Hi Momma!
Ok. This week I decided to do what you do which is after
something cool happens, write it down on a sticky note so that I remember what
happened this week when I write you.
6 Major things:
1) Tuesday we had Zone Meeting and Elder Mortensen and I had
a very spiritually powerful role play with another set of Elders. We, after two
months together, are finally, totally in-tune with each other and with the
Spirit. We learned so much from one little role play. It was awesome!
2) We took a deacon out teaching with us because for three
weeks he's been asking. He is a
great kid that wants to do what's right. He took us to his friend's house. He
wanted to introduce the gospel to his friend. Isn't that cool?
His friend wasn't there but we were able to talk to his
mother for a while. We went back Saturday to invite them to church. They didn't
come but-- SEED PLANTED. And you can't harvest if you don't plant.
We'll follow up this week. I have faith good things will
come just because that 12-year-old, Gabe, wanted to share the gospel with his
friend and he wasn't scared to do it.
3) We had a very good lesson with Randy. Very unorthodox way
of teaching because he has such an abstract mind but... So do I! So I know
exactly how to put things in ways he'd understand. He's made leaps and bounds
in the last week! Super stoked.
4) Got an interesting phone call from the mom of one of our peeps. He's in
the hospital at UAMS. We vaguely knew that he had some health problems in
the past (years ago) but he seemed perfectly normal this whole time we've known
him. I'm not worried. His mom said he'd be fine. I'm gonna see if I can
visit him after transfers on Wednesday.
5) Leads me to my next point.... I"M FREAKIN GETTING TRANSFERRED!
What????? NO! I love this place! It's the Celestial Kingdom of missionary work!
There are people, like Randy, that still need me! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
But. I'll, with a smile and upbeat attitude, go where He
wants me to go. No matter how hard. Gulp. End of story. :)
Don't know where i'm going but thought i'd let you know
before you send my peanut butter to my companion. ;)
Conway's been great though. It'll be very very hard to beat.
Members are amazing here. I feel safe. I love the people.
6) Back to good news! Thursday night guess who came to
visit?? Doug and Bridget! Yeah! They came all the way up from Bismark just for
me! I feel so special! Those people are the best! We went out to eat at iHop
and got some ice cream at a joint called, Shakes. Bridget even made me a 10-layer jello desert!
It made my stay even better to see them. I had an amazing
time! :)
Well, I was taking it kind of hard that I was leaving. No
one was expecting it, but I felt inspired to read Jacob 6, verses 2 and the
first part of 3,
2 And the day that
he shall set his hand again the second time to recover his people, is
the day, yea, even the last time, that the servants of the Lord shall
go forth in his power, to nourish and prune his vineyard;
and after that the end soon cometh.
3 And how blessed are they who have
labored diligently in his vineyard;
I have a work to do. Doesn't matter where or who. I just
gotta do it. It helped. And i'm SO motivated.
I love this work. I'm gonna show it.
-Elder Bubba
