Austin covered with gnats after biking
Last P-Day (Monday), our zone held a miniature Olympics. We divided up by districts and competed in four little events. Well…my district won. And that was all well and good–we won a pizza party–but I did have to eat eighteen large marshmallows in two minutes to take second place in my event, so I was feeling a little groggy in the stomach after that. I also lost the magnet to my casual nametag, so I had to spend a lot of time searching for that. Overall, though, it was all worth it!
So, come Friday (district meeting), after we built some straw-and-masking-tape rafts for a team-building activity, we got our party with five large pizzas for eight people. Elder Johanson made me show everyone my ability to eat an entire piece in one bite, but other than that it was delicious and enjoyable. But then came dinner, and they couldn’t be around to feed us, so they got us some pizza! And then the next day for dinner…a pizza buffet! So I am effectively pizza-d out this week.
Besides my extremely unhealthy diet, the week was full of the usual stuff. Giving blessings to people in the hospital in our area, getting people to church, visiting people who didn’t come to church and asking them why they didn’t come…it’s the same story all the time! We did get a couple people to church yesterday who I haven’t seen come before, so that was neat. One is a less-than-active member who associates herself with our church, but believes strongly in the concept of the Trinity. This week, though, she decided she didn’t like the fact that the Catholic church had made zero efforts to reach out to her since she stopped going there, so she decided to head on over to ours!
We were also able to hook up with a less-active guy this week who just got out of jail. He seems like a nice enough guy, and he was only in there for not paying enough child support (he was paying some, but didn’t make enough to pay the full amount). But still, as strange as it sounds, I think jail was a good thing for him because he really capitalized on the situation. He took the chance to read the entire Bible and Book of Mormon and share the message with other people in there. Jail strengthened his own conversion! So that was neat to see someone do that. The other guy we meet with that’s still in jail is making excellent progress, too. He is soaking everything in, and is almost done reading the Book of Mormon for the second time! He hadn’t even really heard of Jesus Christ when missionaries first started meeting with him, and now he knows more than most people in the world do! It’s kind of crazy how that happens. I think I understand a little more why God allowed so many of his prophets to be thrown in prison!
Okay everyone, sorry for the short email, but that’s what I’ve got this week. Thank you all for your support, and have a blessed week. Elder Rushton – Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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