This week was good but
a little slow with the holiday, which was awesome!
Tuesday, we were on exchanges with the Elders in Tipton. I stayed
in Sedalia with Elder Williams and Elder Howell went to Tipton with
Elder Herrod. Well, we spent most of the day trying to contact some
people with little luck but I randomly checked the list of birthdays
on the ward and saw that it was the birthday of a less active who
we've been visiting with so we stopped by to wish happy birthday and
visited with him. After that we went back to trying people out but
didn't have much success. Our dinner asked us to take some food to a
widow in the ward so we dropped that off and tried knocking on some
doors.
Wednesday, we had district meeting. We had some members from the
ward here in Sedalia come and speak. Well, it was a member and his
brother. They are both from San Jose, California and converts to the
church; and the members brother who still lives in San Jose served a
mission and since then has continued tracting as a member of the
church! Haha he's passed out over 43,000 Book of Mormons, that's not a
typo, that's forty-three thousand. The member in our ward himself has
passed out quite a few as well, but his brother is the main
missionary. Anyways, his brother was in town and so we had them come
and talk to us. They discussed many different things but mostly gave
us tips for missionary work, specifically just to be bold and loving.
After the meeting we went on exchanges with the Elders in Marshall. I
went to Marshall with Elder Higgins and Elder Howell stayed in Sedalia
with Elder Smith. In Marshall, we tried some people out then we ended
up having two dinner appointments.....SO FULL!!! haha After our two
dinners, we taught an investigator the elders are working with out
there. We just read Mosiah 18 about baptism.
Thursday, in the morning we went and played in the Turkeybowl, we
showed up and nobody was there so we played catch and waited. Twenty
minutes in some one else showed up and people trickled in with time, we
ended up with around 5 on 5 which wasn't bad. Well, after football we
went and got ready before going over to the Y's for a little. (While
we were driving there we saw a ton of smoke and found out that a house
was on fire........it ended up burning down.) Well, nobody was awake at the Y's so we just went to our dinner.
Tuesday, we were on exchanges with the Elders in Tipton. I stayed
in Sedalia with Elder Williams and Elder Howell went to Tipton with
Elder Herrod. Well, we spent most of the day trying to contact some
people with little luck but I randomly checked the list of birthdays
on the ward and saw that it was the birthday of a less active who
we've been visiting with so we stopped by to wish happy birthday and
visited with him. After that we went back to trying people out but
didn't have much success. Our dinner asked us to take some food to a
widow in the ward so we dropped that off and tried knocking on some
doors.
Wednesday, we had district meeting. We had some members from the
ward here in Sedalia come and speak. Well, it was a member and his
brother. They are both from San Jose, California and converts to the
church; and the members brother who still lives in San Jose served a
mission and since then has continued tracting as a member of the
church! Haha he's passed out over 43,000 Book of Mormons, that's not a
typo, that's forty-three thousand. The member in our ward himself has
passed out quite a few as well, but his brother is the main
missionary. Anyways, his brother was in town and so we had them come
and talk to us. They discussed many different things but mostly gave
us tips for missionary work, specifically just to be bold and loving.
After the meeting we went on exchanges with the Elders in Marshall. I
went to Marshall with Elder Higgins and Elder Howell stayed in Sedalia
with Elder Smith. In Marshall, we tried some people out then we ended
up having two dinner appointments.....SO FULL!!! haha After our two
dinners, we taught an investigator the elders are working with out
there. We just read Mosiah 18 about baptism.
Thursday, in the morning we went and played in the Turkeybowl, we
showed up and nobody was there so we played catch and waited. Twenty
minutes in some one else showed up and people trickled in with time, we
ended up with around 5 on 5 which wasn't bad. Well, after football we
went and got ready before going over to the Y's for a little. (While
we were driving there we saw a ton of smoke and found out that a house
was on fire........it ended up burning down.) Well, nobody was awake at the Y's so we just went to our dinner.
There were
about 30 people at dinner so it was pretty big; there was a ton
of appetizers; lots of cheese and bread, grapes, shrimp cocktail,
olives, and pickled herring, but for the meal it was the holiday
classics; turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole,
corn casserole, rolls, they also made smoked pork loin; and for
dessert there was: pumpkin pie, pumpkin cream pie, cherry cream pie (
it was one of their family traditions, I didn't like it), and pumpkins
cupcakes. So yes, it was a very satisfying meal haha. Well, we ate and then
visited with them for a while. After that we went to another member's
house and they gave us some pumpkin pie; then we got a call from a
different member and they invited us over so we went over there and
ate a little turkey and some pumpkin pie. It was an extremely
gluttonous day! Haha
Friday, after lunch we went to the M's house and Victor and
Jessica were there. We ended up trying to turn it into
a gospel conversation which we did, and talked about Lehi's vision of
the tree of life. We talked to a Victor about baptism and his "goals"
he was saying next August is when he is thinking about it so that was
some sweet progress. Well, after that we visited a few people then,
there was a big Christmas kick-off celebration in downtown Sedalia so
we went and handed out pass-along cards with pictures of Jesus on
them. Then we watched the firework show that went on afterward. And we
got some hot chocolate after because it was super cold!
