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Sunset

Sunset

Sunset

Massive Hornets Nest at the Rogers

Rogers Daughter Neveah

At a Farm with the Rogers

Neveah Rogers

Peach Orchard

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Boston Temple

Boston Temple

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Week 44               August 12th-18th
 
     Monday was a pretty slow day, to save miles we stayed home pretty much all day up until dinner. I was able to call home and talk to my family, and I talked to my older sister Tiffanie and it was pretty fun! For dinner and the night we were at the Roger's. We did so to save miles for the next day.
     Tuesday we had to be in Foxboro area to meet with the Sisters for Elder Kilpack to do a baptismal interview. It was pretty cool to see the Sisters getting a baptism for their area! On the way back we passed Gillett Stadium, for those who don't know that's where the New England Patriots play for home games. We stopped at home to get changed and head out to Weston to meet up with Elder Wilde. We started to work on the brakes for the trailer. The fuse worked but the power wasn’t getting to the back plug. We had to go check with the auto place to see what to do.  Before we did that, Elder Wilde took us out to eat at Five Guys. It was fun to get to know him even more. After Lunch we checked Firestone but we then had to check the dealership. While at the Dealership we were told our Vehicle Coordinator has to call and set up an appointment. We then went to the office for him to call and for us to set up a time. We set it up for Saturday morning. We came home for a little and cleaned out the truck to get ready for the weekend. I was able to call and talk to my nephew Rhett to wish him a Happy 4th Birthday. I also found out my brother Tyler and his family are moving to Texas. We had a later dinner with the Roger's and after we ended up watching a little bit of the meteor shower that was happening. We only saw a few shooting stars, but we then had to come home for the night.
     Wednesday morning was a later start for me, but still got up and ready for the day on time.  Did some personal studies and got ready for our lesson with Sister Flynn. We met her at the Framingham Library they have some study rooms we could use. Today we talked a little bit about Patriarchal Blessings.  We are encouraging to get hers! About an hour after our lesson, we got a message from her saying she has an appointment to talk to the bishop about Patriarchal Blessings.  That right there is the first step, it was cool to see her desire to get her Blessing. We then left to the office to pick up a couple of packages, one for Elder Kilpack and another one for a Sister in the District. While on the way home we did a few stop byes but not a lot of luck. Pretty soon we left to meet up for dinner with the Buchmans at Pho Dakao. They had their less active son there as well. It was super cool to talk to him and see how we can help him out. During dinner we shared a message on the Priesthood responsibility. Their son Josh has not been to church in about 4 years. We gave him a simple invitation to be at church this Sunday. He said he has been thinking about returning, and just needed more rest. I had the feeling to promise him that if he made it to at least Sacrament he would have the energy he needed to get through work later that day. After dinner we left to the Buchman’s home to give Brother Buchman a blessing of health and comfort. I was the voice and I always feel the power and love God has for each and every time I help in a blessing. It is such a wonderful feeling! After the blessings we talked a little bit about how we can help Josh return to Church. After dinner we went to get Elder Kilpacks glasses that he left at the Roger's. On the way home we stopped by a reservoir to take picture of the sunset.
     Thursday was a really small move, it was taking a mattress to the Boston Portuguese Elders. We didn’t do that until about 11-noon time. That morning before we left, I wrote in my journal some thoughts I had running through my head. Along with organizing my desk a little bit. We then picked up the mattress from the storage unit and made our trip. We ended up adding about 30 min because the roads here are absolutely horrible.  I miss the Grid system in Utah so much, Haha.  While on the way home we stopped by Panda Express for lunch then came back home. We ended up having an earlier dinner with the Masond Family because the parents had to be somewhere later on. It was pretty fun talking to them. We helped them bring a rowing machine down stairs. I tried it for only 2 minutes and oh boy, am I out of shape. I was so exhausted and weak from just 2 minutes! While downstairs we saw his man cave. He has a nice punching bag, along with a pool table, dart board and his nice gun safe. I wasn’t feeling to hot after that work out so we ended up coming home and reached out to the friends we are teaching. We also planned out District Council for the next day. I just opened up my “Preach my Gospel” to a random page and it ended up being chapter 4 "personal revelation".
