This week was okay. We didn't have an amazing week this week but it was okay. Just average I guess. We weren't able to meet with Misty again due to her kids' busy schedule. BUMMER! We did, however still get to see her. We went and did some service at her parents' house. For the service project we were burning this huge brush pile! We had to burn it in a small little fire pit so it took forever and we only got maybe a third of the way into it. While we were there, Misty and her whole family came and we got to talk to them for a while. We will hopefully get to meet with them this week and teach them some more. It's been over 2 weeks since we have last seen them.
Rick isn't doing great. He is having a really hard time with keeping commitments so we told him that when we come next week, if he hasn't read or done anything, then we can't continue teaching him. I hope that he reads so that we can keep teaching him. Rick is such a nice guy and I love getting to meet with him.
Terry is still doing great! We pushed his date back to the 7th of May and hopefully he'll be able to make that. We aren't sure if Terry is going to be able to be baptized as soon as we thought. He'll have to talk with the President Brown and see when he is eligible. He came to church this last Sunday and then came with us to a Mission President fireside which was great! He's really doing amazing with understanding the gospel and acting on the faith that he is quickly developing.
We have also been teaching a guy named Elden the me and Elder Brewer found. He said that he is a member of the church but we aren't able to find his records. He said that he would be rebaptized if necessary. He definitely needs to make some changes in his life which he recognizes and is willing to change.
We are teaching this other guy named Brian who has quite a bit of challenges. He has had a pretty rough past and is struggling to find happiness in his life now. He said that he would come to church if we went to a different church service with him so I might be going to a different church in the near future haha.
Then this last week we had a sort of crazy experience when we were tracting. So we knocked this guy's door and and he answers and starts telling us how he used to have super strong faith in Christ but how he doesn't believe in him anymore. It was really a depressing story actually but anyway it got to a point in our conversation where he was yelling at us telling us to go check out some freaking books and get some freaking experience. The whole time he was talking/yelling at us, I was thinking of how I just felt bad for him and wanted him to be able to accept the gospel and find happiness from it. We shared a copy of the Book of Mormon with him and a Plan of Salvation pamphlet. He said that he would love to read it and learn more so we'll go back and talk to him this week. I still can't decide if it was a successful tract or not haha. Super weird experience.
We also went to a less active member's house and had a funny experience. His name is Justin and he has pretty severe schizophrenia. Anyway, when we got there, there was this random gallon of milk sitting in the middle of his apartment. We asked him how long it had been sitting there and all he said was, "long enough to be spoiled". Then he looks at us and asked "do you dare me to drink it?!" Elder Brewer and I both said that it probably wasn't a good idea but then he picks it up and just started chugging! Haha it was the grossest thing that I had ever seen! Later when he dumped it out, it just came out all chunky! We had to tell him not to drink a lot of other things that would've made him sick but just thought I would share that story since it's so weird.
Thank you so much for sending me that package! I really enjoyed getting a random package! You guys are the best! I'm working on getting a present for you Mom and then I will send a package home this coming week with birthday presents! I might just send Bennett's early and he can have his now so he doesn't feel left out.
Thanks so much Mom! You're to best! I love all of you guys and hope you're excited to get out of school! Love you all! Have a great week!
Love, Jack
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