So on Tuesday I did an exchange with one my Zone Leaders Elder Bush. He's just a huge funny dude. We went street contacting and we knocked on this guys door who happened to be a Catholic Deacon so he didn't want us there but then some crazy lady came up to us and started talking and like yelling at us. She was giving people childrens books about Jesus and she asked us to quote this random Bible verse and was mad when we couldn't haha. Then she made some false claim so I went to correct it and I move my hands when I talk and she thought I was trying to hit her haha. She also accused of me being high because my mouth was dry because I hadn't had water at all.
On Wednesday we had a really cool lesson with Donna! She's the one who's been on date before but kinda got lost and her house was creepy. But, she read 3 Nephi 11 and her house got WAY brighter and happier. So that's awesome plus she had tons of questions about it and we were able to sit their and answer them and have a really cool conversation about Baptism! The spirit was super strong so that was awesome.
Thursday was kinda rough we did service for someone we're teaching named Allondra and then she canceled and we were never able to teach her. We had like 3 other lessons that day with some of our best people and they all canceled. So that was rough. Especially because one of the families told us they're going to Nebraska so they can't. The only thing is they told us that like 3 weeks ago haha im not sure how many times you can go to Nebraska in 3 weeks but hey we'll keep trying haha.
So we were street contacting and this guy was setting up a telescope so we started talk to him and he told us to come back later to look through it. So we did and honestly I could see the moon better with my naked eye than the telescope haha. But he invited us into his house and he had all these Bandido signs everywhere and had all these shotguns and pistols laying everywhere. Kinda cool haha
The next day we met someone from the CTR gang. He told us the rules of the streets and let's just say it didn't make me feel more confident haha. He told us all these rules about people they can and can't shoot or whatever and we made a joke about missionaries being off limits and he goes "oh absolutely not." So we could be targeted but hey it'll make for a cool story.
On Sunday we had an inactive family come to church so that was cool! And then one of the people were talking to, Heber, told us to go to his church on Sunday night and he'd come back to our church next week. So we showed up to his church sat down and waited and then the service started and he never showed up haha. So we were just stuck in between these two women. And these people just scream the whole time and holy it was the weirdest thing. But hey it grew my testimony because I never even kind of felt the spirit in that building haha.
Well sorry this wasn't a super eventful week at all so kind of a boring email haha. One of my favorite parts of my personal Study this week was in Alma 37 when Alma is talking to his son Helaman about the Liahona. He explained that it guided them "according to their faith in God". And then in the latter half of verse 41 it says "....They were slothful, and forgot to exercise their faith and diligence and then those marvelous works ceased, and they did not progress in their journey". I know that if we have faith in God and Jesus Christ, and continually exercise it, they will guide our lives! And as they guide our lives we will progress far greater on the covenant path. I challenge each of you to continue or start to exercise faith in God by letting him guide your life! Love you all!
Love, Elder Ryan
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