guys I don't know how, but it has been ANOTHER LIT WEEK! I'm so
hyped up right now, and to top it off, I'll see Ben hill (one of my friends
from back home who is also serving in this mission) TOMORROW! You know I'm
hyped about that! this week had some miracles, funny stories, and more! check
it!
not much to report on for last Monday. we kebabtised sister
romero, which was a mistake because it left us all feeling like crap, kebab
shops are the worst things ever. But I guess you just gotta do it for the
vine...or the email!
Tuesday was a pretty good day. We did a lot of finding but we
will see if that was any good this week when we actually meet up with them. we
went over to the Hole's house, a member couple, in the ward. they fed us
bangers and mash, which is mashed potatoes and sausage, it was SOO good, no
joke, they are such good cooks! following that we went to institute which was
fun too, so weird to be around young people again! a lot of people thought we
were Jehovah's Witnesses, not a super fun day, but not a bad one.
Wednesday was actually pretty fun! We had zone meeting which was
cool, my favorite thing from it was definitely the spiritual thought that
another elder gave. He talked about how if Christ was walking on the streets,
he would never walk past someone and not say anything. It really made me think
because as a representative of Christ, I shouldn't just walk past people. It
reminded me of the scripture talking about how us walking out here with the
gospel means nothing if others are walking around us not having the chance to
hear about it. Definitely gave me a new perspective. After zone meeting we
knocked some doors and visited some potentials, none of the potentials were
able to meet, but we found a really cool family to potentially teach later on,
read more to hear more. After all that we went to Syyyy's house to share a
quick message but ended up talking about deep doctrine and life for an hour.
Syyyy has to be one of the funniest guys I've ever met, when he moves to
America we'll party it up in P-town all day every day!
thursday was so lit! we started by showing a few of our
potentials the Christmas video. as we were visiting those potentials, we
stopped by one potential whose name is Cxxx. we knocked, and another
college kid answered and we told him what we were doing and all of the sudden
five college students come to the door and start laughing and start calling out
to [] Cxxx []. I was ready to just give them a pass along card and
leave, but then they invited us in. Turns out the reason they were laughing was
because they all thought that we wanted to record cxxx for a Christmas
video, not show her one. that was hilarious, and such a huge misunderstanding
haha. but all six college students wanted to watch it so we showed it and the
spirit totally punched the room in the face and those students were way
impressed. they were super interested in why we were out as missionaries and
just interested in us as people, we are gonna try and stop by to see them soon
cuz they actually liked us. it was such a cool experience, even if it doesn't
go anywhere, planting seeds like no other is the plan! we saw Kxxx and
talked to her about family history and then we went to Royston's house for
dinner, which was incredible as always. It was a good day.
oh boy Friday was fun! we met up with Dxxx for a lesson and we
didn't know where to go, so he took us to a cafe in a Catholic Church. Do you
know how awkward it is to teach a lesson and talk about Mormonism in a quiet
Catholic Church with two Mormon missionaries and a guy who strongly dislikes
the catholic religion? Well, it's awkward cuz everyone was just staring at us,
but oh well. one of our lessons flogged so we went to go knock doors and we ran
into...Shaun fish, it was cool talking to him for a bit! then we knocked doors
on a street I felt an impression to knock on from a few days previously, well
we knocked one side of it and there were some miracles! one girl wanted to see
the video and I think we will stop by again soon! we got some cool potentials!
two of them were super nice and asked if we would be willing to come again
which was cool, but only time will tell to see if they become anything other
than potentials, but they have potential! Haha. we ate dinner with miner and
holbrook and then went to play chair soccer at the church for sports night,
which was cool but I got no game in soccer at all!
Saturday wasnt too bad, it was raining the entire day but we had
a few miracles still! At lunch we decided to text a ton of people and a less
active part member family said we could see them next week! That'll be rad!
Also a former investigator said he wants to meet up again! After all that stuff
we went to visit some potentials and see the family we met earlier in the week,
they are from Estonia, wherever that is, they were super kind, they loved the
Christmas message! I don't think they are too religious but they should be
hitting up the Christmas party this week! It'll be a rager no doubt!
Sunday was good! They always are! Church was sweet! After that
we went to take the sacrament to a few members who were sick/unable to go to
church and the spirit was so strong as we delivered it to them. They all have
such amazing hearts. We knocked some doors too but not too much happened there,
it's hard to gather motivation on Sunday afternoons cuz p-day is the next day
haha, but we worked through it! This upcoming week we are really gonna try to
find solid new investigators, not just for the Christmas video thing, but to
really teach!
As always I'll end with a quick spiritual thought! In the last
general conference, David A Bernard gave a talk called "If Ye Had Known
Me", if you haven't watched or read it, do it! My favourite quote from it
is when he said "We often testify of what we know to be true, but perhaps
the more relevant question for each of us is whether we believe what we
know." This struck me a lot at first, and I thought about it a good
amount, and then it sunk in. So often, we tell other people that the gospel can
bless their lives, that they can feel comfort and be forgiven of sins through
the atonement of Jesus Christ, but when we are going through a hard time, when
we mess up, or anything else, it can be hard to recognize that the atonement
can actually work for us. Always remember that the gospel and Christ's love is
so individual to our needs and situations, trust the Lord, the gospel works.
Believe in what you know!
a big thank you to everyone that emails me every week, I love
you guys! a big congrats to my step bro Jake and his fiancé Kendra on making
things official! welcome to the fam Kendra! also, I heard byu is playing
Wyoming in the Poinsettia Bowl game soon, should be an easy win for the Cougs
cuz Wyoming is garbage in football! haha no chance of victory for them! rise
and shout, the cougies are out!
well, it's that time again, thanks for tuning in for this email,
have a legen-wait for it, and I hope you aren't lactose intolerant because the
next word is-DARY! LEGENDARY week! Love you guys! Stay beautiful! 😘
Elder Varner
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