Something I’m really grateful for is prayer. It’s really that one-on-one evaluation time we have each day to either ask for help, vent, or just express gratitude for the many blessings we are given in life. For the past few days Elder Beckey and I have been praying for people by name every morning and evening and praying for more and more opportunities to find someone who can benefit from hearing an uplifting message. And...
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I had sent an email out earlier today, but it never sent so I’m taking it as a sign that there was something else I was suppose to talk about instead. We had a really amazing experience last Monday doing family history and finding my own name to take to the temple that I wanted to share but the spirit says otherwise. That’s one of the neatest things I’ve seen on my mission. Whatever the spirit says, follow it. The...
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A lot happened this week, for starters last Monday night a member took us and another set of elders to an all you can eat Wing Buffet. Prior to us arriving the member said the record for most wings eaten by a missionary they took was 80 wings. Naturally as guys we decided to accept the challenge (which is something I don’t recommend). I ended up consuming 45 wings and I thought I was going to explode. Now fortunately I came in...
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It was a pretty long week, we’ve been knocking a lot of doors and not to many people are answering but the few that do we’ve been having some pretty good responses. On Monday night last week we had dinner with a recent convert then went over to Walmart to store contact. Elder Beckey and I split up in the parking lot to cover more ground. The first person I saw was a younger gentleman who actually worked for Walmart and was...
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Heyo! It’s been a great start to the new transfer, Elder Beckey is a blast. Hickory Flat is anything but flat that’s for sure, we’ve had a great few days biking up and down hills and some were even in pouring rain but what can you do. I’m loving it here in Hickory Flat though, it reminds me of Jasper a little bit. We have our fair share of trailers as well as upper class houses so there are some moments that...
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