Tuesday night. We started to get a storm rolling in, it was still a distance away so we kept knocking doors but as it got closer we realized it was a bad idea, we went to call someone but we couldn’t find the phone… It was the worst time to lose the phone haha. We ended up going home to look there and while we were driving the storm hit, wind, rain, HAIL, it was crazy! Lighting everywhere I felt like I was in a movie! We...
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On Thursday Elder Rippstein and I went on an exchange in Winder (his area) which was a blast, but also spiritually uplifting. We went over to a members house for dinner and throughout the whole thing the man would share stories of crazy things he did on his mission and the experiences he had but then he would relate them to us and helped us see our missions differently. He told us that knocking doors is like tithing, the Lord would...
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Alright so my first week in Fort Yargo has been great! I love this area, it’s a mix between Flowery Branch and Jasper honestly, it has the houses of Flowery Branch (pretty medium size, nothing huge, but you get an occasional mansion next to a few trailers) but then you have the people of Jasper, a little country, it’s great! When I came into the area the first few days Elder Sanders and I came to the conclusion that the...
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Everything this week pretty much took a hit as far as the work goes, I had caught a cold on Tuesday and it progressively got worse as the week went on. But that doesn’t mean we let it stop us from working. I learned a few things during this week: I need to have a serious talk with NyQuil because that stuff is disgusting, I legit want to throw up every time I take it. I no longer have a testimony of drinking a gallon of orange...
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First off we heard about how the Super Bowl ended last night and it wasn’t too pleasant. We tried going out knocking doors before the game started and people did not like conversations were short and not so sweet. It was a testimony to me that southern hospitality isn’t really a thing sometimes. This whole week was pretty rough, we hung out with the Spanish missionaries ( Elder Hernandez and Nielson) as well as the...
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