Yesterday I spoke in church for the first time about the worth of souls in the eyes of a missionary. I could feel the spirit strong as I spoke. Elder Redmond did really well on his talk too. Dennis, the guy who was going to be baptized on Saturday didn't come to church. It was upsetting and now we have to push his date back. We had so many investigators who said they would be there. It would have been the perfect day to come too! Its tough when their testimonies are strong but they don't always live the way they should. Peggy and Pete are struggling giving up smoking. We did a 24 hour fast on Friday for them because in order to be baptized they need to stop smoking for 2 weeks before their date. Fasting has always been a major struggle for me but I knew it was for a good cause. They felt they couldn't give it up in time and we had to push their date back too. Ahh so frustrating. We kinda rebuked them for procrastinating the day of repentance ha and Peggy started crying because she felt like we were her sons she was letting down. We told her she was letting God down more than anyone else haha. We were telling them this in a loving manner and it gave them more determination to stop. She gave Redmond a hug then went to give me a hug.... She is like 55 years old and I was dying but didn't want to be rude by stiff arming her. As she wrapped her arms around me she KISSED MY CHEEK. AHHAHAHHH gross woman! I hardly let my mom kiss my cheek! hahahaha!
I met Forest Gump on Sunday! The real Forest Gump! He isn't mentally slow but the movie was made after him! He was in the war, got a medal of honor, and everything. He was so cool! He lives in Bloomington, about 30 minutes away.
We had dinner on Wednesday at Brother Smiths house. Here in Indiana there are no mountains, the land is just flat... except for his house. He lives on the second highest hill in Indiana! 1100 feet I think he said haha.
People are crazy about the Colts here. Yesterday I guess they lost the football game. I am learning if the colts lose that means the people we talk to aren't happy so I am going to start praying for the Colts to start winning haha.
Last night we went to a less actives house . She is very friendly and loves all the missionaries. She is very strange though. She lives in the middle of no where and it was getting late so we were walking back to our car and we noticed that our back window was shattered!!!!! We aren't sure how, we are guessing someone just wanted to break it because nothing was taken! All that was in there were my scriptures so good thing they didn't haha.
Hope everyone is doing well! We are rocking it out here our area is on fire! We have 5 people on date for baptism, 3 almost committed, and still teaching 50+ lessons :)
Love,
Elder Coon
look what happened! someone smashed in our back window!! don't let my happy face fool ya I was upset hahano one needs to hur our car like that:)
this is peggy and petes new puppy and a cool barn we saw
so much protein im in heaven haha
Redmond loves superman and our kitchen is covered with protein
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