Monday night starting the week off strong. We received a referral from someone named Alison. She is an older lady who wants to learn more about God. We came over and taught her the restoration. She loved it and as we were closing out we prefaced that the next meeting we will be talking about life after death. You should've seen her face lit up. It really hit Elder Watts and I hard because these truths we cherish in the Plan of Salvation are so taken for granted. Alison is progressing amazingly right now.
One of the failures this week came on Tuesday. I decided to make lemon chicken in the crockpot. I didn't marinade it beforehand since I knew it'll sit in the crockpot with lemon juice for 8 hours. I didn't know you could over marinade something. I shredded the chicken and it tasted like straight lemons. It made me feel so sick. The sad part was that I made two chicken breasts which covered me for at least two meals. I had to do what I had to do since I'm on that budget. All for the protein.
On the bright side, Elder Watts showed me a new recipe that I will be implementing in my life. He bought whole wheat pita bread to have pizza on. He throws it in the air fryer for 5 minutes and then there you go. I tried with a BBQ chicken pizza and I think I'll have that every week for the remainder of the mission.
The weeks are coming and going. We have been so busy in the Grand Valley area. It is popping off! It mainly is due to us meeting with members and actually setting successful plans with them on how they can share the gospel with their friends. Elder Watts has shown me so many right ways to utilize members in this work. Who woulda thought, not I.
Thursday was an exchange I had with Elder Jacob Willen. He is from Texas. I went to an area called Hart, Michigan which is on Lake Michigan for the day. Elder Willden actually stayed with Elder Woolsey and I around 2 months ago when he picked up his trainee. We are pretty familiar with each other and get along really well. This was the first time in over three months that I did planned service haha. I have never been a fan of just serving in the community. I would much rather be trying to find new people to teach. This is a downfall that I have. On the brightside, we worked at a thrift store and I found some cool Christmas lights for $1.50 that we put up in our apartment.
The weather in Michigan amazes me still. Wednesday the high was 40 degrees with hail and the following day it was 75 degrees and sunny. We usually open our window at night to ice up our room so we can sleep well. It is a little tough getting up, but it surprisingly gets us moving. Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Elder Watts and I go running which gets the blood flowing. Fridays are also rough because I do leg day after I run. It is miserable. This paragraph was all over the place, I apologize.
Our exchange on Saturday got canceled due to the other elders being sick so we rescheduled for next week. The day on Saturday was beautiful. It was sunny out and 75 degrees. I got to pull out the short sleeve shirt with the rolled sleeves and go to our favorite public park to contact people. Saturday was a win.
We decided to put up Christmas lights in our apartment since it's getting colder. Tis' the season!
Love this quote that was restated in the most recent General Conference by Elder McConkie III:
"Do you love the Lord? [Then] spend time with Him." Such a simple, yet amazing quote by Elder Wirthlin. We are focusing on spending more time with Jesus in the 5 gospels in the mission. Elder Watts and I like to refer to it as hanging out with Jesus. So you all go hang out with Jesus, he's really cool.
Love you!! Reach out and chat, I'm always a listening ear. Have an amazing week.
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