Companion: Elder Bradley
Hello Everyone!
I'm still in Lenexa for another transfer!, it will be interesting to see what president does to me on my last transfer, kinda curious!
We had an awesome week! We had service, teaching, finding, beer, and a general authority! A little taste of everything this week.
We have been trying really hard to get some service here in the area as that is a good way to build trust and to also find. We had a member call us up and except our offer to go and help an older widowed lady rip out some old steps out of her yard. That was a really good opportunity to get to know the member a lot better and to build a relationship with the older lady as well.
We had a really cool experience this week running into one of the investigators from another ward that we had met a couple of weeks ago to give his buddy a blessing. This guys name is Justin. He was at an apartment complex that we were walking around at and he recognized us. He had a beer in his hand and he has been trying really hard to stop drinking. He is about 40 years old and has been drinking for about 25 years of his life so it has been a huge struggle for him. I asked for the beer and dumped it out and he said that he was so glad that he ran into us because that was the first beer he has had in two weeks. He said that he wanted to go to the addiction recovery meetings and start going to church so that he can change his life. The Sister Missionaries haven't been able to contact him for two weeks so this was a big blessing to them. It was really cool to see how the Lord orchestrated his work through us. It has been a rough last couple of weeks as far as being able to teach and find, but experiences like this really make everything all worth it. I am really starting to understand and apply the principle that everything that the Savior did was for the individual. I'm going to focus more on the individual and reaching out to the individual because that one person matters.
We also had a really good lesson with Mauricio this week. We had the perfect member with us that could relate to him and was able to say exactly what he needed to hear. He was able to get him to understand why he needed to read the Book of Mormon and how that would change his life for the better. We are excited to see where it goes with him!
We had a special visit from President Suarez (member of the Seventy) and Elder and Sister Rosson (member of the Seventy) to the MLC (Mission Leadership Counsel) this Saturday. It was so cool to hear what they felt we needed specific as a mission. They talked a lot about love, being bold, setting goals, planning, and securing our own personal testimony. We have zone training this Tuesday and we will pass on the information to the rest of the missionaries in our zone!
That is about all I have to say this week!
Love you all!!!
Elder Shoemaker
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