A Week of Progres

Another week in the books out here in Independence. This week we have stumbled into some hopefully, fruitful people. First on our list is a lady we tracted into named Francis. We tracted into her a week ago and she seemed super open and just looked and felt ready. She accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon and then on Sunday we  dropped in on them again and she has some family over and were playing a game so we just talked again. We brought over Caleb Hogge, the bishop's son who is prepping to go on a mission, and his thoughts on the family were exactly the same. They just look ready, we got their number and will be checking in on them some time this week hopefully. More info on them later. Also this week we had a lesson with one Gabriel Foot. Missionaries have been teaching her grandpa for a few years but he hasn't made any progress. Gabriel came to church this last week and this week so on Tuesday we taught her a lesson. She is super interested in the church but she had no idea why. So we have her praying and reading every day at 7:30. We will be meeting with her on Tuesday this week and we plan on meeting with her more often than that and teaching her in someone else home because her house is not the best environment.

This week we also had a mission wide fast that started on Saturday at 5 p.m. and went to Sunday at 5. It was sweet. We fasted for the new missionaries coming in and for the work to hasten here and to find new people. It will be cool to see how the work changes here now.

So this week we had an exchange with the elders down in Bartelsville for a day. I went down there with Elder Hindel (who is from Alaska) and we had a few good experiences. The first one is my prompting to talk about video games. We tracted into this guy who had a Halo 4 shirt on and when we did our initial introduction he was very uninterested. Then I felt like I should talk about Halo 4 and he opened up a ton. We talked for a little bit about Halo then he asked a few questions. We covered most of the restoration by the end and he wants us to come back whenever. It was sweet. Later that night we went to a less active member's house and they had a non member over so we taught the plan of salvation. By the end of the lesson he was super into the lesson and was asking questions. I felt so great because I was able to answer all his questions very well and the level of confidence I had with the material I was teaching just felt great. He was asking questions I would have had no idea how to answer at the beginning of my mission. It was after that lesson that I realized how much I have grown in the gospel and how much it has changed me and sunk into me. I believe it so whole heatedly and it feels as thought it will shape my decisions for the rest of my life, which I hope it does. Well enough of that. Thanks for all your prayers and all that you guys do for me. I am looking forward to coming home and our reunions.