How did your week go? :) How is school and work been going? How did Salem hills do against Provo on Friday? Sounds like Salem is doing very great this year! Who knows, this could be our year :)
I had a very great week and it brought with it lots of opportunities for me to learn and grow.
I got the greenie package that you guys sent :) I opened it when we got back to the apt on Monday night and it made me so so happy to see everything :) It is good too because I use a lot of the stuff for day snacks and take them with us in the car because we are usually gone for 4 to 6 hrs at a time. Thank you for the shirt! I wore it this week and it was so nice to be able to have a long sleeved t shirt, I should have taken more :);)
The empty nester's was fun on Monday night! We had about 10 or so people show up and then me and Henshaw were there. They served chicken and mac n cheese and chili, with cookies for dessert. We talked on one of Elder Holland's books that he has written and went into depth on what he talked about to bring in the lost sheep. Super cool and fun night!!
On Tuesday we worked at Brother Hartman's, I was able to mow his lawn with his big riding lawn mower and ah it was so much fun! Brought back the memories of riding grandpa's lawn mower in Adam Ondi Ahman ;) We also had training visits from Tuesday night until Thursday morning. So I was with Elder Carter (he is in Kirtland area) and it was a blast! He graduated from Westlake High School in 2018 and said he played football all through high school, so we talked a lot about sports and how each school is doing this year.
We knocked doors for about 5 hrs on Wednesday and were able to talk to 2 or 3 people about the questionnaire and their opinion on families and how they feel religion has a part to play in their life. We also got 2 referrals this week and it made me so so happy! One is named Cynthia and she is so nice. She is a little older and says she was raised catholic her whole life, but loves being able to talk with us even though she doesn't "intend on joining". Goes along with the talk shared during this general conference, that when the spirit is upon you, their is no point in trying to deny the truth of the Gospel, for it would be like denying the sun is in the sky. And then we have a guy named Steve who we haven't met yet, but are so excited to see who he is and what we can do to help him and teach him.
We had interviews, car inspections, and district council on Thursday. Thankfully we passed the car inspection :) I met with President and Sister Stratford and it was so good. President said he would see if he could give us more miles for each month and also, he said there is a possibility that we may be moving out of the Middlefield apt and moving back over to Chardon (just cuz more members live over in Chardon and the church bldg is also over there), and then we are also either getting a Rav4 or a Rogue for a car because the Malibu will not do during the winter on the hills.
On Friday, we helped Bob White in his yard and really helped him be able to clean his house. I found out that it was his 5 yr anniversary on Friday since his wife passed away from cancer, and so he took us out to eat after we finished at his house. He broke down crying when he talked about the treatments his wife went through, and then I broke down crying because I thought of our experience with Parker and his cancer treatments. I told Bob of the experience we had been through and man oh man! The spirit was felt guys, God puts you in places that you need to be in and so always be on the lookout for these things. We went and watched the 3rd Book of Mormon video with Sarah and Bethany on Friday and had the new member lessons with them, it was so cool to watch!
We had a member support visit or MSV, on Friday night at the McCllelans, who served us chocolate strawberry cheesecake. He read us the messages that both moms had sent back to the picture he sent you guys :).
We are watching the Sunday morning session at Bob White's house and then going over to the Jukers house to watch the afternoon session today. We are hoping and praying that Bob White will want to come to church after today because he tells us time and time again how much he loves missionaries because he can call them his friends.
So so cool about the changes in church policy this week! About women and girls being able to witness baptisms and sealings, and also about the new YW/YM curriculum for the organizations. The work is hastening and we must hasten with it.
I would like to invite everyone to study Come Follow Me every week from now until the end of the 2019 year. I myself have started doing it each week and I have truly felt the blessings of what comes when we all choose to walk in His footsteps. None of us are perfect, but because of Jesus Christ, we all can strive to become more like Him.
I'm so excited to Corben to receive his mission call. I can't believe he and Dallin will be in the same mission. This made my whole day. So awesome!
I love you all so very much and hope you all have a very fantastic week! The weeks are going by very fast haha, time is moving forward at "an unprecedented rate" as President Nelson would say :)
I'm so very excited to talk with you all today! It makes my whole week to be able to see and talk with everyone. Remember to work hard and to never give up.
I love you forever and always,
Elder Dylan :)
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P.S. I just wanted to let you know that next week, our p-day is on Wednesday the 16th because it is also transfer week too. So we will have p-day on Wednesday the 16th next week and transfers will be the next day on the 17th :)
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