going on with me. So I'm gonna try to recap all that has happened the past couple weeks. I will let you know though, the first week I didn't have much stuff happened but I'll write a little bit. This week however was a cool one, especially yesterday! It was a miracle Sunday!! So let's get into it.
June 24th-30th
So this week was a long week of finding, we found a couple cool people but then they ended up not being as cool as they were when we first met them, which is a daily occurrence here. Anyways, some cool stuff that happened though was on Thursday we went up to louisa and did some missionary work up there. From us Louisa is like an hour drive so it's an all day thing. We spent a lot of time at some parking lots finding people but when it all came down to it, the only place we were able to find people was at a gas station! We then had dinner with this member who is kinda crazy haha. She says she has the gift of seeing spirits and while she may be telling the truth she was telling us all these stories about these non human entities she's encountered. She even said that while we were speaking one of them had made presence in the room with us. So that was a little wack.
This week was going the same as last week, we spent lots of time at parking lots, specifically this one food lion that doesn't kick us out which is really nice. We spend hours there in the week just inviting everyone we see. It's gotten to the point that I'm recognizing people I've already asked which may annoy people but hey maybe eventually they will just say yes!
This week we did get to celebrate the Fourth of July!!! God bless America!!! It did however start pouring rain on us while we were street contacting and so it kinda put a damper on fireworks but it cleared up before night came which was good. After 6 though, we went out to go do some more contacting but everywhere was dead. There were few cars on the road and a few cars in parking lots so we couldn't really do much, so we spent most of the night at the church calling through our teaching pool. It was a fun way to spend the fourth. I did get to enjoy some brats and chips and soda for dinner which was delicious!
OK time for miracle Sunday! So we get to church and one of the friends we invited showed up with her mom! It was great to see them and they enjoyed fast and testimony meeting a lot. Then we had an awesome second hour lesson about why we in our church share with people what we know and it's because we want people to know the truths that mean so much to us and have healed us so much. That way they can see how important this is in our lives and possibly come to see how it can change their lives. We'll after church our friend looks at us and asks us about baptism because she feels she wants tk be a part of this church family and so we told her we can help get her baptized within these next couple weeks!!
Then at dinner time we had a lesson scheduled with a member referral. This family was going through a lot but the member came in and just testified of how the gospel can change their lives. So we shared the first lesson about the church, about Joseph Smith and about the Book of mormon. We gave every member a copy of the Book of mormon and even gave them all blessings as well. Going into the lesson I was a little nervous but the spirit was so strong in that room that I knew God had lead all of us to that very moment. The mother even mentioned she wants to be a part of a church and help her kids get baptized so next Sunday we are gonna go over there and hopefully give them a date ti be baptized!!
An absolutely amazing week for us and I am so happy this is how ill get to spend the rest of my mission! It will keep me so focused and so hyped up on what my missionary purpose is, to preach repentance and Baptize Converts! Anyways, I hope yall had an awesome fourth! I miss you all, I love you all! Talk to you in the next one!
-Elder Milius
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