I'm Back! Back in Henderson that is,
and I've got one week done and ready for the next one.
Tuesday, Elder Matealu and I had come
up to Henderson the night before and waited for our new companions to
get here. Once Elder Matealu and his new companion were gone, Elder
Peterson and I cleaned and rearranged the apartment, it really needed
it. Later we had dinner with some members, then we went to the church
for coordination.
Wednesday, we started going through the
member list, starting with the ones we received at coordination. We
saw one member that we were asked to read the Book of Mormon with
because his health doesn't allow him to get out. Then we tried by
someone that was being taught before I had gotten here the first
time, but never met. So we got to his apartment but he wasn't home
and so we were just going to leave when the maintenance man pulled up
and asked us to leave and all that, something about no soliciting,
but he did tell us if we wanted to visit someone we would have to go
through the manager first. Well we start to walk away when this other
guy walks up to us and identifies himself as a sheriff, now he had
been watching us this whole time but didn't say anything until after
we were asked to leave. Well he tells us that if he ever catches us
"trespassing" again, he would arrest us. Afterwards we
figured he just wanted to flex his authority and try to intimidate
us.
Thursday, we did service at the
"Audubon Museum & Nature Center", but none of the
people who tell us everything that needs to be done, was there (we
later found out that they were giving a demonstration at a school.)
So we did what I could remember what to do, and just as we were
finishing up the last of the things we knew how to do, one of the
ladies came back, and we went from having nothing to do, to not
having a moment to sit down. Later we bought a box of Girl Scout
cookies that a previous missionary had ordered and I wasn't going to
ruin the little girls day, so I paid the outrageous sum of $4 for a
box of cookies, and it would be the one kind that I really don't
like. Oh well, I'll probably just give it to someone who does want
it. In the evening a member and his wife drove us to another members
home that he home teaches, and they fed all of us. And that night, my
bottomless pit found its limit. I had two huge pieces of homemade
lasagna and two helpings of this apple pastry stuff he made with ice
cream on the side. Well as we're talking, Bro. Wroten (he's the one
who made everything) looks into the pan and sees that there's only
one piece left and says that he won't put that in the fridge, and
that someone has to eat it. So after no one else wanted it, I said
challenge accepted, and I completed that challenge, barely.
Friday, we went to Madisonville for
district meeting which was really good. Then we stopped by several
members who live on the border of the two areas, so we tried by them
on our way home. Then in the evening we were going to walk around
talking with people, but just after we started, a light rain started
coming and it was threatening to become a downpour, so we decided
that it was best to go inside and call potentials. The annoyingly
funny thing is that it didn't start raining hard until much later.
Saturday, we went to one of the far
reaches of our area to try by some members, but didn't have too much
luck. Later we did service at the Salvation Army, and to finish off
the day, we had a lesson with a former investigator that we had
gotten a hold of the day before, and we quickly found out why she was
dropped. Unfortunately, this lady is very mentally abusive to herself
and just as it appeared that we were making progress, she would start
talking on a completely different subject and would refuse to go back
to the previous thing. We are going to try by one more time, but I
don't think that there's really anything we can do for her, not until
she decides she's ready to move on.
Sunday, everyone was excited to have
the missionaries back, and it was mentioned several times that it was
a good reminder to everyone that it's everyone's responsibility to do
missionary work. Then Elder Peterson and I gave talks, it went well,
but we ended up having to fill more time than we thought. So there
was a lot of praying and adding stuff on the spot. After church we
went on splits with members to see some less actives. We didn't have
much success, but we did get things done.
Love y'all!
Elder Durrant
Great Kentucky Louisville Mission
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