This week was crazy! But it seems like it flew by!
10/13/14
Today ended with a huge rain storm!! We got soaked running out with our groceries and got stuck at the West Elder's apartment because it was so bad. I guess there was a hurricane on the coast? Elder Davis, Elder in my district at the MTC, said that he was in a wal-mart when the roof got ripped off!! That's so crazy! It's rained 3 times so far, guess I will need a rain coat after all
10/14/14
Today was Zone conference! I got to see Elder Boehme, Guiterrez, Row, Belani and tons of other people! It was great to see how their first week was. Elder Zuick from the Seventy came and pretty much said we sucked, but really did motivate us a lot! We also found out that within the next 60 days we will all be receiving iPad's! So that's pretty sweet. It was awesome to just spend the whole day with other missionaries, hear testimonies, be in the presents of a general authority and just feel the spirit the whole entire time. Definitely was motivating.
10/15/14
Today we didn't have much luck tracting.. until the last house. We met a guy named Benjamin who is a college student at USM. He had never heard of the Mormon's so that is pretty sweet. We also were able to give him a Book of Mormon and teach him a little bit about it. He said that he was really interested and wanted to learn more! I am excited to see how it goes!
10/16/14
Today we got fed twice! We went to Pastry Garden for the first time. Bro. Hinton, a guy in our ward, owns it and he feeds the missionaries every week. I got this huge sandwich with fries. It was so delicious and he was so funny to meet. He reminds me of my dad. He is tall and bigger guy and just so goofy. Always wants to have a good laugh. :) We also got fed by this older couple in our ward that night. They are the Brock's. He is the 2nd counselor on the bishopric and a convert to the church. It was great to get to know them and hear their conversion story. They made us this delicious chicken casserole, cheesy rice, green beans and rolls. I was full tonight, I slept great!
10/17/14
Today we taught Trikeshia again, she is really progressing and we taught her in depth the Plan of Salvation. She loved it and never had heard some of the things that we had taught. She grew up baptist and never understood this before. It was a really spiritual experience. I was definitely guided by the spirit in this lesson because I can't remember what I even said afterwards. Tonight we went to the Bishop's house. He has a huge mansion, private road and even has his own lake that you can fish out of! We helped him move his couch and piano. He couldn't believe how strong I was. I took 2 elder's on one side and me on the other, haha it was really funny! He fed us pizza and then we had a short spiritual thought that Elder Gray provided. Found out the Bishop is loaded because he is a general surgeon. He thought it was cool that I wanted to become an Anesthesiologist!
10/18/14
Today we had exchanges so I was with Elder Gray, we did a lot of tracting and I led a lot of it. He was really impressed that I had only been out a couple of weeks, I didn't think I did that great, but whatever. I'll take the compliment. We had tons of fun though, we went to the USM campus to try and meet people. We even went to these ghetto apartments that half of them looked like they were abandoned. We tried meeting with a few potentials and none of them were home. As we were leaving this black guy stopped us and said "You need to go teach some white people, us black people are all good. We know what's up..." Then he paused and then laughed and said "just messin with ya" and told us he likes what we do and appreciates it.
10/19/14
Today I had to talk in church. It went really well. I didn't really get to prepare but it didn't matter after I got up there I was just guided by the spirit. I talked on mission preparation and totally went off what I had planned. It's crazy to hear and see what you say as you are guided by the spirit. A lot of people said that I did pretty good, I could feel the holy spirit in that chapel, I bet everyone else could too. It was a great Sabbath Day, felt the spirit a ton and I am so motivated for these next weeks of working hard!
Mississippi is great. It's getting less humid and hot. It feels great. The people here love Jesus but it is hard for them to understand why our church is the true church. I am getting a lot more comfortable here and getting used to it. I am getting to know a lot more members in the ward and getting closer with them. Thank you for the packages and the letter, they help me a lot and keep me motivated. Crazy to think how fast times flies each day! I am getting to know the gospel so much and I appreciate so much what I have at home. Well that's it for now, thanks for all the support. I love and miss you all!!
-Elder Mason Rankin
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