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| Elder Johnson and Knowlden |
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| Looking over the edge of the Cliff |
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| Rhode Island Cliff Walk |
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| Rhode Island Cliff Walk with Elder Porter |
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| Rhode Island Cliff Walk |
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| Rhode Island Cliff Walk |
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| Salve Regina University |
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| Salve Regina University |
Week 72 3-2-20
Monday went pretty well, after I woke up I called home and talked to my mom, dad and little sister Kaylee. She's basically the reason I call in the morning! After the phone call I then got ready for the day. After I was all ready we made our way to Walmart to shop for the week and when we got there I realized I didn’t have my wallet so we had to go back home then back to Walmart. After good ol shopping we came back home for lunch and then hit the Library. While there I was working on a design for a Zone T-shirt. There are a few of us doing it so we will vote later this week. I was just messing around with ideas. After that we wanted to go to the aquarium but sadly it’s closed weekdays. We then went to the Chapel for the remainder of the day. When we got there I did the finishing touches on the T-shirt, It looks nice! I played some basketball, and did some Sudoko from my little book. Most importantly called and talked to my best friend (my mom). I love that I am able to call her weekly, she truly is a blessing in my life! Not to say the rest of my family isn’t a blessing because they are! My mom is typically the only one free for me to call every week lol. After our p-day ended we hit a Taco Bell on the way home. We then changed quickly ate then went over to see Jackie and Seana. We shared the video "Expressions of Love" they seemed to really like it! While there Seana and I had a joke battle. After the message with them, we then went over to see the Kings. We got to know them more and they both served Russian speaking missions! Brother King even is reading Harry Potter in Russian! The Newport Ward is such an amazing place to serve!
Tuesday was a pretty long day! After got up and ready, we made our way to the Salvation Army for service. Today the truck was also 30 minutes late, so we didn’t do much until it got there. We then unpacked it and we were then putting everything into the freezers. I organized it before we put anything in so we then had so much more room! I was able to fit everything in! After we finished putting everything in, we had lunch with all the volunteers. We had some ribs, and it was sooo good! After lunch we came home and we then cleaned out the car. A little bit later a senior couple (The Jenkins) came and did a car and apartment inspection. They were amazed at how well this apt looks now, it used to be much, much, worse! They let us know about a few things we need to get fixed but other than that it went really well! We then called the mission office about a few things and then went to the leasing office for the rest of it. Someone came over 30ish minutes later and looked around on what needed to be done. The person who came took pictures and then said they would be back tomorrow to fix it all up. After he left so did we because it is "National Pancake day" we went to IHOP with Brother Stanley for dinner. It was pretty packed but we had fun! After lunch we made a few calls and then had our Book of Mormon class for the week. Sadly it was a smaller group but we still had fun and learned lots from all the wonderful insights, We read from 2 Nephi 25-30. After class we had lots of fun and played some basketball with the youth. It's always good to build relationships with all members! After we finished up we then came home for the night.
Wednesday morning after we got ready, we made our way to the meet up spot to start exchanges. I then "Cubed" Elder Stokes.(cubing is just a funny way to predict someone's future). After that Elder Porter and I came back to Newport for the exchange and Elder Johnson went with Elder Stokes in Narragansett. When we got back to the apt, we started to do studies, and I read of the story on Korihor the Anti-Christ. He kept preaching that Christ doesn’t exist but when we asked Ammon how does he believe in Christ, Ammon says "save it be my testimony alone" and I love that so much! In days like these we have to have a testimony to stay strong in the Gospel! We then had a pretty good companion studies as well! After our studies we then had lunch and left the apt for the day. Our first stop was to stop by a less active member, who we have never met. When we got to the apt we had two choices apt A or apt B and we didn’t know what one it was. With that being said we thought about it and pressed the doorbell for apt B. It wasn’t who we were looking for but we met Cassio. He is from Brasil! He us super cool and has a strong faith in Christ and wants his family to come closer with Christ at the center. I was at least able to introduce ourselves in Portuguese but then we needed to use translate. He let us right in for a message! It was such an awesome experience. We were able to call the Zone Leaders (Portuguese speakers) to help us out. We went over the Restoration lesson, and he said he wants to come to Church and read the "El livro de Mórmon". Luckily we had one to give to him in Portuguese! We plan on meeting him next week! After him we then went downtown to street contact and the cliff walk as well. Sadly no one we talked to were interested but we are trying! While on the cliff walk we saw the "Salve Regina University " sign. So I had to get a picture. Now I have one in front of Yale and Salve Regina! After a little we met with Brother Daily to give him some keys to the locker that had all the games on the Navy Base for FHE. After we went to the Chapel and updated a couple things and watched a couple videos in preparation for our lessons tonight. We then made our way to dinner with Brother Incze. We had Salmon salad, (tuna salad with Salmon instead). It was pretty good! The salmon was from the coast on Ireland. With him we shared the video of "Expressions of Love" and talked about how has seen Gods Love in his life. After our meal with him we made our way to see Emilce and Marivel. Sadly when we got there Marivel was already sleeping, but we were able to catch up with Emilce and asked how we could help her and the family out. Before we left we watch a Book of Mormon Video (1 Nephi 17-18). It’s about Nephi acting on faith and building the boat to cross the waters to the Promised Land. To end the night we went to Barnes and Nobel for wifi and we reached out to a few people then we came home for the night. When we got home the Zone Leaders called us expecting to Talk to Elder Johnson but he is on exchanges so they talked to me for a minute. They complimented my Portuguese and said I am very well at pronouncing the words! All in all it was a good day!
