We had a pretty good week here in Dalton, some good, some bad. Bad stuff first: we couldn't meet with any of our top investigators this week...every appointment with them fell through, which was a bummer. So, we didn't have anyone at church. We would've had A and D/O at church, but A had to work, and D was sick. But other than that, the week was pretty good!
On Monday night we had a good lesson with M and J. They are such nice people. After the lesson we had dinner with them, and they fed us carne asada, one of my favorites. We had a good time. Then on Tuesday, we just got blessed like crazy. We tracted most of the day, but it was worth it because we found 4 new investigators! Plus, everyone was just super nice to us, giving us water, a few people offered food, it was pretty sweet. Plus, it really got us set up for another big day on Friday. On Friday we had 7 appointments, and from those we were able to teach 5 lessons, so that was pretty exciting. With those two big days, plus all the success from our tracting this week, we were able to find 11 new investigators! Some of them seem really solid, especially this one guy, J. We had a great Restoration lesson with him, and he seems super prepared for the Gospel. Only thing is, he works a lot (in construction) so he'll be off on a job all this week, so we won't be able to meet with him this week, but hopefully soon.
Other cool things from this week: While we were out tracting we found this stick insect. Then, it jumped on to Elder J's bag, and so we took it with us for the rest of the day. We named him Sticky, and we kept him for a few days. But, we eventually released him into the wild because we didn't know what to feed him or anything (seriously what do stick bugs eat?). Also, we had a pretty awesome lesson in Gospel Principles on Sunday. We had prepared to teach a lesson on Baptism, but we didn't have any students, so we thought we were off the hook. Then as we were about to leave, in walked this lady named V. V is a recent convert who just moved to Dalton this last week, so we'd never met her before. She started opening up to us about all the challenges she was going through, and she was going through a lot. So, I felt prompted to change the lesson and we ended up talking about the atonement. It was so great, everything we talked about applied to her perfectly, and the spirit was so strong in that room, it was great.
My ponderizer this week is Moroni 9:6 which says, "And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God." Sometimes, our investigators can make things hard. You set appointments that fall through; they don't keep commitments, etc. But, as we labor diligently, we will conquer Satan, and rest their souls, and our souls in the Kingdom of God. Hope y’all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Mitchell
More pictures of Sticky!
Teaching the Tree of Life
Taking a break on a bike path
On p-day they visited the
National Battlefield of Chickamauga,
site of a civil war battle
Wonder how many times it took to get this cool shot?
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