Our week indeed was AMAZING and the success was PLENTIFUl. Every week feels so LONG! In the best possible way! When Monday rolls
around, we look back at the past week and we feel like the memories are SO old
because there are so many of them! Here are a few! ;)
1-We got to go do some awesome service for the family in the
Highland Stake! We helped them lay a TON of sod! Also, I got to hold a chicken
and a duck! Man... that was scary. BUT it was super cool! Haha! They also gave
us cookies and lemonade! Also, Elder Rash hit me in the head with a football!
So, there was this swing that I was on. I was spinning around and he threw a
football from about 25 yards away, it hit the pole that was holding the swing
up and bounced off and hit me in the head. Even though it was VERY impressive,
I chased after him and jumped on his back. He is a lot bigger than me though so
it didn't do much! Haha! Overall, it was a wonderful opportunity to get the
blue jeans on and go to work!
2-We are having SO much success and wonderful things
happening in our zone right now! The work is hastening here in Pocatello,
that's for sure! August is going to be GREAT and September is going to be
INCREDIBLE! We are working on increasing the personal and effective follow up
we have with our Zone. Elder Rash has come up with TONS of amazing ideas that
are helping to push the Zone forward and give them everything they need to grow
and prosper in this portion of the Lord's vineyard! We are the ZONE OF CHANGE!
We are dedicated to becoming someone different, someone closer to God, every
single day. We are going to invite those around us to come closer to Christ and
nothing is going to stop us!
3-We also got to perform our musical number! The whole event
was a HUGE success. The spirit was strong and without a doubt, Jesus Christ is
the Savior. :) Also, our # went well! We are also performing for Zone
Conference. We are performing a 4 part arrangement of 'Brightly Beams our
Father's Mercy" with a narrative that I get to read in the middle, D&C
18:10-16. It's going to be incredible!
4-Mmm... it rained a LOT this past week as well! We got very
wet and we even tried putting our jackets and in Elder Rash's case, his shoes
and in my case, my planner, into the oven! We put it on low and tried to dry
them off! It kind of worked! Haha! It made them really warm but they were still
pretty wet. ;)
5-Also, Elder Rash and myself wrote a song!!! It is about a
missionaries journey through the mission. It is pretty darn awesome. ;) We are
gonna play it for Zone Companionship Study sometime. ;)
6-We are going mini golfing today! Whoo!
7-Oh! We got to play basketball with 2 of our investigators
and a bunch of priests from the wards that we cover. We are trying to turn it
into a weekly thing! We have been seeing a lot of success come from it and it
has been SO fun!
8-We set a baptismal date with one of our investigators! He is awesome! He has read the Book of Mormon 2 times, the
D&C once and the bible who knows how many times! He is going to be baptized
on Sept 13th! He is working on overcoming smoking right now! He can do it!!!
9-Also, we got to go to the hospital to give a woman a
blessing! When we got there, she had already received one BUT it was still an
amazing experience! We got to have a prayer with her and I've decided I LOVE
hospitals. Man! It was so AWESOME in there! It just felt like such an
incredible environment! The work of salvation is done there, in a sense that
people are either moving forward to learn more about the gospel on the other
side or they are hopefully having experiences that will eventually bring them
closer to Christ in this life!! Neurosurgery here we come!!! ;)
Overall, it was an AMAZING week! Man.... and we've got
another one coming! I love you all!
Keep doing good member missionary work! Invite someone to
hear from the missionaries TODAY and THIS WEEK!
Elder Merkley
Elder Merkley
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