Praying With Drunks

Great week!

Last Monday we had a bunch of Chinese guys come play ball for P day! One was a recent convert and some of the other ones are investigators! And they were all pretty good at ball! So that made P day fun! That night we went to the Sanchez Family for family night, and the Dad doesn't speak any English so most of the time everyone is speaking Spanish so I just sit there and act like I'm paying attention when I have no idea what’s going on! Haha

Some Highlights from the week are when we prayed with drunks. Haha So we went by an African family that we found and they are already members but they haven't gone for a little while, they were Baptized a year ago in Kansas. Their house has close to nothing in it, not even mattresses or a couch, they sleep on blankets, it's so sad, we have been trying to find them some free stuff. But the Mom has gotten back into smoking and drinking so she wants us to help. Her brothers are always outside on the lawn drunk and smoking and causing neighbors to get mad. The one drunk brothers name is Jimmy and he is always drunk and on something and the whole town knows him! haha But he said "Let's Pray, Let's Pray"  so we said ok, then we were all holding hands praying when a lady in a nice big truck rolled up and started yelling at Atong the mom. She was furious that the drunks were still there, then she called the cops and had the cops tell them to leave! haha We were just awkwardly sitting there in the middle of it all.

Another Highlight is when I went on exchanges with a missionary that just got to the mission field 2 weeks ago. I thought it was the perfect time to take him to Mike Curly, the crazy, insane excommunicated member. Haha We went and I let him go first and Mike was going crazy, and he just talks so fast and is always running around asking questions and talking about his home made wine, and why they excommunicated him. Haha the Greenie was so shocked, and for the rest of the night he was like "Why did you take me there!!"

We have Jessi Gobble as our best Investigator right now, she will be getting baptized on September 8th. She is really cool except she has had a very tough life. She has lost around 5 kids, all when they were very young or not even born yet, because of her husband. He is a recovering drug addict, lots of meth. He is not allowed to live with her right now but he will be soon. He smokes a lot, and Jessi has recently quit smoking because she is ready to give it up and come to Christ and be baptized. She has 2 kids right now, and I really hope things will go good for her, she is really excited to be Baptized. Lately she has had really bad migraines, but she is still coming to Church and we had a good lesson yesterday with the Dunn’s the Senior Missionary couple. We taught her Tithing and Fast Offerings. She loved it and said she is already doing it! So that was awesome!  Keep her in your Prayers.

We have Luis Mora also, he is in his 30's from Mexico, speaks good English, and is dating a member that lives in Honduras. They met each other on line and he just got back from meeting her and her family for the first time. He came to Church for the first hour and had to leave for some reason. His date is to be Baptized Sept. 23rd, but he might wait because he is going to Honduras again in December and might get Baptized down there so his Girlfriend can be there. But we encourage him to do it as soon as possible because, Satan will work on you harder and harder if you wait. We will see what he decides.

We have Brandy, a girl we met this week. she is kinda shy and pretty weird, but we taught her twice this week. She came to church for all 3 hours and found out that some members in the Ward are her Grandparents by Marriage! So that's awesome! Instant fellow shippers! So we’re excited for her!

We have found 6 new investigators this past week, one couple that is super sick! The guy had a nice haircut and said he cuts hair and said he would cut ours for free! They also said they have been looking for a church and then we showed up. Their so cool, I sure hope they don’t get antied, because she was looking Thomas S. Monson up online. haha Usually that ends up in the people seeing anti.

This is really long but it was another great week, my love grows for this work every day! I love talking to people about the Gospel constantly and finding ways to make it more and more fun! This week I have been cruising thru the Book of Mormon, I love the stories and the great teachings it has. I encourage you all to read as much as possible from the Book of Mormon everyday. It truly will bring you closer to Christ and will make your day so much better!  

Love,

Elder Anderson

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