Elder Austin's Journal Letter for February 17th - 23rd, 2014

Monday, February 17, 2014

Well, P-day this week was uneventful.  We had an email from Ashley today, so that made me happy.  When P-day was over, we went tracting and it was very interesting.....  One man told me if I didn't go away he'd hunt me down.  I smiled and said "Have a nice day sir".  The next house was very monumental.  For the first time in 6 1/2 months, someone let me in when I knocked on the door.  It was a sweet old lady and we talked about the Book of Mormon.  We got a return appointment so that was nice.  We saw Angela after that and had dinner with her.  I got bit and scratched by two demon cats today.  I have scars!  A couple of them drew blood.  I guess that's when you know you've had a good day.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Well, the day started off with an awesome district meeting as usual.  It kind of stinks because we have to drive an hour every week to these meetings.  Angela wanted to talk to us and it was very weird.  She talked about things that have happened in the past and wanted our help.  I guess we're one of the only ones she can talk to.  We then went over to Bethany's and answered some of her questions.  She said she is close to being baptized, so that made me happy.  She says she wants more answers. 

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Nothing really exciting happened today.  We had a good lesson with Bethany at the Corrigan's house.  We watched the Restoration DVD and had a little testimony meeting.  The Spirit was strong.  It was a good day.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Another less exciting day today.  It poured down rain in the morning and that's never good for missionary work.  Luckily it started to lighten up in the later afternoon.  We got a new investigator today named Margaret.  She's an older lady who LOVES to talk.  She likes reading the Book of Mormon though, so that will be good.  I got a Valentines package from ERIN and a letter from you, so that made the day a little better.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a much better day.

Friday, February 21, 2014

We got another new investigator today, but I don't know how solid she'll be.  Her name is Ure (sounds like your) and she's another single old lady.  I don't know why, but we keep attracting these lonely old ladies.  Sometimes I feel like they only invite us back because they have no one to talk to.  We're hoping and praying that a miracle will happen.  A lot of our appointments fell through so that caused us to knock on doors in the rain.  We got to find more solid investigators soon .....

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Our day consisted of going to the people that lived out of town.  Of course, my favorite was visiting our 88 year old member named Peter.  He's such a good guy and he radiates with the Spirit.  He tells us the same old stories because of his dementia, but I don't mind.  We then saw Bethany.  She is stressed because of life and she is still deciding about being baptized.  She knows its true, she just needs to stop fighting what she is feeling. 

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Ahhh, Sunday, my favorite day of the week.  Unfortunately our church attendance took a dive this week.  No investigators were there and some key members were away.  We only had 13 there today.  We had a good lesson how Abraham and his brother Lot had to separate in order to end their strife.  It kind of reminded me how me and Ashley didn't get along until I moved away.  After church, we had a nice little lunch appointment at the McRobbs then it was back out in the cold knocking on doors.  Our night ended really well, actually.  We met this lady named Haley and she was really sad.  She said she was really hungry and had nothing to eat.  We bought her some subway and taught her a little bit.  She invited us over tomorrow and she wants to learn more!!  That was a really good way to end our night. 

Love you!!