This week was so amazing and I am so happy; this Gospel is true and I'm so grateful to be a part of it :). Eternal families are God's plan of happiness and I'm grateful I have my family for eternity.
Tuesday morning we left the apt at 7:30 am to go up to the north part of Lewis Center and we met the Delaware Elders (Henshaw and Davis) and made the switch of companions for the day. I went with Elder Henshaw up to Delaware and we had so much fun! We talked to a lot of people, helped out at the food pantry for like 20 min, and we talked with a preacher who completely antied us for about 45 min in the Delaware library about what he believed to be true and that we were wrong in believing the things we did. When I was speaking with him, I felt completely calm and knew the Spirit was with me in what I was telling him and what I know to be true. And like in the words of Moroni, "I, Elder Dylan McEwan, will not deny the Christ." The guy left after a little while, so that made for an interesting day. We taught a lesson to a family on member missionary work and how important it is to be part of this great work.
Wednesday we woke up and I packed my things, and we drove from Delaware to the Powell church bldg which is about 30 min away. We had district council at 10:30, and then me and Elder Yukihiro went and helped Elder Weidman pack up a trailer to take down to Cainbridge to move elders into a new apt. Then we went to John Russell's house and had a very great lesson with him and his caretaker, Abdul. Abdul is super cool! He is originally from South Africa, and just moved here about a yr ago I think. We talked to Abdul about how important families are and how his can be together forever. I don't know if I said this already, but John Russell has been in a wheelchair for about 4 or 5 yrs now and it is hard for him to talk. He suffers from lots of seizures and has had one or two brain surgeries. It is so much fun to talk with him and get to know him because he loves the Gospel with every last ounce of his heart. :). Me and Yukihiro drove up to Marysville that night to spend the night with the ZL's.
Thursday was a great day! We had training visits with Elders Kamerath and Ricks. I went with Elder Ricks and we went tracting in the morning, and were able to meet Ashley. She is super cool and loved being able to answer the survey/questionnaire we did with her. We met up with Kamerath and Yukihiro at 12 and went to a delicious Mexican restaurant for lunch. It was called Fiesta Grande and was so good! I got a burrito for lunch, and man I could've had two or three more haha :);). Me and Ricks had a really great lesson with a family on how the Book of Mormon and the Bible correlate together. We used cardboard, paper, and two thumbtacks. And we showed how when only one thumbtack is in the paper stuck to the cardboard, that's what the bible represents and we still have the paper moving. But when we put two thumbtacks in, the paper stays still and we have a more solid foundation to what we know to be the full word of God. Me and Elder Yukihiro got back to Lewis Center at about 9:45, and I fell right to sleep. Two weeks in a row with 4 training visits total is very tiring :).
Saturday we went out and really got to work that day. We went to 3 or 4 members houses in the morning and were able to set up a few return appointments for lessons with them this upcoming week, and then in the afternoon and evening we were supposed to have 4 lessons with members . . . And they ALL fell through. We were completely in the dark for what we could do because our plans had fallen through. We decided to go visit the Worth family. They are so nice! And here's why: We showed up at their house about 4:45 Saturday night and they were about to have visitors over for dinner and a party. They let us in and asked us if we had dinner that night, we said we were just going to eat later. Sister Worth said, "Why don't you stay for dinner. It's not breaking mission rules because our friends that are coming tonight are nonmembers." So we stayed for dinner and had such a fabulous time with the Worth's and their friends and were able to tell their friends a little about what missionaries do everyday. They loved it and the Spirit was there! Was that anything short of a miracle? I am so grateful beyond words for a loving Heavenly Father and Savior that watches out for us when we don't know where to go or what to do, and all hope seems lost.
Sunday was a great and wonderful day! I finished reading the Book of Mormon, and it made me so happy to have that accomplished and to strengthen my testimony of the word of God. I spoke in Primary as well. Sister Worth asked me on Saturday night if I would speak, because they didn't have anyone. So I gladly accepted and spoke on the "Choice seer of Joseph Smith" and how Joseph was preordained to be a leader in this dispensation. It was about 3 min that I spoke and I'm so glad I could! :) We also had a dinner at Elder and Sister Weidmans house in Powell. It was so good and I'm so grateful for their willingness and love for us as missionaries.
It was such a great week! I will also hit my 6 month mark this week on February 14th (Valentines day)! I have been reflecting on my last 6 months as a missionary and the person I am today because of it. I'm so grateful to Heavenly Father for giving me this opportunity to serve a mission. A lot of the missionaries here in Ohio don't know what a "Bump, Hump,
and Slump" day is as a missionary. So I've been able to share with them how cool and awesome they are:);).The challenge I would like to extend for this week makes me so happy to think about. The challenge is this: "What are we doing everyday of our lives to 'Become Perfected in Christ'"? It is such a cool thing that we can be better everyday than we were the day before and that we can always have Christ's spirit to be with us. Ponder the words of the sacrament prayer, and it will guide all of our lives to be a little better today than we were the day before.
Transfers are next week on Thursday February 20th, and p-day will be on Wednesday, February 19. We have 21 new missionaries coming next week, which is crazy a lot! Ten of those missionaries are Spanish missionaries and the mission will be opening 4 or 5 new Spanish areas here in the OCM, which is super cool! I'm so excited to have people who speak different languages be able to be visited by more missionaries.
Please pray for Gina Young and her family. We have been trying so hard to get inside her house and be able to talk with her and her family and hopefully be able to start teaching them. Heavenly Father has a time and a season for everything, we just have to keep moving forward in faith.
We got snow on Friday and Saturday this week and it was so cold! But we made it fun though and I had my boots, gloves, coat, and beanie to stay warm :):).
I miss you guys so much! And I'm so forever grateful for the examples you are to me, and for everything you do for me. I pray for you everyday, keep being awesome and doing your very best everyday!
I love you forever and always! :)
Elder Dylan McEwan
"One degree choices"- Elder Utchdorf (my favorite talk)
"Are you sleeping through the restoration"- Elder Utchdorf
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