So Elder Wilcoxson was supposed to drive to Bloomington tonight. But on Saturday
we got a call from Elder Teo, one of the ZLs, and he told Elder
Wilcoxson to pack his bags immediately because they had to drive down to
Bloomington and be there by 6pm.
To y'all, this doesn't mean a whole lot. To us, we knew this meant he
got called to be an assistant! So then we had to rush home and pack his
life away. Sunday afternoon he drove down with Elder Teo and I am with Elder Schmidt, the ZL in the ward, till Wednesday. So it was fun having the ZL insanity of Sunday
night reporting and we have to make travel plans for the zone getting
to transfers. There are 11 teams in the zone and a companion from each
is being transferred. A new area is also being opened. So yeah. Back to
the ZL days. so fun.
Anyway, we had a lot of
success this week teaching less active members. We taught this one man,
RE, who has come to church ever since I arrived. So that has been good.
He has had a REALLY tough life and when we testify of the atonement and
divine grace and help he kinda tunes out because we don't have a whole
lot of credibility in his eyes in that department. So we brought a joint
teacher who did! I was testifying of the enabling power of the
atonement and the LA rolled his eyes a little. Our JT stepped in and
testified of how he recently went through the most difficult trial of
his entire life. How something that was most precious to him was ripped
from his life and it was devastating. He recalled a day where he fell to
his knees and he just didn't know if he could go on and he poured his
soul out to God and pleaded for His help. He testified strongly of the
peace that entered his life and how things have worked out. It was a
SUPER spiritual lesson and Brother RE got hit hard by the Spirit :)
Elder
Wilcoxson and I also had the opportunity to do some service this week
up in Virginia, MN (they really like to name cities after other
states/countries here; it can get pretty confusing). We went and hauled
wood for a schizophrenic man who lives in a shack out in the woods with
40-50 cats. His brother in law is the member and so we helped him get
some wood for the winter. We hauled wood from a field for about 4 hours.
I love it up here! So much more communing with nature than in the
cities. I feel like i am back in Montana sometimes. Minus the
mountains.
In gospel principles sunday
we were talking about the creation and the teacher asked what were some
of our favorite things God created. I raised my hand and said, "a lot
of you might be unfamiliar with these, but i think mountains are
definitely a fantastic creation." haha. they tried to tell me that
Spirit Mountain, the local ski place, is a mountain. But I would barely
call that thing a hill... ha ha
Well today is not actually P-Day. Thursday
is. So we dont really get any email time today, just enough to let you
all know I haven't frozen to death... yet. Have a wonderful week filled
with gratitude and giving! Read the verses to Hymn 219 this week and
ponder how you can help those around you :)
Love you all!
Elder Ethan Damron
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