Week 40 July 23,2019

 Week 40  July 23-2019


       The start of the week went pretty well Monday morning We relaxed until we had our appointment with Brother Kim, he is our personal Barber in this area. While there it took about an hour for all 3 of us plus a couple others  that came In for haircuts. We also Went to the storage unit to pick up a scale for us. While gassing up the truck, elder Killpack had to go inside to get the receipt. She asked if he was even old enough to drive, we thought It was hilarious. We came home to give Elder Foutz time to pack.  For dinner we had time with a Blake Pierce family, it was pretty good.  On the way home we stopped by sister Jesus the check up on her, she was in the hospital and we got worried. We ended up helping her and giving her a blessing. She loves  receiving Blessings, she finds peace with them.

     Right as we woke up we Left to Boston. We missed yesterday's appointment at 6:30 a.m. so We couldn't miss this one. Luckily it was later on in the day. The appointment went pretty quick, but we had to wait around an hour for the medicine at the pharmacy. We decided since we are so close to go get Panda Express, and we are so happy we did. Elder Foutz's  Eyes were dilated, so he  Couldn't do too much. We are able to come home and start to finish packing. Before we got home we went to visit Brother Paganella, And helping with some service. All we really did was bring a couple bags of rocks from his car trunk and brought it to the backyard. We also cleaned up his garden. We were then able to come home. We then got ready for dinner with the Buchmans, at Olive Garden. It was our last woo rah with us all. After dinner we had to hurry and get our laundry done, luckily the Roger's let us use their laundry room! When we came home we had an eviction notice on our door and we had to wait till the next day to talk to Elder Rasmussen to help get it fixed.

     Wednesday, the day of transfers! Our last goodbye to Elder Foutz. The first thing we did was go to the Rogers because Elder Foutz forgot his bag there. Right after we made our way to see Sister Buchman, she had made some snacks for us and wanted Elder Foutz to try them before he left. We then went to lunch at Chick-fill-a, along with around 30 other missionaries. It is the hotspot on transfer days! We then had to make our way to the Weston Chapel, we hung out with other missionaries and transferred over Elder Foutz items to his new car. While there we had a meeting with President Mavromatis, he welcomed all the new missionaries and said his goodbyes to the ones leaving. He also talked about getting information about the new converts with in the past year. He wants to know how they have progressed in the church and if they are getting the fellowship they need. After we came home to re arrange the apt now that it is back to only two of us. We then left to see the Roger's for dinner and finish up our laundry.

     Nothing to much happened Thursday, Elder Kilpack wasn't feeling to well so stayed home for a while, Sister Roger's needed some help so we were able to give over and help out for a little bit. She had been gone for a few weeks and wanted to catch up. Later on we had an appointment with Francis for his interview questions! The Zone leaders came up to do the interview, while waiting for them we talked to a lady named Lori, she was outside doing some work. We talked for a little bit and she seems interested in learning more, we were able to get her contact information as well! While in the interview something came up so we had to call president to finish up. We couldn't do it right then so we would come back tomorrow.

     Friday after we got ready we left to the storage unit to pick  up a mattress for the Franklin sisters. We then made our way to District Council. We ended up being a little late. We talked about how we can better help our friends in our areas. The main training and roleplay was on leaving invitations/commitments and why we do it. We also promised blessings to help them know why we leave them. We came home and got ready for out second half of the interview with Francis when we got there we played a game of phone tag but had to have some reach out to him on another time. We then started to fill out the rest of the form. He ended up taking us out to dinner for helping him out so much. We then came home for the night. 

     Saturday we went to the park pretty early to visit Andie. We met her at around 8:30 am. While there she said the opening prayer! This is the first time she has prayed in front of us missionaries! It was a big step for her. We had a good lesson about her and how we can better help her learn and grow. After we came home. Later on we came to see brother Mason and have our missionary coordination meeting. We discussed our friends and how we can get help from the ward. We also discussed how the ward can help for the upcoming baptism for Francis.  After we finished dinner got pushed to later so we helped brother Mason trim some bushes around his house. I also rode his electric long board, oh boy is it fun! After we finished with the help he needed we made  way to the Roger's for the night. 

     Sunday we had a pretty good day! We had both Francis and Kyle there along with the whole Roger's family! Big steps for them all. The first talk was really good! Sister Phillips talked about the “Parable of the Talents.” As we all have GOD given talents we should always look to have them grow and to use them to help others! The second talk was on the power of the Book of Mormon. In Sunday school we talked about missionary miracles. Ways we have seen missionary work through a miracle. Miracles come in many sizes. After church we had our first lesson with sister Flynn. Kyle joined its as well! Sister Cope also helped out because she knows sister Flynn pretty Well. We came home to eat and do studies along with district call ins up until we had to leave for dinner with Bishop Crichton and his family. When we got there the Paice family joined us. We had a real fun time socializing at the dinner table along with getting to know each other more.  The message we shared was on "come and see" a new program put out by the church to help members feel more comfortable with inviting others to be apart of a wide range of church activities. We then made our way to our appointment with a referral we got. When we got there turns out she wasn't feeling to well and had to cancel again. While in the area of Beaver Park we did some contact attempts with a few people we teach and hope to start teaching, sadly we didn't have to much luck. It got pretty late so we came home for the night.

                        Isaiah 40:8

     "8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever"

     The word of God and the love of Christ will never die. As we watch the nature around us we can see that it is slowly dying. It was not meant to last for ever. Christ's love will always be there. The Word of God will always stand true! I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen