Independence, MO : MIRACLE 7-20-15

M-me, I-Investigator, R- Revelation, A- Area, C- Companion, L-Lesson Learned, E-Everything Else

Hey everyone! It’s been a great week! It’s been a really busy week! Busy weeks are the best!

M- I'm good as ever, just a little tired. There was this ridiculously huge thunder storm last night that woke us up at like four o’clock in the morning. If it was a little bit later I would have made Elder Bylund go outside and run around in it with me! The thunder storms are insane here. Since it was P-day morning and every minute of P-day is precious, we decided it would be best to just start our morning studies instead of going back to bed. Yeah P-day!

I- Where to start! Our investigators are doing great! Allen is awesome as always. We went to the Visitors Center with him on Tuesday, and went through a church history tour with him. The Spirit was super strong. The sisters do a great job of tailoring things to our investigators needs. At the end he even said that he believes that Joseph Smith was a prophet, and that the book of Mormon is true! He's progressing really well, but we are taking things slow with him. He's still not quite ready yet so we pushed his baptismal date back to August 22. The Davies’ are doing well too. John's wife and grandson came to church with him yesterday. Then we met a new man named David Smith. He lives in a nursing home and referred himself to the missionaries so that we would come and give him a blessing. He actually lives in another ward's boundaries so we passed him off to the other set missionaries yesterday.

R- I love elderly people! Nursing homes are just the best! You can smile and wave at everyone and they're always happy to see you! They are just the nicest people, well most of them anyway. ;)

A- The area is doing really well. I can say this is the best that the work has ever been my whole mission. (Knock on wood) I mean like I said last week, I Feel like it changes day by day, but over all things are going really well right now. We definitely have quality over quantity though. We could always use more people.

C- I went on exchanges with Elder Jones, so he was my companion for a day. Man, I love Elder Jones. Elder Spencer, his companion, is great too! Ha! They baked Elder Bylund and me a cake this week with a note on the inside. Elder Bylund's sister thinks I'm attractive and Elder Spencer has a thing for her, so it was an unhappy note for him. That was the best hate cake I ever ate though! Haha!!

L- It pays to be bold with the people you work with because either A- they are prepared and ready for the gospel, so they'll be willing to accept your boldness. Or B- They aren't ready, so the time is not right anyway.

E- We lose the car this week! It’s going to be a hot and humid week. Pray for us, we'll need it! I love you all! Have a great week!

Love Elder Cluster