"Thanks giving Fiasco" we were blessed with a thanks giving lunch with all of the goodies that came from thanks giving, we were also planned to have a thanks giving dinner as well BUT we ran into a problem. We came home after lunch to find that in the foyer in our apartment was flooding but not with water.... SEWAGE WATER.... It look like someone put there thanks giving dinner down the garbage disposable. Not knowing our landlords number re rushed and grabbed a wet-vac from a near by member so we could suck up the sewage. we ended up sucking 15 GALLONS! of sewage. We then got the Land lords number from a neighbor and got a maintenance worker to come out a few hours latter. He put popped the sewage drain to fine a grocery bag amount of solids and the poured down a serious drain cleaner that did little. he called up rotor rooter who did answer "holiday luck". our maintenance worker said to stay here and make sure it doesn't flood more until rotor rooter calls. Rotor rooter didn't come until 9:30 pm and then the next day we got are carpets clean and had 3 carpet blowers and a dehumidifier going for until Monday evening.
that was thanks giving for us.
This week was a
struggle to say the least. If it wasn't for the miracle that happened Sunday we
may have not had any lessons for the week with investigators.
The week Elder
Scrogham Left we had 1 investigator baptized, 1 investigator on date
transferred to another area, another investigator evicted with out a trace and
so on. We were at a TRUE square one. Oh it was a trying week, I did not feel
like I knew the area well enough or the members. through this trial though
miracles will be brought to past Like this Sunday.
Sunday we had planned
to Go see an investigator so said she would be home. 1 of the less actives we
had planned to teach was sick and the other had company. 3 hours of are
plans fell through in 30ish minutes. We Tried and talked to the neighbor of the
investigator who got evicted to see where he was and this kid answered the door
and said they hand no clue where he moved. We asked if Cory the neighbor who lived
there knew were he was he said he probably wouldn't because he is in Jail for
running from the police. We gave him a card and left. Right after we started to
walk away I asked Elder Hahn why we didn't ask him if he would be interested in learning
more. So we walked back and knocked and asked. He said he heard us teaching last time
we were there teaching his neighbor and was interested because he believed in
God but never new what to do next. We started to teach him and we got his
contact info and were on our way.
We thought If we should go tract, which
was the backup at that point and we weren't feeling that was right thing to do.
We Checked for members that were in the area that we could visit. We found a name
of a inactive and decided to go contact her. It was Dark and it was hard to find
the apartment addresses but we pulled up to her apartment complex went to her
door and knocked. This man came to the door and we asked if the member lived
here. He said no we then asked how long had he lived there and he said 3 years.
Kind of puzzled we then asked what address this was and it was NOT the address
of the Inactive. So we did what any good missionary would do and asked if we
could Share a quick holiday message, "HE IS THE GIFT". He let us in
and we watched the video and afterward quickly referred to the Restoration. We
asked if he would be interested in learning more and he agreed so were planning
on going back his week. As we left his apartment building, we looked around the
apartment complex and said if were going to be Tracting we might as well do it
in doors. So we proceeded to invited people to watch he is the gift. The hours
that we were there we ended up getting 4 PNIs and 3 new investigators. It was a
true blessing and answer to our prayers. We pray that we may continue to remain
worthy of the Blessing that Heavenly father has been giving us being Obediant
and Working with all our heart, might, mind and strength.
|
we're still trying to
find new investigators that are solid, we're teaching lessons to people, but
not getting past the first lesson.
We WILL BE HAVING A
BAPTISM! The Gal that I sent you a picture of with me an elder Scrogham for
this Saturday. She asked that if I would baptize her. I feel really
honored and am trying to increase my spiritual sensitivity for the week to be
prepared for it. we have been fed pretty
well in this area. the only problem is that all the members who want to feed
us live out in Egypt. No one who lives in Morton really feeds us.
|
