Yet another week here in the Land of Lincoln. The weather was much better this week then last week that is for sure. Beginning of the week started great the middle not so great but then the end was awesome. But we got 6 new investigators! So here is the summary of the week.
Monday was good. We went and saw Lincolns tomb. That was interesting and we saw other Lincoln stuff because that is all they have here to do. haha That night we started exchanges so I went up with Elder Thacker that night to Petersburg. Population of like 2500 people or something of that sort. Way small place. It was crazy how small it is. We went out contacting that night because the appointments they had fell through.
Tuesday we had one appointment that we went too. The other one fell through. We taught this lady who was very interesting. One of the first things she asked was what is my stance on Gay Marriage. I told her what we teach in the church about families and what the stance on it was. We got into a little bit of a debate but I told her what was up. It was a very long lesson though. While I was up in Petersburg My comps gained a new investigator, Carol.
Wednesday was awesome I loved it. It was full of appointments. And gaining new investigators. Two the day to be exact! We had a lot of stuff going on in Chatham that day a small town outside of Springfield. We went looking for Pm/la's for a good chunk of the day. In search for a la family we gained a new investigator this lady named Margo. We taught a lesson on the doorstep and prayed with her and set the next appointment up for Saturday. Which ended up falling through... Then as we got a hold of a part member family we gained a daughter as an investigator who goes to school at SIUE and is home for the summer. It was cool because as we were walking to a part members place one of the people in our ward selling security for the summer drove by picked us up and took us to the place which was more then a mile away. IT was a small miracle that day. That night we had dinner and a appointment with the Franklins another part member family who we are teaching the husband.
Thursday was a way hard day. We had District Meeting which was awesome but then when we went to our appointments after they all fell through. One of them being with Maranda a former investigator that we have. That stunk. We went tracting in the richest area we could find. They were all jerks to us... Except for this guy from Turkey who we may have the chance of teaching.
Friday was much better. We had a less active appointment which went well. The member knows they need to come back and stuff it just has been hard trying to get him to go. His Mom goes every Sunday though. That night we stopped by the appartment around 8:15 to grab the our Ukes and go contacting around our appartment complex because many people are outside and it would be awesome to get more investigators there. We ended up talking to this lady who was a friend of someone who lives there. We taught her outside and prayed with her but we could not get the return appointment though...
Saturday was another hard day. All appointments fell through again. Many people out here are flaky. Really Flaky. It stinks because no one like committing. Or they will commit and back out. We went and took a member with us to teach Margo and her husband but then no one was home when we went to the door. She did not answer her cellphone. So we split and went out trying to contact our Pm's. And did a lot of tracting. They day was not very productive.
Sunday at church we had the Valeros come!!! They were our other new investigators. We are only counting the parents and the oldest daughter right now to be investigators. Before church we had coordination and then Ward Council which went very well actually. The ward is starting to trust us more now that the past two Sundays we had investigators come to church. That night we had dinner at a family which is partly active. The less active son left though which stunk. Then that night we had an appointment with the Valeros which was very interesting at that. The Dad is a member of the unification church. They are a very interesting church. They believe that Every church is right or something weird. Like they believe that Joseph Smith was a Prophet. But there was much light coming from the Mother and the daughter. The father will have to be humbled to accept that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the Lords Kingdom on the Earth today. Not this Unification Church.
Today we are going to go bowl as a zone. I love Bowling. Well everyone have a great week!!! Feel free to write me a letter! I would love to hear from you all, because I don't really get mail anymore. So Please write!!!
Love,
Elder Derek Turner
*Serving in Zion*
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