Monday, December 18, 2017

Loving Bel Air!

Well, just having a blast in Bel Air. You know we are having fun doing the Lord's work. I forget everything I do in the past week so sorry. Pretty much we have been riding our bikes in this snow. I remember Friday we knocked for 5 hours while it was snowing all day. And we didn't get let it once! hahah that stunk! But Saturday was sooo sweet so it made up for it! We helped Nicole paint her apartment in the morning, Nicole is wayyy sweet! She has the most solid testimony! Her baptism date is the 30th. And hopefully we can get her 14 year old son Darin who is also way cool later. And her 10 year old. She also has a 3 year old who is dang cute! But their family is soooo sweet! And then Saturday we found some awesome investigators! So things are going sweet here!! We are going to like 6 members and Nicoles house on Christmas so I am sooo excited for that! And Christmas Conference is this Wednesday. Also Christmas Eve at the Uhligs! So excited for this week and the weeks to come. I love Bynum Run! 


Missionary Food!


Enjoying the Snow!


Dee and Maria and De'reon, recent converts. Sweet family, we go over all the time and teach them.


Monday, December 11, 2017

Slower week

This week was slow, we couldn't find anyone to teach but it was overall great! We put a lady on date for baptism for December 30 so that was sweet. She is awesome! Her name is Nicole and she has 3 kids. We taught her 4 times last week. We have not been able to teach Chris yet. He keeps rescheduling which really stinks. But overall things are going great! We got snow on Friday all day and have a lot of it. We had the car so we didn't have to ride our bikes in that which was good. We had our Christmas party Saturday night, it was way good. I love the ward and love everyone in it. It feels like home to me.
Love you all

Mac


Old district

Monday, December 4, 2017

Sweet Week!

Awesome week for sure!! Bynum run is super great, we are working hard, and having a blast while doing it! First, Elder Selk and I are going to be with each other another transfer! Elder Stone is leaving which really stinks! I was called to be the district leader. Elder Kershaw is also leaving the district. So that means Elder Coombs is training and Elder Ferrell gets put with Elder Hulme(from my mtc) So that is our district and I am super excited for this transfer!

It was sick to see Melissa and her family on Thankgiving! President said they could come and see me and Elder Selk so that was way sweet and we got to ball and play games!! 

I have forgotten the days this week honestly. But basically we went over to Dee and Maria's house everyday. Got them ready for their baptism. We had the Zone Leaders instruct us on Tuesday. That was sweet. We had mutual on Wednesday, and a sweet first lesson with Nicole, a new investigator. She also came to church and the baptism. So she is really solid, going through a divorce right now. Has 3 kids. Hopefully we will put her on date soon. 

Sunday. This was a crazy day! Woke up, studied, went to the church, had ward correlation with the ward mission leader(Bro Harris, was called last week and a way sweet guy, just moved in the ward) after that was ward council. Then church at 1. Had Danny, d and maria, and nicole, and another gator, Bro Harris (old guy). He loves to talk, it was fast and testimony meeting so he went up there and it was not good at all. Hahah it was very awkward and long. Bishop had to ask him to sit down. Hahah I was trying not to bust up laughing. I was in the back waiting for a sweet family to come but they didn't. After church we had the baptismal service. It went awesome! I baptized Maria and Elder Selk baptized Diamonte or Dee. 

Knocked on this door, testified of Book of Mormon and blessing it brings. Chris was his name, 22 from Brazil. Said we could come back and he would read it. Also said he had some struggles. An hour later at like 8:45 we got a text from him saying that he had been struggling with a job and life but he read the Book of Mormon for a little and a couple minutes later got a call saying he got a job and he starts the next day. We are meeting with him tonight and we are pumped and he is pumped to learn more! Power of the Book of Mormon is real!!!! Read it and the Lord promises us blessings!!

So that is it mainly. I'm in Bynum for another transfer which will put me here till Jan 16th. 4 and a half months here at least. I love it. Hope y'all are doing good!!


Dee and Maria's baptism


Exchange with Elder Stone


After a crazy day


A new buzz haircut!


With the Lower's on Thanksgiving!