A Poor Man's Breakfast

He found Portland (Avenue)

Buenos!

Well, we had an awesome week! It's been full of ups and downs, but the work here was amazing this week! Our investigators are doing great. R has made a ton of progress. This week we went over the questions for the baptismal interview, and he only had slight concerns with Thomas S. Monson and the Word of Wisdom. In our next lesson, we covered those, and now he is solid. We asked him if he really wanted to be baptized (his target date is this Saturday) and he said he'd let us know for sure on Wednesday. So, we'll see what happens this week!

G is also getting super close to baptism. We've had a lot of good lessons with him this week, and we were able to knock out most of the commandments. We are hoping he'll get baptized before the end of the month. There are great things happening here! We are still working with G's mom, MJ. She has a lot more concerns to work through, especially with the Word of Wisdom, so her progress has been a little slower, but she seems determined to work hard to give up smoking. We also got back in touch with J this week and he is back to keeping all his commitments, so we're excited to see what happens with him going forward.

Story time: So, we sometimes work out with this guy Bro. H, aka "Crazy Johnny." Well, his deal is that at the end of every workout he singles someone out to earn the "poor man's breakfast." Basically, if you can survive all of his crazy intense exercises, Johnny takes you to breakfast at this grocery store, Food City. It's just bacon, eggs, and a biscuit, but it's actually pretty darn good. Well, this week it was my turn to earn the breakfast. I survived and earned it, but not before Johnny wrecked every muscle in my body haha. Then, as we were in line to order food, I ended up going and puking in the Food City bathroom. Let's just say it was an experience I'll never forget haha.

My ponderizer this week is 2 Timothy 1:7 which says, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." There are a lot of things to be afraid of as a missionary. It's not easy to go out and talk to strangers about Jesus Christ. But, fear is Satan's tool, and his alone. God does not give us fear, but if we ask in faith he will bless us with power. We can overcome our fears as we ask the Lord for His enabling power. I hope y'all have a great week! 

Love,
Elder Mitchell

The terrific trio

Their "snow"

Making taquitos with Hermano G

Pictures from around Lenoir City