We
were able to do a lot of service this week. On Monday night, we helped
Bishop Kabalan mow a less-actives lawn. It was pretty quick, but enjoyed
every minute. After mowing, Bishop took us out to a Mexican restaurant
it was way good! I don't even know what I got, but it was like a mix of
Cajun and Mexican. So it wasn't half bad! As we were driving home, we
got on the discussion of exercising and how I was kind of bummed that I
hadn't lifted weights in a while. Bishop then said hey you can borrow my
sons weights. He doesn't live at home anymore and I don't care if you
use them. So I got hooked up with a couple of dumbbells! What a blessing
:)
Wednesday I got to teach District meeting.
We focused the discussion on teaching in unity and teaching people, not
lessons. It is important to have unity because it invites the spirit so
much more and even when you have faith in your companion, the whole
lesson goes so much better. Teaching people, not lessons is so
important. When we personalize and relate the lessons to each person
individually, they are able to understand better and the spirit is able
to testify to them whatever we may be teaching. That night we got to go
over to the Williams home. Very loving and fun family. The Hardy family
also joined us for dinner. Bro Hardy was way funny and it was just a
great time. The Williams have a son in college and a daughter about to
graduate high school. Both very involved in sport, so Sis Williams loved
to hear about my family. She knows how it is to be busy all Saturday
with games, she couldn't imagine my mom running from field to field to
field ;)
Thursday we helped paint some rooms
inside a house. The house is being redone by a family in the ward.
Landon (our recent convert) was there and it was fun to talk to him
about General Conference coming up because it will be his first time
watching it before! That night we snuck into the Sister's Pad and set up
and Easter Egg hunt for them! We thought it would be fun, plus they
were out of town on exchanges with other sisters, so it worked out
perfectly. Elder Meyer and I had such a good time laughing and hiding
eggs everywhere. Let's just say, I don't know if they will find them all
;) we did a great job hiding them!
Friday
morning, we woke up extra early to help Bro Glass move some carpet into
his house. They are the family that part of there house caught on fire
so they have to replace a lot of stuff. The house is coming along pretty
great, hopefully I will get to see the project finished. That afternoon
we got some new prospects finally! We met a younger guy named DC. He
loved talking about Christ and Easter. We introduced the Book of Mormon
to him and he committed to read some before we came back. We are
following up with him tonight, so hopefully it goes well. We also met a
lady named Amber. She was actually really open to talking to us about
the Book of Mormon and learning more about it. We would have taught her
more but she was spring cleaning. She really liked how it talks about
the people of the America's. She always wondered about that. I pray that
our next lesson goes good as well, she seems really interested.
Then
to this weekend. A full weekend of conference! I loved all the talks. I
am excited to go back and read them because I had a lot of favorites.
Family, marriage, the home, personal worthiness and of course Christ and
Easter were some of themes that I saw from conference. In between the
Saturday sessions, the Jones family took us out to lunch. They are a
sweet older couple. They talked all about there family and
grandchildren. The place we went was this smaller diner and it was super
good. Fried fish, fries, gumbo and po boys :) That night before
Priesthood, Bishop took us on a little adventure. He had heard that we
never really had tried sushi, so of course he had to take us to a good
sushi place for dinner. His wife is part Japanese and lived in Japan for
a while so he loves sushi! At first I was a little hesitant, but it
wasn't that bad. In fact, I went back and got some more. You just gotta
know what you are eating. He even made me dip some of the raw fish sushi
into a wasabi, soy sauce mix. Man, my sinus' were clear fast! :)
Priesthood session was great, Elder Ballard's talk was really good and
the Prophet was still himself. What great men.
Easter
Sunday! It was raining all day, but it was still a great day. We went
over to the Campbell's house for lunch and to watch conference. They fed
us well and we had some good laughs! They are just like my family, I
felt like. Bro Campbell is a big guy, that is loud, likes to tease his
wife and children and is goofy too. Just like Dad ;) Sis Campbell is
sweet, very loving and acts just like mom :) They are so sweet! They
have 3 sons, and 1 daughter. The daughter is the youngest and they have
twin boys and the oldest is preparing for his mission. It was fun to
talk to him and hear how he is preparing to put in his papers. Luckily, I
made it through all the sessions without sleeping. I loved Elder
Holland's talk about the cliff and the brothers. Very bold, but a very
spiritual talk.
I hope y'all had a wonderful,
spiritual and fun Easter. I know I had a great Easter and truly felt
loved by everyone around me. #Becausehelives has also had a lot of
success. We even printed off a little "He is here" paper to take with us
as we work throughout the day. We took some good pictures with it.
Well, again I love and miss y'all. I love to hear from y'all and hope
your testimony grew this weekend. The church is absolutely true! I hope
y'all have a great week, thanks for the prayers :) Till next time.
Love,
Elder Mason Rankin :)
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