So this has been a fantastic week in comparison to the rest of the time that I have been able to spend here! We were able to see many people coming out of nowhere wanting to learn more about the gospel and we were able to see 6 new investigators this week! A couple of them have been handed off, or have been reflected because of on the spot interest that has died out, but it has been great! It all came from a good district meeting and we have just eaten it up since then!
We have someone who we are consistently teaching now which is fantastic! His name is Wayne and it has been a struggle setting a time to meet with him because he had throat surgery but we were able to teach the Restoration this past week! It was so good! He was attentive and learned a lot from it! He is so good! He also came to the ward activity and was able to make quite a few new friends! We just can’t wait to be able to bring them to the lessons!
We also had a great zone meeting this past week! Something that hit me that I learned while I was in that meeting was not necessarily something that I heard, but something that the spirit told me. While we were in there this thought came to mind...and it was that "it is possible, very hard, but possible, to memorize all of the recordings of the miracles that Jesus Christ performed. However it is impossible for us to understand the depth of love in each miracle, or act of kindness that he performed. It is impossible to measure or even imagine of measuring the amount of grace and love that is intertwined with each simple act." As I have reflected on this over and over again, I have come to recognize more and more of the love of the Savior, and helped me truly realize what is helping me keep going throughout the whole week.
Hardest part of the week was getting sick. Saturday was alright but progressively got worse, then waking up Sunday and resting the whole day was the hardest. I never thought I was going to say this, but I don't think I like orange juice anymore haha! It was rough!
But in the end it’s all good! Sure love and miss yall!
Love
Elder McCown
Monday, July 11, 2016
Monday, July 4, 2016
Game Day
So this has been another great week here in Coquitlam! The ball is starting to roll here which is even better!
I guess starting off with the highlight of the week would be best. So, we have been working really hard with this man named Matthew for the past couple months. He has skyrocketed in his progression, making friends that become family in the ward. Well, in sacrament meeting this past week he got up and blessed it with his home teacher again! Not to mention what happened after! We were waiting for him to come to gospel principle because he was in a meeting with the bishop. Well he sits right next to us right after his interview and flashes out his new temple recommend! I almost fell out of my chair! The members have seen a new joy and light in this guy and he has absorbed the light of Christ into his life! God is just so good! He has been working hard to get that and to see him at this point in his life is just so good!
We were also able to see one of our investigators progressing well! He has not come to church yet but he has gotten through some of the Book of Mormon with him. He has some disabilities but that has not hindered his progress! We were able to teach him the Restoration thoroughly but slowly this past week, and he really understood the pattern of apostasy. Once he understood that he looked at us and said, "Well I guess I better get baptized then."
Well, let’s see, what else? We had a great district meeting. We are calling it game day from now on which makes it fun! Really gets us pumped up for the week! All in all it was just such a good week! It was hard, it was hot, but it was worth it.
Sure love and miss you all!
Love
Elder McCown
I guess starting off with the highlight of the week would be best. So, we have been working really hard with this man named Matthew for the past couple months. He has skyrocketed in his progression, making friends that become family in the ward. Well, in sacrament meeting this past week he got up and blessed it with his home teacher again! Not to mention what happened after! We were waiting for him to come to gospel principle because he was in a meeting with the bishop. Well he sits right next to us right after his interview and flashes out his new temple recommend! I almost fell out of my chair! The members have seen a new joy and light in this guy and he has absorbed the light of Christ into his life! God is just so good! He has been working hard to get that and to see him at this point in his life is just so good!
We were also able to see one of our investigators progressing well! He has not come to church yet but he has gotten through some of the Book of Mormon with him. He has some disabilities but that has not hindered his progress! We were able to teach him the Restoration thoroughly but slowly this past week, and he really understood the pattern of apostasy. Once he understood that he looked at us and said, "Well I guess I better get baptized then."
Well, let’s see, what else? We had a great district meeting. We are calling it game day from now on which makes it fun! Really gets us pumped up for the week! All in all it was just such a good week! It was hard, it was hot, but it was worth it.
