This week here in Port Washington was a pretty normal one! But we also had some pretty cool things go down! So first of all we can talk about the weather, it got cold real quick this week.... it was kinda sad. It was fine until Friday morning when we woke up to a couple inches of snow... that made life pretty rough. But it was good for us to get out and work even with the crappy weather! We saw some good stuff from it too!
So last Monday we did a weird exchange with the Hmong elders where I was with Elder Carlson in our area from Monday night to Wednesday morning. So it was longer than normal but it turned out to be really good for us! Elder Carlson is a hmong elder, and so that's always crazy. But he is a super cool kid, and I enjoy working with him. So Tuesday we were able to make some time and go knock doors and it turned out to be successful! We met a kid named Eric who we will probably end up referring down to the YSA ward in Milwaukee, but he seemed super cool and we are working on getting an appointment with him!
Then on Wednesday we had district council and then Elder Mecham came back up to Port with me. It was a pretty slow day, and then we ended up doing some knocking and stopping by some older potentials, but it was dark and nobody likes you at the door step so it was rough. But we ended up meeting a family and getting there phone number so we are pretty excited for them!
Then Thursday we had another good day! We did some rake contacting and the good ol weekly planning! We then heard from the members that own the rakes we have been using and they said they would like them back so they could get rid of the leaves before the snow came..... I was so mad that the snow was going to come, but we were able to go and help them clean up their yard, and meet one of their nonmember friends! So we are pretty excited for that situation, we are able to do a lot of work with them and it is the bomb! So we finished that, and then we had dinner and that was pretty much the rest of the night, days seem to go by super fast here so that is good!
Friday we had calls, we played some bowling with the people at the senior center and had a good time there. They have a ramp that they push it down, but then we had to give the ball back and set up the pins, and wow that wasn't super hard, buy my back was hurtin the rest of the day from bending down so much haha! It was really good though, we love to go and serve them, they keep it pretty entertaining too! The member who had signed up to feed us had some other stuff going on and so they quickly brought us Noodles and Co, and that was a good dinner. So it was sad because we didn't get to sit down with them, but good food!! Then we also got in with a guy named Erv, he has been trying to get baptized for the last couple of years, but he can't because he is on probation. So missionaries have been meeting with him for a long time with very little success, but he knows it is all true he said, so that is good! We are hoping to start meeting with him at least every other week!
Saturday was pretty rough. Elder Mecham woke up and he wasn't feeling too great, he thinks he ate some bad chicken on Friday. So basically we did the things we had set for, but then Elder Mecham needed to rest, so we kinda just chilled between our appointments. It was hard not to be doing anything.... but he got feeling better by Sunday morning so that was good! So we had a correlation meeting with our Branch mission leader, and a dinner appointment with a family. So before dinner we did a little bit of work, and then afterwards we took it easy.
Then on Sunday we had church, and then we had studies, then I got to call the district to get their numbers. It was pretty good, then we went and followed up with some people and did some knocking before we went over to dinner. We got to our dinner and they were telling us the score of the Packer game... so we realized that we probably shouldn't have been doing too much for the last hour, but luckily we didn't get yelled at!
That was pretty much the week. Here is a short spiritual thought for ya:
Elder Rasband shared in this last conference that God does not want us to just become trained pets that don't chew on His shoes in the Celestial living room, but he wants us to have a desire to choose and do what is right no matter the situation. I know that we can develop that, it won't come quickly or easily, but by following the promptings of the Holy Ghost we have the chance to grow and learn to do what God would have us do each and every day!
Hope you all have a marvelous week!
Elder Reynolds
1580 W Portview Dr. #5
Port Washington, WI 53074
We found the flag thing on a door step haha
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