Besides that not a whole lot happened this week we got some snow did stop-bys and that was about it!
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Light the World poster we made
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Crazy snow plow
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Monday, November 26, 2018
Thanksgiving
For Thanksgiving, we went to 3 different dinner appointments with only an hour and a half in between so I made sure to be real careful not to eat too much at each place. We started at a family called the Wither's and enjoyed some really good smoked turkey and a million sides. Then we headed over to the Butler's and had some more turkey and gravy and we finished off at the Steelman's and long story short we were stuffed beyond the mind's imagination by the end of the night we didn't need a late night snack that night!
Besides that not a whole lot happened this week we got some snow did stop-bys and that was about it!
Besides that not a whole lot happened this week we got some snow did stop-bys and that was about it!
Monday, November 19, 2018
I Have an Accent?!?
On Thursday we went down to a small little town to meet with a recent convert that had moved into our area from Bay City. A little fact about Michigan, there are a ton of dirt roads that don't get plowed in the winter time and Bob happened to live on one of those roads and it had snowed that morning. So it took us forever to find his road because it just looked like the rest of the ground. But fortunately, there were only 2 or 3 inches of snow on the ground so our Chevy Malibu made it just fine. But onto Bob, the sister missionaries in Bay City called us and gave us Bob's information and told us to plan for an hour and a half because he wanted to tell us his story. So we took their advice and it was a good thing because, no exaggeration, he talked for 2 and 1/2 hours and I think me and Elder Wise said a total of 15 words between the 2 of us. But it was okay because he had some really cool stories to tell us about his life and everything from A-Z.
On Wednesday we went to teach Judie who was referred to us by a member she was visiting. Judie is from Colorado and it was really cool talking to her because she was from Colorado and I could relate to her really well. She was talking about the San Luis Valley and I'm like ya I've been there too! But we had a lesson on the Plan of Salvation and it was really interesting watching Judie starting before the lesson and then after the lesson because before the lesson she wasn't very enthusiastic but after the lesson, we all felt the spirit and she was all bouncy and enthusiastic. The only bummer is that is the only lesson we will get to have with her for a while because she is going back to Colorado this week. The missionaries will have to pick up where we left off!
Accents - I never thought I had an accent really but when we were at St Vinnies (thrift store) doing service on Saturday the owner said to me and Elder Wise that she could hear our Western accent and she said that she could hear it a lot more with me. And to add to that, during our lesson with Judie I could hear her western accent and I'm thinking to myself I'm sure glad I don't sound like that. Then I realized wait a minute, I do have that accent and everyone here in Michigan is thinking that about me. Awwwwwwww!
On Wednesday we went to teach Judie who was referred to us by a member she was visiting. Judie is from Colorado and it was really cool talking to her because she was from Colorado and I could relate to her really well. She was talking about the San Luis Valley and I'm like ya I've been there too! But we had a lesson on the Plan of Salvation and it was really interesting watching Judie starting before the lesson and then after the lesson because before the lesson she wasn't very enthusiastic but after the lesson, we all felt the spirit and she was all bouncy and enthusiastic. The only bummer is that is the only lesson we will get to have with her for a while because she is going back to Colorado this week. The missionaries will have to pick up where we left off!
Accents - I never thought I had an accent really but when we were at St Vinnies (thrift store) doing service on Saturday the owner said to me and Elder Wise that she could hear our Western accent and she said that she could hear it a lot more with me. And to add to that, during our lesson with Judie I could hear her western accent and I'm thinking to myself I'm sure glad I don't sound like that. Then I realized wait a minute, I do have that accent and everyone here in Michigan is thinking that about me. Awwwwwwww!
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Door knocking in 19 degrees that felt like 9
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seeing sunshine cause the sun hardly shines in Michigan in the winter!
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Sugar cookie mess
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| cooking some steaks some members gave us |
Sunday, November 18, 2018
A Trip to the Emergency Room!!