Sure love and miss you all!
Love
Elder McCown
Monday, June 27, 2016
His Name On Our Chest
So this has been fantastic week! I would have to say that it all came at the end of the week though. The beginning was more of a drought. Lots of walking and talking and just trying to follow the spirit so closely! Wellllll...it was all worth it! It was an awesome zone conference this past week and I learned a lot from it. One of the questions that really struck me, that really dug deep into me was "Why did I come out?" and "Why am I still out here?" Really just pierced straight into me and I reflected upon it again and again after zone conference. It was the following day that I got my answer. As we were driving away from our exchanges, I don’t entirely remember the entire conversation with Elder Hsu, something along the lines of what we learned from the exchange. Really ended up on leading to Jesus Christ. Well, I made the remark that that was the reason why we were out here and why we wear his name on our chest. Well the spirit just struck me hard when I said that!
Sunday, I would have to say, was the greatest day we had this past week! This lady named Lisa, that we had only been able to meet with once came to church! She absolutely LOVED IT! She was only able to stay the first hour, but she said, in a very matter of fact way, that she was going to be here next week and try to stay the whole time! God is just so good! She wants to change! Preceding the actual sacrament meeting, we explained a couple things to her, and really going into the sacrament and how it is a renewal of our baptismal covenants! Well, she was really paying attention because she leaned over and whispered to me while the sacrament was being passed and asked, "Can I eat the bread and water even though I have not been baptized?" I of course happily said yes! She has such a great desire to find that greater light in her life! We will be passing her off to the sisters this coming week! No doubts about it, it may take some time because of smoking, but she will get baptized!
That sacrament meeting was honestly the best. As I was sitting next to Lisa, I looked up and saw Matthew Blanks, (the less active that we have been working with), get up and bless the sacrament! You know what is even better?!? HIS HOMETEACHER WAS STANDING NEXT TO HIM!!! It was so good! He is doing great! We have been able to set up family home evenings with him and his home teacher and he absolutely loves it! God is just so good!
Another great thing I learned this past week was the 7 minute lessons! We had a great lesson with a member this past weekend, and Elder Hsu is just so inspired! We have been going around and committing all of our members to memorize the first vision. Well it has gone so well! No better way to bring the spirit into a member’s home than to commit them to memorize the most crucial turning point in history!
All in all I am doing great! This past week was a game changer for me! A combination of zone conference, people coming to church, and a less active that has turned his life around has brought a brighter light into my life! I just have to carry it on throughout the rest of my mission!
Sure love and miss yall!
Love
Elder McCown
Sunday, I would have to say, was the greatest day we had this past week! This lady named Lisa, that we had only been able to meet with once came to church! She absolutely LOVED IT! She was only able to stay the first hour, but she said, in a very matter of fact way, that she was going to be here next week and try to stay the whole time! God is just so good! She wants to change! Preceding the actual sacrament meeting, we explained a couple things to her, and really going into the sacrament and how it is a renewal of our baptismal covenants! Well, she was really paying attention because she leaned over and whispered to me while the sacrament was being passed and asked, "Can I eat the bread and water even though I have not been baptized?" I of course happily said yes! She has such a great desire to find that greater light in her life! We will be passing her off to the sisters this coming week! No doubts about it, it may take some time because of smoking, but she will get baptized!
That sacrament meeting was honestly the best. As I was sitting next to Lisa, I looked up and saw Matthew Blanks, (the less active that we have been working with), get up and bless the sacrament! You know what is even better?!? HIS HOMETEACHER WAS STANDING NEXT TO HIM!!! It was so good! He is doing great! We have been able to set up family home evenings with him and his home teacher and he absolutely loves it! God is just so good!
Another great thing I learned this past week was the 7 minute lessons! We had a great lesson with a member this past weekend, and Elder Hsu is just so inspired! We have been going around and committing all of our members to memorize the first vision. Well it has gone so well! No better way to bring the spirit into a member’s home than to commit them to memorize the most crucial turning point in history!
