Happy belated Halloween! I was a missionary for
Halloween and believe me...people find that far more scary on their
doorstep than any other costume. Daylight savings just started so now
it's dark at like 5:30. People try to use the excuse that it's late...and we remind them it is only 6:00pm. Haha then they get to hear our message on the doorstep.
We've
spent quite a bit of time tracting lately. Shepherd is difficult to
tract because we have to find random dirt roads with at least 5 houses
on them. Neighborhoods don't exist here. In doing so, you find lots of
interesting people. For example, we found a cross-dressing Muslim. That
was a fun door to knock. We put another man on date though! Jeff
Morrison was a guy we tracted into about requesting "Meet the Mormons."
We had a our ward mission leader there with us and taught the
Restoration. It was a super distracted lesson but he accepted to be
baptized the weekend after Thanksgiving!
Wednesday
we had Zone Training. I love giving discussions! I talked all about
covenants and what it means to have genuine love and commitment to the
Savior (one of our mission goals). We compared the way Preach my Gospel
defines 'Progressing, other, former, and potential investigators" to how
we are as missionaries. If we are keeping ALL our commitments
(covenants) to the Savior defining us as Progressing, or if we were
:other/former/potential" missionaries showing only some interest. Quite
the obedience smackdown but I enjoyed it :) Wednesday night we had the
Shepherd ward trunk or treat and I had like 6 cupcakes from the cake
walk haha. Felt sick afterward.
Halloween is interesting as a missionary. President Mecham counseled us to be inside by 6pm
or to be with an active member doing wholesome activities. We had a
dinner that went long with a less-active member and then went home. The
Lockwood Elders met with us at our apartment and we baked a
"Jack-O-Lantern" pizza from Papa Murphey's and had slushed IBC Root
beer. Followed by watching Ephraim's Rescue :) So it was enjoyable!
Thanks for the Kit-kats too!
October was an
incredible month. President Mecham told me I would be in this zone until
I made a lasting impact on it. This month we had 6 baptisms and 13
reactivations :) All a result of the missionaries dedication, faith,
repenting, and good works (Alma 26:22)! I am blessed to be serving here
and the Lord is blessing us with people to teach! I love being a
missionary!
