Well this has been an eventful week....OF FINDING!!!! We were not able to meet with any of our investigators this past week so that was pretty hard...Well that is except for Andrew! He is doing great! He even came to church as well! He soaking up everything that we teach him and he said in the middle of priesthood that he is starting to like it here even more! Even though we did not get to teach much we were able to find a lot of people this past week, and hopefully we will be seeing them this week! God has been good regardless though!
A little miracle that we had was when Elder Reynolds and I were on exchanges...It had been a long day and we were walking up and down hills and its about 90 degrees and 70% humidity...so needless to say we were sweating buckets... So, lets just say that this road was our little miracle street! We found this lady named Sheri that is super down to listening to what we have to say. We will be seeing her tomorrow! Also, knocked on this Chinese lady's door...Normally when it’s just two white dudes that don’t speak a lick of Chinese knocking into a door with a Chinese lady freaking because she does not know what we are doing, we normally leave them with a card and play charades to show them that you type it into the computer...Well, this time was different...it was awkward while we were just standing there with me trying to call some Chinese elders, but we were able to get someone on the phone! Well, God turned that into a little miracle! She ended up on being very interested! Wait...gets even better! We passed her over to the Chinese sisters, and they were able to set up an appointment for that Sunday...Well it turned out on being a whole family!!!! Grandma and two parents and a little girl! They told us that the lesson was just so good and that they will be seeing them this week! GAH!!! God is so good!
Someone also gave us fudgesicles when we knocked on her door...So literally the coolest street ever!
We also had an okay/really good zone meeting. Okay because seeing your results on the board and how they compare with other companionships, in my book, is not cool, but whatever. It was so good once we hit the end though! The last 7 minutes were spent watching this super cool video that just hit everyone like a ton of bricks...It was about a black man that was in the Olympics for some event in track and was actually predicted to win the race. However, about halfway through the race, something happened to his leg, whether it was a rupture or a cramp, I do not remember, but he could not put pressure on that one leg. Determined to stick it to the very end he keeps on hobbling, but that’s when a man in the crowd starts running out to the stadium, pushing people out of his way, shoving security to the side, saying, "That’s my son." This father, walking beside his son, who is barely hobbling, wraps his arms around him, and tells him, "You dont have to do this son." But that son does not stop. He keeps on going, he finishes that race regardless of the pain that is felt in his leg. The spirit was so strong and yet lighter than air and many of us were crying after that...One distinct feeling that I remember was my renewed desire to just serve to the very end. Not that I had already committed to sprint my heart out and give every moment I could, but that spiritual renewal and that newfound and heavily bolstered desire is now stuck in me until I die running. Ever since that day, that video has been on replay.
I know that the Savior lives. I know that when it seems like when we are coming to the end of our ropes, that when everything seems hopeless and dark and endless, that when we just keep fighting, that the lesson will be learned, that the dark will be turned to light, and the aspirations for becoming like our Heavenly Father will be attained.
"If for a while, the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart, so it has been with the best of people." Jeffrey R. Holland
Love
Elder McCown