     While on the way to District Council we got a call from Elder Wilde, he asked us if our sim was working because he got some notifications about it. We just did some swapping from phone to phone (Mine to Elder Kilpacks and back. We then had our District Council. It was pretty awesome, I felt the power of the spirit pretty strong. For the Role play we prayed about a friend and thought of a talk or a scripture to share with a friend or even a less active member, along with a goal and plan for them. While at District Council we also talked about our plans for District P-day this upcoming Monday. We then came home for lunch and we got another call from Elder Wilde letting us know one of our phones needed to update a missionary app that keeps our phones missionary approved. We didn’t have anything planned for dinner so I made us some Chicken Alfredo and it was pretty good. After dinner we did a couple of member stop byes then came home for the night.
     Saturday was honestly an amazing day for me. Not only was it my 10 month mark, today we went to the Temple! First thing we did was drop off our truck at the dealership to get fixed.  While there a member picked us up. We went with Sister Waterfall her daughter Katie and a newer member Sister Flynn, this is her very first time to even see the Temple, and she was going to do some Baptisms for the Dead. We were able to join her, and I was so excited to go to the Temple again! I was able to do 5 family names and helped out Sister Flynn with a couple of her family names. I did a name by Jozef Rezec and he is from Czech, that is so cool to me! After we got out we went with Sister Waterfall to lunch at Chick-fil-a. We were expecting the truck to take all day but it was finished by the time we finished lunch! So for us it was perfect timing. When we made it home, we stopped by a referral of a lady who lives a couple floors above us. We gave her a Book of Mormon and introduced ourselves, we hope to meet with her next week. We had a small message on what the Book of Mormon is. After that we did some studies and planning. We then went to the Rogers for dinner. While there we saw a couple of big wasp nests and a huge spider! Scary stuff. We then had a good lesson with the Rogers.
     Sunday, we left a little later than expected and we sat down at church just as it was about to start. While in announcements Brother Francis Kemugue now has the Aaronic priesthood and is a priest! Next step is for him help with Sacrament and then the Temple for Baptisms! I really liked the first talk it was on “The power and authority the prophets have to help guide Christ’s Church in the Latter Days”. After Sacrament Meeting we reminded the youth and their parents about tonight's activity for a missionary workshop fireside. We then sat in on Sunday School. We read from Roman's, about inheriting the kingdom of Heaven. We all are heirs to the throne but it is up to us to accept it. As we remain faithful and do the best we can to come closer to Christ we then can and will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. After Church we went with the Rogers family to a peach and berry farm. They had an event going on. It was at the boarder of our area so it was good to go out in public to try and talk to people. We did talk to a couple members from our boarding area. It was a fun event but not a lot of good pickings when we went. Later we got dropped back off at the church for us to get our truck.  We came home and did a little studying then left to dinner with the Bishops family. We had a pretty fun time there. And helping build our trust as missionaries with the Bishop. Ever since I have been here we have made some big steps! We shared a message on the sacrament and repentance. As we sin we become dirty and as we ask for repentance and partake of sacrament we can be forgiven. (Watch the video for the example). They were all blown away, and it helped think better understand why we take sacrament but spiritually take it every day. After our dinner and message with Bishop we made our way to our Missionary event In Franklin. There were 8 of us missionaries along with a lot of youth from each of our wards. We helped them better understand and how to bare your testimony when asked questions. Instead of replying with "I'm a Mormon" or "it’s because of my religion". We did get into groups of 4-6 and did role plays! Through these role plays we helped them understand how they can better answer questions when they are asked about what we believe. The second half was out guest speaker Brother Haight. He gave a great talk on how simply it truly is to share the Gospel and to prepare yourself spiritually to help strengthen your own testimony. To end the night we dropped off a bed frame we picked up for the Rogers and came home for the night.
     
                   Mathew 28:17

     "17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted"

      After Christ’s resurrection, a few did doubt that it was truly Him. That testifed to me that it is okay to doubt at times. I am human and I am trying my best each and every day. I can and I have doubted my Faith before, but I cannot deny the Love that Heavenly Father and Christ has for me personally. That same love is given to each and everyone of us and it will never change even when we Doubt. I love that I have a Father in Heaven that I can and will return to one day in Heaven! I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.