Well this week was weird in a lot of ways. I will start at the beginning. Tuesday and Wednesday were 2 of the best days of my mission. Some cool things that happened not once but twice.....
we knocked on a door to house we really didn't think anyone was at. We both knew we should knock so we did and we found a really awesome member and his wife ( maybe married nobody gets married here so hard to tell ) They are total ballers and super chill but also love missionaries and really want to help us and the work. They even invited us over the next day for Christmas eve dinner, which was delicious! I got to eat some seafood for the first time in this land locked desert state! It was pretty cool. Thursday was okay --a few a appointments fell through and we didn't get a lot done because of the fact no one stays home for Christmas on the rez. Friday we got to go to the stake Presidents house for breakfast and then walked over to the 1st counselor in the mission presidency's house and relaxed with them for a while. I don't know why but his 2 sons and soon to be (maybe) son in law are all super huge and ripped. After that we went to the church and studied for a couple hours then all went our separate ways to call home. Elder Hudak, Elder Bratt, Elder Tollefson, and I all went to Leupp to spend Christmas with the Nelsons They are an awesome family. While we were there we got to FaceTime our family which was awesome and weird. Oh and I ate like 20 plus ribs haha food... anyways that's it for Christmas. On Saturday while getting firewood to an 90 year old shima (old lady) the man who was helping us deliver the wood go broad sided by a car going 65 miles an hour only a 100 yards in front of us! I honestly cannot believe no one died. The truck that hit the man who was helping us almost flipped and went into a ditch but instead ricochet and missed a ditch by about a foot. The truck that was hit almost flipped and I think it would have had it not bean full of wood. His tuck is still drivable and his door is the only thing damaged. And yes the lady got her wood and only one person went to the hospital for a concussion. So besides that it was a normal Saturday. Sunday we got the opportunity to give talks in sacrament so yippy haha I was asked to speak on Joseph Smith which was a pleasure. Elder T. was asked to speak on the Book of Mormon. And that's our week
My pondrize scripture is John 17:3
3 "And this is life eternal , that they might know thee the only true God , and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." I like this scripture because its very simple we all need to get to know Jesus Christ and God the father better. Our purpose as missionaries is to " invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end." and I think this scripture covers that very well.
I love you all and hope Christmas was wonderful for you
hagoonee (bye)
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