Conference was amazing! I could probably spend an hour just talking about conference but I don't have that kind of time. I have decided to "Ponderize" one scrip a week. My goal is to read and pray more. I want to keep my thoughts on how to help the people of Martintucky. Elder Hales said it great, ponder alone for some time after prayer, asking what needs to be done for me to improve. I hope all of us can strive for these goals as well.
This week we have worked very hard! 71 lessons! My comp has trained me very good. Every missionary is given a 12 week training guide when they come out. We are supposed to study it every day, but Elder Redmond and I agreed that the best training is just getting out and working instead of studying a packet for an hour a day. We do review it every so often, but I feel so much more prepared by just getting out and working.
We had some humbling experiences this week and some.... different ones haha. We witnessed a drug deal.... check that off my bucket list! On Wednesday we went on exchanges with Elder Parks and Barbosa. Parks and I came out together. I feel like he is a true greenie haha! I did the talking haha and had a big learning experience. We have to rely on the spirit! The Lord blessed us to teach 17 lessons that day. Many of those lessons came from our own creativity! One man wasn't answering his door but we saw him in his kitchen so I yelled to him through the window that i loved his 1980 mustang haha. He came outside and loved to talk to us about it! We had a great talk with him about the Plan of Salvation after and will be going to see him again tomorrow.
On Friday a less active texted us saying he wanted to meet with us and come back to church! We said we can meet him at the church. In the middle of our lesson some random dude started banging on the church window. He was a really skinny man wearing an orange hard hat. He looked frantic and wanted us to open the door. Elder Redmond and I were on our guard but let him in. First thing he said was, "I'm in big trouble. Are you familiar with electro-magnetic warfare?" HAHAHA sorry buddy you are out of luck we don't. We think he was on drugs. In his orange hat he had tin foil! He asked us if we could give him a blessing and we did so.
That night after visiting some investigators we were going over to our last appointment at the Potters house. It was getting dark and cold outside so we were hustling down the road to get there quick. Out of the blue a man opened his door and called for us to come over to him. He was wearing old clothes and in the dark room were 3 little children all under the age of 3 years old. He told us his wife was arrested and he asked if we could pray with him. What a tender mercy we had. As we huddled around in the cold empty apartment to pray we could feel the spirit so strong. We were able to testify to him of the love the Savior has for him. I am so grateful to be here to stand as a witness of Jesus Christ. He suffered pains and afflictions of every kind so that we dont have to go through this life alone. When we turn to Him we can find joy, hope and love in our life. I love this gospel. I challenge you to apply what you learned in conference to your life. As we do so it will help us keep the Holy Ghost as a constant companion and as Eyring puts it, "The Holy Ghost makes what is good more attractive and temptations less pleasing."
Love you all! Email me at james.coon@myldsmail.net
average house here it stankssss
library, sitting on the computer with elder barbosa. we call him barbie for short
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