June 24, 2024
Hey Everyone!
Transfers have come and gone, and I got to stay here in Rochester with Elder Timothy! I'm super happy to stay because we got some awesome work to do! We've been having fun too, so let's get to the week!
Monday - Last P-Day was a zone P-Day! It was a fun time playing pickleball, Magic, and a bit of basketball. Everyone brought snacks and even the Gochnours came because we were the only zone in the mission to hit its goal for the transfer. It was a fun time, but Sister Gochnour's videos that she took made me realize I really gotta get on the weight loss grind. So that's my new goal for my mission. Eat better and eat less! It was also raining the whole day, and some of it was super hard too! But it was pretty cool to watch and listen to!
Tuesday - Today we had some fun times, kinda. We had some service and a lesson with a lady named Mary Jane. The service was pulling as many thistles as week could, cause they were everywhere in their yard. We ended up teaching her a restoration lesson and giving her a Book of Mormon, but later in the week she sent us a message saying they weren't gonna be leaving their church. Darn it! But we got to have a lesson with the Wei family that came to church on Sunday. They have just a genuine curiosity about the church and religion as a whole, so it was an interesting lesson because their son has a kids Bible, so he knows a lot more about Christianity than the parents. But I can see them getting baptized by the end of the transfer. We'll see, though.
Wednesday - District Council today was pretty sad, as it was Elder Guinn's last one. Love ya, man! He bore a super powerful testimony at the end and we went to a place called Snappy's for lunch afterwards. Good, juicy burgers for pretty low prices. Then we unfortunately will probably be our last lesson with Taylor, because she is just to set on not being baptized again. It wasn't fun to tell her that we wouldn't be able to meet with her as much anymore because of our purpose. Then we had a lesson with a guy named Peter where we brought along a joint teacher, but I think he might have scared Peter off by overloading him a bit. We can definitely use that JT for certain other people, but that's our bad for bringing him to a guy who hadn't even really got to know us yet.
Thursday - Today was a pretty normal day. We ended up going to Audrey's house to mow her yard, and found out she had fallen and broken her wrist. Then came back, showered, and headed out to Plainview, which is about 30 mins for dinner. Then we checked the dots we have around there, and we found a dude named Devan! He's met with missionaries before, and he said he's even had his own witness of the Book of Mormon! They just couldn't keep contact with him. So our goal is to keep that contact and get him to church! Then we got to go to activity days and played a fun game that I will definitely take home with me. It's called LRC Wild dice, and it was fun with a bunch of 8 to 11 year old boys, so it'll be great to play with a bunch of adults!
Friday - Today didn't really have a lot going on. We set up some lessons with people, so that's about it on the work. We walked through Mayo Park, and the river running through it is running pretty full. Even part of the sidewalk is covered in water!
Saturday - Today was a packed day. We had a lesson with a dude named Ricky, who was a green dot when we first got here. He's been on the books for 7 years, and his only thing about being baptized is his family really doesn't want him to. So we kinda just relayed the fact that he knows what he needs to do, it's just the fact of realizing what God has asked him to do. Then we went to a fellowship so we could talk a bit more with someone we talked to in the park. Bob is just trying to convert us to what he believes. So we know who we're taking along to talk with him next time. Then we got to have a lesson with my first Facebook find! His name is Ngor (pronounced gore) and he's had a lot of brushes with the church from missionaries when he was younger to going to Utah State for school. We taught him a restoration, and he was pretty receptive to the whole thing! It'll be great when we're actually able to meet with him!.
Sunday - The Sabbath is always the best day of the week. The Wei's came to church and the talks were great. They said they liked Sacrament and it made them think a bit more about life. Then they both seemed to like Elder's Quorum and Relief Society. We even got people saying that they're gonna try to fellowship them a bit more and would love to JT with us for them later on. It's just gonna be a great thing to see how the Weis progress!
So that was the week! We ended up being pretty busy for the last week of the transfer, and I'm still super happy that we get to stay for another 6 weeks! If y'all could pray for the Wei family, Devan, and Ngor, that would be great! Hopefully their curiosity in the Gospel stays alive!
Love y'all! Watch for Miracles!
Sincerely,
Elder Buchanan
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