Duluth week 30

Last P-Day we helped a lady move that a member invited to church the previous day. At the end the lady asked us how she could get baptized. She almost got baptized a few years ago but had a problem with prophets. but she apparently got over that problem. Miracle!

So we went to a bar for Cinco De Mayo. A member took us to get some of the best burgers i have ever had. Apparently the place was a 21+ but in Wisconsin you can not only enter a bar at any age with your parents but you can drink at any age too. So the member said he would take elder goertzen on as his child. Then he said, "do you know what that means?" E Goertzen then said," im not sure i want to know what it means." Then he said, "it means im your daddy! who's yo' daddy!" soo funny

We had a pretty sweet lesson with a returning LA. Last minute i felt prompted to change the lesson plan to watch a mormon message called "Reclaimed." it was soo good. his wife turned to him and said, "now you better not dare say that was not a very inspired message by the Elders." turns out the husband has been digging up a lot of his past mistakes, in which he has already repented off, and just beating himself up about it. we read some more scriptures with him that resolved a few more concerns. he was a different man when we left. So cool :) 

So on Friday a member took us to go and listen to the Chief Scout Executive of the BSA, Wayne Brock. The member was running a breakfast in which he was speaking so we listened to him and got a picture. He talked to us about President Monson and name dropped a few other GAs that go to board meetings. It was tight

On exchanges with the ZLs we went and taught a guy that showed up to church randomly. We drove 30 minutes into the boons and this guy took us into his secret bomb shelter where he is preparing for armageddon. He also showed us how to witch for water (also known as Water Dowsing) using his copper rods. He was quite the fellow. There were a few moments where i questioned whether i would ever see the light of day again. 

After we got out of the bomb shelter Elder Winder asked me if i wanted to guess where we were going next. I jokingly threw out a random name that all the missionaries talk about because he was involved in a scandal about a year ago. I said it as a joke, but it felt right, so we went! He was sitting on his front steps and he let us right in. First time he has talked to missionaries in months. He broke down and told us that he is lost and depressed and nothing is going right in his life and he is in this fog he just cant get out of. We testified hard core of putting God first and he will help you solve those problems instead of you trying to do it all on your own. he thanked us over and over for coming and he was amazed at the perfect timing in which we showed up. it was pretty sweet :) 

Well, the mission office keeps telling me im going home or something. Despite my best efforts to prove them wrong and extend my mission, i will be flying home this wednesday, May 13th. I cannot fully put into words the gratitude I have to my Father in Heaven for the enormous amount of blessings He has poured upon my head the last two years as I have served His children in this corner of the vineyard. This mission truly has been a gift (Mor 7:2)! i may have thought i sacrificed so much when i first came out, but i have come to know that serving the Lord in any capacity is a gift and privilege. I love my Savior! i know that this is the work of the Master. The Book of Mormon is the word of God and has the power to change anyone's life and heal their souls if they will let it. God our Father loves us unconditionally and wants what is best for us. We are truly His children and once we fully understand this truth spiritually we will know of our divine potential and realize we can accomplish anything, according to God's will, if we do our best and rely upon our Savior. 

I love you all! If you wish to contact me in the future, email me at epdamron@gmail.com or facebook me

Elder Ethan P. Damron