Howdy! We got two new investigators this week! They were a media referral and are very nice. They appear to be active in another church, but when we asked to come back after sharing a message from Isaiah when we delivered the Bible they agreed to let us come back! I was honestly shocked that it all went as smooth as it did when we left. We also met with our brother with a baptismal date. He is still very eager and excited for his baptism. Unfortunately, we are going to have to move it back since he didn't come to church yesterday. We like to have people come at least 3 times before they are baptized, and since he missed yesterday it wouldn't be possible. We are not letting this get us discouraged!
Other that these lessons, we had a slow week. We had a lot of appointments fall through and it threw us way off. But, a positive thing about that is since we didn't meet with a lot of people last week, we will be able to meet with them all this week!
We went on an exchange this weekend. I stayed here with another Elder who has been out for 7 months now. He is really funny, and I like him a lot. But, as with all exchanges where I drive, something bad has to happen. And it did.
I hit a dog.
Not hard though. We were pulling up to our Ward Mission Leaders home (which is secluded so we were on a dirt driveway) and their neighbor's dog charges us, as usual. They have an electric fence and normally that stops the dog, so I didn't pay him any mind. Now keep in mind, it is night, the road is under a canopy of trees, and it was misty-rainy. The other Elder yelled something about the dog, who ran through the electric fence (which is a wire buried underground and when the dog passes over it, the collar shocks him, hard) and in front of the car. I wasn't going fast, but still hit the brakes hard and heard him bounce off the front of the car. That didn't stop him though and he still kept barking and trying to get in through the window I had down. It was awful. The Sisters in the Ward hit a deer two weeks ago while with a member and the other Elders hit a deer last night, I am counting our blessings.
Oh, and our ward mission leader said that the dog does that all the time to them and that he just pushes it into the trees. So I don't feel too bad.
Other than that wonderful excitement, this week was pretty dull. Until next time!
Elder Ciminski