But man, did we do a lot! It just felt like forever.
We are no longer tracking lessons, but we did teach a lot this week! We got three new investigators! All of them are pretty solid! Two of them were taught before and were very open and honest on why they stopped meeting with the missionaries and what their concerns were. We are going to try and get them to resolve those concerns and help them get into the waters of Baptism! One is struggling with the need to be Baptized again, and the other simply needs to marry his sweetheart of 26 years that he has been living with for all that time! The best part about him, was that even though his wife (I will call her that) is not interested at all in our message, she was shouting from the next room while we were talking about it things like "Yeah! Tell them why you can't be baptized!". It was awesome! Our third investigator is in the military and was very interested in our message! His Army buddy in Utah referred him and while we were teaching him he was genuinely engaged and asking actual questions. Not the same, rote ones that we get from 90% of the people we teach. We are SO excited for all three!
The weather has been so warm that we had an impressive lightning storm on Saturday night! Also, all of the trees are blooming, which is very pretty but there is pollen everywhere! Coating the cars and everyone's (except mine) allergies are kicking in. So some people are getting the Flu and allergies at the same time! Not fun! There are still people getting sick left and right. They swabbed positive for over 200 cases of the Flu at the clinic where a member works. But at least there is color everywhere again!
Since Elder Arnold came over a year ago, every area has has been divided between the two companionships in the ward. The way it was in our ward is the Sisters get 80% of the active members and most of the newer (and therefore nicer and safer) neighborhoods. It has just been changed so that it is a bit more even. We are excited for the opportunity to have more in-home meals with members (right now most take us out to eat) and get to know more members.
That is about it for this week. I do have some pics though! Be looking for those!
I love you all!
Elder Ciminski
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| Beautiful blossoms on the trees. |
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| Just don't park under them when the birds are out! |