June 7, 2024
Hey Everyone! It's about that time again. A time of dread or excitement, depending on who you are. It's transfer week! I personally don't think that either me or Elder Timothy will be getting moved out, since we washed in. Had some interesting things happen this week, so let's get into it.
Monday - Today our district adventures took us accidentally outside our areas. We went and climbed the Elba fire tower. Not too far out of the areas, and a little bit of walking and a lot of stairs. Just some fun hanging out. We actually found someone that previous missionaries had talked to and he invited us for dinner. Justin is an interesting dude, but we were able to have a good conversation and talk about some challenges he's had with our beliefs. We're not gonna be able to meet for a while, but hopefully we can have some better answers for any questions he has.
Tuesday - Today we got to go on exchanges with the ZLs. I headed off with Elder McKone in Roch 3's area. I gotta be honest, I hadn't heard very fun things about him, but after seeing how he is for a day, he's a pretty good dude. We were booked up for lessons in the afternoon and after dinner. Was pretty cool to see how the spirit affected each lesson though.
Wednesday - We had district council today. Next week will be Elder Guinn's, one of the Roch 4 Elders, sort of funeral for his mission. It will be interesting. We had a lesson with Taylor where we tried to talk more about coming to church and baptism, but she seems so determined on just read with us interactions and not getting baptized because she's been baptized too many times. We might have to drop her before the end of the transfer, which will be such a heart breaker. Please pray for her so she can realize the importance of the authority we've taught her about,
Thursday - Today we had an interesting institute class with President Mattheson talking about the importance of the First Vision and why we use it so much in our teaching. It was an inspiring lesson and made me realize that I should study the JSH a lot more! We had a few interesting lessons today as well. We taught a couple members of a part-member/inactive family because she wants to have those lessons and encouragement to come back to church. There is also a chance of having a progressing person in that house, too. But she wasn't able to join us because she had just had her eyes dilated. Later, we had a lesson with a guy named Allen. He was very concerned with the humanitarian efforts that the church does. While we didn't have all the answers, I think we were able to answer some of his questions. Then we finally got to give EJ his tagalog Book of Mormon! We had a great discussion about following Christ and had a small restoration lesson with him. Today was a fun day.
Friday - Today was a fun one. We got to have lunch with the Roch 4 elders because one of our recent converts, Thomas, saw his 2 year post on Facebook and invited them over. He made a nice spread of mashed potatoes and gravy, BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, corn and blueberry pie. I'm not usually a fan of fruity desserts, but it was pretty good. Then we headed out to a lady's farm to do some service for her. Her name is Vicki, and we got her to come to church last week and we had a good discussion about how she like church and how she's felt the Holy Ghost in her life. Her issue is that if our church is the true church, what does that mean for all the others that are just doing their best with what they have. I think we were able to explain it pretty well. She definitely is gonna need some prayers, though! Hopefully she can see the truth in what we've said and what she's experienced.
Saturday - Today was definitely a super slow day. We had to move weekly planning back a day because of service. But we just weren't super in it today. We both decided we'll hunker down and get to work this next week, cause we know we can do better!
Sunday - The Sabbath is always the best day! And it was even cooler because we had a family show up to church! The Tian's came to activity days a couple of weeks ago, and that's how we got their number. We were actually trying to just set up a lesson with them and they just said we can come to church. So their first experience with anything actually church related is Sacrament meeting and Sunday School, so hopefully it wasn't too much. And then I got to call my day for an hour! It was a good little discussion, got to hear how he's doing, a little bit more about some mission things I should try, and how the Buchanan reunion went. Kind of a bummer to miss it for the first time, but I'm here doing His work, so I guess it's a good reason.
That's pretty much it for my week. If I could ask for y'all to do anything, it'd be to pray for the people we're teaching. We've had to drop some people we thought were doing good, but it's just the way it goes sometimes. Always be on the lookout for those small miracles in your life!
Love y'all!
Sincerely,
Elder Buchanan
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