Week 42: I got a brand new Tacoma

My week this week has been fun. On Monday, I got a haircut and the older lady in the picture is named Bonnie. She was the sweetest lady and we had a really good talk. By the end of the visit she wanted to get a picture with me and she also wanted to set me up with her granddaughter. Well, I only went for the picture. 

We started the week off by meeting a less active family who is really, really nice and wants to have us over for dinner. The daughters of the family aren't members either so that is going to be good. They want to have us over for a cookout. 

On Wednesday, we had another zone conference! This one was about how to help members with ministering and how we will now try to go out and minister with different partners in the ward. We are now also marking all the Book of Mormons that we pass out. We go through it spending about 15 minutes marking our favorite scriptures and then writing our testimony in them. 

Thursday we had exchanges with our district leader. I was up in Guthrie with the DL companion. We had some really good conversations with people but not much too exciting. Friday, the vehicle coordinator needed some help picking up some brand new Toyota Tacomas. He called us and asked me if I would take the lead again and lead the convoy of vehicles back to the church in Edmond. This is the 3rd time he has asked me to do this so I got pretty pumped! I got to drive a brand new truck and also got to see how the mission leaders trust me! 

On Saturday we went back up to Guthrie and had 3 sit down lessons with people and were able to share the Book of Mormon with a mom and her son.

 

This week after Zone Conference ended I had a really cool experience. So we carpooled with the sisters over to the church building and they drove. When we were about to leave, one of the sisters realized that the keys were missing. We searched everywhere!!! The chapel, the gym, and the lawn. We had no idea where they were. We ended up going to the chapel and the sister was so shaken by losing the keys. We all decided to say a group prayer. After the prayer, the sister's companion put her arm around her to give her a hug and felt something in the hood of her jacket! Somehow the keys slipped into the lining of the jacket and made their way to the hood!! I had never had an instant answer to a prayer so that was really awesome to see.  

Mission life is good!

Elder McMinn

"Because it is His Church, we as His servants will minister to the one, just as He did. We will minister in His name, with His power and authority, and with His loving kindness."

-President Russell M. Nelson