Week Eight

OK first off I keep forgetting to take pictures because there is not that many things to take pictures of. It is flat with lots of trees and because it humid here the lens on the camera just fogs up the moment I bring it outside, so I will have to find a way to fix that. I will keep trying and I forget to bring my camera with me Monday mornings to send pictures, but here are some from the other day.

OK what is a normal week? ( if ya'll even knew what that's like lol) it is the same as always. I went to Alexandria to hang out with the district and we ended up working out then we talked forever, then we went to Walmart to get food, we watched "On The Lord's Errand", which is an awesome movie if you don't know what it is about, look it up. We went on with our week, Wednesday we fasted for what felt like forever because on Wednesday we have seminary at 4 then at 5 we have bible study which go's until 6:30ish so by the time we got home or to a place to eat it's like 7 at night. But it's always a blessing, because on Thursday some Elders from up in Pineville were at Walmart doing whatever, and  this guy came up to them and had asked the elders if they belong to the church of Latter-Day Saints and of course being a missionary they talked to this guy and the guy asked if there was a building down in Marksville and that's where I am at. SO the elders gave us his contact info and we called him up and set up a lesson, and holy cow this guy is so ready to learn. We taught him the first lesson of course, and talked about his background with churches, he grow up as a Catholic but did not like them much he tried out Baptist and did not like them at all, but he had met Mormons before and he liked how happy they were. ( so even if you not a missionary you're still a missionary because even though you don't know it there are people noticing us, noticing what we do and how we do it) So he (Zach) started to read about us, then he found the missionaries up in Pineville. It's kinda funny because he got a Book of Mormon from the other elders the day before, and he told us that he was sorry because he had only read one chapter of it, and we were like " oh my " because no one reads especially before their first lesson. But anyway, we are teaching him and it going amazing. Then I had had an impression to ask the big Q (which is if he wants to be baptized) and he is set to be baptized Oct 7, YA  that's killer for sure!!!!!!!!! ( this was on Saturday) Then on Sunday he came to church on time AND he brought a friend who also wants to hear hear about the church!!!! They both stayed for all 3 hours and loved every minute of it. He had told us that he will be coming to this church for the rest of his days ( he is 21), SO that made my weekend, I just felt the power of God so strong and many answers to many prayers!!! 

Other then that, being in a small branch I had to speak again on modesty, it went really well I spoke for about 11 minutes and had a very powerful message behind it.  Other than that life is good for sure.

I am loving it down here.

Love,
Elder Gordon