Tuesday: we went around visiting people, less-actives and potential investigators nobody was interested. But that's what we do, we keep trying. That night we had a lesson with an investigator who was planning on being baptized on the 25 but yesterday told us he wants to be baptized on the 17, this friday so we are stressing to get that taken care of haha, he is as super good kid, he is 17, and his parents aren't members but approve of him joining the church
Wednesday: was another day of trying a lot of people with little success, we had a lesson that night with another investigator who had a date for the 25th but is wanting to change it around because he wants a friend to be able to be there.
Thursday we had Zone Conference. It was about many things, we got these black boxes in our cars to monitor our driving, they tell us when we got too fast, when we brake too hard, accelerate too fast, don't wear seat belts, or drive to aggressively, as in turn too sharp or things like that. then we listened to a talk by President Uchtdorf that he gave to new mission presidents. it was really good, all about Peter and how before the resurrection, Peter was the kind of man who beat his chest saying he would never deny Christ, then when it came time to not deny him, he feared and did the opposite of that, then after he had seen the resurrected Savior he was bold and unafraid of anything. and President asked us what kind of peter we were, the one before or the one after. it was a really good talk. then we had a few other trainings with lunch in the middle of all that. it lasted for 8 hours then we went with some other missionaries to eat, that took all the day
Friday, we did our weekly planning, and visited all the people that we planned on visiting on Thursday. It was also my birthday, but birthdays on the mission prepare us for birthdays for the rest of life because it wasn't really significant... until dinner. A family in our ward got in contact with my mom through Facebook and found out it was my birthday, which was ironic, because it was their sons birthday too! They took us to Red Robbin and had the waiters and waitresses awkwardly sing to us lol, i have never been a fan of that. Then they took us to their house where we had Texas Sheet cake, my mom told them it was my favorite, and they gave Elder Valdez and I presents, they didn't want him to feel left out, we got Missouri Tiger hats and cool socks. it was really nice of them.
Saturday was a really rough day. We did service by helping build something to give to a member in our ward, which was really cool and actually took a couple of weeks to complete. But before the service we had an appointment with a man who went rogue on us for a while, that was canceled, then while we were doing the service our appointment later in the day canceled, and we got a call from a friend of an investigator who told us she is worried he might not be joining for the right reasons and that she's not sure if we should baptize him, so our two appointments with people who were progressing canceled and we found out an investigator might be fake... so that was really disheartening. After we finished that service a member called and asked for some help moving some furniture, which we gladly did, then we went around trying to find people to teach. It was a frustrating day for me because we actually had stuff going on, or had planned on having stuff going on, then everything just dropped at once. Elder Valdez wasn't really phased by it, but i was really disappointed, so that was when the week was bad for me.
Sunday we had the investigator who's friend didn't feel solid about him at church, which was reassuring, and we sang in the choir, which was really nice. Sacrament was all about tithing and the importance of it. All was well until we went to sunday school. This crazy lady, i mean she has legit mental problems, made some crazy comments contradicting the teachings of the church... it was 'fun'. priesthood was about the importance of prophets and apostles and the role they play, and how we have divine guidance. Then after church we had dinner with a family in our ward, they are super cool. Then we went to visit with a man who has a grandson who lives with him and we have been trying to visit with Derrek for a while but haven't been able to meet up, and every time we do its really good. The grandson just happened to be there so we tossed a football around, hey it was missionary work, and then had a lesson from the scriptures. we read the story of the Alma the younger and talked about how we can all be changed through Christ. Then we talked about having strength in our trials through Christ, because he is going through a lot, and he doesn't know that we know, but his grandpa told us. That was the whole lesson. Then on the drive home Elder Valdez said, "For a minute in the lesson I thought we should have asked him to get baptized haha" but then I told him I felt the same thing and we were like "We need to talk to him tonight about it" so we the grandfather and grandson and he said he would pray and if he feels good, he will be baptized in 2 weeks!!! How cool is that! After having a terrible day Saturday, Heavenly Father just said, hold on for a little longer, because there is something great around the corner. So we went from having everyone drop us, to having now, if everything goes well with Derrek, 3 investigators who will be baptized in the next couple of weeks! It is so cool to see so many miracles out here. The Lord has prepared so many people for the Gospel, we just need to be the vessels to deliver this 'good news' to them. It is my hope and prayer that everyone can find someone to share or try to share the gospel with. Have a good week! I love you and pray for you all!
Elder Hinrichsen
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