So this week has been a phenomenal week. This is our first official full week with the new missionary and it's been one of the most exciting times ever. We have biked 10x the amount I ever did before and at the end of this week we had 4x the amount of lessons taught then any other week. Truly miracles have happened as we have worked and prayed hard. We have also taken the time to knock on members doors and teach them and in return we have 3 different members who either have given us a referral or are having us back to teach a new family they know. I've never felt so happy in my life right now. So to start of we had a miracle with Viki a new investigator we found; she is so happy to talk with us about religion and learn what the Mormons believe. She grew up baptist and attended quite often. But as the years rolled by she noticed a lot of issues and problem with the church and she didn't feel like they where a family that cared for one another. So she left and just prayed and studied on her own. Then she told us quote " I wish their was a church where the people just served one another out of the kindness of their hearts, that they were friends outside of going to church" unquote. This really was the kicker that got my heart pumping, so we 'calmly' told her a little about our church and volunteered to do service for her with some members and she agreed and would like to discuss more about our church! XD
Anyhow we have had the miracle also of meeting several less active families who were not to excited for us to be there and I doubt we wouldn't have stayed long if we didn't explain that this was a new missionary that needed practice teaching. So several of them not only agreed to let us try teaching them now but to also come back and teach them again. These younger families just need a little rekindling of the fire they have burning in them. One of them was a man named John who was very reluctant to have us in (the son let us in without letting the dad know) but John is a return missionary who is doing very well off, and based on clues around the house I'm pretty sure he is a computer programmer and rumor has it he was on the team that created google maps. Anyhow he sat and asked the basic questions to us of where we are from? how long have you been out?, how big is our families?. Do by the end we didn't get much of a lesson in and right before he got ready to escort us to the door we asked if we could say a prayer, and my companion turned to me and says 'rock, paper, scissors, winner gets to say it'. A little shocked I went along with it!......and I lost hahaha! My companion then gave a really good prayer of love and thankfulness. After which the guy was big eye smiling complementing us on what we had just done, then he actually followed us out talking more about his mission and the experience he had, he followed us clear out of his long drive way to the dirt road in his bare feet talking and told us to give him a call if we needed to come back and do the practice lessons. This last part touched me as I took this to be a good sign, something their in what did touched him and I hope can help him to come back to church again. Anyhow we visited many of our less actives and investigators sharing our testimonies and teaching all along the way. With so much going on their was a few nights after planning I just laid in bed in my proselyting cloths and slept. I am working hard hoping to leave an imprint of a good missionary on this new one, i truly am grateful for the awesome circumstances that have gone on in this mission. The lord truly does test and bless us. I have been given so much more than I ever felt I deserved but I do appreciate it and will not waste anything given. I love my savior Jesus Christ and in what can seem like a dark and chaotic world he is showing me the good that's here all the time. So many people worry about how evil the world is getting, how bad and horrible it is...like we should really be scared......like the cups half empty. Yes the world isn't the same as before but i believe there is more good going on than ever before in sharing the gospel, in serving, In loving, in learning. I believe the cups half full, don't let satan ever try to tear you down in this world he has many ways and tools to do so. But the lord has also placed many tools and support to lift you up and to overcome what satan may throw. I love you all again and hope you all have a fantastic week!
P.s. My greenie didn't listen to me when I said don't ride in the weeds on the side of the road. And BOOM! Not one but two flat tires from goat heads( VERY sharp thistles that look like a goats skull)
Elder Heckel
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