So this week was so bomb!
So my new companion in mission terms is my son since i'm training him. And i'm his Dad! Elder Chambers is my Dad since he trained me! Your second companion is called your Mom. So get this.... since it's so unusual for a missionary to train his second companion Elder Andrew is not only my son but also my Mom! Yeah I know... weird! haha
We get along SO well!!!! We are pretty close to the same person, but way different at the same time!!! He rocks! We are always laughing and teasing each other or in other words (we whistle while we work) and it's a blast!!! I feel so blessed that I got to stay in Lewiston! It's the best place in the world!
So the first full day for Elder Andrew in the field he crashed on his bike. haha Poor guy! I was worried about him at first but he got up really fast and was fine but we laugh so hard about it now because he was trying to walk it off like nothing happened and he was limping so bad. No scratches no lost teeth no bruises. He's so lucky. After our studies we went with Elder Whitcomb and Elder Warnick and unloaded an entire semi truck full of Girl Scout Cookies. It was so fun!
Elder Andrew and I are working extremely hard. We went through the ward list and made a giant list of all the Part Member Families and have been visiting them all day, everyday. So far we have found a lot of people who have invited us back. This has been just a big "finding" week! We've also started this thing called the Family Mission Plan and we are setting them up with each family in the ward and having them do missionary work instead of just giving referrals to us. Since the members are so important. Eventually if they really focus on their friends then we will teach them!
We went up to the Donat's which is about an hour drive then we hucked over 100 bails of hay! It was so much fun!!!! It had been WAY TOO LONG since I'd picked up something heavy and thrown it (the last time was in High School on the wrestling mat) We did that for 2 hours then went in and had dinner with them and then taught Sheila Donat a lesson on faith based out of Alma 32. We've already taught her all the lessons and she is in Mosiah right now still praying to know if the Book of Mormon is true. She is SO CLOSE!!!!! We'll just keep meeting with her each week and support her. She says she hopes it's true but she is just waiting for an answer!
So here's a sweet experience. Last night (Sunday) we had set up 2 FMPs (Family Mission Plans) One with the Hastings and one with the Bernatz Family. We finished the Hastings one 30 minutes earlier than we expected so we went across the street to the Bernatz' house and asked them if they would like to do it now or in 30 minutes at 8:30 like we planned. Brother Bernatz said "well Sister Bernatz isn't home yet so it's up to you. We can do it without her or you can wait till she gets here." We said "Hmmm..... We'll be back in 30 minutes we're going to go find a miracle or something" So we went out in the field and worked. About 1 minute after we left their house we got a call from a member in the ward saying "I have someone I want you to stop by and give a Book of Mormon to. He just moved here because he wants to change his life around and wants to read the Book of Mormon and look into the church!" (Miracle Number 1) Booya! So then we go to visit a PMF's (Part Member Family) and we weren't sure which house it was so we guessed. So it was the wrong house BUT.... we played it off and invited them on a Church Tour and they want to go sometime this week!!! (Miracle Number 2) So then we go next door which was the right house to see the Pare member Family and the guy we were looking for was asleep but we talked to his kids which are about 20 years old and invited them on a tour and they said they would like to and we'd talk more about it when we came back to see them this week. (Miracle Number 3) BOOYA!!!! Then we went back to the Bernatz' and set up their Family Mission Plan. It was so amazing! All of that happened because when we could've just chilled with the Bernatz' and waiting for Sister Bernatz to get home but instead we went out and worked even though we didn't really think we had any time to get anything done.
Get this one. We found out that a Grandaughter of one of the members moved in with them and she isn't a member. So we stopped yesterday to see if she'd be interested in meeting with us and we talked to the Grandpa which is an Active member and basically he told us that if she wants to know about the church she can ask him but he doesn't like how members of the church, including missionaries go knocking on doors and asking people if they want to know about the church. He said that if someone wants to know about the church they can just ask about it. Elder Andrew and I were just respectful and left after saying it was nice to see you and we'll see you next week at church. Anyway it was so ridiculous that he basically told us that we shouldn't even be out here on missions. Especially coming from an Active Member of the church. He makes it impossible for anyone to teach his Grandaughter. But guess what... The Lord won't let one person get in the way of his Children hearing His Gospel. So we were visiting some Part Member Families and we walk away from one of the houses and we see these teenagers walking by and we start talking to them. And she says hey do you know my grandpa?! This teenage girl was the same grandaughter we were trying to talk to! Can you believe that?! The Lord put her right in our path!!!!!!!! BOOYA!!! Nobody can stop the work from moving forward!
Love you!
Elder Whiting
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