A New Year!

-- From Tuesday 1/6

 

Soo this week was kinda lame! We are still having a hard time meeting with everyone because everyone was still busy with the holidays and stuff.

After Emailing Last week our investigator Janette called us and told us some people from her old church came by and told her not to come to our church. Now she is super confused and stressed out and has decided not to go to any church :/ Super sad because she was making so much progress and she had a baptism date and she was talking about becoming a missionary. Then some people from her old church come over. One reason might be that they are getting a new pastor and they want lots of people there for when he gets there.

On New Years Eve we had to be in by 6pm because of all the drunk people and parties and stuff ha ha. It was kinda lame but its all good. We were in by 6 and in bed by 10:30 ha ha. Needless to say we partied hard ha ha. 

 

We also met with Chris and planned out his baptism and he asked me to baptize him! I'm super excited!! This baptism is going to be sweet!!! Our mission president and his wife are going to teach the restoration at his baptism. The whole ward is just super excited so hopefully we have a good turn out!

On Thursday we met with Sara and Josh! She is a member but less active and her boyfriend is a nonmember and is super cool!!! He wants to learn more and they want to get married in the temple. She wants to come to church but she cant drive so its kinda hard. But we told them that we wanted to go to the zoo and they want to come with us which will be sweet! 

 

After that we went to Sarah and Rafael's! Sarah is a recent convert and just got married to Rafael! He is learning more about the church and loves it!! They are both super cool and he is getting baptized on march 7 which is when she got baptized last year! So that's pretty cool! 

On Friday I was on exchanges with elder Salmond! He came to 1st ward and we had a blast. We went Project Pie for lunch. It's like a Chipotle with pizza and it's super good!! Me and Elder Salmond are getting along a lot better then we were in the MTC which is good. I cant believe we have been friends for 5 months already. One of is probably getting transferred though since at the end of this transfer it will be 6 months.

 

Elder Salmond looks a little grumpy. Not sure why.

Yesterday I had anotherinterview with President Schmitt!! it was great! It went a lot better then my previous 2 interviews haha. I was pretty nervous but this time it seemed a little more laid back and we talked a little more and we are becoming better acquainted! He bore his testimony to me on the Atonement and it was so powerful. I know he has been called by God to lead this mission!

Well I hope you all had a wonderful New Year! President talked about our goals with us and he told us to write them down because if we dont write them down they are just wishes not goals! Thats something me and Elder Fraughton have been sharing with members! Also how we should tell our Heavenly Father about our goals so they have more meaning behind them.

Love, 

Elder Chris LaRochelle