Area: Lenexa, Kansas
Companion: Elder Bradley
Well, yet another week in Kansas and the work continues to move forward. Sometimes slower than at other times, but it moves forward.
These past couple of weeks have presented a challenge while here in this area. The ward is great, the weather in nice, the people are nice, but no one seems to want to listen to what we have to say... We haven't been able to find new investigators for the past two weeks and the ones that we do have are really busy with graduation right now or being sick that they haven't been able to meet. We have spent a lot of time trying to contact unknown people on our ward roster, walking around parks in the area, and talking to everyone we see.
We did have a really cool experience on Saturday night as we were driving back to our apartment, we saw Mauricio with one of his friends out and about playing basketball at a park next to our apartment. We went over and had a good time with them and played some basketball. It was a really good opportunity to build our relationship with him and to also put a good taste in his friends mouth about us missionaries. We have an appointment with him this evening so we will see how that one goes!
We had an awesome ward counsel on Sunday! The bishop is really gung ho about missionary work land is trying to get the rest of the ward counsel on board with it all. We don't really get to see him much at all, but he is helping us out a lot in that regards. The bishop has a lot of faith that if the ward is doing all that they can, then the Lord will bless the ward one way or another with someone to start being taught. This ward hasn't seen a convert baptism in just about 2 years so their hopes are a little down right now. We have been trying really hard to raise everyone's vision and to instill some hope and faith in the ward members. We have some good things in the works and also a ward party on Memorial Day so hopefully some things will get rolling there.
That's about all I have for you this week!!
Love you all!
Elder Shoemaker
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