Monday- We got together with some kids in the ward and Brother Cummins, and we had a huge Nerf Gun War. It was a blast.
That's how we roll! |
That's a lot of Nerf guns |
Tuesday- I went on an exchange with Elder McCleary and it was sweet. We did some tracting and saw a wide variety of interesting people. We got a few potentials. We were biking to contact this guy, and I popped a tire. I looked at the culprit, and it was a razor blade. A legit razorblade!!! We got a ride home from Brother Florentino, then went to dinner at Wendy's. A guy came up to us and gave us a pass along card for his faith haha. It was sweet. We taught one of their investigators a quick lesson. It was a really good day.
Wednesday- Brother Florentino came and fixed my tire. And by fixed, I mean bought me a new tube and tread!!! He is the man. We went caroling a little bit, but then we had to be back home. We did get to spend the evening with the Cooks. They are preparing to give a talk in church, their first one!!!
Thursday- Christmas!!!!!!! Yes, Santa visits missionaries. We had a conference call Christmas Devotional, which was sweet. Afterwards, we opened presents with the other Elders. We got picked up for breakfast with the Piggot's. They had a way sweet spread. We chatted a little bit, then went to the Sommerville's for lunch. They had invited the Cooks over, so it was a way sweet meal. Brother Sommerville ordered BBQ from this place in Kansas City that's supposed to have the best BBQ in the nation. It was real good. We played some games and learned how to make a bowtie out of a normal tie. From there, it was on to Brother Cummin's, where we got to Skype our dear families. That was a super sweet tender mercy. My family is straight awesome. We played some games, then came home.
Friday- We had district meeting. A little later in the day, we went to teach a lady Elder Brimley found on his exchange with Elder Aitken. We taught her a little bit, then tried to contact some others. We had dinner with the Maxwell's and their friends.
Saturday- We had another lesson with Sherril. We read the account of Ammon and King Lamoni with her. We did some street contacting, then we had to head home, cause my knee wasn't having anymore of it. Darn physical limitations.
Sunday- The Cooks gave their talks and they were way good. Brother Cook talked about his conversion story and asked everybody to bare with him as he continues to learn and grow. He is the bomb. After church, we went to eat at the Foot's home. We had a really good gospel discussion with Brother Foots and his son Harry (the RM). We watched the Restoration video with them and bore testimony, like the good missionaries that we are.
A quick spiritual thought that came from the talks given in church. There were 4 short talks given, all about gratitude. The biggest thing that I collected is that gratitude isn't an event, it's a state of mind. When we have the right state of mind, we can really begin to see the hand of the Lord in all things. From the good times to the bad times, we can see the hand of the Lord.
This was a really good week, and the work is starting to pick up a little bit. We have transfer calls happening on Saturday, so fingers crossed. Love you all. Have a great week.
Love,
Elder Dumont