Elder Sam Shumway

No we aren't the mail guys. We are missionaries. I wonder all the different things people mistake missionaries for. Most of the people we meet at least know who we are and what we talk about but there are some who have never heard of the Church before.  Alright let's get into the week... Tuesday- WE PUT DIEGO ON DATE! For those of you who don't know who Diego is he's a teenager that we've been teaching and he's been unsure whenever we've brought up baptism. But we stressed about how it is a blessing and something that we need to do to enter the kingdom of heaven (John 3:5) and how even Christ was baptised by proper authority to set the example for us.  Wednesday- woke up early to do some service. We helped unload books for the book fair at the library.  Thursday- our ward put together what they called a missionary Blitz. Which is basically where a bunch of members split into companionships and visit less active families. Each person that was visited was give...

This week was super busy with missionary work. We focused a lot on finding people to teach.  We met a guy named Rick who started a towing company and has made some pretty not good decisions in his life. He told us he's been doing bad all his life but found Jesus almost 3 years ago. We taught him about faith and Repentance and he loved it.  We met a woman name Peggy who didn't like crowds or people but loved talking about Jesus so we talked to her and got her number to set up a lesson.  Om Saturday we went finding in three Walmart parking lot and found this Mexican man selling strawberries. I told him I'd buy some if he took a picture of Jesus. So now I have $20 worth of strawberries in my fridge. After that we talked to a bunch people and gave them strawberries.  Also sorry I didn't get out emails out last week. It was a crazy busy P day!  Last week I had exchanges with the zone leaders and we met some surfer bros that were harvesting their weed at the moment. W...

 

Had a really great week this week! On Tuesday we taught a seminary class about the Gathering of Isreal and how it scripturally is a sign of the Second Coming so everyone keep watching for that!  We talked to a couple of bhudists this week and they were pretty chill. They're pretty open to talking about each other's beliefs, and we had a return appointment for one of them.  We found a girl named Mariam who is a daughter to a Pentacostal preacher and she was pretty cool. We asked of we could come back and read the Bible with her and she said yes!  Today we went thrifting and I bought two more pairs of pants so now I have a total of 7 pairs of proselytizing pants so I'll probably have to get rid of a couple pair somewhere when I'm transferred.  Alright I think that's enough yapping for today but thanks for reading!  This week my spiritual thought is how God uses missionaries. At the beginning I had an experience when we were knocking doors that really frustrated me...