Week 37: Fishing and Formers

Elder McMinn and Theurer

My week has been really good! We had been wanting chances to do service so this week we were able to help a member move out of their house on Friday night and Saturday morning. Then 3 hours after we finished moving we had another member call us and ask us if we would help plant a tree. Well, we planted more than just a tree. This member has knee problems and can't bend over much but she also loves to have a good looking yard so she calls the missionaries. We ended up planting dozens of flowers and bushes and then fixing up a tomato box. It was tons of fun and after all of the hard work, they took us to out to Hideaway Pizza! That was a really fun day but I came home exhausted and just fell asleep on our living room floor. 

Exhausted! Service is hard work.

We split the area twice this week, meaning we have two sets of missionaries covering one area. It was fun. On Tuesday we had Elder Ross and Elder Badger come down from Bartlesville because they had interviews at PresidentsPresident's on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday, they had a greenie meeting for Elder Ross down here. I was with Elder Badger. He is the funniest guy! He has an interesting trick to get people to talk to him.... He carries dog treats in his backpack and takes any opportunity to give one of those treats to any dog he sees. I don't think I will adopt that technique but it was really funny to see. 

On Thursday we had our last district council of the transfer because we have zone conference this week and interviews next week. After the council, we went and had our district leader, Elder Barrett and his companion Elder Sosa come spend half of the day Thursday with us and half of the day Friday with us. It was so much fun. Elder Barrett used to serve in our area and he was actually the first missionary I met when I got out here. We went up to Guthrie and tried to visit as many people as we could. We ended up helping an older lady named Norma Jean with her lawn and then sat on her grass and had a conversation with her. 

On Friday we found out that the nasty pond that is in our apartment complex has fish in it!!!! We went out there and walked down the street when a former named RC who is 16 years old yells "Hey Missionaries!" So we went over there and went fishing with him and taught a small simplified restoration lesson with him. It was the most fun and relaxed lesson I have had yet. Plus... I caught a massive bass!!!

He caught a bass! 

It was a great week.
Elder McMinn

"Spreading the gospel is not something that we do; it's simply who and what we are. We must live our beliefs every day, then be prepared, be knowledgeable, and live with the Spirit to alert us to the opportunities."

- Carole Mikita