I think it's
really funny here every one starts freaking out if there is a clear sky
and the sun is up and they start talking about how it makes
them so happy and how it makes every thing so beautiful. Because when I
see a clear sky and I am driving all i think is " That thin is freaking
blinding me!" People up here don't like cloudy days but I love em it
makes me want to go out and do stuff. But i guess thats what happens
when you grow up in Arizona and all the sun ever does is blind you and
get you hot. People are always so shocked that I don't immediately take
off my coat and my hats and my gloves and my scarf when I get in a house
I normally just keep it all on until I have to take any of it off,
Apparently the heat from doing that bothers alot of people, I just
think of it as normal being used to being warmer than this.
It's
not even cold here though after a while in the low weather you adjust
to it and it doesn't really bother you unless the wind is crazy. I think
it's really funny when the cold makes your nose hairs freeze together
ha ha=p.
It's also really fun trying to be
like Legolas how he can walk straight on top of the snow with out
falling in, alot of the snow on the side of the road has warmed up and
froze harder so it's possible to do that in some places but if your not
gentle you will still fall in.
Elder Adams says
that I have the gift of tongues. There's more to this story but it'll have to wait.
So
we were out door knocking on Lockwood and it was a pretty good day so
far and we were enthusiastic and had the spirit with us and we started
knocking and every house on the street invited us to come back for a
appointment except for like 3 people (not including the ones where no
one answered). =p
We have picked up like 4
more investigators this week as well. We haven't even contacted all of
our investigators yet but we already have 12 teaching appointments with
our current investigators not including the people we door knocked into
who set up a specific time right then or other potentials. WE HAVEN"T EVEN
CALLED EVERY ONE YET!
I have been living on a
budget for the past few weeks. So far in my MSF account I have around
300 give or take I'm not sure I haven't done the math on my watch yet.
And if I can keep up the budget that I am using right now where I still
am getting the things I need and want I will have over $1200 by the end
of my mission to send back to help other missionaries. I have been
learning how to cook and experimenting with things since we have tons of
things in our cupboards that Members gave us that no missionary knows
how to cook and even with us not being fed as much by members I am still
saving and eating well.
I slip on ice like 7 times a day, i haven't ever fell, but i normally end up letting out a girly squeal.
The
members here are now getting super involved in missionary work we are
now getting referrals and they are inviting their friends to learn about
he Gospel. We now even have out branch mission leader super motivated
and getting members to be that way too. We got a call a few days ago
saying "we have a new investigator for you... shes accepted to learn
from you" =p
So Hamilton you know how you told
me about using FHE as a way to start finding Investigators. Well that
was exactly what I needed. For like 2 months I have had a thought in the
back of my mind that I couldn't just figure out how to apply. My
thought was how did the church grow so quickly when it first was
restored. I believe that people then were super prepared but I believe
that very same thing is happening right here right now and it was just a
matter of getting it started. I was watching several videos on how the
church started and the facts behind it (D&C videos) and it always
seemed that Joseph or other missionaries were teaching "Multitudes" of
people at once.
I then read the story of Dan Jones during my lunch
break and saw how they put things in the newspapers and members went
around like crazy inviting people to learn and giving them "tracts". So
that thought came up Well i can do that, but i still didn't know how to
effectively apply the teaching multitudes. Well then you told me to use
FHE as a way to do it and then I told my companion and since we just
keep receiving inspiration on what to do to teach multitudes. FHE would
be the way you get members, less actives and investigators to all join
together for a FHE. that way it would reactivate, fellow ship, teach,
give people a reason to go to church, motivate members to invite their
Friends to learn and it would provide a relaxed environment for people
to accept taking the discussions with us,
I have a list written that
covers like 42 other positive impacts by doing this. And since there is
2 sets of missionaries here we can go on splits and cover 4 FHE's at
once to teach and get appointments for later in the week and then keep
that process going and growing. And here in the Alpena branch area is a
perfect place for this idea because there is members, less actives, and investigators that all live in the same cities that would benefit from it
(only a few of the far out cities don't have investigators...YET, thats
what the members are for though)
In True to
the Faith it really throws down on FHE (I stumbled upon that during my
studies this week) and says that every one even if they don't have a
family needs to be having FHE.
It's just like
when Jesus went to the spirit world he didn't teach every one in his
short 3 days there, what he did is organize his forces to get that all
working (see D&C 138:29-31)
And thats what we'd be doing
and we got our branch mission leader super pumped about this yesterday
and he shot the idea (with out us) to the branch president and he really
liked it and then several members jumped on the idea and started a FHE
group right then and there. we have 3 so far here 2 with members and
investigators and Less actives going.(the other one is studying PMG this
time and then inviting later) We just need to motivate and set it up so
that it happens all over the area. Kinda like how BYU (I think, i don't
really know) has FHE groups we are just trying to get that started in
every city of the area and several for city depending.
So
far it's been nothing more than anything that I did in Stuco. Get the
president in on it. Have "committees" or groups of people arranged who
would work together and get a head to lead it out. Talk about
Refreshments, games, and lesson (other things like song... as well).
This is all stuff i did in school!
One of the
transfer goals me and Elder Adams set was to get something in the
newspaper just like Dan Jones did (advertising). We never really voiced
that goal to any one at all and yesterday a member showed us the
newspaper and it was a whole half page about LDS Missionaries! None of
us did it! it was about some missionaries in like Missouri and it some
how made the Alpena news!?!?! It talked about sacrifices Missionaries
make and what their daily life is like.
Oh man
the church is so true! The miracles that we are seeing here is unreal,
at this rate if this continues to happen then this mission district will
become a stake. Things like this is starting to happen at Gaylord too
and we keep telling them all of our crazy things and ideas.
Bye I love you have a good day! Don't get shot! Or die on ice!
- Elder Truman Rex Crockett
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