Mission Journal
August 18, 2012 – Saturday
We met with
Brother and Sister Pieper and later with WH.
August 17, 2012 – Friday
We met with
LE early this morning for his lesson. He
is very encouraging and IS reading the Book of Mormon.
We drove
with the other members of the district to Clarksville this afternoon to hear
Elder Kopischke (I hope I spelled it right).
He is a general authority, part of the first quorum of the seventy. He is a very encouraging speaker, and I’m
glad that we were able to hear from him and President and Sister Mckee. Elder Kopischke is from Germany and is a
powerful speaker. He gave us lots to
think about. We are here to plant the seed of Christ and help our inactives and
investigators to keep that seed and nourish it and not throw it out and if they
will do that then, He will cause it to swell and grow with in them and there by
their testimonies will grow and their hearts will change and they will become
more like Christ.
August 16, 2012 – Thursday
We met with
JS and his wife again. While there we
met LD and gave her a Book of Mormon, maybe we can teach her, I don’t know.
BC is an
active member and we visited with him and encouraged him to help with
strengthening the branch.
We finely
found SK, an inactive member of the branch.
Her sister is active but weak. We’ll
try to find a way to start teaching her and her family.
August 15, 2012 – Wednesday
Our first
district meeting with the new district leader, Elder Rasmussen. We always meet in Morgantown at their chapel,
there we meet with Elder and Sister Robinson, who serve in Morgantown – Elder
Rasmussen and Elder Haslem, who serve in Leitchfield – and Sister McCall and
Sister Tauoa, who serve in Russellville. The traveling missionaries were also
there. They were delighted with the
lunch Sister Peterson and Sister Oakley prepared after the meeting. They told them we always have lunch after
each district meeting and they said they would try and come more often.
August 14, 2012 – Tuesday
Today we
received a call from LS saying that her in-laws were in town and that she didn’t
want us to come over. That worries us
because they are good people and we fear that they will be influenced by those
who don’t serve the Lord. Help us pray
for them – please. We took WE his food
and explained to him how to warm it up.
He is such as humble, kind person.
We visited
with LB again. Her grandchildren were
there and they are good kids.
August 13, 2012 – Monday
We were able
to meet with LE again today. The lessons
are going well – this is a good man and I have faith that he will accept the
gospel of Jesus Christ. Sister Oakley spent most of the day cooking for
WH. It takes most of the day to prepare
the food. We also picked up Sister WE
for the temple class and after they all got here we left for out meeting with
LE. When we got home everyone was gone and
the house was nice and tidy; all in all a good day.
August 12, 2012 – Sunday
LS and her
daughter FS were at church today. One of
the sisters spoke during sacrament meeting and we had a good Sunday school
class.
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August 10, 2012 – Friday
We took WE
to the doctor again and admonished her to continue to read from the Book of
Mormon.
Sister LB
has truly had a long row to hole.
Because of diabetes she has lost her left foot below the knee. While in the hospital she had a stroke and is
recovering from that. But anytime we
visit her she is happy to see us and welcomes us into her home. Today we spoke of fasting and prayer and ask
if she wanted a blessing. We also
admonished her to have her granddaughter to bring her to church.
We visited
with CD and spoke of Lehi’s dream about the Tree of Life. CD is a wonderful person.
August 9, 2012 – Thursday
We met with
WH today. He loves for us to meet with
him, I believe that at this time we are the only socializing that he is
getting. He just stays in his house and
never gets out except to buy groceries.
Sister Oakley takes his food he gets from the food pantry and cooks it
for him and then returns it to him in portions that he can freeze and then warm
up in the microwave. That way he can get
good meals and not just eat sandwiches all the time. He is afraid to cook. He will use the microwave.
LS and her
daughters welcomed us to their house again, but they are still not happy about
church. They like the lessons and seem
to understand and agree with what we are teaching. LS is reading the Book of Mormon, but
something is missing. We need to pray
for this family.
August 8, 2012 – Wednesday
We met with
our friends JS and Sister JS. We give
them lessons and they don’t want us to leave, but I still worry.
We were able
to meet with LS and her daughter again, and also her daughter FS. LS told us that she was disappointed with the
church service because there was no preaching.
