I really didn't get
the chance to take too many pictures, but it should be fun this week. The only
photos I got were of the barn in Ozark. It was a very dirty experience--but fun
nonetheless. Here is Elder Steed-- Elder
Steed and I were both covered in dirt, and you don't even want to know what
else besides dirt! (Since it was a barn, just use your imagination!) This is a picture of his filthy arms. He was wearing gloves.
You don't even want to see what I looked like.
Hi everybody! Hope you are doing well. So this
week was fun.
On Monday we went over to the church and
pretty much stayed out there most of the day doing miscellaneous stuff. We were
waiting for the branch president to go check out our house which has started
warping due to severe heat and humidity. It looks kinda cool but it probably isn't
very safe.
Tuesday I felt sick so we had to stay in for
a bit till I felt better. We then went over and had dinner with our former
member who is coming back. She made us this really really good lasagna and
chocolate chip cake
with homemade butter cream icing on top. Yeah. It was really good. She's
currently reading through Isaiah and we said we'd be willing to help since it
is semi-challenging.
Wednesday we went to go see our investigator
in Galatia. He's currently going through a rough time right now with multiple things
going on. But he was grateful we stopped by. We then stopped by our "Warriors
of Christ" investigator. He is literally a walking miracle. He has suffered
two strokes since we had last seen him and that day was one of he first days he
was back on his feet. His grandson later showed up
and had a similar foot problem I did. I gave him some advice which he was
grateful for.
We then
stopped by a less active in Eldorado who was huge on making things. He showed
us this spare room he had converted from a simple shelter. It was pretty sweet
looking. In the evening we decided to go have a Bible Study at another church
called "Little Chapel," which is kind of a mega church with usually a
few thousand people per Sunday meetings. At this particular meeting there were
probably about 70-90 people there total and about 40 in the room we were in.
The guy
who headed the meeting was a Steed, so Elder Steed had some fun talking with
him. He was also pretty famous for using church bands at NASCAR events and has
worked with Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Jr. It was fun talking with
him. After the study, he invited us to stay around for this BBQ thing where
they discussed plans for Liberty Fest. Everyone was really nice and welcoming.
We had fun.
Thursday we drove down to Paducah, where we
had interviews with the mission president, President Andersen, and his wife. I
got to talk to Sister Andersen first and I showed her some pictures from the
area. I think she may have gotten us confused with Foxcroft, which is the neighboring
Illinois unit, but it was still a good chat. President was also great. He's
noticed a lot of improvements with me and he gave me some insight from him
about how to be better as a missionary. Everything went well.
1. Side view of the
barn showing the loft and the moat of mud. We spent most of our time in the
loft.
Friday we went to work with the Baptists
in Ozark. It had been pouring rain and storming the past few days so they gave
us some boots to work in since there was loads of mud. We worked mostly on the
wall closest to the road and then the loft. There was so much dirt, dust, and
you don't even want to know what up there. We got coated with it. By the end,
however, we had taken out the entire floorboards and the wall facing the road.
After a long shower we went and did some planning at the church.
2. Front of the barn
Saturday was rough. Most of our appointments
cancelled, and we were also still tired from the previous day of
work. The only person we ended up seeing was the former member again and helped
her get through more of Isaiah.
Sunday was fun! We had a good showing at
church and had some great talks on agency. I taught a small gospel principles
class on missionary work which was okay, but the fun part was getting to teach the
young men during third hour. We had an investigator in the classroom so working
with the youth we "role played" teaching the Restoration. It was fun
to get to teach with 13 year olds. We also set up an appointment with him for
Tuesday.
After church we had lunch and during lunch two random kids came up and
asked us if we were using the bikes on the back porch, which we weren't. They
take things apart and try to
make their own bikes which is cool. They also noticed we were missionaries and
asked us to follow them to see if their parents would be interested, since they
were looking for a new church. We were glad to do so, but sadly, the parents weren't interested.
We ended the night talking to the district leader and it turns out I will be
going on exchanges to Foxcroft later this week, which will complete my tour of
all possible areas to serve in Illinois. I'm
excited.
It's been
rough, but it's been fun. Hope ya'll are having a good week, too!
Elder Peery
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