Dear family,
So yes I got the card, there are 6 in the district and mail
is no different. They just don’t have mailboxes in Mesquite so they do
mail weird so not every missionary has to have keys and go to the post office
daily. I did get Bompa's letter.
It’s crazy I totally didn’t realize my birthday was near til
like yesterday, I didn’t think I could ever care so little about a birthday, it’s
ridiculous. So Bishop Sleppy is still funny, yesterday he was conducting,
gave more on the spot callings, and started by saying "good morning"
and then a lot of the congregation responded "good morning", and then
he said "just because I’m not brown doesn’t mean I can’t be cordial",
and that wasn’t at all a big deal to anyone, it’s amazing how calmly they heard
it.
Well, things are going good this week. Elder Fiddler
has lost 12 lbs in the past few weeks. You’ve asked about the protein
powder, its EAS soy protein, an old missionary left some I finished off and
then I just got another of the same.
We’ve had a lot of good small successes this week.
Wednesday we met a family from Germany right outside the library, they just
came here, and are living out of their car looking for work. They just dress
and walk and talk like typical tourists, it’s funny, but they’re here for
good. They asked about who we were because they heard this is a good town
because of all the Mormons, so we taught them a brief first lesson outside in
front of the library and they liked it a lot, and it was all brand new, they
knew nothing, not even sure if we believed in God, so they didn’t know if we
were a religion or what… but then we walked out into the parking lot so we
could show them the steeple on the chapel, and then offered to walk down to
tour it, so we walked down with them, and gave them a brief tour. They
were very impressed and fascinated, and excited to read from the Book of Mormon
and write down questions, and they really like the picture I showed them of
Christ in the Americas. So they went their way afterwards, when I
realized a baptism was going to start, then we ran over to Bill’s house, I
super luckily found a German Book of Mormon, it’s a miracle how I found that,
considering there’s no collection of foreign Book of Mormons there, we were in a
hurry, and it was under a coat in the kitchen where no books are ever kept, and
we didn’t even know there was a German one there, but we got it, ran after them
gave them that one, and then they came back for the baptism. It was way
cool. They were so excited to get the German Book of Mormon, and to study
English between the two. Unfortunately, we didn’t see them at church like
we expected, but they were definitely genuinely excited. And earlier that morning we got another 3 new
investigators, we were trying to find an old former, but I had a brain fart,
totally went to the wrong door, and there we met a woman who had heard a lot
about the church from some people we teach, and was really excited about
the things she heard, so we set a time to come teach her, her husband, and son,
and they were very excited as well, so it was great.
Friday we came back to a busy couple we met tracting, they
let us in, said they had talked with missionaries before and just liked to
talk. They were way cool, both truck drivers for Walmart,
he’s really funny and outgoing, he has huge trust in God. We taught a great brief first lesson, and they definitely caught
the spirit of it, and asked some questions. I really like him, he’s
really goofy, but it’s just the perfect note of goofy/funny but down to earth,
teasing but respectful, questioning, but listening... so we’re going back there,
and have interest in checking out the family history center, and definitely
received the Book of Mormon gladly and excitedly, they said they had "some
floating around somewhere" but definitely still wanted one, I think they
understood its value from the first time. So I’m really excited
there. He also talked about journal writing and kind of testified of its
value, as he kind of rebuked me for my answer to his questions about our
contact with family while on the mission.
So yeah, I’m excited. Lot's of people we teach were all at church, and we should be meeting soon. Friday we visited kind
of a random less active woman who at first was pretty standoffish and all but
as we persisted and talked she then opened up, and talked about her situation.
She’s now married to a nonmember and all, but just "not ready
yet". So we left thinking it was just a good little seed on her way
to "get ready" but then to our surprise we saw her at church, she
talked to us, and said her 9 year old daughter would like to be baptized, and
we set up a time where her husband will be home and we can teach her. So
that was great to see.
So it’s been a fun week, and we’ve had a few other good
experiences tracting and all. Oh, and J, I mentioned earlier said in
the early 90s, he was working with an insurance company in fire protection, in
San Mateo... he asked for your name and it didn’t ring a bell. He
said it was a small company a friend of his owned, but then he tried to sell it
to him, and he left. I mentioned you were with Kemper and he was
familiar. But so close. I doubt you’d know him but he’s like 6'2-3, thin and was commuting from
Sacramento at the time. But that’s kind of it here for me.
Elder Pyron
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