Hey everyone! This week was so great, last Sunday we did a mini exchange with Jasper so there was four of us in our area and we went to an apartment complex to knock doors. While we were there elder Rippstein and I met a man who moved here from Africa and spoke very little English but you could tell his heart was there and he really did want to talk with us more but physically couldn’t get the words out he wanted to. We saw so...
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This transfer flew by holy cow, nevertheless I’m happy to say Elder Beckey and I are staying together another transfer! Also, speaking of flying by, Happy March! This past week was pretty great. Not only have we started to find more people to teach but I gained a better understanding of Christ’s sacrifice for us. It felt as if every person we talked to the conversation was on something we had studied that morning. One day...
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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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