Yo what it do my home slices!?
So, one of our Hispanic investigators fed us cow head tacos...let me just tell you...it was the worst taco I have ever eaten. never. again.
So, the Dan family...yerp, they dropped us. They were being prepared for October 18th...but the mom went psycho, accused our bishop of doing things that he didn't even do, and now is pressing charges against him lol. Yeah, this got all the way up to Salt Lake, so our mission president called us and told us we probably shouldn't have anymore contact with them...so that was pretty sad. We hope and pray that the lessons we taught her and her son might sink in and one day it might click...but for now she is on her own.
But y'know, I'm pretty used to this kind of devastation. By now we would have had 4 baptisms in the Riverton ward...but they moved, all of a sudden got into some anti-Mormon material, or just freaked out like the Dans! But honestly since I'm so used to it now, I just pick my head back up and get to work. Literally, we are at a spiritual war. You gotta believe that Satan works just as hard as the servants of the Lord do. But as always, amongst the devastation you need to recognized God's hand in our day to day lives. That's what the mission does for ya. It helps you recognize them, even though they might be small. Why is it that every time we set a baptism date terrible things seem to happen? Because the moment we set a baptism date, the battle is on. It will come...whether before or after...it will come.
Well we are losing some really good people in the zone...some of my good buds are leaving which makes me sad...but life is all about change...and change will always happen on the mission field. I'm pretty excited for another transferrr.
Oh, my companion slammed his finger in the door right before a lesson...so he's in pain and his finger is going to fall off. yay!
see ya until next weeeeek
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Well how about that conference!? Man, that was some good stuff. There were a ton of bold talks. Loved it. There were so many that were good, and it's pretty hard to choose just one favorite. I really enjoyed the Saturday afternoon session. The back to back throw down session of Elder Oaks and Anderson was refreshing, to say the least.
All the missionaries were able to see the movie Meet the Mormons before it came out =D It's very well done. It does a good job showing diverse families and how their faith impacts their day to day decisions. So go see it when it comes out and bring yo non member peeps!
Well there is just so much going on right now I can't even tell you 1/10 of everything that is happening! Right now, the mission is taking seriously the challenge that one of Lord's Apostles gave to this mission to raise our vision of baptizing more. It's been an exciting time. It's up to us missionaries to share that vision with the members of the wards we cover...so we have some talks lined up for us, annnnd a fireside that's being planned! woohoo for firesides!
A lot of the companion ships are doing so much better. We had one companionship that told us on day 3 that they hated Blackfoot and the zone...they told us that we didn't care about anybody except the numbers haha. We showed them a reference in Preach My Gospel where is says that as we focus on key indicators we will find, teach, baptize, and confirm more children of our Heavenly Father...which is our whole purpose as missionaries. It was crazy! It was like teaching a lesson, but we were teaching another companionship and we asked questions, identified concerns, shared scriptures and personal experiences, and then invited them to live the Standard of Excellence. As they've done so they have seen miracles in their areas, just as we have.
Overall things are going good. I'm excited for another week to work hard. I really needed this Preparation Day to relax and get refocused. I got my '4 Month Ahead Departure Letter. GAHH!!! Time is running out! lol, I can't believe that. I'm not sure if I'm going to end my mission in Blackfoot or if I'm getting transferred...we get transfer calls this weeks! Gah! I would like to stay in Blackfoot. It's been my favorite area on my mission thus far.
So, there's this part called the Y Motel in our area...it's like the most ghetto and weird place in Blackfoot. I try to avoid that place as much as possible because it smells and that's where the most drug busts are. Anyways, we came across a part-member family named the Williams. Their 7 year old son has had a lot questions about the church and God, so the parents invited us in! Their house was actually clean and it smelled like pumpkin-spice =D We taught them the Restoration and the Plan of salvation. That dad, who is a non member, seemed really interested and even asked if we had some extra pamphlets so he could study. that was a neat experience, so we are going to have a tour of the church with the family this Tuesday! I can't wait for that. Teaching a family is like...awesome. Sometimes it can be pretty tough to do.
In other crazy news, one of the district leaders here is doing so much better here.He's had a lot of problems in the past but he's stepping up his game. He gave up football to go on a mission...so he's pretty much HUGE and jacked...but the worst part is...he's a sharp looking dude so all the sister missionaries go crazy over him...but he brings it upon himself because he has a major flirtation problem he's working on hahaha. We've had a few chats with him about that and we are trying to help him over come his spiritual gift of flirtation. yay.
We were invited to do a fireside with the Young Men in the South Stake. We were accompanied by President Hoygberg, the 1st counselor in the mission presidency. It was awesome! We got to share our missionary experiences and why we chose to serve a mission. It's crazy to think that I used to be a young little guppy like them...but now I'm all grown up and saving China (tell me if ya know dat reference!)
Welp, here comes another week! Stay tuned until next time.
Elder Petitt
