Friends and Family,
Well, here we are again! Back to
December. Winter in Florida is pretty
fantastic. it's about 75 degrees
outside, sunny and there is a perfect
breeze outside. I love it. This week was
probably the best one I've
had in Eustis this far. Elder Chidester
and I were able to accomplish
a lot and have some great things happen!
I've mentioned a guy named Eddie a
couple of times in my emails, but
this man is just an overall stud. He had
his first seizure at 17 years
old and has several more through out his
life. He still has an
awesome, positive outlook on life and
couldn't be happier. He's been
in a wheelchair for the past 15 years
and definitely has had a tough
life, but still continues to be grateful
for what he has. His life
story and the way he has reacted to his
trials remind me of the story
of Job in the Old Testament. The reason
I bring this story up, is
because for the first time in 6 months
he attended church yesterday!
To quote Eddie, he said, "Well
Elder D, I haven't felt this good in a
looooonnnngggg time." Hahah he's
definitely someone I'll always
remember!
Our investigator Sherry is doing pretty
good! We were able to meet
with her a couple of times this week and
both were pretty big time
lessons. We tried to set a baptismal
date the last couple of times we
met with her, and for some reason
something just hasn't been clicking.
This week we find out that she still
actually hasn't told her husband
she has been meeting with us. That's
kind of a bummer, but the cool
thing is, is that she knows the church
is true, and that eventually
she needs to be a baptized member. This
week should be a huge one for
her!
Thursday was a big day for us!! To start
off, we had MLC so I was able
to catch up with all of my good friends
from around the mission. It's
always a good time to see and talk with
those dudes. It was President
Berry's Birthday Wednesday so we were
able to celebrate with some cake
and ice cream after the meeting. This
definitely "put the icing on the
cake" dum dum tss (shout out to my
sister Brittany.) After MLC we
headed back on the long lonely drive to
farm country, and Eustis
Florida. We were dropping by some
potential/former investigators homes
when we knocked on a guys house named
Freddy. He was way nice and
invited us right into his home. After
having some more conversation,
it ends up his life just got really busy
when he was previously
meeting with the missionaries and lost
contact with them. He's been
reading from the Book of Mormon and just
didn't know how to get back
in contact with the Elders! Definitely a
cool miracle, and we can't
wait to start teaching him this week!
Saturday I went on an Exchange with one
of the Assistants in the
Mission! I was able to learn from the
big dogs up top, as Elder
Langston came out to Eustis with me. He
served in Eustis about 6
months ago, so it was pretty fun for him
to go and see some of the
previous people he taught. We were able
to be pretty bold with some of
the less actives he was teaching and we
are still teaching that have t
really made much progress. It was kind
of nice having him in their to
help some less active members realize
they have more potential as
children of God then what they are doing
now.
Funny Story Alert! So at the beginning
of the Transfer, we started
dunking on missionaries through out the
zone with a small nerf
basketball hoop that normally hang up on
the doors in the house. What
"dunking" means is that we
have one person sneak up behind a
missionary with the nerf hoop, then have
another missionary "dunk" on
them when they aren't expecting it.
Well, to finish up the story,
after exchanges Saturday night, we
decide to dunk on one of the
Assistants. There is a video below. This
video is particularly funny
because they took a Christmas picture
after our exchange and he is
dressed up like Santa! Hahaha we think
it's pretty funny anyways!
Another cool thing that happened this
week was with a man named Joe!
(I know, we are teaching a lot of pretty
generic names "Eddie, Joe,
Freddy.") But we had an awesome
lesson with Joe this week. Joe is
starting his return to the church after
being inactive for a little
while. This week, he asked about the
Fall of Adam and Eve and if it
needed to happen. Once we explained the
Plan of Salvation and shared a
few scriptures with him, he totally
understood Gods plan and felt His
love again. I have to say sharing the
Plan of Salvation is probably my
favorite discussion to have out here on
my mission. It's pretty cool
to see over and over again when people
understand that Heavenly Father
has a specific plan for them and their
family how positive and excited
they are afterwards is pretty awesome.
I've definitely gained a
stronger testimony and love for the Plan
of Salvation of this past
year and a half.
That just about "wraps" up the
week here in Eustis, and hopefully you
all are "wrapping" up some
gifts for the holidays! I hope my puns make
somebody laugh! Well time is still
moving pretty quickly for me. I
love my mission and what it's entailed
so far. Know that I'm grateful
for the great friends and family that I
have who continue to support
me. A mission is definitely hard this
time of year, but it seems like
before I know it, I'll be back in St.
George with you all again. Have
a great week!
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| This is a guy that Brock baptized in the beginning of his mission, he just recently received the Melchizedek priesthood. He's one of Brock's favorite investigators! |
- Elder Doman
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