Well hello again! Once again I’m sitting in the library telling about the week I just had. I am just glad to be here in air conditioning, and grateful that I was able to fix my bike this morning. I just installed a new inner tub and man a bike does goes so much faster then walking!
This has been a good week… a little long but a good one.
Elder Butts and I have been working hard on going through our area book (which is the book that you write about all the people you meet and what you teach so when other missionaries come into the area they have an understanding of the people. Ours was in bad shape and there was a few former investigators that where not compiled and hard to read. We have been trying to go out and contact them, so we where able to teach two lessons because of it. We will be teaching them again this week. It was really good and a lot of fun to be able to teach about them about the gospel.
I have found my new favorite bug (I never ever thought I could have one of those) but it’s the LIGHTING BUG! There really cool and really easy to catch then they just light up... how great is that? One of the best parts is that they don’t bite, sting, infect, eat, fly into your eye or even poop on you! They just fly and light up! I think I have a few pics of them. I didn’t see any of them all last summer maybe it was to hot for them? I don’t know but any way there everywhere now and Elder Butts (who lived in Virginia for 6 years) thinks its funny that I'm so interested in them haha good times, good times.
So I have a funny story to tell.. ready? OK well we had this referral for a man that wanted a book of Mormon, so we went over there (which is in the middle of no where) and talked with him and his friend that he lives with where both very interested as we shared with them the gospel and they wanted to learn more. We invited them to church the next day. Oh and by the way we taught the lesson out side because they live in a really small trailer. The next day church started and they where not there but about half way through the testimonies both of them walked in, stayed for about ten minutes and then left after inviting us over to there house that night for dinner. We went and were and ready to share more about the gospel with them, but when we got there their crazy aunt was there and she would not stop talking about random things. And in the mean time these young men are just saying things like sorry they didn’t know she was going to be there. It was really funny when she started telling us random stuff about ourselves like; she was telling Elder Butts that his mom wants him to call her and come home, and the reason that he is out here is because he got in a fight with his older brother (Elder Butts is the oldest) and that’s why he ran away and that he now needs to go home. Then she started telling me that I'm not going to go home but that I'm going to go to school to be a preacher and its going to be hard but ill make it, and then I will start a small local congregation here in north Carolina, and how I should never give a girl a hand shake or a hug because girls feeling will travel… muhahahahahaha
so you'll all be welcome to my “small local congregation.” We are going to invite these men to take the lessons at the church or at a members home, where the spirit can be to help them to make changes in there lives. J
Now we are going to be looking for some new investigators and more people that want to know the truth. That might be a little hard since I think everyone that lives in Roxboro knows who we are but I know that there are thousands of people out there just waiting!
Well I love you all and just remember that God is good.
The church is true and people are crazy! Haha take care and stay safe!
ELDER MAUGHAN!
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