Anyone Can Do Missionary Work

This week was okay but slow. We were planning an activity for a big
event downtown. On Thanksgiving night there is a big ceremony to kick
off the Christmas season. We had everything set up then out of
nowhere, on Friday, we were told that we couldn't do it after we had
everything okay'd by the city.

Tuesday, we visited with a member we are trying to get back to church.
After that we worked on planning out the Thanksgiving night booth -
that's going to be a lot of work. Then we tried some potentials out
with no success. Dinner was with the Bishop. Then tried a few more
people out, and finally picked up our laundry from the Y's.

Wednesday, we had District Meeting. Afterward, we went to Wendy's for
District Lunch. After that we went and tried to visit a few people and
ended up tracting for a while, we talked to 2 Spanish families which
was pretty cool, I was able to communicate with them well enough! We
talked to about 4 people and 3 said we could come back so that was
good. After dinner we tried to visit a less active member.

Thursday we did studs then weekly planned, SO... MUCH... TIME... IN
THE APARTMENT!!! After that we did Mormon.org time. Then we tried a
few people and finally went to an investigator's house. We talked about
fortifying ourselves in difficult times, and read Alma 48. Then dinner
wth some awesome members. Then we visited with the the Relief Society
President and got some hot cocoa for the Thanksgiving activity....
That we ended up not needing haha.

Friday well, we did studs, then, during lunch, we got a call from the
Bishop telling us that we can't do the activity because someone called
him, he didn't say who, and told him they didn't want it to get
political or religious. Well, we visited with a few people including
two less actives. We visited with the M's, and watched the
Restoration with an investigator. We had dinner at Kehde's BBQ with
brother S from Provo, Utah; he's a cool member. He's from San
Jose, California and he was baptized and then his brother and him
began doing missionary work on their own, from tracting to having
parties at their house that ended in missionary discussion, he's
sweet. When I asked about how to have success in tracting he simply
said, "You've got to mention the Savior in the first few seconds so
that when they close the door, it's not on 'My name is...' But rather
they close the door on Christ, let him take the burden, he can bear
it, you can't."

Saturday we wanted to do service so, we helped a member clean
out an old business building. Then we went and shoveled rock and
helped remove a fence for an investigator. After that we had dinner.
And lastly we helped the ward mission leader move some stuff to his
new trailer.

Honestly last week was rough and this week seemed promising until the
call telling us our plans were canceled, so two
rough weeks in a row - darn. But hey, could be worse! We are going to
keep working hard and doing our best! Well, hope everyone is well and
lively. The work of the Lord is incredible, I've learned that anyone
can do missionary work, it's definitely scary, but the spirit will
take over when it needs to. Take care!

Elder Hinrichsen

A slow week in Sedalia

This week was really slow, and pretty frustrating.


Tuesday we walked around, then saw an investigator so we talked to
him, and offered to help him with some service, after we changed into
service clothes and helped him move some rock, we had a little lesson;
where he said he didn't really have a desire to join the Mormon church
now, but he might in the future. That was pretty disheartening; but
it's all good. Then we tracted a little in a trailer park, then tried
potentials, and our canceled dinner, so we ate at the Youngs, then
after dinner we tried a few people out

Wednesday we did service, we helped a member move a very good friend
of hers who has opened up a lot to the church i guess. After that we
went and helped the same investigator as the day before, well we ended
up talking for a while since his dad showed up late to collect the
rock we shoveled, but we helped them shovel gravel into buckets then
load them into a car. After that we changed, and then got the stand
partially set up for the Thanksgiving night kick off downtown where we
will be passing out stuff.

Thursday we helped a returning member set up a specific chair, an
office chair particularly, at the church because he has a bad back so
he needs it to sit in. After that we went to visit a few less active
members; then visited with the M family. After that we went and visited
with the same less active we helped set up a chair. After that we
tried to visit with some people but couldn't get in to see anyone.

Friday we had a zone training and didn't get back until about 3.
After we got back we tried some people, nothing, again, so we visited
with a member. Then after we had dinner visited with an investigator;
it was a SLOW day.

