Hello! well this week in San Angelo has been amazing as usual! We still are trying to find people to teach and getting the ward members more involved! We got a new branch mission leader this week so that was good! So last P-day was super fun we got to go bowling on base. I scored a high of about 63 so cant complain. So the other night we went to visit one of the members in our branch and my companion has this thing where she doesnt like parking in front of the persons house so she will park like 3 houses away. anyway so the member wasnt home so as we were walking back to the car there was a man standing by it. So of course first thing that comes to mind this guys gonna try to kidnap me because im so adorable! Well turns out he wasn't he was just watching our car for us because there had been kids bashing in car windows the past few nights. so he was actually really nice! anyway we got to talking and his name is Eli he has 3 girls ages like 15,13, and 8 so we taught him a little bit more about our church and he said the only time he was avalible was in the mornings at like 8 so tomorrow we are going to visit him and teach him how families can be together forever.
Other people we are working with is kinda a weird situation... so we were knocking on their next door neighbors door and they heard us and were like oh we love the missionaries come on in! So in the apartment there is a brother thats like 27 a sister thats 24 and they take care of their little brother thats 8. plus they have 2 other girl roomates. anyway its not the best situation but they are trying to do all they can. They went to church with their grandma a few times but nothing to big but she would always have missionaries over so yea. anyway they think mormons are super judgemental and missionaries only care about numbers so right now we are more trying to just be friends with them and be there for them .They keep inviting us to go play GREED! and heaven knows I love that game! anyway they are nice but the situation in the home just isnt the best. So hopefully we can get them to church within the next few weeks.
We are also working with Quincy. My companion was working with him before I got here and they actually decided to drop him because even though he was reading and praying everynight and keeping all the comandments he wasn't felling the spirit at all and there was nothing they could really do for him. So they decided that if he didnt come to church on Sunday that they would drop him. So he didn't so up so my second day here we went to tell him that we could still come visit but we couldnt teach him anymore then he told us that he went to church but he went the wrong time cause of work so my companion decided to just see if he noticed any difference since we hadnt been teaching him for a few weeks and thats what brought us to this week. We met with him and he didnt notice a difference at all. but he was still reading still praying ot know if it was true and everything. So we decided just to reteach the lessons and see if anything pops out this time. He's really nice and I would hate to have to drop him.
So on this mission there are multiple awkward moments everyday. But we had one last night that was well the ultimate awkward! even my companion said it was the most awkward encounter she has had on the mission. So there is this member that just moved in and his wife isn't a member. so He asked if we could go to his house and pretend like we were tracking and talk with her a little bit. he said mornings were best so we went like 3 times and no one was home so last night we were like lets just go tonight. So we get there and we can tel people are home. so we knock and he answers. keep in mind we have never met him before. anyway so we didnt know what to do cause we knew why we were there he knew why we were there but we still had to pretend like we were just knocking.... but we all kinda just stood there for like 45 seconds and then my companion was like well we would love to come back and visit with ya'll and he just said yea and shut the door. it was just really awkward.haha Heaven knows i love my awkward moments but that was too much.
I hear Ian won Big Brother!!!! oh so called that! a little sad Dan took second but thats good! and Donny O gots a new door! lookin fly as usual!
I love this gospel so much! I can feel heavenly fathers love for me everyday in my life. Its crazy how tired and exhausted I am but everymorning I cant wait to wake up and im the happiest I have ever been! This week our motto has been that quote from We Bought a Zoo. "you know sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage. Just literally 20 seconds of embarrassing bravery. And I promise something great will come of it." so we have been using that everytime we go to talk to someone or knock on a door and it really has helped and something great has come of it basically everytime! Ya'll are awesome keep reading the scriptures I have seen how just reading 5 minutes a day has changed people lives and you can just tell they are happier! LOVE YA!
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