All in all I am doing great! This past week was a game changer for me! A combination of zone conference, people coming to church, and a less active that has turned his life around has brought a brighter light into my life! I just have to carry it on throughout the rest of my mission!
Sure love and miss yall!
Love
Elder McCown
Monday, June 20, 2016
I Promise, It Does Work
So crazy awesome week! This has to be the best week I have had so far in Coquitlam! So much fun!
Wellll, for starters, do you guys remember that lady that I ended up on singing the spirit of god as well as Joseph Smiths first Prayer with? Wellllllll, SHE GOT BAPTIZED THIS PAST WEEK!!! Gah!!! It makes me so happy! She is so good! Talk about awesome member work! It’s all because this member was so on about doing his missionary work that this happened! I PROMISE!!! IT DOES WORK!!! Besides the baptism, which is by far the best thing that could possibly ever happen, we were able to see a lot of progress in the area! We made huge leaps and bounds from last week!
Lisa is one of them! She is this super cool single mom that was just waiting for us to come to her door! She had just recently lost her mother, wants to find a purpose in life, and even wants to come to church! Sad part was that she was not able to make it this past week because of work but she is so GOOD!!!!
Another is this guy named Andrew and we are still determining his accountability, but he is so nice! Has a good heart and wants to change! We only got to see Greg once this past week...our poor member though. We were meeting Greg at Como Lake and there really is not any protection there. So we forgot to tell our member (Freyden) that we would be outside and all he had on were shorts and a t shirt. Well, he basically froze to death almost. It was windy and pouring rain out, and we taught almost half of the plan of salvation, so that takes a little bit haha!
Well, freaky part of the week...after that lesson with Greg we had a return appointment set up right after with this guy named Ed. Earlier that day I had mass texted everyone in our phone if they were down to meet. Well he had called us back saying that he wanted to. So Freyden came with us, and we got lost along the way. Well we finally get there and the place is like super quiet....like creepy quiet. Well, we go to Ed’s house, and he told us to go and meet him at the gazebo behind it. Well there is this guy smoking up a storm on his e-cig sittin there...We started talking to him for a little bit and he was acting kind of funny, but, he said we could sit down, but before we do that, we have to sign in at some house....We thought that that was kind of weird, but we go and do it anyway. Well, long story short, we figure out why we did not feel the spirit there..... WE ARE IN A FREAKING INSANE CLINIC!!! GAH!!! So we think of what we should do and all and that’s when this big really nice guy pops out of the building that we were walking by and shouted out that he was Ed! So that was a fun lesson...
It was still a good week though! I may be hungry. And I may be tired all the time, but it is so worth it! AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT BRENDA GOT BAPTIZED!! GAH!!! SO GOOD!!!
Sure love yalll!
Love
Elder McCown
Wellll, for starters, do you guys remember that lady that I ended up on singing the spirit of god as well as Joseph Smiths first Prayer with? Wellllllll, SHE GOT BAPTIZED THIS PAST WEEK!!! Gah!!! It makes me so happy! She is so good! Talk about awesome member work! It’s all because this member was so on about doing his missionary work that this happened! I PROMISE!!! IT DOES WORK!!! Besides the baptism, which is by far the best thing that could possibly ever happen, we were able to see a lot of progress in the area! We made huge leaps and bounds from last week!
Lisa is one of them! She is this super cool single mom that was just waiting for us to come to her door! She had just recently lost her mother, wants to find a purpose in life, and even wants to come to church! Sad part was that she was not able to make it this past week because of work but she is so GOOD!!!!
Another is this guy named Andrew and we are still determining his accountability, but he is so nice! Has a good heart and wants to change! We only got to see Greg once this past week...our poor member though. We were meeting Greg at Como Lake and there really is not any protection there. So we forgot to tell our member (Freyden) that we would be outside and all he had on were shorts and a t shirt. Well, he basically froze to death almost. It was windy and pouring rain out, and we taught almost half of the plan of salvation, so that takes a little bit haha!
Well, freaky part of the week...after that lesson with Greg we had a return appointment set up right after with this guy named Ed. Earlier that day I had mass texted everyone in our phone if they were down to meet. Well he had called us back saying that he wanted to. So Freyden came with us, and we got lost along the way. Well we finally get there and the place is like super quiet....like creepy quiet. Well, we go to Ed’s house, and he told us to go and meet him at the gazebo behind it. Well there is this guy smoking up a storm on his e-cig sittin there...We started talking to him for a little bit and he was acting kind of funny, but, he said we could sit down, but before we do that, we have to sign in at some house....We thought that that was kind of weird, but we go and do it anyway. Well, long story short, we figure out why we did not feel the spirit there..... WE ARE IN A FREAKING INSANE CLINIC!!! GAH!!! So we think of what we should do and all and that’s when this big really nice guy pops out of the building that we were walking by and shouted out that he was Ed! So that was a fun lesson...
It was still a good week though! I may be hungry. And I may be tired all the time, but it is so worth it! AND I CANT BELIEVE THAT BRENDA GOT BAPTIZED!! GAH!!! SO GOOD!!!
Sure love yalll!
Love
Elder McCown
Monday, June 13, 2016
Catching The Missionary Fire
ANOTHER AWESOME WEEK! So we were able to see some awesome miracles! Finding and teaching and we will be baptizin soon! We were able to find quite a few people to teach, and basically pass them all off or former them right after. All good though! Coolest guy ever we met this past week! It’s this giant dude named Angel! Coolest guy ever! We have been trying to meet up with this guy for who knows how long. He basically found the church himself. He had looked up a Mormon church and he came to the service and that’s when the missionaries met him. Well he is honestly one of the most intimidating, one of the most scariest guys I had ever met, but he has the biggest heart. Getting to know him was like getting to know the dark side of life. Went and played football for college...this guy was a beast. We got on to talking about what we share though and he started to cry almost. He said that he has gone through so much, and that he has so many questions, like why he is here, why he had to go through all the things he had to in his life. After talking about the atonement he started to soften. His heart is so good! He wants to change so badly, he wants to find a purpose. He is just so good. After meeting with him, as were walking away from each other he turned to us and said, "Thank you. I just feel so much better." Breaks my heart to see this guy have to go through what he had to go through. Talk about an awesome lesson! He lives over in Surrey though so we have to pass him off.
We were also able to meet with Greg this past week! Talk about miracle! This guy has committed to live the law of chastity and the word of wisdom, while at the same time, said that he believes that Joseph Smith was a prophet, and that the Book of Mormon is true! He is just so good! The only thing that is holding this guy back is work...He is so tied up with financial difficulties that he barely has time to be able meet with us. He is so good though! He is soaking it all up and loves what we are sharing with him! He compared a lot of what we share with him to nature which is even cooler. There was one thing that struck me, was when he compared it to a heron and an eagle. The heron is always patiently waiting, waiting for the fish to come to them, and never bothering or threatening others. The eagle on the other hand, antagonizes and is a natural born predator. He compared this to Jesus Christ and Satan. Jesus is always waiting there patiently, waiting for us to come to him, never forcing His way upon us, whereas Satan comes in and tries to provoke, antagonize and tempt us. I thought that this was such a cool parallel!
All in all, God has been so good to us! The members are catching the missionary fire and I have had so much fun in this area! Sure love and miss all of you and hope for the best for yall!