Saturday we helped some move all day, we were there for like 6 hours
because the dad has some health problems that prohibit him from
lifting anything so they really needed our help, so that's where we're
all day.

Sunday we had church, then tried to visit probably 15 people, and
NOBODY could visit with us, it was the slowest day of my mission
probably honestly. We had wrong addresses, wrong numbers, and just a
ton of denial. Well, it's all good, because it's another week.

It was a slow and hard week; but we made it through and we get another
week to improve! Hope everyone else is doing good! Take care!! Keep it
real!!

Elder Hinrichsen

Happy Halloween

Tuesday was CL's birthday! So we took him his favorite
treats, rice Krispy treats. After that we went to M's house because
she wanted us to meet R and O's teacher so we met with her
and she was really nice, we had a good visit with M, her family and
the teacher. Then we visited CL and Jan and gave him the treats  we
made, he was appreciative. We then visited with a less active man.
After that we went to dinner which was supposed to be at Kehde's bbq,
but ended up being at Golden Corral because Kehdes was closed for some
odd reason. Well, we visited with the Seniors for a while, then we
visited with another investigator which went really well! We read 3
Nephi 11 and he even addressed the spirit he felt, which was great!
Then we got transfer rosters... Elder Conley was going to St. Joseph's
2 Ward to serve with Elder Staley. I'm staying in Sedalia and training
a new missionary. I was pumped, but sad to see Conley go.

Wednesday, Conley said bye to CL and Jan, the M family, T.D. (a less
active man we are working with), Mike and Janice, some investigators, and
the Y family. We had lunch with Mary, her mom and Ricardo and Olivia.
Conley packed in the morning. We said bye the entire day really.

Thursday, got up and went to transfers. My new companion is Elder
Howell from Puyallup, Washington; and a Spanish speaker. We were at
transfers for a while and visited with the missionaries. Went to lunch
at Wendy's with Elders Williams and Herrod, the Tipton Elders. Came to
Sedalia, let Elder Howell unpack and then set up his iPad. Visited
Mike and Janice, Mary, Marcie and Stephanie, then we went to the Ward
Mission Leaders house. We finished by doing family history with
Mary and Sister Y which went great, Mary really felt the spirit!!

Friday, I felt like I was in a funk. We visited with an investigator
then a member we want to work with that investigator right after.
After that we went and had a lesson with Mike and Janice, taught the
Plan of Salvation with a member there. Well, then we went to Mary's
house to see if we were still going to eat with her at 5 for her
birthday dinner, it was like 4:40, because we were going to visit some
less active member before then. Well, dinner was ready, so we ate
there and Mary was busy getting ready so we ended up eating her moms
cooking and finishing before she got out of the back. We ate cake and
talked to her which was good. Then we went to the ward party which was
good.

Saturday, helped a family move in the morning. Then we went and
tracted for a little in a trailer park, we were able to pass out 2
copies of the Book of Mormon to some nice people. After that we went
and input all the information into the area book planner then went to
dinner. After that a person we had formerly contacted asked us for
some help, when we went to help her, we gave out another Book of
Mormon totaling three for the day! Then we did weekly planning since
we couldn't be out on Halloween night.

Sunday, fast Sunday but actually a slow Sunday. Church was okay, I
translated some of the testimonies into Spanish. Sunday school was
about eternal marriage but ended up being about attending the temple.
Priesthood was about Elder Bednar's talk from April 2015, "Therefore,
they hushed their fears". After church, we changed then had a lesson
with Mary; where we talked about the bigger commandments. She
expressed concerns with paying tithing with such a limited income, and
decided that she would pay it; which is a very faithful move of her.
Then we played a little soccer with the C kids. After that we
went and talked with some investigators. Then we visited with a less
active woman and talked about family history. Then dinner with the two
very funny families, after that we went to a funeral viewing for a
members mother who passed away to give our condolences; then we
visited with a member.

Transfer pics:


The morning of transfers, our mustache pic, me, Elder Conley, Elder
Williams, and Elder Fastje (pronounced Fah-she, he just went home last
week)