Gunnison 8

Sister Carlson Knows Alex From Target 

We found another Spanish investigator this week her name is Alejandra.  She is great.  We talked about the book of Mormon with her and she said she wanted to read it.  

We met with Ruben and read a little of the Book of Mormon with him and talked about recognizing the Spirit.  

We got to see Shay this week and she is doing good.  She says she doesn't want to commit or make a promise to God that she might break.  We started to read the Book of Mormon with her because if she reads it then that is how she is going to get a testimony.  I also ended up promising her that if she reads the whole thing then by the time she gets to the end she will not want to smoke any more.  

This week was Train the Trainers and the Mission tour. That means that Tuesday morning we left for Grand Junction and then  we got back Wednesday evening.  The Mission Tour was great; Elder Gaverrett of the Seventy came and it was great.  It was a whole day of training and it was great.  We also got to spend Tuesday night with the Grand Mesa Sisters in Grand Junction.  Sister Crawford and I went on an exchange.  We found a new investigator named Leah and she is great. She was super excited to learn more about the gospel.  

There is a less-active guy named Chris who is moving here in January so we got to meet him and teach him a little this week.   

We have been giving everyone in Gunnison an invite to the Branch Halloween activity so we will see if anyone ends up coming.  

Random funny story of the week is that at the mission  tour we were all supposed to prepare a training. I was not called on but there was an Elder that got called on and he gave pretty much the same training that I had prepared. 

I hope you all have a great week.

Gunnison 7

Tomatos are Red, lettuce is Green, Welcome to Subway We're Fresh and Clean.

Well a miracle happened yesterday.  We were going to try someone then we remembered that a member had not showed up at church and we felt like we should go make sure she was doing okay.  While we were there we decided to try another member that was not at church that day first. They live in the same apartment complex.  As we were walking around the back we ran into Able.  We got to talk to him a little and that was good.  He said that he had been reading the Book of Mormon and that it has been "heavy" (when he says that he means it has been calling him to repentance) and he needs to meet with the missionaries.  He also is moving to California soon so we will have to hook him up with the missionaries there.  

We were finally able to meet with Shay again this week.  It went great.  She has been talking with Donny a lot about commitments and covenants. She wants to be baptized but is not really sure she can do it.  It was great because our lesson that day was all about covenants and commitments.  She already started keeping one of her commitments. She texted us to let us know that she read the chapter in the book of Mormon we wanted her to so that is great.  

Joe has officially gone to Lakewood.  He made it to church though before he left and that was the greatest.  We were so happy especially since one of the first things he said to the sisters was that they could teach him but he would never be attending a church meeting so don't bother with that.  He looked so happy.  We also were able to have one last lesson with him before he left.  We talked about the atonement and how we can be forgiven of anything if we look to the Savior.  

We went to Young Womens yesterday and it was great. We talked about having a grateful attitude and how miracles and things to be grateful for happen every single day and we need to find them.  It was great.  

Brother Seelbinder wrote me a song on his a guitar and it was pretty great. I told him I need to get a video of it. 

This week we went with the Barretts to Subway for dinner.  Brother Barrett is the band professor at the college.  Both of the people working decided to write him a song on the spot and that was also pretty good. (It's my email subject line)

Oh also, my companion's name is Sister Carlson.  She is from Dallas Texas.  She worked as a life guard.  Yay for pool staff.  She is great and super fun to be around.  She is super "excited" to spend winter in Gunnison.  Another miracle was that she did not bring winter stuff and we were able to get permission to buy some in Montrose after district meeting on Thursday.  We were like okay we are going to stay focused and only get what we need then leave.  We were able to go to Target and as soon as we walk in there were the hats and gloves. Then we walked around the corner and there were the boots; we didn't even have to look for things it was great. I think it might have been the fastest Target trip ever. 

Gunnison 6

It's Snowing!!!

Yep it is snowing outside right now so that is super exciting.

Well, transfer news came and I will be staying in Gunnison and training a new missionary.  

We ended up finding a Spanish investigator this week.  We taught him The Restoration* and he loved it.  I really didn't know what was going on but it was great.  Since Sister Thompson is leaving a member has agreed to translate for us so we will see how it goes. 

We have been trying to contact this less active guy named Jared. We finally were able to meet with him this week so that was awesome.  He is not really interested in coming back but said we could come teach him the lessons if we want.  We are hoping that the lessons might re-kindle his testimony.  His best friend also goes to Utah State so that is cool.  

I got to go on another exchange in Uncompahgre which was super exciting.  

Shay is still on bed rest but she did watch conference which was awesome.  

The older Nelsons decided to bring waffles back so that is amazing.  

I hope you all have a great week.

 

[*Two video links for The Restoration: "Apostasy and Restoration" and "The Restoration"]

Gunnison 5

HOMECOMING 2.0

This time we lit the W on fire.  Actually we just watched as it was lit on fire but still it was cool. 

This week we were going to invite Shay to watch conference.  She has been put on bed rest so it has been hard to meet with her. We didn't get the chance to stop by so Saturday night we texted her about it.  She responded back that Donny had already told her about it and to watch it.  He beat us to the punch.  She ended up having unexpected company though so she was not able to watch it. 

This week I went on exchanges in Uncompahgre and that was a blast.  I was able to teach Mike and Mitch. I also was able to see some of the members.  It was a great day.  

Joe is doing great. He is probably the most progressing person we are teaching right now.  He has been reading his scriptures and is super excited to come to church next Sunday.  

General Conference was amazing.  I am so grateful that there are living prophets today.