Hey all! Another week here in the field has come and gone, and it picked up pretty quick this week. Feels like I was writing an email for last week just yesterday. We are about halfway done with this transfer already, but Im pretty sure I will be here at least one more transfer if not more. I do like it here in Yerington, but I think I will like the city just as much if not more. I dont know, Im not too big on the small town thing. So this week we had a Zone Meeting in Fallon and that was nice, getting to see all the other missionaries. Dont get me wrong I love Elder Ferguson, but its nice to get to do things in a group, ya know? We went a little early and hung out at the zone leaders place for a little bit and they have a sweet apartment.. makes me a little jealous. Its not too bad living with members, but it would be wayyy better to not haha.
So we currently have like 8 progressing investigators, 4 of which are kids.
The kids all want to be baptized but the thing is we are a little hesitant because we want to get the parents reactivated so the kids dont just get baptized and not go to church ever. We are pretty optimistic about that though and are hoping to have it taken care of soon. The other investigators are progressing well, one of them we go visit every Friday cause he is out in Hawthorne. His name is David. The first lesson we had with him he wasnt too sure about any of it he had a ton of questions and his own beliefs he threw at us. I think he was just trying to stump us but we had an answer for everything and told him to pray about what we talked about and everything.
We went back this last Friday and he was a lot more receptive and interested. His son Gavin was our main reason for going out there but we are hoping to reactivate Gavins mom and get David interested in the Gospel too.
Our other main investigator is Ken and he is super receptive and just really wants to get through the lessons and get baptized. Hes doing well.
So yeah everything is going well, the main thing I dont like about the small town thing is there seems to be a lot moroe drama here than back home in a big ward. Our like main asset is this member named Cindy. She is super awesome and helps us out all the time and we have dinner there a lot. She seems to know everyone and has tons of refferals and things for us but she is also a big problem for us. The thing is within the ward there are a lot of rumors going around about her and she is really sensative and gets her feelings hurt easy. So a lot of times she just calls us and has us come over and stuff and she like tells us all these stories and starts crying and stuff and its like what the heck.. its like we're having to do all this missionary work and at the same time we are being therapists. We have to be careful because a lot of missionaries have gotten in trouble because of false accusations with her so we are on our toes. A lot of this probably isnt making much sense without the details but whatevs.
Yeah we got to go to all of conference and it was great. I think its just because Im on a mission now but I appreciate and like it so much more now.
Jeffrey R. Holland is the best I dont know how he wasnt just translated to the celestial kingdom right then and there. It was amazing. I wish the Prophet would have spoke more, I didnt feel like he gave us enough.
Priesthood was great too.
Thats pretty much it for this week, thanks for all the support and emails, keep me posted too!
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