Week 53 - O Remember, Remember (10/30/2017)

This has been a really interesting and fun week. To start of with Preparation Day, this time I didn't forget my shoes, so there was no injuries to report! We played some sports and then we went out on visits with our Ward Mission Leader in Elba and had some good results yield there. 

Temple Last Week

Tuesday we held our District Meeting and it was pretty good. We talked a lot about setting goals and putting our all into everything that we do. It was pretty cool to see the District get so involved in this meeting. After District Meeting we went on exchanges and I stayed in our area and came with Elder Jones to work in Raft River. We had some good finds that day as we just went around trying new places that were just put in. We met a really awesome family that are just prepared as well. They were talking about coming to church this Sunday (and they did) and it was pretty awesome! We then had dinner with our Ward Mission Leader in Raft River and went to visit the Millers. We talked a lot about getting them ready for marriage. That is their next step into progressing back into activity and to baptism. It was pretty cool to see how determined they were to get married. 

Wednesday came and we exchanged back and we went to Almo and did some service for a sister splitting wood. It was pretty fun we got an entire pile split and stacked. It was awesome! We then had dinner with a member from the Bishopric in Elba and later went to a mutual activity that was hosted by 4 wards. We found a lot of Less Active Youth and non-members there and we just started talking with everyone. They dragged us onto the Spook Alley that they were having and everyone was laughing cause the missionaries were on it. Even the workers... But hey it was fun. I actually got to use my Spanish with a foreign exchange student from Spain. She was asking us questions about the church and we were more than willing to answer these questions. 

Hot Cocoa during Planning

Thursday we got to business and did our great weekly planning session. We planned a great deal of work for our area. We then visited with a less active member and shared with him the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He loved it and loves having us over. He has a literal library and every time we have came by, he gives us a new book to read. All of the books of course are Gospel related. We then had dinner and we got to see Ellissa, Ethan, and Erik. We went over the Restoration and even watched the Restoration video with them. These kids are intelligent. They knew a whole lot and taught themselves the lesson. It was awesome. We then met the Zone Leaders and went on Exchanges that night. I went in their area and it was fun!

Exchanges

Friday on exchanges I got to be with Elder Farr and I've been on exchanges with him before and we just had a blast. We went and did service that morning for the Harry Potter experience and it was pretty cool. We just cleaned and helped them get read. They told us if we have time, to stop by and we could get in for free and get a tour of it. We then had lunch at this great hole in the wall restaurant owned by a member family. We talked and then got to work. We met a whole bunch of Hispanics that day and it felt so good to speak in Spanish. We talked with this guy named Julio and we were talking with him about the right path. He had this book that he has been studying from and just started to talk about what he read from it. We told him that his best way to find out if this is true is to read the Book of Mormon and to ask God, for he won't tell you a lie. It was neat seeing him take our challenge to read. We then tried a whole bunch of others, but no answer. 

Exchanges

We had dinner and then after dinner, we went to the Harry Potter Experience with the other District Leader and his companion. Got a tour and we got free scarves!! It was cool. We then talked with some members and then got a new investigator just before we had to exchange back. It was pretty fun!!

Saturday we had some things fall through. We went and tried contacting some people and had some good results. We met with this guy outside and started talking with him. We then went and did some service for a less active member and he really was grateful for it. We really didn't do much at all, just stack some wood. We then changed and had dinner. Then after dinner we went and invited so many people to church, to the primary program, and to the Halloween activity that Raft River was having. It was pretty awesome!

Sunday we went to Almo and had a pretty good primary program. I just love seeing the kids bare testimony of the Gospel. We did some studies after church and then tried seeing some people, but a lot of return appointments. We then had dinner and went from their to our appointment with the Taylor family. We waited a little bit since the guys were out hunting and trying to catch a deer before the season ends. They came back with a pretty good catch. We then talked with them a little bit about the Plan of Salvation and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was really amazing to see how receptive they were to our message. They are definitely considering Baptism. 

This week has been so amazing and so fast! This has been awesome!! I love you all and I hope you have a great week this week!!

Elder Ruesch Sosa