Knock Knock

Monday- We taught David and gave him a blessing. He was supposed to go in for surgery on a hernia Tuesday, but because of breathing problems, it was a no go. We went to the local grocery store to talk with people and met a couple

Tuesday- We did deep clean pretty much all day. We did get a less active youth to come with us to a lesson and he bore super powerful testimony. We went to dinner after that.

Wednesday- We did some service for a couple we met on Monday. They're nonmembers. We helped them lay mulch all around their house. The kept calling us angels and stuff. It was pretty great.

Thursday- We weekly planned, and went and finished laying mulch. We went to dinner with Brother Diettrich, then went and tried to contact some less actives. We ended up walking in during one of the Sister missionaries lessons haha whoops.

Friday- We had zone meeting in Goldsboro. Surprise!! Elder Terril was there. We sat together and did good missionary things and stuff. District Meeting was dedicated to the new teaching style. We didn't get home until 3. I was on exchanges with Elder Broyles. We didn't have much success with anything. We had double exchange night at correlation. Brother Brletich and I had a goal to get the Chicago Blackhawk's theme song stuck in Sister Dalton's head. We succeeded.

Saturday- Started the day off with a miracle. We were trying to find someone to talk to. We drove to an investigator's apartment and saw that his upstairs neighbor was moving some stuff. She had been forced to move, so she really appreciated the help we gave her. We were able to talk to her a bit. She was super excited to meet with the Sisters. We exchanged back, then went and taught David again. We read the Book of Mormon with him. We finished weekly planning, then had dinner. We went out with Brother Donahay. Our appointments all cancelled. We contacted a potential. They invited us in, we talked for a while, then we shared the Restoration. The mom is super great. She said she had a Book of Mormon when she was 14, but it didn't mean much. Now, she says that she can see it being true. It was sweet.

Sunday- We had dinner and a lesson with Andrew and Chelsea at the Donahays. Brother Donahay makes the best egg rolls ever!!! Andrew has some pretty big concerns about baptism.

We taught Gospel Principles yesterday and the lesson was on Repentance. Someone made the comment that when we withhold repentance, it's like carrying a backpack full of rocks, it's painful and unnecessary. As we go along, we realize that we can't keep living like this. This bag full of rocks is holding us back. We hand the bag over to our guide (Jesus Christ) and he gives us his bag that's lighter and is filled with stuff we need. As long as we fill our bags with essential things, such as prayer, scripture study, and church, our load remains light. When we fill our bags with rocks, we become weighed down. Don't procrastinate repentance. The faster you get rid of that load, the further you can progress in this life.

Elder Dumont