This week has been absolutely incredible. I love it here. It is hard work but it is good work. Everyone here is so loving and even if they aren't part of the LDS faith they will still make sure that I have enough water to help me get through the day. A lot of people here love to have conversations and love to have us inside but not very many are extremely in tune with the message that we have to share to them. They are extremely respectful but don't want to hear that part so it's a little tricky there. I have already run into two people who wanted to bible bash but my companion and I found ways to avoid that situation.
Kyle's district
My companion is Elder Bowman from Rigby, Idaho. He says that he has been into Barrie's a lot so there is a possibility that I could have run into him before we came here. I really like him. He is nice and hardworking. Knocking door to door here is not effective so we try to talk to as many people as we can at parks and on the streets. I am in the Moore 1st ward and it is an area that is 7 miles long and 3 miles wide. We bike everywhere we go so I am dead everyday when we come home. I haven't taught very many lessons but we have had a lot of at the door discussions. We ended up having 5 investigators come to church. It was crazy to see that. I actually got up and bore my testimony during sacrament meeting too.
Welcome to Moore, Oklahoma
The apartment that I am staying at is one of the best in the mission. Every night is filled with a dinner at a members house and if it isn't the family will give us money for dinner so this whole month I don't have to worry about dinner. The people that we meet on the streets out here are so nice too. Yesterday a member of the ward brought my companion and I over to a house of a woman who is investigating. The thing is she only spoke Spanish so my companion and I just sat there smiling and nodding.
Pizza Night
The night of the big storm I went to bed at 10 and slept all the way through it. I guess it was a really cool lightning storm. Do you remember the giant tornado that hit Oklahoma back in 2013? Yeah that is Moore, Oklahoma. The apartment complex that I stay at is only 1/2 a mile from the elementary school that was hit.
It is not what I expected because it is so flat and the dirt is so red. The humidity isn't really a bother because the temperatures have actually been very comfortable.
I have met a lot of interesting people out here. The most interesting is a man who has been in and out of prison so many times. This man used to be a member of the Mexican Drug Cartel. While he was incarcerated, he got a hold of the bible and Book of Mormon and has a lot of questions about the two books. The thing is he doesn't really care to hear our discussions. He wants us to pray for him and to bring him over a pamphlet on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For some strange reason I feel like I have met this man before and it is really bothering me because I know for a fact I haven't. We have had a few other discussions but nothing that is truly progressing. I have been able to feel my testimony grow and I have been able to notice how the Holy Ghost has been guiding me to safety and also leading me to certain people.
The Lord will reward and richly bless you as you humbly and prayerfully serve him. More happiness awaits you than you have ever experienced as you labor among his children.
- Preach My Gospel
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