I thought I knew what cold was before I came on my mission. I had no idea what cold really was til I came out here. We got 3 inches of snow on Sunday and it stayed and it got cold here in Michigan the high this week is 35 and the low is 16 degrees and with humidity and wind it can make 35 feel like 10 degrees. But on Sunday when it snowed that was my first time driving on my mission so I was driving in the snow in an unfamiliar place and in a unfamiliar car that tries to get control back for you which I quickly turned of because I could do better than the car could at keeping control in the snow. We drove out on some country roads for a dinner appointment and they hadn't bean plowed very well and oh they were slick! We didn't get above 25 miles an hour the whole time and we had to drive like 7 miles. It took a while and at one point we were going up a big long hill and I accidentally pushed the gas pedal down too far and the turbo kicked in which spun the wheels which caused a little fish tailing. But we got back going straight again and we made it safely to our dinner appointment. On our way home we were headed downhill and a deer jumped out on the road from nowhere. I thought we were going to hit that dear with the anti lock brakes going the whole way but fortunately the deer quickly got out of the way and we made it safely home!
We had an awesome week on Saturday. We went to Chris' church service. It was a small non-denominational service. There were only 7 of us and I walked into there expecting to feel the spirit during the service but it just wasn't there. I felt like I was sitting in a history class hearing about the bible and you could tell that no one else was either because everyone else just had a glazed stare. But at one point the pastor's wife asked us some questions and it was really cool because the moment we started talking and asking questions everyone started to look like they wanted to be there and I started to feel the spirit. We even got asked a few more questions from different people but the best part about this whole thing was that Chris agreed to go to church with us! We were really worried that no one was going to talk to him because he is a little tough and gruff looking but it was the exact opposite of that. Everyone loved him to death. We almost had too much fellowship. Chris asked a lot of questions and most amazingly of all he stayed for the full 3 hours his first time at church. LETS GO! He agreed to meet with us again!
Last P-day it was like 5 minutes until 8 and I picked up my Bluetooth speaker because we were about to have a Skype lesson with a member that is struggling. I walked over to Elder Wise's desks and on my way I threw my Bluetooth speaker in the air and it just tapped the glass light cover and apparently it wasn't screwed on tight enough. It fell down. The first miracle of the night was when the light cover fell. I remember I watched my Bluetooth speaker hit the light cover but when it hit my head and shattered I was looking down. I don't remember looking down but it hit my head, shattered, and it cut just me above my right eye and my pinky finger and a few other minor scrapes. So I ran into the bathroom and saw the cut and remembered what mom always said about head wounds look[ing] worse than they really are because of how much they bleed. And of course that was very true, but I got the bleeding stopped and I got brave enough to take the gauze off and look at it and knew I was going to need stitches. So we called up sister Brennan and she said to go to the ER. Okay second miracle of the Night Elder Wise didn't freak out at all which was really nice. He helped me get something on my finger and to the ER. We showed up at the ER, gave them my information, and what not and I thought we were going to be there forever. But after five minutes I got called back they took my heart rate asked some questions then took me back to a room were the doctor came and stitched me up. I got 3 stitches just above my right eye and that was it! Okay second miracle of the night we got in and out of the ER in an hour. Sister Brennan said it usually takes missionaries 5 hours to get in and out of the ER. Everything healed up nicely. I got the stitches out on Sunday. My pinky finger is almost done healing. My cut right above my head still has some healing to do but it looks really good and is not infected. We went to the ER to get my stitches out they did it for free and we got in and out in a half hour. I could not believe it. I definitely had some guardian angels this week!
-Sean
We had an awesome week on Saturday. We went to Chris' church service. It was a small non-denominational service. There were only 7 of us and I walked into there expecting to feel the spirit during the service but it just wasn't there. I felt like I was sitting in a history class hearing about the bible and you could tell that no one else was either because everyone else just had a glazed stare. But at one point the pastor's wife asked us some questions and it was really cool because the moment we started talking and asking questions everyone started to look like they wanted to be there and I started to feel the spirit. We even got asked a few more questions from different people but the best part about this whole thing was that Chris agreed to go to church with us! We were really worried that no one was going to talk to him because he is a little tough and gruff looking but it was the exact opposite of that. Everyone loved him to death. We almost had too much fellowship. Chris asked a lot of questions and most amazingly of all he stayed for the full 3 hours his first time at church. LETS GO! He agreed to meet with us again!
