So this has to be one of the best weeks ever for the time I have served in Brookswood! So many miracles! We have had so many more lessons to teach which is SO AWESOME!!! We have been lacking in lessons sooooo much! Finally! Everything has come into place which is awesome!
So one of the many miracles this past week was this guy named Nick! So we go to this apartment building all the time to help one of the members read because he has some disabilities. Anyway, this member had run into this guy that was interested in the church! We tried throughout the week to contact this guy because we were so excited to be able to teach him. It wasn’t until Thursday that we were actually able to get a hold of him though! So we got Bishop and rushed over and taught Nick. The guy is so open to the gospel! He just soaked everything up and was excited that we were there! Turns out that he is a REALLY good piano player. Like, REALLY GOOD. So we immediately connected which is so important! It’s so hard to teach someone when there is absolutely no connection! We were even able to set a baptismal date for July 5th with him which has to be the best part of it all! The whole almost 3 months that I have been here, we have had absolutely no opportunity to be able to set a baptismal date. Every time we tried, we were shot down!
So that was awesome! Probably the most humbling experience was when we were out on the street and we were talking to this guy in a wheelchair. An appointment had just fallen through, and I can’t remember his name for the life of me, but we had talked to him earlier in the week! Really nice and really high in spirits considering that he had just gotten evicted. So, after we do our little shpeel, we of course ask if there is anything that we can do for him. He asked us jokingly if we could push him to the homeless shelter, because his luggage that he was carrying around with him was painful to carry. So, next thing we know, I am pushing this guy down the street, and Elder Tan is carrying his luggage. As we were walking, we figured out that he is one of the nicest guys ever! He had gone through a lot in his life, and was even asking questions about the gospel along the way. He even said along the way "man, I guess we should say a prayer when we get back eh?" We are always pumped to hear that from someone! So we get to the shelter and he was just so thankful! He said that "this just made my day, thank you so much!" So we talked a little while longer and talked about the gospel, and gave him a Book of Mormon. He was so thankful, and will never forget that! As we were about to leave, I remembered that there was something in my bag. The day previous, I had bought a couple Gatorades. Oddly enough, I had not set the one I had not opened, in the fridge... So, I pulled it out, gave it to him, and he was just as excited as can be! Even though we did not set a return appointment, or get his number or whatever else, I am so grateful that I was able to take part in planting this seed. It also has helped me truly realize how much I have, and how much other people don't, which has helped me come to terms with the fact that I need to share with everyone! Such a tender mercy from the Lord!
Well I sure love and miss you all so much! I am so grateful for every single one of you!
Love you so so much!
Love
Elder McCown
