Bellevue #10

Hello Everyone! Another week has passed and it has now been a year since flying out to Omaha! The weeks are going faster and faster and this one was definitely a crazy fast one.

Monday we went and taught Keore and he is doing so well. He is excited to get baptized and his whole family is super supportive of his decision. We even taught his 4 year old brother a little bit about Jesus! His main holdup is that he can't seem to come to church. He needs to find time off work and get a ride and it is just a lot. His baptismal date is in a month so we are praying that he will be able to come to church and meet with us enough so that he can hit that date!

Tuesday we helped out with the Bishop's storehouse in the morning and then we were pretty busy for the rest of the day with lessons and visiting members. We met with our friend King and were able to set another date for him to be baptized! it's not until mid October, but we all feel good about that because he has a lot he needs to work on and he wants to really make sure that that's what he wants to do. He is so solid though! We also got fed some tacos from a member family and ended up meeting all of their extended family so that was pretty sweet

Wednesday we had exchanges with some of the other missionaries and it was really good! We did some service for a lady in our ward and we moved so many dungeons and dragons supplies for her. We had been having a hard time contacting her so it was super good to help her. We also went out and knocked on the doors of people who had been taught in the past and they all ended up being on the same few roads so we parked the car and walked around and talked to people for a good 1.5 hours. The only downside was that it was over a hundred degrees and very high humidity. But it was a good time! We also taught one of our friends and talked about continuing on the path of faith even when we aren't sure if we are getting an answer and it really applied to him!

Thursday was a crazy one. We woke up from exchanges and rushed off to zone conference. It was our first zone conference with President and Sister Bailey so some things were a little different but it was all good! About 30 minutes in to the conference we got a text from one of the people we're teaching who had brought her whole family to church last week. She told us that she had read some stuff about the church online and would like to stop meeting with us. So that whole zone conference was really hard to focus. We asked if we could call and talk about it, but she told us that she had already talked to her husband about it so no. It was super hard on all of us and the rest of the day was a drag. The good news is that one of her good friends is a member of the church and we found out a few days later that she was texting her the whole time about all her concerns and the member friend was able to tell her that none of what she had read was true and it really helped our friend. She still wants a break from meeting with us, but we still think that she'll end up joining the church at some point

Friday we went and talked to King again and he is doing well! We shared the restoration proclamation with him and he shared it to his facebook! We also ended up editing a video for a long time that day.

Saturday we weekly planned and not too many crazy things happened, but we did have dinner with two of the coolest member families and it was so fun. They had 6 kids between the two families and it was so loud and crazy but fun!

Aaaaand Sunday we had somebody that we're teaching give us a call and tell us that she wants to come to church but her daughter was sick so she needed a ride! And she came and loved it! We were so relieved because we had a member get up and say some things that maybe weren't the most correct or spiritually uplifting, but the rest of the meeting was good! We taught her the plan of salvation and she like it and it was such a miracle that she even came because stuff like that doesn't happen. 

I was able to finish the Book of Mormon again this week and I really liked verses 3-5 in Moroni 10. It promises that if you read the Book of Mormon and pray to know if it is true with a sincere heart, God will make the truth known unto you through the Holy Ghost. So that's my challenge to you. I can tell you whatever I want, but the way to find true knowledge is to pray in the name of Christ! Have a great week everybody!