Last P-day it was like 5 minutes until 8 and I picked up my Bluetooth speaker because we were about to have a Skype lesson with a member that is struggling. I walked over to Elder Wise's desks and on my way I threw my Bluetooth speaker in the air and it just tapped the glass light cover and apparently it wasn't screwed on tight enough. It fell down. The first miracle of the night was when the light cover fell. I remember I watched my Bluetooth speaker hit the light cover but when it hit my head and shattered I was looking down. I don't remember looking down but it hit my head, shattered, and it cut just me above my right eye and my pinky finger and a few other minor scrapes. So I ran into the bathroom and saw the cut and remembered what mom always said about head wounds look[ing] worse than they really are because of how much they bleed. And of course that was very true, but I got the bleeding stopped and I got brave enough to take the gauze off and look at it and knew I was going to need stitches. So we called up sister Brennan and she said to go to the ER. Okay second miracle of the Night Elder Wise didn't freak out at all which was really nice. He helped me get something on my finger and to the ER. We showed up at the ER, gave them my information, and what not and I thought we were going to be there forever. But after five minutes I got called back they took my heart rate asked some questions then took me back to a room were the doctor came and stitched me up. I got 3 stitches just above my right eye and that was it! Okay second miracle of the night we got in and out of the ER in an hour. Sister Brennan said it usually takes missionaries 5 hours to get in and out of the ER. Everything healed up nicely. I got the stitches out on Sunday. My pinky finger is almost done healing. My cut right above my head still has some healing to do but it looks really good and is not infected. We went to the ER to get my stitches out they did it for free and we got in and out in a half hour. I could not believe it. I definitely had some guardian angels this week!
-Sean
Friday, November 9, 2018
Pouring Rain and Les Paul Guitar
On Wednesday we drove down to a lake about 20 minutes South of where we live for a lesson. We showed up about a half hour early to go knock some doors and the first door we knocked on we talked to a lady for about 10 minutes. It started to sprinkle a little bit and at our second door it started raining buckets. I haven't seen that much rain in my life we ended up just waiting it out in the car because none of us brought any rain gear. When we got to the address of our lesson the lady ended up not being there which was frustrating. But keep in mind it's still raining buckets and being the Junior companion who doesn't have any driving privileges yet I had to back my companion up in the pouring rain. He had fun with it. He started driving slowly down road with me pounding on the window. He thought he was funny and I thought it was funny too once I was in the car and warmed up
We taught a really cool guy this week. We met him out doing service. His name is Chris. I think I've mentioned him before but we had a killer lesson with him on the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He also had a ton of questions for us which is always really nice he had a really cool cabin. He was completely off the grid and got his water from an artesian well and had a generator for electricity, massive propane tank out back, and a wood fireplace for heat. I also noticed he had a massive Marshall guitar amp in the corner and I started to ask him a little bit about it and he pulled out his Les Paul Gibson which was beautiful. Then we finally talked him into playing for us and man between the Marshall amp, his Les Paul, and an amazing musician he was ripping of Van Halen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin just from memory and it sounded amazing. He later showed us his music room where he and his buddies get together and jam. He had a 3000-watt P.A. system. I think he has a tone of potential
On Friday night we were walking up and down main street looking for people to talk to and we ran into this couple. Usually, we’re the weird ones who start the conversation but all of a sudden they said hi and said thank you so much for what you do here in West Branch and asked if he could buy us a pizza and then he handed us his card. Come to find out he was the mayor in West Branch. Anyway, it was really cool.
We taught a really cool guy this week. We met him out doing service. His name is Chris. I think I've mentioned him before but we had a killer lesson with him on the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He also had a ton of questions for us which is always really nice he had a really cool cabin. He was completely off the grid and got his water from an artesian well and had a generator for electricity, massive propane tank out back, and a wood fireplace for heat. I also noticed he had a massive Marshall guitar amp in the corner and I started to ask him a little bit about it and he pulled out his Les Paul Gibson which was beautiful. Then we finally talked him into playing for us and man between the Marshall amp, his Les Paul, and an amazing musician he was ripping of Van Halen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin just from memory and it sounded amazing. He later showed us his music room where he and his buddies get together and jam. He had a 3000-watt P.A. system. I think he has a tone of potential
On Friday night we were walking up and down main street looking for people to talk to and we ran into this couple. Usually, we’re the weird ones who start the conversation but all of a sudden they said hi and said thank you so much for what you do here in West Branch and asked if he could buy us a pizza and then he handed us his card. Come to find out he was the mayor in West Branch. Anyway, it was really cool.
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