Don't Hate...

Y'all are going to hate me but I don't really have much to write about this week, we did however have dinner with some really cool members the Reynolds and it was awesome, they own a tomato Farm and we got the 50 Cent tour and it was way cool and them we went out looking of former investigators and a miracle happened we found a cool basketball court that actually had rims. It is funny because we drove all around the other day looking for basketball courts and we found a couple but all the ones we found did not have any rims so we are just glad to have found them!  I do know however that God is good and he has blessing for us if we are willing to accept them. Much love.

Love Elder Gordon

Time Flies

Wow just wow I did not see me being here at the end of my mission so quickly, this is it the last transfer! Yep One more then I will be back on the streets of good old Bellingham! Well so this was for sure a  interesting transfer. So the last 2 weeks I was comps with elder Schow, now I did not start last transfer with him there were some problems with my last comp and we had to do a  switcheroo. So I was with Schow and we got a long well so  President just  decided to keep us together for the last one (he also goes home with me) but we got moved from  Natchez / Vidalia over to McComb MS and wow I am pumped to be here. First off the APT is super nice one and Idk I am just pumped to be here! 

So the first part if the week we moved out of the big haunted house and moved into the new apt! We spent what seemed like the whole day cleaning and unpacking all of our things it was a rewarding day becasue the end result is a very clean apt. Then the week just went by, to be honest it was a fast one, we had district meeting Friday and that was fun we have a pretty killer district for sure, small but good! Saturday we went out to look for the people that are on our records that say they are investigating, we stoped by like 7 houses but not one house had people in them 😐... So we keep trying. Sunday was went to church big shocker. I did not go into the building with high hopes of it being a big congregation because it's just a branch, but wow I was wrong (love it when I am wrong). There were quit a bit if people in that little old church. And church was great! We went to the youth Sunday school class and that was a party there were a good amount of youth there but two brothers stood out over the others because they was so dang funny it was just fun all around!!! But ya all in all it was a spectacular week and I am looking forward to at least 5 more just like it!

 

Love,

Elder Gordon

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Last Transfer!

The first bit of the week was fun but each day was quit the same. Get up workout clean up, studies, lunch then go out and see people. We had some fun in the rain Tuesday afternoon when we were seeing people. We saw one guy and it was cool to hear his testimony on Jesus Christ. Now he's not of out faith yet. But he had a vision of our Savior one day when he was really sick and the vision went a little like this.

"I saw a train just the caboose all by itself and people were reaching their hand out pulling people onto the train and no one was reaching their hand out to me... once everyone was no longer on the  loading platform but me, the caboose left me on its way to the next stop. And I was left on my own. Then at once there was a man standing right beside me and I knew it was our Savior because of His glory and He told me, your time is not yet to come." He goes on to tell us that he woke up and he was all better and was able to leave the  Hospital and ever since then he's been a good health! It was really cool to hear this man's story and then be able to teach him about the prophet boy Joseph Smith. 


Later in the week we had a lesson with one of our other investigators and (he's the one that knows a lot about the bible) anyway we talked with him for a quit a bit longer and we keep getting caught on the book of Mormon! We keep telling him to "ask God the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true;..." and until the day he does that we can't really help him because it is all down to the book of Mormon.


I had the wonderful opportunity to speak again in church and I spoke on how to return to our Father in Heaven. I gave a scripture Alma 7:11-15, which really just talks about the atonement of Jesus Christ, but also talks about how to repent and helps us understand that more! It was a good talk (but of course I would say that I also gave some stories about trials and how the Lord works with prayer! All in all it was a good week, more like just another week!

Another Week Bites the Dust!

Well this week was fun. We had P-day on Tuesday. We went slack lining which I really enjoy doing, helps clear the mind. Wednesday we had lunch with one of our investigators at some BBQ place and it was really good we got to talk with him outside of a gospel discussion. Which is important because if you don't know who your teaching,  you can't really teach them you just end up teaching a lesson and not people. We then had dinner at the Blalocks and that is always a party, they have 5 kids. There were only 3 there and it was still crazy we made biscuits and eggs it was a really simple and good meal! Thursday we did some pointless service... then we had dinner at the Dollors and wow that was so good. Friday I had the wonderful  opportunity to work on my home improvement (really just fixing) skills. So a week or two ago elder Schow and I were messing around in the staircase and we ended up putting not one but two sizeable holes in this old house. So it was the first of the month we had some money to get the things we needed and we fixed the hole in the walls and wow it was quit a bit harder than I would have liked, fist off this house is odd and not a lot of things lined up so it was hard the get the  sheet rock secured,  second it was so hot in the stairway I was just dripping sweat just standing there. But we got it all patched up and Tuesday I will be painting it and making it look nice!! Saturday we did some service with habitat for Humanity. We were just moving brush around for two hours. Then we went to a town kinda far but still in our area and we went to see LA but no one was home... 😐😦 Sunday we had church (no surprised there) is was really good we went with the primary for sharing and singing time and that was awesome! Then we had dinner at the Remington's and it was bomb because they  own a cupcake shop and there were cupcakes there! Well love you all have a good week. Enjoy the summer

Love Elder Gordon