Great week. Really great week.
On Tuesday, we started teaching a Book of Mormon class at "The Ranch" where all the fundamentalists live. We got about ten people out which was awesome. Mostly one family, but we were just glad the came out! We weren't exactly sure what to expect, but we're super excited for the potential and what we can possibly do in the future. It's so awesome to be able to offer these people a more structured learning experience. They're awesome, they just don't go to church because that's what happens when you're a member of a small apostate group and leave the headquarters because your leaders are all crazy. Now they just need to get over the plural marriage thing and join the true church.
Things are super duper with Elder Allred. He is actually personable! I hear that Elder Sandoval is doing well in Greenwood, so good for him. Hopefully he figured a few things out. Elder Allred is a ton of fun though, and very real, which is a nice change. Down to earth people are the best. Now we can forget about ourselves and really get to work!
Haha, I just got an e-mail from Elder Reese, "The Most High and Mighty Zone Commander." That kid cracks me up.
What else awesome happened this week?
Oh, we played basketball with the polygamists on Friday. Except I'm fat and was really bad. Elder Allred was good though, so hopefully he'll win their trust and baptize them all. I'll just teach about the Book of Mormon or something.
Last night we had dinner with a cool family in the ward, except the oldest daughter invited her boyfriend and now he's an inside joke between Elder Allred and I. Alvin was raised by an opera singer, so his musical taste is really snobby. Also he's in the Army and taught us that you don't kill people with pocket knives, you kill them bear knives. He's had training. Also he knows more than you. About everything.
Shoot dang man, I'm trying to remember all the awesome things that we did this week because there were a lot of them.
Oh, we got lost on the ranch which was terrifying. I'm pretty sure there were a few guys with chainsaws just waiting to murder us. We spent about half an hour driving around in circles. But then some of our investigators saved us and told us how to escape the creepy backwoods of polygamist Missouri.
Well, that's about all that I can think of this week folks.
Our new motto here is "Tomorrow we're getting skinny"
So far the tomorrow part is working great.
Love you'uns
Elder Christopher Drake
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