On Wednesday we went out tracting and about 30 minutes into it we somehow got in a snowball fight with these two 12 year old boys in the middle of the street. It was a blast! Im sure people were looking out their windows thinking we were crazy haha. After the kids were tired of getting hit with snow, we talked with them and left them a Jesus picture. Before we jumped in our car to head out I grabbed one last snowball. I made the best ball I could, and at about 20 yards away I threw it up in the air hoping to hit near them. By some miraculous power, and on complete accident, I nailed one of the boys square on top of the head!!! He came back laughing luckily and then invited us to his house a few streets over to talk with his mom! We have now been teaching her and her 2 boys and they seem interested :) The Lord sure works in mysterious ways!!
We went singing at the nursing home this week. I am sure grateful that there were a few good singers in our group because the old people loved us singing for them haha.
We are still working with Chuck! He is so ready for baptism!! He came to the Ward Christmas party and church and the members are already great friends with him. At church yesterday he asked about what to study for our next lesson. We helped him download the Gospel Library app and I showed him Preach My Gospel online! He will now be able to study the lessons after we teach them :) To help you understand how prepared Chuck is, this summer before meeting with us he went out to Utah for a month and went through all the church tours, the temple visitors center, and even worked in the bishops storehouse!! He has a lady friend in Washington who works in the temple each week and has told him if he wants to find a good mormon wife, which is one of his goals, he must be temple worthy! He is planning on going through the temple in one year. We are setting him up to go to all the single adult activities next month. His lady friend even sent him a leather bound quad with his name on it! We enjoy teaching and learning with Chuck!
On Thursday we received a member referral for a man who lives next to one of our former investigators. After trying by the referral we stopped in to say hello to Star and Chris, the formers. We invited them to our ward Christmas party the next night..... AND THEY CAME!! They also brought their family with them. Including that family, we had 10 people at the party who we are teaching! The members did a great job at inviting them back and 6 of those people came to church yesterday.
Last night we had our stake "Why I Believe" fireside where missionaries and members bring their nonmember friends to hear the conversions of the recent converts of the stake. It is amazing to hear how the each person was prepared by the Lord to find the church. They all spoke about how they had a friend who was mormon who influenced them for the better. I pray each of us can find opportunities to be a light to all. Miracles happen when we have the faith to open our mouth and invite.
Hope you all have a great Christmas week! Love you all!
Elder Coon
2909 Traditions Ct.
Franklin, IN 46131
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