Hi Mom and Everyone!
Wow so this week was a wee bit of a gong show! Let me get right into it..
Last Wednesday we finally got to meet our new Mission President and wife, President and Sister Keung who are from New Zealand and have a sweet accent! We had a mini Zone Conference where they both spoke and let us know their expectations for us as missionaries and how we can take our missionary work to the next level. Having a lot of Indian reserves around here that we can't proselyte on, he said that he is gonna go to the Indian tribal council and greet them in their own native language and sing for them! They are such amazing people and we are lucky to have them! One thing that stuck out to me was he told us to become devoted disciples Now! Not later but do it now.. I thought that was pretty cool. Also we had a 4th of July BBQ with a sweet older couple who didn't want us to miss out on what's going on in America!
Thursday we had another lesson with our investigator Japhet. We talked a lot about temples and why we have them. He said that he us excited to be able baptize people in the temple.. He's so golden! Also we had dinner with this family and it was hot outside and they are one of the few that have A/C here.. We mentioned that they are lucky they have it and the dad was like "Yeah but I don't believe in A/C"... What?!?!!
Friday we had a lunch appointment with this family that has 3 sets of twin girls all under the age of 7..yeah it was loud and a lot of screaming.. Lol!! We also had yet another lesson with Japhet where we went over the baptismal interview questions and retaught the plan of salvation! He is so excited to be baptized its so cool
Saturday was the absolute Gong Show! Now I'm gonna tell a story everyone.. So we are visiting this inactive family that we are teaching the 9 year old son for baptism. Anyway there's the Grandpa that speaks like no English because he's from El Salvador or something and he lives in the basement. The whole family dislikes this grandpa because he's just a trouble maker. So the 16 year old boy saw the Grandpa in his room so he went down and started yelling at him.. Then we heard some crashing and stuff so the Dad ran down to control the situation.. Well while he was separating the two, the boy grabbed grandpa's cane and smacked him in the eye with it! Well it started to gush blood and stuff, but long story short we got them a ride to the hospital and grandpa is doing fine.. His eye is OK, he just got a nasty cut on his eyelid! Geez! But glad he's ok.
Sunday was a lot of church.. Like a lot.. Ward councils and everything! But one of our awesome members had our investigators and friends over for dinner and invited us as well and it was so great to see members working so well supporting us in our work! Monday we had DTM and did service for someone until dinner. After dinner we had a last lesson with Japhet before his interview on Thursday! We read from the Book of Mormon and helped him apply for jobs! Day in the life of a missionary folks!! awesome!
For Pday today we went to Waterton (again) and did a hike and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. Also I was so close to Montana but yet so far away.. Lol
Anyway that was my gong show of a week! I hope you are all doing fantastic and having a great time with everything y'all are doing! Talk to you all later!
Love,
Elder Sean
