First off, just wanted to let you all know that since it is
memorial weekend, I do not have much time to email. :) So, you will all be
receiving this great email from me this week! I will get back to all
the other emails next week when we have more time
:) I love you all!
This week we had a hard time with finding people to teach and
things to do. Though it was a huge testimony builder for me in the idea
that when we go out and put our faith to the test, things happen and
blessings come. We had multiple days where we had
our plans fail on us or things were not happening, though when we went
to try to visit someone else, we were blessed. This past Friday we had a
great day planned! Everything was set and ready. We showed up to the
first appointment with a less active member
that was pretty solid, though he was not there and had forgotten. The
whole day continued like that... It was around 4 o'clock and we had no
plans left... so we decided to go see a potential investigator in the area, though they
were not home either. We sat there and were
deciding on where we could go when we got a phone call from a member who
asked if we could come over and help bust through some concrete to
start digging wholes for a ramp that we are putting in. We were so happy
that we were given the opportunity to serve
and help the members out. Plus, it was extremely fun! I now know how to
break through concrete with a sludge hammer. HAHA
This Sunday was also a great one! We were bummed because our plans
yet again had fallen through. We were on our last planned activity
around 6 pm and were wondering what we were to do. So we decided to go
visit a former investigator. We looked for the
house, but the address that we had did not exist. We decided to keep
going around the neighborhood and scout things out. We felt that we
should knock on a specific door that we had passed about three times. We
knocked, and a Hispanic from Mexico answered
the door. We got talking with him and expressed our feelings about
the message that we shared and asked if we could teach him what it was.
He gladly accepted and we taught his family. It was cool because we came
in and he rounded up his whole family. Including
his wife who had delivered a baby two days previous. It was a great
lesson! And he really enjoyed it and the questions that he had were
amazing. It was a huge testimony builder for us! Oh, and he also invited
us to a party that he is going to hold for his daughter
next week. So there are a lot of potentials for baptism right there!
HAHA
Well, I am grateful for all of you and for all of you who support
us as missionaries. We are truly blessed as we go out and try to find
and we are grateful! I am seeing miracles in this little branch, though
rough at times, there are many blessings hidden
behind the walls. I wish you a great week this week and best of luck in
all you are to accomplish! Much love from Cairo!
Elder Stonely
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| Fishing at the pond. |
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| I think I've got this mastered! |
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| "And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men." Mark 1:17 |
