11/24/14
Today was a great p-day. We played mafia with a bunch of missionaries and I was the mafia. I got so close to winning I almost made it to the last round. It was so funny!! Everyone was so mad at how good I was! Sis Clark brought us Popeye's for dinner! yummy! It was so good, Franklin says we have to go back there soon. We also taught Jordan & Erin tonight again, the lesson was super spiritual. I started testifying at the end, I was on the verge of crying my eyes out and they still haven't accepted a baptism date. We are going to continue to work with them. They said they would come to the nativity concert I am singing in but still haven't said yes to church. We will get them there soon!
11/25/14
Today we taught this older lady named Tara. She is from Florida but moved here sometime ago. She wants to get back into church again, so we taught her a lesson, gave her a Book of Mormon that she wanted to read and hopefully in the future we can get her to church. My favorite lesson of this whole week was probably this one. We taught this young couple named Morris & Kia. I started talking to Morris and he let us right in. They really loved our message. I definitely could see a difference in my teaching. I got them to open up a lot, ask questions and eventually commit to reading the Book of Mormon. We are meeting with them again this next Tuesday, so pray that everything goes good!
11/26/14
Today we had DDM and we met the new member of our district, his name is Elder Jones. Elder Belani left so he replaced him. He is a really energetic missionary and will definitely help our district a lot. Plus he is alright at basketball so we can play each other.
11/27/14
Today we had a sick Turkey Bowl at Pearl River Community College. The Wiggin's Elders know the A.D. there so he got us set up with flags, the field breakfast and a good game of football. My team won of course! Afterwards we went over to the new basketball gym they just had put in and played some 3v3. It was super nice of him to let us use it and he even said we can come back again! We had dinner at the Timothy's house. They are an older couple that is from California and Texas. He reminds me of a guy of Duck Dynasty, he is a big hunter and has taxidermy all over the walls. The food was so good, tons of different stuff! The dressing was way good, they had brisket and sausage and turkey and mashed potatoes and this cajun stuffing. Not a bad dinner at all. I shared the Thanksgiving Cow story and we each went around and talked about how thankful we were for the gospel in our families.
11/28/14
Today we had Bishop Storehouse early and that went smoothly. The highlight of my day was this guy that we met tracting. He told us "No offense, but I'd rather have y'all come to my door then Jehovah Witness." Haha it was awesome!
11/29/14
Today stunk because we had to drop Charles because he wasn't progressing and he wasn't committing to anything and the only reason that he was talking to us was so that he could try and get food. It's sad, but true. The whole day also stunk because no one would talk to us while tracting, the only good thing that happened was that some older guy gave us coke's as he was leaving his house. He was the only person that was nice to us the whole day.
11/30/14
Today the highlight was church and choir practice. I really enjoy a lot of the songs that we are singing and Elder Gray and I are killing it. The choir director guy is super funny too so it is always a good time. Today they put me right in the middle below the top row and everyone behind me was mad because they couldn't see over me! So that was kind of funny!
Another fast flying week, we didn't have a ton of success but it helped me know that next week will be better then this one. I know that we will work harder to achieve our goals and help others come unto Christ. The lord provides when you need. It. I love this time of the year. Christmas music is starting, our tree is all set-up and I am making snowflakes to cover the whole apartment. Stay tuned for that aftermath, Elder Franklin thinks I am crazy but I just love the Christmas season. The weather has warmed up a little, and the Hattiesburg ward is doing great. We are hastening the work and I am bettering myself while trying to help others. I love the gospel, I love the people of Mississippi and I love you. Thanks for all the support, I miss y'all!!
Love,
Elder Mason Rankin :)
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