Man, I like it here. I'm
getting a lot more comfortable, I love our pension, my companion is
awesome, we have lots of investigators, we're getting some good exercise
in, everything is great :) Obviously there are some challenges with
investigators and sometimes we cannot find new people to teach but we
are having a lot of success regardless.
So we are teaching this guy named A. He is great! He's an older guy who is buck skinny and
has a bit of a swearing problem :) Haha, he's a really funny guy and
he's really starting to get spiritual. A few months ago he had an
accident and he fell into a coma for like 2 1/2 months. They all
thought he was going to die but every week Elder Thomas and his old
companion went to give him a blessing at the hospital. Finally he woke
up and recovered and since then he's been getting a lot closer to
Christ. We had a really good lesson in the chapel with him this week in
which we showed him a video of baptism, talked about repentance and the Holy Ghost and then we showed him the font. We committed him to baptism
for the 24th of August.
We invited him to read the Restoration pamphlet and he read it and we
had a great followup lesson with him on it. He's good at understanding
and he's patient. When we had the lesson in the chapel he promised to
get better about swearing and as we were walking out of the chapel he
started telling us about his sore ankle and he started swearing and
Elder Thomas and I couldn't stop laughing :)
This week we went out with a priest in our ward
named B. He's great! I called him and asked him if he could go out
with us and he said let me check my schedule... He then said yeah I can,
I'll go with you guys for the day. So he was with us from 5
until 10 :) Haha, it was so fun. He's really nice and really awesome.
He's pretty good at English and so it's really fun talking with him and
all! We had some good lessons with him. We visited one lady and had a
really good lesson with her about the Holy Ghost and everything. She
committed to going to church...but she didn't go. Oh well, maybe next
time :) We also visited a less-active and taught her about family
history work and vicarious work. It really helped her understand why we
are helping her out with FAMILY SEARCH and why she needs to get a temple
recommend soon :D
We are visiting a part member family. P (less active), R. (investigator), C. (investigator), and M. (5
yrs.) have been going to church and getting back in the swing of stuff.
They went to the city hall today
to ask for a wedding date so that they can get married and baptized. I
think their date is going to be in October so hopefully everything works
out well. They are a great family, the ward needs them, and they need
the church :)
This week Elder Thomas and I have been getting a
little more serious with our exercise. We bought a ton of eggs and have
been going a lot more hard core on our exercises. I sent photos of one
night were we drank three raw eggs each...they actually weren't that
bad! I'd do it again in a heartbeat ;)
Well folks, that's all for the week! Take care, love you, congrats to Nicole and Eden :D I'm super proud of you guys!
Elder Bushman
Last Time at White Box:
Saying Goodbye to my old Pension, District and Companion:
Photos of the new Pension:
Raw Eggs:
"We grow by sharing the gospel. Let a man
remember that there are others that are in darkness and that have not
advanced so far in knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence, and let him
impart that knowledge, intelligence, and power unto his friends
and brethren, inasmuch as he is farther advanced than they are, and by
so doing he will soon discover that his mind will expand, and that light
and knowledge which he had gained would increase and multiply more
rapidly." - Lorenzo Snow
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