Thursday, after both of us got ready we did exchange inventory. Basically what that means is we talk about the exchange from what we liked and what we learned and leave a commitment for each other. Shortly after we left to meet up with the other Elders to exchange back. When we were all together we tried some jerky I bought at an exotic Jerkey place in downtown Newport. So we ate Kangaroo jerky it is definitely different than I thought it would be but still good. After that Elder Johnson and I then made out way back to the apt for studies. I was listening to three awesome talks that really helped me and my understanding of various topics
1) the Priesthood 2) the Lords Mercy and Just, and 3) enjoying the life I have. After personal studies we then did comp studies and had lunch. After lunch we hit the Library and made a post for our Book of Mormon page. Afterwards we then hit up Barnes and Nobel and we had weekly planning. Shortly after weekly planning we went to Dinner with the Chidesters, and had some Enchiladas and Rice Pudding. It was pretty dang good, and we had lots of fun! For our message we talked about how easily the world does things to make wrong things seem right and with the Holy ghost we can over come confusion. Afterwards we made our way to Newport Creamery to meet a less active member who we have never met before. She is currently going to Salve Regina University. While at Newport Creamery we got to know her more and had some Icecream. She has a desire to come to Church but has no ride, we can easily help her out. We are hoping to see her more often now! After meeting her we went to the Chapel and met up with Dante for a lesson on tithes and fasting along with obeying the Law. It all made sense to him and he is willing to do these things! It was a pretty good day once again!
Friday, Morning after we got ready we made our way to the Church to pick up the snacks for FHE on the Navy Base, Brother Daily left them there for us to pick up. After that we made our way up to Narragansett to meet the Elders. Today they drove up to the Warwick Chapel for District Council. The Sisters barely beat us there! Once again we had the training in the High Council Room, because they have nice chairs to sit on. The training was on "extending a baptismal date", and it was by Sister Duecett, It went pretty well! Afterwards there was a video call meeting for all District Leaders and their companions so that took another hour and a half, by the end Elders Johnson, the Narragansett Elders and I were all pretty hungry. We then went to Wendy's for "Linner". When we got back into our area we had an appointment with a less active but sadly he had to cancel because he got called into work. We were able to reschedule for Monday night! After that, we got a text from the Elders saying their complex was on fire! They had lots of police and Fire Trucks there to help put it out. Luckily from what I heard all is okay and no one got hurt, because it was on the opposite side of the building from where the Elders are, nothing happened to their apt. After that we went and we picked up our suits from the dry cleaners, they look so nice! After that we came home and relaxed up until we left for FHE in the Navy Base. With Brother Daily being sick we were put in charge, and today was pretty big we had over 100 Sailors there! After FHE ended we went to the Chapel and we watched a world wide mission triangle by Elder Uchtdorf and another General Authority -Elder Nelson (not President Nelson). It was pretty good!
Saturday was a pretty good day, Elder Johnson woke me up and I then got ready. We made our way to the Church to work out and shoot some hoops, it was pretty fun! When we got back to the apt, we had personal and companion studies. After lunch we made our way up to Bristol/Warren, it's the further north parts of our area. While there we reached out to a few less actives and a couple of referrals. We mainly were with a less active member Brother Stevens. He has such a strong testimony, and has had many wonderful experiences where he knows the Church to be true. Sadly his health isn’t the best so he hasn't been in a while, we were able to help him with putting soil and plants into a ceramic pot he had, it helped him out a lot, and he was very appreciative! After him we had dinner at McDonald's then did a few more stop byes. Afterwards we made our way to the Chapel to do a few things then we came home for the night.
Sunday morning after we woke up and got ready we made our way to Church for coordination. Unfortunately it did need to get canceled because our Ward Mission Leader was at home recovering from surgery. We didn’t have anyone from Relief Society and Brother Jones had a family emergency. So with it being canceled we helped set up Sacrament and greeting people as they came into Church. Today we had four friends at Church! That is so good for us, The last time we had four was the Christmas service. We typically only have two friends at church. It was Fast and Testimony Meeting and we heard some great testimonies! In Sunday School we went over some of the Isaiah Chapters in 2 Nephi. After Church we took some pictures for the Gallaghers because they just had a baby, and they wanted the whole family. After that we came home for studies, and I read a few YA weekly articles then passed out on the couch. When I woke up we ended up helping out a new member move in. He was expecting to be here yesterday but stuff happened. Even though it was Sunday, it was much needed! It was Bishop, Brother Jones and us, along with him and his Father. They were truly grateful for us helping out. After that we went to dinner with the Hammocks and had some delicious Angus Burgers! After dinner we had a few lessons for the night. The First was with James and we watched a short video on "The Good Samaritan ". With Brother Mottrom we talked about blessings. Patriarchal, Blessings of healing and Blessings of Comfort. It was pretty cool. We them helped out our blind member Rose move something in her kitchen.
Haggai 1:7
"7 ¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways"
In a world where we are continuing to stray further and further from God. Let us Consider "OUR WAYS" let us be better and do better so that we can continue to grow closer to Christ each and every day! I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen
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