Love
Elder McCown
We were also able to meet with Greg this past week! Talk about miracle! This guy has committed to live the law of chastity and the word of wisdom, while at the same time, said that he believes that Joseph Smith was a prophet, and that the Book of Mormon is true! He is just so good! The only thing that is holding this guy back is work...He is so tied up with financial difficulties that he barely has time to be able meet with us. He is so good though! He is soaking it all up and loves what we are sharing with him! He compared a lot of what we share with him to nature which is even cooler. There was one thing that struck me, was when he compared it to a heron and an eagle. The heron is always patiently waiting, waiting for the fish to come to them, and never bothering or threatening others. The eagle on the other hand, antagonizes and is a natural born predator. He compared this to Jesus Christ and Satan. Jesus is always waiting there patiently, waiting for us to come to him, never forcing His way upon us, whereas Satan comes in and tries to provoke, antagonize and tempt us. I thought that this was such a cool parallel!
All in all, God has been so good to us! The members are catching the missionary fire and I have had so much fun in this area! Sure love and miss all of you and hope for the best for yall!
Love
Elder McCown
Monday, June 6, 2016
Mini Missionary
Holy cow! Another week and I just realized that I have under 4 months left as of today. FREAKKKKKKKKYYY!!! Well we hit the grind this week! Talked, testified, sweated and repeated that day after day. Coolest miracle though! We got a little mini missionary...His name is Elder Jung, and this kid was nuts...he’s heading out on his mission in a couple weeks and he is on fire about being a missionary!
Well, we hit it off by going and knocking doors, and I could not help looking back on the beginning of my mission, placing myself in the kids shoes. It was so hard thinking that that was almost two years ago...gross...
Well, we knocked doors and needless to say, I don’t think he was that impressed. So Saturday comes and we are all pumped, ready to go out and just work our tails off, we had a couple lessons planned and things were going to go great! Wellllll...haha...kind of failed...our first appointment fell through, and the next, and the next, and the next, no one was outside and none of our streets that we have planned in worked out, and no one really answered their doors. So we walked and talked...well more like we walked and they talked. Everyone here in Coquitlam is from a different part of the world, and most of them are from Korea or China. On the brightside though I have learned how to introduce myself as a missionary now in Korean and Chinese!
So we worked and sweated and it came to a point that our little mini missionary, looked at me at one point while we were out talking to people and said, "Why isn’t anyone talking to us? What’s the point of doing this when no one wants to listen!?" I kind of laughed, because that’s what was totally running through my head at the beginning of my mission... I looked at him though and I said, "I don’t remember the full talk, but I remember Elder Henry B. Eyring, at one point in time talk about missionary work, and say, "It always seems to be the last door..."...He just looked at me and, he even said later that he thought I was nuts and that he did not believe me...Well, the Lord has a way of humbling us. As we were just giving everything we got, we got a text from a former investigator that we have been trying to meet with for the longest time, and that he wanted to meet later that evening. I just chuckled and knew that this was what we were working for.
The rest of the evening from then on became so much better! The former investigator is named Greg and he just absolutely loved the idea of the Book of Mormon, he loves Jesus Christ (and who doesn’t?!?), and he has the most sincere desire to change and has some of the greatest intent! So after the refiners fire for the past six weeks of not teaching anyone, we found someone to teach!!!! XD XD!!!
It was after that, that our little mini missionary was even more excited about missionary work! Sunday was awesome as well! Our mini missionary got up and bore his testimony, not failing to mention to the whole ward that at one point in time this past week, that as he was saying the prayer in the car, Elder Hsu and I fell asleep because we were just so exhausted! Of course he got everyone laughing and in the end, I think he loved his mini mission. He told us what he thought of us when he first met us, and that he thought I was the most straight faced, stone cold Elder he had ever met, and that he did not know what to do because Elder Hsu can barely speak English. He readily admitted that he thought that this was going to be, in the very least, interesting. I readily tackled him...
So this week, all in all was awesome! I have a new companion named Elder Hsu and he is so funny! Craziest little Taiwanese guy I had ever met! He is so good though! Even though he has only been 3 months out in the field, and this is his first time in English work, he is doing so good!
Just want to let yall know that God is good! He always answers our prayers in his own time, in his own way. All we have to do is patiently wait for it! I testify that we are all sons and daughters of God, that this is His true and living church on the earth today, that it is led by Jesus Christ himself. It has to be...otherwise, how can a bunch of kids, typically between the ages of 18-21, go out and help save peoples souls, and bring joy into people’s lives? It couldn't, unless it is true! I bear witness that it is! I love and pray for you all!
Love
Elder McCown
Well, we hit it off by going and knocking doors, and I could not help looking back on the beginning of my mission, placing myself in the kids shoes. It was so hard thinking that that was almost two years ago...gross...
Well, we knocked doors and needless to say, I don’t think he was that impressed. So Saturday comes and we are all pumped, ready to go out and just work our tails off, we had a couple lessons planned and things were going to go great! Wellllll...haha...kind of failed...our first appointment fell through, and the next, and the next, and the next, no one was outside and none of our streets that we have planned in worked out, and no one really answered their doors. So we walked and talked...well more like we walked and they talked. Everyone here in Coquitlam is from a different part of the world, and most of them are from Korea or China. On the brightside though I have learned how to introduce myself as a missionary now in Korean and Chinese!
So we worked and sweated and it came to a point that our little mini missionary, looked at me at one point while we were out talking to people and said, "Why isn’t anyone talking to us? What’s the point of doing this when no one wants to listen!?" I kind of laughed, because that’s what was totally running through my head at the beginning of my mission... I looked at him though and I said, "I don’t remember the full talk, but I remember Elder Henry B. Eyring, at one point in time talk about missionary work, and say, "It always seems to be the last door..."...He just looked at me and, he even said later that he thought I was nuts and that he did not believe me...Well, the Lord has a way of humbling us. As we were just giving everything we got, we got a text from a former investigator that we have been trying to meet with for the longest time, and that he wanted to meet later that evening. I just chuckled and knew that this was what we were working for.
The rest of the evening from then on became so much better! The former investigator is named Greg and he just absolutely loved the idea of the Book of Mormon, he loves Jesus Christ (and who doesn’t?!?), and he has the most sincere desire to change and has some of the greatest intent! So after the refiners fire for the past six weeks of not teaching anyone, we found someone to teach!!!! XD XD!!!
It was after that, that our little mini missionary was even more excited about missionary work! Sunday was awesome as well! Our mini missionary got up and bore his testimony, not failing to mention to the whole ward that at one point in time this past week, that as he was saying the prayer in the car, Elder Hsu and I fell asleep because we were just so exhausted! Of course he got everyone laughing and in the end, I think he loved his mini mission. He told us what he thought of us when he first met us, and that he thought I was the most straight faced, stone cold Elder he had ever met, and that he did not know what to do because Elder Hsu can barely speak English. He readily admitted that he thought that this was going to be, in the very least, interesting. I readily tackled him...
So this week, all in all was awesome! I have a new companion named Elder Hsu and he is so funny! Craziest little Taiwanese guy I had ever met! He is so good though! Even though he has only been 3 months out in the field, and this is his first time in English work, he is doing so good!
Just want to let yall know that God is good! He always answers our prayers in his own time, in his own way. All we have to do is patiently wait for it! I testify that we are all sons and daughters of God, that this is His true and living church on the earth today, that it is led by Jesus Christ himself. It has to be...otherwise, how can a bunch of kids, typically between the ages of 18-21, go out and help save peoples souls, and bring joy into people’s lives? It couldn't, unless it is true! I bear witness that it is! I love and pray for you all!
Love
Elder McCown
Monday, May 30, 2016
Personal Walking Bathtub
This has been a crazy awesome/long/awesome again week! So to start it off, we had exchanges this week with the zone leaders...Guess they started freaking out wondering why we were not teaching anybody so they came out and we saw some awesome miracles! Talked to a lot of cool people...not too interested though...the seeds will be reaped later!!!
