I felt the need to go to down town mid day, me elder wakley were going back and forth saying we shouldnt because no one comes out til night over there, well eventually we decided ok we will go check it out, and it was pure inspiration, or at least it was after out faith was tried a little bit, first guy we saw on the street we started talking to and walking with, he was drunk out of his mind, we got all his info and helped him stay standing as he fell to the ground 1 and was stumbaling around a lot, should of asked for his social security number, if he knows it he probably would of given it to us. Lol he was so drunk. But he wanted us to come over some other time... he had no idea he ever talkes to us. Next we knock on her front door but there was a lock so we knew that if some ones home they wouldnt use that door, the side gate was open we peek through and saw a side door, we knocked on it and bec comes out yelling saying were tresspassing, that were two dumb idiots, that she never wants to see a mormon again, we asked her if she had met with mormons before and she said if you dont leave now shes calling the cops, we walk away, she was un like anyperson i have ever talked to she was just mean, we both decided we were goning to drop her,
Day goes on, we talk to bill,who has a sweet Cadillac dark black and it is really long, he said he might give us a ride in it some time if he sees us on the street again, but over nice guy not interested in our message at all.
Getting a little dicouraged at this point but we moved on, we go to a potentials house knock on the door, and the neighbor shouts out the window she moved out, we start tslking to her and she was really interested in our message, we asked her what her full name was, so we could put it in our phone, and it was debbies niece, and she is awesome, they were both awesome, we figured we needed to go get wifi to update area book online, we walk past becs house again and ahe comes out and waves at us, motioning us over we look at each other thinking this lady is crazy she wants round two, what is wrong with her, eventually we cross the street and go over, and she balls her eyes out with joy saying i went to throw away the stuff the last elders gave me, but as i looked at it i had an overwhelming feeling that i just turned down what i needed so i immediately read through the pamflet and prayed that you guys would come back so i could appologize and start taking the lessons again, so now were meeting with her and will put her on date soon. Shes actually pretty nice (besides that morning).
Debbie is litterally the best, she came to church and litterally said when i met you i thought there was something differnt about yall, but was skeptical about Mormons, ibut now she says she was prepared for our messsage and that she knows ita true, now just need to quit coffie. She is so awesome. She also doesnt know were teaching her niece yet, we want to surprize her.
President and sister stratford are amazing, a lottle sassy but amzing, they came to our district meeting and whenever im around them they surely bring the spirit, and also you cant leave a conversation with president without having him give you a good love, he is awsome, it was the best district meeti g ever, even though i gave one of the trainings, btw get used to role playing, we do it every day...
After district meeting we had a fanstastic day following the great spiritual heigh president stratford put us on.
The next day was follow up training, it so weird to know that i am 1/12th of the way done with my mission, thats scarry, this went by way too fast, i got to see my old mtc pals and go contacting over osu campus again, and wow i did a lot better this time, me and elder erickson paired up( old mtc companion) and wow we did good a thousand times better then the first time, we actually got 2 new investigators. In about 20 minuets. And then went into training food and miaaionary games with president, it was an amazing day.
Oh investigator m is a preacher for a different church but we are now meeting with him and his wife and reading through the book of mormon. They are really cool, we will have them babtized in a month or so, i am a ittle pride ful, but what ever
Satan is so real, i mean he temps us daily trying to destroy our spirits, or that of our investigaators, tyler is getting babtized on friday, and satan git him to not read the scriptures for a day and it just destroyed his spirits, but we read with him and made him cookies, so he'll still get babtized, hopefully, satan is surely working hard on him, but he loves the book if mormon so much , he read 200 pages in one day, its been a month working with him and he has almost read the book of mormon, he is a strong soul, given all the other stuff he goes through, his land lordis trying to throw him out because he wants to be mormon....
On the other hand i went on exchanges again this time with elder baldwin, which us both being brand new it was interesting (he has only been out one transfer longer then me, he is still in training), we got off to a ruff start, but we taught a few lessons and overall a god exchange, we got antied a lot though, it was like a street we knocked of each door saying that all mormons are devils in how we beleove in poligamy and that we should start knocking the doors i hell, none of them were willing to let us tell them any different, except one lady, who was really funny, she went after us then we explained, and she got stump and just said i dont beleive the way yiu do, and we really wanted to be snarky and say so you dont beleive ingod? But we let her go, she really didnt care for the message anyway.
Last storie, the cops love mormons, i get the cops called on me about every week out here, sometimes more then once a week, this week , member X is a less active, well he has gone off the deep end, we have met with him a few times and he is always drunk or high, this week the sisters were eating with the empty nesters at the church and we were in a lesson with tyler somewhere else in the church, well he called the cops on us saying that the elders were trying to break i through his front door and the sisters were banging on his fire escape.... meanwhile we talked to them with about 30 witnesses that we were all at the church...
There is more stories but times running out,
Be safe and smile,
Your sins hurt everyone,
Pray he his there
Sincerely
-Elder Jarvis
Btw thats elder win, i am waiting on elders erickson and smith to sent me more pictures.
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