is doing great. I just wear the brace while we are out and about and
then usually take it off in the apartment to get some movement and
strength back into it. So far it seems to be working. I figure it needs
about one more week and it should almost be back to normal. It has
been amazing to be able to shower normal again.
Last week P-day was awesome. We went to our investigator Keith’s
house and hung out for half the day. We played a few games of horse
shoes and he smoked some chicken for us to eat. It was amazing!
Then we fished on his pond for about an hour until it got dark. Elder
Padilla was the only one who caught a fish. After fishing we had an
amazing lesson with him. He has many views on a lot of deep doctrine
that lines up almost exactly as our church. He is convinced that we are
here on Earth to develop our soul and not our body. We told him he was
exactly right. That is part of the plan. He challenged us to find some
scriptures backing this up so that will be a fun scriptural treasure hunt.
We are going to see him again tomorrow. We have prayed together
that everything will go well and we will have the spirit with us when we
teach him.
Tuesday was a pretty standard missionary day. We biked around town
most of the day looking for new people to teach. Wednesday was about
the same. We had a really good visit with one of our home teaching
families. We spent about an hour and a half there with them and they
shared their whole story with us. They still have strong testimonies but
were offended at church so now they don’t really feel welcome. It is
always so sad to see this because it usually flies both ways. It's usually
hard to know what the real story because each side of the story is different.
Hopefully we can help their family return to church soon.
Thursday was awesome. We had Zone Conference in Little Rock so I got
to go see Elder Giles. I really enjoyed the conference. President Hansen
focused the whole day on the Book of Mormon and the new Preach My
Gospel chapter we received not too long ago. He also really emphasized
electronic scripture study. He said he was encouraged by an Apostle to
teach us this. After he taught us - he encouraged us to do so. And let
me tell you, my scripture study has improved tenfold! Now every scripture
that speaks to me I tag it with everything it can relate it to. I add a note. I
try to link it to other similar scriptures as well. It has truly changed my entire
scripture study. It really has been an amazing blessing!
Friday was super sweet. We went to the Elders Quorum President's house
and built a deck for him. He supplied the wood and instructed us how to do
it. We literally built the whole thing by ourselves from scratch. He watched
of course to make sure we did it right but it was a really super sweet service
opportunity. They also fed us roast ham after so that was amazing.
This past week we had an amazing lesson with the baseball guy I told you
about. He has been an investigator for about six years. His wife is a super
strong member, he has just been struggling with some doubts. We went over
and were able to clear up a lot of his doubts about the Book of Mormon and
Joseph Smith. It got to the point that at the end of the lesson he basically said
he just needs to decide when he is going to get baptized. I feel that this day
for him will be soon.
Saturday was just another Saturday but we had a wonderful Sunday. We
had a potluck dinner right after church with everybody. There was a lot of
good food and it was a great opportunity to get to know the members.
This morning we got all of our cleaning and shopping done and then went
and played tennis for about two hours. There is a tennis court right by our
house. After we are done emailing we are going bowling with the sisters so
that will be fun. I’m getting ready to beat everyone left handed again.
I hope you all have an awesome week. I love you all so much!
Love Elder Merrill
Elder Padilla, Elder Merrill & Elder Toomer
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