It all came down to Saturday though...this is of course our day of the week where we dont even touch the car and we look outside and it is raining cats and dogs x10...So we start walking and walking and walking, and we keep on getting wetter and wetter and wetter...As we were walking I had this really strange epiphany...we are out walking, in the middle of summer, and we were freezing cold, sopping wet from head to toe...and I just kept thinking..."What the heck! Its freaking summer and I am cold!" So we keep walking and walking and I have become my own personal walking bathtub by now, my shoes having a couple of inches of water in them. Well, we get to the apartment building and we ring the buzzer. So, backing up a little bit, Elder Vanatta and I, because we did not have anyone to teach, spent weekly planning, (which was this past Thursday), going through and planning in times for us to go by formers, potentials, less actives, you name it, and we just tried so hard to follow the spirit... One of those people that we planned in was actually Greg. So we rang Greg's buzzer, told us who we were, and he came right down so quickly! Well talk about a miracle! He remembers talking to missionaries quite a bit and from the records it looked like they were not able to teach him much...He was just so willing to learn though! He wanted a Book of Mormon right off the bat and we are hopefully going to be able to meet with him later this week! So excited! It was so relieving to be able to find someone that you could actually feel and see have potential as well as a desire!
After a long day of walking and walking some more, we were not able to find anyone else, but it was still so good! Later that night, transfer calls were going on, and I think that this has to be the best part of the week!
The assistants normally make the calls from about 8-130...so we were sitting there in our beds after planning, and Elder Vanatta is just so on edge...1030 rolls around and lights are out...Elder Vanatta says, "Well there goes transfer calls!" Well...not even kidding, 3 seconds later the assistants called and Elder Vanatta just looks so confused...So yeah! I am getting a new comp! His name is Elder Hsu...bet you can’t say that the right way! It’s actually pronounce "shoe"... Who knew right!? Elder Vanatta is heading over to Maple Ridge, so I guess he gets to spend his last transfer in the mission in peace cause he is not with me... SO yeah! Great week! Little miracles here and there!
Sure love yall so much!
Love
Elder McCown
It all came down to Saturday though...this is of course our day of the week where we dont even touch the car and we look outside and it is raining cats and dogs x10...So we start walking and walking and walking, and we keep on getting wetter and wetter and wetter...As we were walking I had this really strange epiphany...we are out walking, in the middle of summer, and we were freezing cold, sopping wet from head to toe...and I just kept thinking..."What the heck! Its freaking summer and I am cold!" So we keep walking and walking and I have become my own personal walking bathtub by now, my shoes having a couple of inches of water in them. Well, we get to the apartment building and we ring the buzzer. So, backing up a little bit, Elder Vanatta and I, because we did not have anyone to teach, spent weekly planning, (which was this past Thursday), going through and planning in times for us to go by formers, potentials, less actives, you name it, and we just tried so hard to follow the spirit... One of those people that we planned in was actually Greg. So we rang Greg's buzzer, told us who we were, and he came right down so quickly! Well talk about a miracle! He remembers talking to missionaries quite a bit and from the records it looked like they were not able to teach him much...He was just so willing to learn though! He wanted a Book of Mormon right off the bat and we are hopefully going to be able to meet with him later this week! So excited! It was so relieving to be able to find someone that you could actually feel and see have potential as well as a desire!
After a long day of walking and walking some more, we were not able to find anyone else, but it was still so good! Later that night, transfer calls were going on, and I think that this has to be the best part of the week!
The assistants normally make the calls from about 8-130...so we were sitting there in our beds after planning, and Elder Vanatta is just so on edge...1030 rolls around and lights are out...Elder Vanatta says, "Well there goes transfer calls!" Well...not even kidding, 3 seconds later the assistants called and Elder Vanatta just looks so confused...So yeah! I am getting a new comp! His name is Elder Hsu...bet you can’t say that the right way! It’s actually pronounce "shoe"... Who knew right!? Elder Vanatta is heading over to Maple Ridge, so I guess he gets to spend his last transfer in the mission in peace cause he is not with me... SO yeah! Great week! Little miracles here and there!
Sure love yall so much!
Love
Elder McCown
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