Happy End of the World Day (According to the New World Order, today was and is the end of the world, so wait for a giant meteor, or a mushroom cloud, personally I expect it to hit in 2 hours).
Honestly, this last week has been a harder week. There were a lot of stuff that we had to do, weekly planning, leadership training, and more that kept us from being outside finding people. I wasn't feeling like a missionary, but I've realized that those things are very important because they help you be more affective when we're proselyting. We also HAD to do a long service project on Saturday, which we don't usually do, but it was kind of almost an emergency. Just little stuff like that has kept us from contacting and teaching, so that's really why it's been a bit harder for me.
Honestly, this last week has been a harder week. There were a lot of stuff that we had to do, weekly planning, leadership training, and more that kept us from being outside finding people. I wasn't feeling like a missionary, but I've realized that those things are very important because they help you be more affective when we're proselyting. We also HAD to do a long service project on Saturday, which we don't usually do, but it was kind of almost an emergency. Just little stuff like that has kept us from contacting and teaching, so that's really why it's been a bit harder for me.
I started the New Testament today cause I finished the Book of Mormon this last week. We read the BoM as a mission, so I read from that everyday as well as the New Testament. THERE'S SO MUCH TO STUDY IT'S CRAZY!
Investigator Update: Something really cool happened. Olivia is getting baptized this next saturday and she asked me to baptize her and Elder Hunt to confirm her! :D That's pretty pretty cool! You'll be getting a great picture next week of us at the baptism. It's this saturday at 10 am, so I'm excited about that. She's the 9-year-old girl who was found by a miracle!
Donovan and Michelle Pardos: AMAZING PEOPLE! We have a lesson at a member's house tonight and they're so fun and easy to teach, or, easy for the spirit to teach. They're open to so much good and ask LOTS of questions which is good!
We have lots of people we've taught once and are waiting to see if they keep commitments, so these are the people we're really really hoping for.
Last night Elder Hunt and I had a party in the living room! We moved our mattresses in there and slept on the floor, just to change things up a little. So a really really cool story happened! We were riding our bikes out of the apartment complex and a guy stopped us and called us over in his car. We walked over and I very calmly freaked out in my mind. I recognized him at once. We talked and he asked if any of us went to BYU and I said I went to a semester there before I came here. He said he'd played football there so I played ignorant and said, "What's your name!" "Michael Reed!" CRAZY! I shook his hand and told him how much I and my brothers and dad had loved to watch him play. He lives in our complex and we have his number in his phone. He said that Mac, the supply guy from BYU had sent him some shirts and asked if we wanted a football BYU t-shirt. Of Course!!! I got a pic with him and after that he asked us, "Have you ever heard of Austin Collie?" (My mind started hoping that he was inside his apartment or something) "Of course I know Austin Collie!" He said he'd just gotten off of the phone with him and they still stay in touch and hang out if they can. Way cool
Quick note, Brad, could you send me your first mission journal, of when you got to Indiana? Only if you feel comfortable, it's just that me and you are SO much alike in our minds and in most every way, so It'll help to see someone else going through the same thing...does that make sense?
Another funny story, there was a recent convert, whose name is Caitlyn, and she's I think 15ish. She was baptized after her older 19 year old sister was and they're both really really solid. Their family, mostly extended has been giving them a hard time for their conversion, and after Caitlyn put a picture of the Book Of Mormon on Facebook and said that "This is what I read in my spare time!" one of her cousins commented about how she could do that to the family, and dishonor and stuff, so Caitlyn (kinda sassy!) wrote back, "I don't know by what authority you were baptized by, but I was baptized by the authority of GOD!" .....Smackdown! It's like those Anti-Christ prophet smackdowns in the Bom! Such good people out here, but we're focusing especially on strengthening the ward now! It's very very much needed to help converts. Sorry, I'm running out of time!
I love you all so so much! Pray for me please, but don't worry about me please :D I'm doing so well and splendid! It wouldn't be worth while if there weren't hard times now would it. I know this church is true and Justin and Kimba....prepare for missions if Kimba you decide to serve! I love you!
Investigator Update: Something really cool happened. Olivia is getting baptized this next saturday and she asked me to baptize her and Elder Hunt to confirm her! :D That's pretty pretty cool! You'll be getting a great picture next week of us at the baptism. It's this saturday at 10 am, so I'm excited about that. She's the 9-year-old girl who was found by a miracle!
Donovan and Michelle Pardos: AMAZING PEOPLE! We have a lesson at a member's house tonight and they're so fun and easy to teach, or, easy for the spirit to teach. They're open to so much good and ask LOTS of questions which is good!
We have lots of people we've taught once and are waiting to see if they keep commitments, so these are the people we're really really hoping for.
Last night Elder Hunt and I had a party in the living room! We moved our mattresses in there and slept on the floor, just to change things up a little. So a really really cool story happened! We were riding our bikes out of the apartment complex and a guy stopped us and called us over in his car. We walked over and I very calmly freaked out in my mind. I recognized him at once. We talked and he asked if any of us went to BYU and I said I went to a semester there before I came here. He said he'd played football there so I played ignorant and said, "What's your name!" "Michael Reed!" CRAZY! I shook his hand and told him how much I and my brothers and dad had loved to watch him play. He lives in our complex and we have his number in his phone. He said that Mac, the supply guy from BYU had sent him some shirts and asked if we wanted a football BYU t-shirt. Of Course!!! I got a pic with him and after that he asked us, "Have you ever heard of Austin Collie?" (My mind started hoping that he was inside his apartment or something) "Of course I know Austin Collie!" He said he'd just gotten off of the phone with him and they still stay in touch and hang out if they can. Way cool
Quick note, Brad, could you send me your first mission journal, of when you got to Indiana? Only if you feel comfortable, it's just that me and you are SO much alike in our minds and in most every way, so It'll help to see someone else going through the same thing...does that make sense?
Another funny story, there was a recent convert, whose name is Caitlyn, and she's I think 15ish. She was baptized after her older 19 year old sister was and they're both really really solid. Their family, mostly extended has been giving them a hard time for their conversion, and after Caitlyn put a picture of the Book Of Mormon on Facebook and said that "This is what I read in my spare time!" one of her cousins commented about how she could do that to the family, and dishonor and stuff, so Caitlyn (kinda sassy!) wrote back, "I don't know by what authority you were baptized by, but I was baptized by the authority of GOD!" .....Smackdown! It's like those Anti-Christ prophet smackdowns in the Bom! Such good people out here, but we're focusing especially on strengthening the ward now! It's very very much needed to help converts. Sorry, I'm running out of time!
I love you all so so much! Pray for me please, but don't worry about me please :D I'm doing so well and splendid! It wouldn't be worth while if there weren't hard times now would it. I know this church is true and Justin and Kimba....prepare for missions if Kimba you decide to serve! I love you!
love,
Your son: THE Elder McKeen (just to let you all know the word THE means Texas Houston East mission)
Your son: THE Elder McKeen (just to let you all know the word THE means Texas Houston East mission)
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