Saturday, we had our missionary correlation meeting, which went well.
Following the meeting, we ate lunch then went and did service with a
member. After service we were just chatting with the people we did
service for and a member called and asked if he could take us out for
some frozen custard, so we went and got some free custard. Well, after
that we got a call from another member who wanted help with something,
we weren't sure but they had recently lost a member in their family so
we rushed over not knowing what it was. They just asked for help in
determining who certain members of the ward were, which was simple
enough. After that they fed us some posole, not sure I spelled that
one right, but it's a soup that really common among Hispanics, yes,
they are a Hispanic family haha
Sunday, we had church, we were going to do the translating but Victor
came to church so we asked him to do it, and he did! He has to work
Sunday's but he goes to sacrament for about 45 minutes before he
leaves for work, so he translated almost all of the meeting for that
time, it was so cool! Well, I finished translating the meeting after
he left. In Sunday school we talked about the post mortal life and the
lesson went a little off haha; church members just can't keep things
simple. Then third hour was combined about sabbath day observance; I
thought it was awesome, we saw the trainings by the twelve apostles
and Elder Bednar killed it talking about families being sealed
together for eternity and how the First Presidency and apostles
decided that sabbath day observance would help strengthen new converts
the most. Well, after church we ate lunch with the M's, then
talked for a little bit. We went around trying to contact quite a few
less active members but didn't get much done, because nobody was
available to talk. We didn't have dinner so we went to the Y's and
while we were there Ann, the daughter, was struggling with some math
so I was volunteered to help her and let me tell you, the spirit like
took over and solved the problems haha, I was so dumbfounded but the
more I thought it over in my head I was able to figure it out.
Miracles, every day!
Well, this week was wet. It rained a TON from Thursday through Sunday,
almost the entire days. But this week was like life, not about waiting
for the storm to pass, but about learning to dance in the rain haha.
Anyways, love you all take care!!
Elder Hinrichsen
of appetizers; lots of cheese and bread, grapes, shrimp cocktail,
olives, and pickled herring, but for the meal it was the holiday
classics; turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole,
corn casserole, rolls, they also made smoked pork loin; and for
dessert there was: pumpkin pie, pumpkin cream pie, cherry cream pie (
it was one of their family traditions, I didn't like it), and pumpkins
cupcakes. So yes, it was a very satisfying meal haha. Well, we ate and then
visited with them for a while. After that we went to another member's
house and they gave us some pumpkin pie; then we got a call from a
different member and they invited us over so we went over there and
ate a little turkey and some pumpkin pie. It was an extremely
gluttonous day! Haha
Friday, after lunch we went to the M's house and Victor and
Jessica were there. We ended up trying to turn it into
a gospel conversation which we did, and talked about Lehi's vision of
the tree of life. We talked to a Victor about baptism and his "goals"
he was saying next August is when he is thinking about it so that was
some sweet progress. Well, after that we visited a few people then,
there was a big Christmas kick-off celebration in downtown Sedalia so
we went and handed out pass-along cards with pictures of Jesus on
them. Then we watched the firework show that went on afterward. And we
got some hot chocolate after because it was super cold!
Saturday, we had our missionary correlation meeting, which went well.
Following the meeting, we ate lunch then went and did service with a
member. After service we were just chatting with the people we did
service for and a member called and asked if he could take us out for
some frozen custard, so we went and got some free custard. Well, after
that we got a call from another member who wanted help with something,
we weren't sure but they had recently lost a member in their family so
we rushed over not knowing what it was. They just asked for help in
determining who certain members of the ward were, which was simple
enough. After that they fed us some posole, not sure I spelled that
one right, but it's a soup that really common among Hispanics, yes,
they are a Hispanic family haha
Sunday, we had church, we were going to do the translating but Victor
came to church so we asked him to do it, and he did! He has to work
Sunday's but he goes to sacrament for about 45 minutes before he
leaves for work, so he translated almost all of the meeting for that
time, it was so cool! Well, I finished translating the meeting after
he left. In Sunday school we talked about the post mortal life and the
lesson went a little off haha; church members just can't keep things
simple. Then third hour was combined about sabbath day observance; I
thought it was awesome, we saw the trainings by the twelve apostles
and Elder Bednar killed it talking about families being sealed
together for eternity and how the First Presidency and apostles
decided that sabbath day observance would help strengthen new converts
the most. Well, after church we ate lunch with the M's, then
talked for a little bit. We went around trying to contact quite a few
less active members but didn't get much done, because nobody was
available to talk. We didn't have dinner so we went to the Y's and
while we were there Ann, the daughter, was struggling with some math
so I was volunteered to help her and let me tell you, the spirit like
took over and solved the problems haha, I was so dumbfounded but the
more I thought it over in my head I was able to figure it out.
Miracles, every day!
Well, this week was wet. It rained a TON from Thursday through Sunday,
almost the entire days. But this week was like life, not about waiting
for the storm to pass, but about learning to dance in the rain haha.
Anyways, love you all take care!!
Elder Hinrichsen
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