So today is not normal P-Day. Thursday was made our P-Day but we get a very limited time to email today. So for those of you who emailed me, I will get back to you next week. sorry!So I really hate being sick. like a lot. for the flipping 4th time in sixth months I am sick. I was stuck in the apartment most of saturday then sunday I got a wicked migraine (first one in 6 months, must be a record) and that basically destroyed proselyting efforts there too. Blah. Our zone had a goal of reaching a certain amount of lessons and I am not sure if we made it because we undershot it due to illness. Blah. i feel horrible.Other than that.. the week was good! We taught the W. family and they basically bashed the whole time. Like I said before, for some reason when i come to town the bashers come out. at one point Brother W. said, "lets take the book of mormon off the table and just talk about the bible." I politely refused and you can tell how that lesson went. ha haWe had our first district meeting under the reign of king elder damron, i mean, uhm, humble servant elder damron. I'm just kidding.. but the meeting went pretty well. SO MUCH STRESS. at first I thought i would not have enough to do to fill the time, i quickly realized I didnt have enough time. but the spirit was there and everyone seemed to enjoy it.We are teaching this old man, Brother R. He seems kinda crazy and I am unsure if he comprehends what we are actually teaching. he remembers a lot of it, but its significance doesn't come across well. He rants about how marvelous the book of mormon makes him feel, though. So hopefully he continues to progress. I set a baptismal date for January 11th with him.. That is right. My birthday is on a saturday next year. BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER. So I REALLY hope this one turns out. ha ha. But there will be some struggles. He likes to go off on tangents so teaching can be hard. he talked about being hit by a car on his bike multiple times for like 30 minutes one lesson. That was interesting.We were walking down the street one day and this woman in a giant van pulled up and told us she respects us for what we are doing, even if we are completely wrong. Then she ranted about her megachurch and how Christ didnt abandon her church like we claim he did, or something like that. I just smiled and expressed my appreciation for meeting someone with such great faith. i really do enjoy meeting these people. we need more faith in the world.We also went to a blood drive being held at our church building. I had a sore throat so they wouldnt let me donate blood. my zone leader elder Hicken almost passed out before he was about to give blood. so that was quite amusing. ha ha. we mingled with the people and investigators and chatted. it was pretty fun. Later that night I returned to the church to interview Brother and Sister B. for baptism. i cannot describe with words how great of an experience this was. The testimonies and the joy they both have seeped from their souls and shone from their countenance. Miracle after miracle occured during their meeting with the missionaries. One miracle was after they accepted to live the law of tithing. they knew they did not have enough money to pay it, but felt they should commit to it. 5 minutes after the Elders left the got a phone call and brother B. got a job offer for a job he interviewed for like 6 weeks ago (he was supposed to hear back after 2 weeks). they talked so much about the joy and peace they had in their lives now. So remarkable. I am thankful for the opportunity I had to meet and interview them.We brought Sister W. to church. She liked the service! but after sacrament meeting she basically told us she was done talking to us and she learned all she wanted to. Then she turned to me and called me a self righteous blah blah blah. my jaw dropped a little bit. She told me I am not considerate of other people's beliefs and the other missionaries actually were. This disturbed me to the core. I have always tried to be open minded and respectful. Disrespect is the one thing that really sets me off. She told me my body language gave me away and she knew that I thought her beliefs were a joke. I hate the body language card. A few people have "read my body language" on my mission and claimed i have malice towards them but in each case my body language had to do with something else. Such as feeling super sick and wanting to die... not hating her beliefs. i took the humble route and apologized for the miscommunication. It is humbling to apologize for something you do not think you did. Another problem is the last missionaries stopped teaching her and went over to be her friend only. We need to befriend everyone, but we are also trying to bring people unto Christ. I tried to get sister W. to read the BoM. Not to demean her beliefs, but the help her understand ours. She is meeting with us after all... She didnt like that idea. oh well though. I plan on going over and smoothing things over one more time.Sorry this email is so short. this whole not a pday thing kinda makes things hectic.this week i read mosiah 22:99 And it came to pass that the king hearkened unto the words of Gideon.In this case King Limhi listened to the counsel of Gideon on how to escape the lamanites rule over them. I think this applies to all of us. The King, the boss, listened to an underling of his. Are we humble enough to hearken to the advice of those people we sometimes feel are "below" us? Takes a big slice of humble pie to do that.anyway, i loveth all of thee!Have a good week, Elder Damron
Elder Ethan Paul Damron has been called to serve in the Minneapolis, Minnesota mission. He reported to the MTC on May 15 and reached Minnesota soil on May 29. He will be returning sometime in the spring of 2015!
Monday, November 25, 2013
Andover week 2
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