We explained to her that Sunday was Fast and Testimony meeting, not Sacrament
meeting, and on that day the members of the branch stand and give their
testimonies. Her daughter FS seemed to
be very interested in the gospel and we are excited to be able to help them.
August 7, 2012 – Tuesday
We went to
transfers today in Nashville. First we
drove to Morgantown and picked up Sister Peterson and she rode with us while
her husband Elder Peterson picked up the Leitchfield Elders and gave them a
ride. It works better that way because
the Elders are such large men; they hardly fit into our small cars. When we got to Nashville Sister Oakley and I
had about two hours so we drove to Harbor Freight and picked up a small trailer
still in its box so we will be able to get our things home when the mission is
over. Then we participated in the
transfer meetings. Elder Robinson and
Elder Hamlin are both going home, we’ll miss them – they are our friends. Elder Rasmussen is now our district leader
and we like him. After transfers we were
allowed to go to the temple and we always love that. Elder Hamblin’s parents were there. We told them how much we appreciated their
son, a very spiritual man.
August 6, 2012 – Monday
Today is our
day off; the day we clean the apartment, shop and rest. And who rested? I had
tomatoes running out my ears. No one
would pick the tomatoes out of the garden and they were just rotting on the
ground, so I picked them all and had tomatoes ripening on every window sill of the
house. They were ripe and need to be taken care of. I canned 18 quarts of tomatoes and 6 quarts
of hot salsa. Then we cleaned the
apartment. We finished just in time for
me to run to Center Town and pick up Sister WE and get her back for the
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Sister
Pieper is giving the Temple class at our apartment because Sister WE can’t get
into Sister Peiper’s house.
August 5, 2012 – Sunday
We told BG
that we would come to her son’s Baptist church with her this morning IF we didn’t
have an investigator to bring with us to The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Well, as it turns out
we have LS and her daughter coming to church so we called BG and explained that
to her. We asked her if we could come by
and give her a ride to the evening service and still visit her son’s
church. She said that she would be too
tired and didn’t go to the evening services; so maybe another time.
When we got
to church LS and her mother BB were at church.
Today is Fast and Testimony meeting and I’m not sure that LS understood
what was happening.
August 4, 2012 – Saturday
Today we
were able to teach LS and her daughter M.
We have been visiting her mother BB for some time. One of the first things she said to us is
that she wanted to be baptized, even before we started the lessons. She explained that her husband is out of town
working and that he believes that the church is a cult and that worries me, we
really need to speak with him and visit his concerns. We continued with the Restoration lesson and
invited them to come to church with us tomorrow.
August 3, 2012 – Friday
We took WE
to her doctors’ appointment this morning.
It seems as if she will have to have surgery on her knee, we’ll pray for
her.
We visited
LR’s house, her husband is a non-member but very friendly with the church. Br. Pieper has been home teaching them for
years. Br. LR chain smokes and is in
poor health. We taught the Plan of
Salvation from a huge chart we were able to make, but his eye sight is so poor
that he still couldn’t see it. But he
could hear us and his responses were positive.
August 2, 2012 – Thursday
We were able
to meet with LE again today. He is
reading the Book of Mormon and praying.
He does have a lot of tradition to overcome, but he truly loves the Lord
Jesus Christ. That is something that I
know, and we are hopeful.
August 1, 2012 – Wednesday
Today we
were able to teach JS and his wife again.
We have been teaching them for so long.
They are wonderful people and I believe that sister JS wants to join the
church but is being held back by her husband.
They are both such giving people and would give anyone the shirt off
their back, especially their grandchildren.
We have spent a lot of time praying for them.
July 31, 2012 – Tuesday
Sister
Oakley was in a lot of pain today, sometimes this mission becomes very
hard. We had an appointment with BG at
4:00 pm, so I asked BG’S brother WH to go with me and we discussed the Gospel
of Jesus Christ. Her son is a Baptist
Minister and even though I believe she believes the things we are teaching her,
she is still having social issues.
July 30, 2012 – Monday
We were able
to meet with LE again today. We taught
him the Plan of Salvation and he understood and agreed with it. The spirit is strong with this man.
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