I be so busy

Common phrase we hear.

Tuesday- We went and saw David and had a pretty tense moment. He tried to give us the Book of Mormon back. His Sister really tore into him the night before and he was clearly shaken up. We were able to calm him down. He hadn't been to any church in a while, because he felt that the people at his church were two-faced. We invited him to our church, and he said he would come. We mowed a member's lawn, then we had dinner with the Donahays. We were out tracting and we saw a couple of guys playing basketball. I asked if I could shoot a couple. We got to talking and one of them had a ton of questions. His faith in God is shaky at best. He loved what we had to say. His name is Malik. His friend Andre was super quiet.

Wednesday- We had a lesson with Rick. He's been trying to read the Book of Mormon. That's progress. We were out tracting, when we got a text from Brother Jones saying that he knew a guy named Chris Love, that prayed and received inspiration that he needs to be Mormon!!! We didn't get to see him today though. We had dinner with the Coburns.

Thursday- We had a split exchange with the zone leaders. Basically, both sets of missionaries worked in our area. I was with Elder Dickerson again. We did some tracting, then had dinner at the Brletich's. We went and visited a potential named Lola. We taught her the Plan of Salvation. She's a super sweet lady.

Friday- We saw Malik again. One of his biggest concerns was when he tried to read the Bible, he couldn't understand it at all. He tried reading the Book of Mormon, but couldn't understand it. We sat down with him, and started reading. It started off with us explaining everything to him, but then we asked him to tell us what he thinks the verses mean. He nailed every single verse. He was getting super excited by the end of the lesson. We tried to contact some less actives, but had no success. We went to correlation and worked on splitting up the ward roster between us and the sisters. 

Saturday- It was a pretty crazy day. Elder Lewis gave a baptismal interview, then we went to Cracker Barrel for lunch (thanks Mom and Dad). We tracted a bit. It was very hot and very humid. Elder Lewis first taught Chris Love on Thursday with Elder Williams. We taught him again today. He's way sweet!!! He just wants to do what's best for his little girl. We had dinner with the Garners, then went out with Brother Donahay. We had no success.

Sunday- We had church, had lunch, had studies, tried to visit a couple people, then went to the stake general priesthood session. It was all about keeping the sabbath day holy. I got rebuked pretty good. President Judd, the stake president, talked about how every General conference, all of the general authorities gather in Salt Lake City for a training session right after conference is over. The focus of these trainings is on what is called "The Prophetic Priority," which is keeping the sabbath day holy at church, and at home. It was a super great meeting. 

Spiritual thought: In the last general conference, Elder Nelson gave a talk on keeping the sabbath day holy. He talked about how our conduct and attitude on the sabbath "constitutes a sign between (us) and Heavenly Father." What kind of sign are you sending to your Heavenly Father on the day he has appointed to be a day for us to enter into his rest? Love you all. Have a great week.

Elder Dumont