This week has been a great week! I got to hear from two General Authorities this week! That is pretty rare! And a couple interesting stories. Like we were driving down to Valley Park for my companions doctors appointment and we saw one of our investigators driving on the freeway no where near our area. We keep seeing him in the most random places let me tell you. It happens almost once a week where we see him driving by us whether we are walking around town or driving. It is pretty funny.
Monday we had dinner at the Carr which was pretty cool. They are from California so they are cool. haha That day we had lunch with Rufus who is a recent convert. He made us chili. It was really good. We will be at his place again for Thanksgiving.
Tuesday we had a mission Conference. Elder Choi was are visiting member of the seventy. He is a way funny guy especially because he is from Korea and has an accent. The first thing he spoke about to all of us was Marriage which was kinda intersting... It is weird because it is like I still got 10 months or so left out here. But he gave us really good advice and performing the work and having success. Which we have been having a ton of success here in Hazelwood 2. We were there for the whole entire day. We were spoken to about having urgency in doing the work especially so we could reach our goal as a mission for the year in getting Baptisms. That night we got a call from Bro. Marko. I did not recognize the name at all. He said he signed up to go out with us that night. So we were like alright. We went by a couple places for appointments. Then while stopping by a less active with him we found out that he was not even in our ward. That he thought he called the other wards missionaires. So it was way funny. He never said anything until the member we visited asked him who he was. Very funny.
Wednesday was a good day. We were walking around contacting potentials that we found and while walking down the street we see a car turning on the street. Two guys wearing white shirts and ties were in the car. They had vests on. We thought they were other missionaries at first and we were confused why other missionaries would be down in our area. The car parked and they jumped out and there vests were not sweater vests but bullet proof vests. Then 9 cop cars, and undercover cop cars pull on to the street right behind that one and all parked. A cop parked near where we were walking and he gets out the the car with a huge sludge hammer and tells us that we should walk around the other way so we did not pass the house that the cops had completly made a perimeter arouund. So we walked around a different way. It was just random to see this happening. We did not hear any gun shots while walking away or anything so that is good. That is what happens here in the hood. OH yeah. We then had a miracle happen. We were having a hard time to find a member to go with us to a lesson. While walking to the lesson we passed by a youth in the ward and he came with us to the lesson. He did a great job in the lesson. And we picked up another investgator Sam.
Thursday we had a good day. We taught a lesson to Andrea, Diaviance, and a couple of there cousins. It was really good. Then we went and taught a part member family and picked up the Father Lee as a new invstigator. He is a way cool guy and askes some of the best questions. It is very impressive. And he is a way funny guy. We also had many appointments all through tis week. More fell through then happened which was sad. OH well it is part of the sifting process I guess!
Friday We had 4 appointments fall through. That was very frustrating especially since three of those were with potential investigators who a couple of them semed way solid. That night we had a good lesson with the Moises. They are my favorite. Everytime we are there it is way awesome.
Saturday was good. We had a couple appointments fall through but because they fell through we went and knocked on some random doors in the appartment complex. Which we set two return appointments with potentials with the first two doors we got answers from. The third door we got an answer from invitited us in and we taught him. His name is Mike. Itwas awesome and we set a return appointment for the next day. So we picked him up as a new gator. That was cool.
Sunday we had stake conference. We had a member from the Seventy there speaking. President and sister Clark both spoke to at the stake conference. They speak at almost every stake conference they have in this mission. They are way awesome. Prez Clark talked about eternal marriage and sister Clark spoke on preparing our youth especially for missions. It was way good. The member of the seventy was a great speaker too. Monica who was just baptized brought her friend to church who we will start teaching tonight actually when we have dinner with the rices! We went to our return appointments after conference. And none of them were there. But while knocking on one of there doors the next door neighbor opened his door and asked us if he could borrow our phone. We let him. He invited us in and we taught him and his finace! And picked them up as a new gators. Way awesome! THen we had an awesome dinner at the Gonzos. Then after had a good appointment with the Moies! We set a date for December 1st for Phil to be baptized then a couple of weeks after that he will baptize the rest of the family when he is ordained a priest. Plus it gives a little bit more time for Beth to quit smoking.
Today we are going to play football at forest park. We were going to go play at the Arch but changed out minds. So we will be there with a bunch of missionaries playing. IT will be fun! HOpe you all have a great week this week!!!
Love,
Elder Derek Turner
*Serving in Zion*
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