WEEK #78 - Pueblo Zone

WEEK #78

This week was pretty fun! We have had some cool experiences.
On Monday, we didn't email because of MLK day. We played ping pong for a little bit at the YMCA and then went to the church and played scatter ball with a lot of missionaries. The floor to the gym in that building is carpet so we got some good carpet burns on our knees and legs. This one Elder got hit in the face like 3 different times and it was super funny haha. Afterwards, we had dinner at the Avery's. They are the greatest people. Brother Avery was just re-baptized and is such a missionary minded member:). We came home after that and rested our sore bodies

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On Tuesday, we emailed in the morning and then set out to meet more people. We met sister Brown and had a good lesson there. Then we went and saw Francis and Josephine. We had a lesson on the Plan of Salvation and they got hung up on the spirit world. The lesson went better but we still feel like there is only slight progression.
We then had dinner at the Landreth's. She is the Relief Society President and he is not a member of the church! There is a lot of that here in Pueblo West though, I haven't met so many people that are married to nonmembers. It is really cool seeing how it all works between the two. We then went to the Orcutt's who are a cool family that we hope to start teaching more regularly. Their hobby is souping up little RC cars and racing them. Brother Orcutt said he has a car that can go over 80mph. Pretty crazy. Then we went and met the Allisons. They have been struggling with their activity since they had their newborn baby. It was good to meet and talk with them though.

On Wednesday, we saw sister Snyder in the morning and taught about the Book of Mormon being the Keystone of our Religion. Later, we went to the Nursing Home and put another puzzle together and then played a card game. After that we finally got to meet some people that the sisters had been working with. Socorro and her son Zach  are recent converts of a couple months ago:) and then Asa is Socorro's boyfriend. He is an excommunicated member who is getting ready and making the changes he needs to in order to be re-baptized. We had dinner with sister Cash, she got us some pizza and that was nice. Then we went and stopped by the Burns home. They were home and let us in! Both of the parents work on Sundays so it is difficult for them to make it to church. But we had a good talk about family and about church with them. I think it really helped the parents and the kids.

On Thursday, we did our weekly planning and then went to the apartment complex and went to finish knocking the last building. We got a couple doors in and then these ladies told us to leave because we were soliciting. (We aren't solicitors). Then we met Linda Ford and set up a lesson. She wants to go through the Book of Mormon with us. We went and met the Spears! He is a counselor in the bishopric. Dinner was with the Dougherty's and it is always fun being over there. They have an autistic brother who is hillarious haha his name is Jeremy. He was showing us how fast he can clap his hands and I have literally seen nobody that can clap that fast ever. So funny.

On Friday, we had a good district meeting. I taught about setting goals in faith. It was a good lesson and I committed everyone to meet the standards of excellence that the mission has for us. Then we all went over to Brother Nanto's where he made the district some fried rice for lunch. It was great:) We went and saw Tori again and gave her a Book of Mormon. Then we stopped by this family that has been struggling with coming to church and were able to go in and meet them! The Thomsons are awesome they want us to keep coming over so that they can get back to church. We then met this older man who let us in but told us that he had fallen away from the church. It was sad to see him in a state where his testimony is lost. We had a good talk but it was sad. We had dinner with the Coombs and that was awesome. They are just wonderful converts to the church! Afterwards, we went to the Sawyers and met all 8 of them haha. We had a good lesson about the Atonement.

On Saturday, we went and stopped by potential investigators in the morning. We met Vanessa again and she was so happy to see us! She told us that she was wanting to find a better spiritual connection with God and a church to go to! She didn't have time to meet right then but we exchanged information and she texted us after that again saying that she was happy that we were persistent in trying to contact her. Elder Perrins and I met her the first full day that we were here in the area. So that was awesome. We went out to the Dougherty's again and helped them work on the barn that they are building. We had dinner with the Martellaro's at village inn and I tried their chicken and waffles. It wasn't bad! We then met with brother Martin and had our correlation meeting.

On Sunday, we had a Priesthood Executive Committee meeting before church. We were asked to give talks in church as well! So again, I cheated a little bit and used my talk from seminary graduation haha. It was good! None of our investigators made it to church but we are working on that. After church, there was a man there that had come up to me and said that he was from Whitehorse, UT after I had said I was from Monticello. He said that he was up here at the hospital with his girlfriend who was from Eastland! (Basically Monticello). So we went to the hospital and I got to meet her. Her name is Shelly Schoop. She isn't a member but her cousin in Bev McDougall and we knew a ton of mutual people obviously haha. It was good to talk about Monticello and then about how Blanding sucks haha. After that we went to our first dinner (we accidentally scheduled two haha) it was great! We were at the Ashby's and got to meet their family. Our second dinner was at the Boyer's and they are awesome! Their little kids love the missionaries and it is so fun to be around them haha.  After that we went and had a good lesson with the Viehwegers.
It was a really great week! We are doing well and are starting to get things moving again!! Thank you to all who keep in contact. I love you all!

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