Hi Everyone! This was a great week,
Monday was good, we played a lot of basketball. In the evening we went to a lesson at a restaurant with Brother Morring. We went inside, and as we were sitting down Will and Elizabeth (the people we came to teach) said they had invited two of their friends to come too. Which was kinda strange. When they came and sat down, we knew this wasn't going to go as we had originally anticipated. Turns out they are catholic, and they and their friends used to be in a study group. They started asking questions that were not very sincere. Brother Morring just took over the conversation and basically taught them all the lessons, and made it so not many could get a word in. They kept saying "we've all had our spiritual experiences, but those alone aren't enough for faith, you need facts too" and I'm sure if we had admit that they would have pulled out some anti, but Brother Morring didn't let that happen. After a couple hours they finally relented and left haha--they were obviously thinking they could help us see the light, but didn't expect us to bring our knowledgeable friend. Overall it was fun, because they had some very obvious frustration with the situation, and it was also fun to see their beliefs dismantled, in a non-threatening way.
Tuesday we had District council at the Barton's which was fun, we had our end-of-transfer testimony meeting, and had a good chicken salad lunch. After that I went on exchanges with Elder Van Tassell, and went immediately to a lesson with Peggy at Bishop's house. Peggy is super funny, it was probably one of the most fun lessons Ive ever had, we had an awesome discussion and read 3 Nephi 11 with her. After that we did comp study, and then forgot to eat dinner cause we got talking haha
In the evening we went out with Brother Faucette, and talked to a lot of people. None of us knew Spanish, but we still used Google Translate to invite someone to English class! As the evening was coming to a close we decided to go get What-a-burger since Brother Faucette offered, and NEVER turn down an offer for food. As we were heading over I felt like we should call someone I had messaged randomly on Facebook, so we did. He answered and we had a 30 minute restoration lesson in the car!! It went so well, and he is excited to read the Book of Mormon.
As our evening was coming to a close, we returned to our apartment, and Elder Van Tassell inserted the key into our lock, only to have the key break in half in the lock!! We tried to turn what was left of the key to no avail. We knocked on our neighbors door, and they tried to help with all sorts of pliers and knives, but it was no use. Then our neighbor's competent friend Nagaraj appeared and gave us the apartment help line, then left. We called the line and then it got to the voice-mail saying what their office hours were ad to leave a message so we hung up. So we called the APs and got permission to have the ZLs pick us up even thought they would be driving after 10:30. So we called them and then waited with our neighbor in His apartment. While we were waiting Nagaraj shows up and suggests we go on walk. So that's what we did, and as we were heading out he asked if we had gotten ahold of the office and we said no. He seemed shocked, and asked if we had really tried. As we were replying he simply held up his hand to silence us and proceeded to call the office again. He got to the same voicemail we did and then as we were trying to say "told you so" he just held up his finger, and continued to listen to the voicemail. At the very end it said, "if this is an emergency, stay on the line." Nagaraj stayed on the line. Someone answered and said they could come over and fix it. The only problem is the ZLs are now 5 minutes away haha--so we decided to just stay at their place anyway since they already burned the miles haha
Nagaraj drove away and when his exact same car returned it was a lady. He hasn't been seen since, we think hes one of the 3 Nephites.
Wednesday we got a ride back to our apartment in the morning, and then went to Lorna's for service. We helped her clean her outdoor bunny enclosure and set up some tunnels for her bunny. It was really fun. We ate at Jimmy John's for dinner, and then went out with Brother Talley to some lessons. They all fell through, but we invited a bunch of people to our ward Falloween who were out and about.
Thursday was one of the best days ever! We went to Minnie's for service as usual, and afterwards they invited us to this banquet they only hold once a year. We walked in and they had catering from A BBQ place, a quesadilla place, Chile's, Olive Garden, and some other place. It was the best sight ever walking into that room. After getting food they led us into this vip banquet room where we each had places set for us with a gift bag and cookies at each place. It was so much fun, I ate so much food. They had a drawing and 5 of the 9 missionaries there won something, including me! It was they greatest lunch ever, highly recommend. In the evening we went out with Brother Bagley, and found someone new to teach. He was awesome, he used Almas conversion story to testify of what Jerry (the guy taught) needed to do to know the truth of what we were doing.
Friday was super rainy, it rained from 8 am to 3 pm straight haha--we made the mistake of thinking it wouldn't be that bad and biking out to the pavilion at the park for comp study. We were mistaken haha--it was pouring so hard that it went through our coats and sweaters, and filled our shoes. I don't think I've ever been so soaked in my life. It was fun though, we made the 15 minute ride to the pavilion, realized the wind was cold, and rode 15 minutes back to a Starbucks instead. We covered their floor in water haha, but we payed for it by getting hot chocolate which wasn't very good. Most places don't know how to make good hot chocolate. I love rain storms though, I wish we would get these more often! In the evening we went to our ward Falloween party, which had a great turnout! Also we got a call from our friend Audrey, who we've been trying to get ahold of for the last week, and invited her to a baptism and she wants to come! It was a huge miracle because we've been trying to get her to come to church for MONTHS now.
Saturday morning we picked up Audrey with Brother Howieson, and went to the ZLs baptism. It was super good, Audrey loved it, and we set up a ride for her so she could come to church also! In the afternoon Bishop took us to Inn-n-out which I am liking more and more. In the evening we went out to some lessons with Brother Morring, and afterwards got shakes at Braums.
Sunday morning was so good! We went to ward council which was awesome, and then Audrey came to church for the first time!! Also Brother Morring brought a friend with him! And Jerry watched church on Zoom cause he couldn't make it in person. It was great, Elder Stanley and I spoke. After wards we had an impromptu Gospel Principles class for Audrey and Brother Morrings friends with the ward missionaries, and some other assorted people. It was a great discussion, and Audrey commented how much she loved church later that day. She wants to come again, and is also going to talk with the aparment manager about doing a weekly Book of Mormon study at the clubhouse!
In the evening we went to the ZLs apartment and got transfer news! Elder Stanley is headed to Sweden, I am staying in Plano 10 as DL and training a new missionary again! It's going to be lots of fun.
-Elder Nielson
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