10/27/14
Today was a great P-day! Had a great day of playing sports with everyone in the zone! Yes of course our team won the volleyball tournament! Besides that, we went and taught Jordan and Erin that night. I don't know if I have talked about them. They are a young couple that go to a baptist church, we had taught him once before but met her tonight. They had a young baby girl as well. We taught them the Gospel of Jesus Christ, even though Erin was in and out with the baby, Jordan learned a ton and is really understanding what we are teaching him. Let's see if we can get him to church!
10/28/14
Today we got to watch Meet the Mormons with the mission president! Such a great movie, I loved getting the opportunity to see it. All the stories in there were amazing. I started to cry at the end though when the mom lets her first boy go on a mission. I remember saying good bye to my mom. My mom is such a great cook and she sent me her Chicken Fajita recipe and made some awesome fajitas this night. Not as good as momma's though :)
10/29/14
Today we met Dave. Dave is an older gentleman that lives by himself, divorced and has a son in college. When we go to the door of people, we ask if we can go inside and teach them but most times people will talk to us, we have to sit on the porch or they aren't interested. Dave was the first person that I got to teach inside his home. Never have I been invited in. We taught him the restoration, understood it, gave him a Book of Mormon and we have a return appointment for this next Wednesday. I can't wait to see him progress!
10/30/14
Today was great because I got 2 packages and tons of letters! So much motivation and happiness, I love receiving stuff in the mail. I got lots of treats, can't eat it all at once though! :) Besides the packages we got to teach this younger guy named Dustin. We originally met his fiance and then we came back to meet with her and we met him. Found out that she left him so we talked to him about trials and building your foundation on Christ. We taught him a brief lesson on the Restoration and understood it. He has committed to reading and praying to know if it is true. He also invited us back in 2 weeks. I want to teach him the Plan of Salvation because he just had a grandmother die, so that could totally help him out!
10/31/14
Such a great Halloween! I found some cheap new ties that I bought, got a haircut, and had a great time at the Ward Party. They had 2 huge jumping things for all the kids. We showed up early so Elder Gray and I could jump in the bounce house before the kids got there! :) For the party we had to do a skit, so we performed the echo skit using mic's and the performed a veggie tales song called "God is Bigger Than the Boogie Man." I had never heard of it, but it went really well and everyone loved it! Tons of candy and after we helped clean up, we got bottled root beer! So good!
11/1/14
Start of a new month! Crazy how time flies! Today we met this girl tracting named Elizabeth. Found out she had a friend that went on a mission and she was interested in learning more about the gospel. She is a young student at USM and is busy so it will be hard to catch her. But, we won't give up! It was a good thing we knocked on her house. It looked like this huge abandoned mansion. We then found out she has a bunch of roommates, so more people we can teach!
11/2/14
Today was a success! Such a good testimony meeting! The spirit was there the whole time, I had to get up and bear my testimony. After sacrament, Sis Woodard came up to me and said "find me after church, I have something for you." After church, she gave me a brand new BSU tie just like the one that I have that I spilt on when I ate dinner at her house! I was so happy because I couldn't get the whole stain out of the other tie! Such a nice lady! Then we finally got to meet with Trikeshia, she has been busy with a grandmother that just had surgery and her new job. We talked to her about the importance of not going to 2 churches because she would go to our church then go to her Baptist church. She now plans on only coming to the LDS church with her family! Then we got to have dinner with the Foote family! It was so good! Chicken, rice, green beans, and rolls. She makes rolls as good as daddy does! They are a young family with 2 young cute daughters. He works at USM as an Administrator for the football team, over fundraising. He might take us to a football game, we will see what happens!
This week seemed to fly by! I felt like only yesterday that I was getting off the plane. The weather here is getting colder. Everyone is pulling out their jackets and I am still walking around in my short sleeves. They all think I am crazy, 'till they hear I am from Idaho. The ward I am in continues to grow and progress. Since the first week I was here, I can see it changing. I can't wait to continue to grow the ward and strengthen their faith. One thing that I learned from this week is that your testimony isn't something you just say, it is something you live. I strive to live as example of Christ, I hope y'all do too. Thanks for all the continual support! I miss you and I love you so much!
Love,
Elder Mason Rankin :)
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