This week:
Monday had p-day had a good visit with
some of our new investigators, then we went on exchanges.
Tuesday we had district meeting, had
lunch, visited with a ton of less actives we hadn't met before, had dinner with
the B's and were enlightened by their great conversion story and their
great testimonies, then we went and stopped by a few others, and then ended our
exchange.
Wednesday we had the other district
meetings, met a less active member who happens to live across the
street from us, which was a super spiritual experience. He wants to come back
to church now. Had a lesson online, taught H and X again, and then
brought R with us and taught the Plan of Salvation to J, who now has a
baptismal date on July 12!
Thursday Elder Petersen was sick so we
went on exchanges again and met with our friend from Korea who we met last week.
He just sat there and told us how much he loved going to church and how much
more comfortable it was than his previous church and how much he loved the idea
of Fast offerings and fasting before we even were able to talk about it. He is
super great and told us that he has a few addictions that he is trying to
overcome and we introduced him to ARP to which he agreed to go before we could
even invite him and blocked off that time every week now so that he can go! Super
great guy. He then took us out to a really good sushi place and we had a good
lunch and a good conversation with him. We saw Kendall there too. After that
Elder Wiltse and I were very full but we were able to go out to Gray and help
the H's rip all of the shingles off of their roof and started to prep it
for the new ones, which was great and super fun!
Friday we were super busy. Kendall took
us out to breakfast again. It was great to see him again before he left Regina
the next morning. We did some on-line work. Then had lunch at Sister
T's and were able to give Brother T a blessing, as he is
feeling very sick. We then had a few lessons, one with M and the Book of
Mormon. Later we went to Sister M's and had dinner and helped them move
some rocks into their yard from another member’s yard across town. Then we went
to the temple and helped out with our ward temple sealings.
Saturday we went back to the temple
bright and early and went through a session with the Assistants, and then went
on exchanges with them and taught a lesson to a less active recent convert. Then
we went back, did some on-line work, weekly planned, and went to a Philippino
BBQ, which was pretty good. Following that, we stopped by and visited a lot of less active members and prospective Elders. We had a really spiritual
experience with C where he told us of his newly gained testimony of
prayer! Then we had dinner, stopped by a few others, and did some on-line work.
Sunday didn't exactly go as planned. We
had 16 people who had committed and were going to be at church, but only one of
them actually ended up coming, which was too bad. But he had another great
experience as he listened to the father’s day talks and he ended up staying
longer than he had originally planned again. He is really progressing very
well. After church we planned for our portion in Zone Conference. Then we had
dinner with the T's, took indicators, and took care of some other
things.
But I love you and hope that you have a
great week! Take care!
-Love Elder Shane Dola
