This week has been pretty exciting! I went on exchanges with
Elder Ortmann in Maize, Wichita. He taught me to work hard because your time to
serve the Lord in His mission is precious. Here are some of the people we saw:
Wakin (wha • keen) - never committed to anything before now
because of his wife Karen. Received revelation about the kingdom of God,
recognizing the Spirit. Accepted a church tour and wants to bring his kids
along.
Crystal - wants to increase her faith by being baptized.
Loves the idea of repentance and realizes faith is the way to work towards
repentance and baptism. She scheduled her own church tour and asked for the
address to the church because she wants to attend sacrament meeting.
At dinner Elder Ortmann says: "If we get one more
person wanting to be baptized, I will make us an infused smoothie!"
So we met some awesome people!
Cory - Saw him drinking and smoking on his porch. He said
"Hey guys I'm a Catholic, so you can just keep moving on." Well we
got to talking, Elder Ortmann was being a pure goofball, so he enjoyed our
company.
Katie - Came out of the door to Cory's. "You guys want
some beer?" Elder Ortmann says, "Two please!" My heart skipped a
beat. "Just kidding!" Katie thought that was hilarious, so she came
out to talk to us!
By the end of the night, Cory and Katie wanted us to return.
We talked about the Book of Mormon, Cory admitted he didn't believe in a lot of
the Catholic beliefs. Katie told me her life-story of recovery from some
serious transgressions. She is agnostic, but claims she will have lots of
questions while reading the Book of Mormon. It's amazing to me how much the
both of them opened to us after we talked to them without being pushy. Elder
Ortmann taught me the valuable lesson of simply being friendly to people.
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| Elder Ortmann and Elder LaMont |
In the morning of the exchanges, Elder Ortmann taught me
what he's learned from his MMA training. It was a blast, so we took a few
'fight photos' before we switched back to our companionships.
Here's a picture Sister Pinkerton took of us. She needed a
front page for the programs on Sunday
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| Elder LaMont and Elder Mason |
Ah funny story! Elder Madson wanted to make Orange Julius in
the dead of night. Sister Pinkerton was asleep so we couldn't make a lot of
noise. We took the blender to the furthest corner of our room and wrapped it in
a blanket. To my surprise, it worked! It was a funny-looking spectacle, so I
took a picture...
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| Elder Madson and blender |
... and a selfie!
I made some scrambled eggs to trade for some orange Julius!
Also, I had a first! Elder Madson requested me to cut his
hair. So I did! It doesn't look so bad if I may say so myself. Elder Madson
likes it and he got a lot of compliments on it too! I wish I would have kept
the bangs a little longer... But the difference between a good haircut and a
bad haircut is two weeks! Elder Madson got what he paid for!
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| Elder LaMont cutting Elder Mason's hair |
I sure love you all. It's been so great to hear from you. I
miss you so!
All the same, I'm really loving my mission. I'm horrified my
six-month is nearing. Unfair! I'm just starting to comprehend the basics!
Until next week my fans!
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