11/19/2014
Today we had a great district meeting. We accomplished a lot! We have a new member of our district because Elder Belani left to Shreveport.. I was sad. But his replacement, Elder Jones, is pretty cool. He is really hard working and should help their area! That night we had dinner at Bro Mim's house. He is an older gentleman in our ward and needed help moving a recliner. He said that he saw that I looked strong on Sunday so he gave us a call! hahaha
11/20/2014
Today was the best day of the week probably!! We worked so hard and got so much done!! We taught a ton of lessons, got 2 solid new investigators and a baptismal date. Our first new investigator is John. John was a marine, divorced, young, dad, that works for the state and believes in Christ. We taught him the Resto and he committed to baptism and reading the Book of Mormon. He is really solid, and it was an even better lesson because I was able to connect with him really well. Teach him in a way that I understand, because he seemed to learn it better and understand it way more! Our second new investigator is Valeri. Valeri is a young college girl that is an intern at this rehab place and loves to run. If this name sounds familiar, it is because it was the same girl we taught a few weeks ago, the door I felt prompted to go to. The lesson was guided so much by the spirit. It wasn't about hitting points, it was all about helping her understand. Such a wonderful day, I felt so accomplished!!!
11/21/2014
Today we met this young guy named Samuel, he reminds me a lot of my cousin cooper. He sort of looks like him too, only if Cooper was black.. hahaha He answered the door and immediately said yes to having us teach him a lesson. He was even wearing a Call of Duty shirt!! It was great to teach him and ask him a lot of questions to get to know him better. He really opened up and even committed to reading the Book of Mormon. He said that he doesn't go to church too often, or read from the Bible but he said that he would give this a chance and pray about it! All we ask is that, invite people to come unto Christ. Then we had dinner at Sis. Law's house. She broke down crying when we showed up and said, she was so glad we came. She is going through a rough time and we were able to chat with her and uplift her spirit. What a fabulous lady! She said that the next time we come over that she will make us some real southern food because she didn't have time to that night! Can't wait!
11/22/2014
Today kind of stunk, we tracted for hours and no one answered. I was super depressed. But we got to do some service so it made my day a little better. We had to help the Bishop move some stuff around and he even let me go fish in his lake after we were done. I almost caught something! Yes that is right, my Bishop is so rich that he has his own lake. It is pretty sick! Then we went over to one of the Sister's investigators house and painted his ceiling. It was great to chat with him and teach him a lesson. He is progressing right along and can't wait to be baptized!
11/23/2014
Today was a good day of church. It was missionary based so almost all the missionaries had a part in the program. Elder Gray and I had just spoken so we didn't speak but everyone else did. It was a rally could meeting for the members and also investigators. We also had Stake choir practice today which was awesome. It is really fun, I can't wait to perform at our concert. It is so funny to watch our chorister get into it. He throws his arms around and his whole body with the music. It's so funny! The only thing that stunk about today was that I felt kind of sick. My head was pounding and my nose was running, hopefully I feel better soon!
Overall, it was an alright week. I woke up this morning and realized that it was Monday already and it was my 2 month mark! It's crazy to think how fast the time has gone. Weeks just keep flying by. The work and ward her in Hattiesburg is growing stronger and hopefully by next month we will have a baptism. We have a few really good investigators. 2 investigators I need help with are Jordan and Erin. We meet with them tonight, they still let us teach them but it is really hard to get them to come to our church and they still haven't committed to baptism. Keep them in your prayers! Thank you for all your support, I know I am in the right place, I know that I am doing the right thing and I know that I am a child of God. I miss and love y'all!
Love,
Elder Mason Rankin
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