Week 51

La ultima Semana con Elder Hernandez

Elder Geddes and Elder Hernandez!

  This week has been another great and busy week. Especially with it being the last week with Elder Hernandez. This week we started stage 2 in our iPads so now we are going to be planning our days on the iPad and the area book on the iPads. We went to a meeting in Jacksonville again where we got training on that. It's going to be a really cool tool to have. It keeps everything organized, and will help us keep more on top of things once
everything is put in!
  As for teaching it was a pretty sweet week as well! On Monday in the morning we decided that we were going to study about the apostasy for one of our investigators Claudio. We gt some really good scriptures together, and our goal was to teach the Apostasy in full detail so he would be able to understand it, because that was a big thing that was holding him back.That night we went to teach them and the lesson went super well! The spirit was helping us a ton remembering certain scriptures we felt we needed to share with him. It really gave him more understanding of the importance of the Restoration. Before this lesson he would not read the Book of Mormon, but at the end of the lesson he said "let's pray about this right now." He said a really great prayer and accepted to read the chapter we left him in the BOM. It was great learning experience for me on really studying for my investigators, and focusing what they need at that moment. He knew that there things were true or not, and now he has a choice to make. Later on in the week we went to see him and he and his family. We were driving in the car and saw he us driving to his house. He turned around and told us to follow him because he wanted to take us out to eat. That was way nice of him y his wife remembered it was my Birthday a few weeks back,and had them sing Happy Birthday to me there
at the restaurant haha! That was an awesome experience, and they are a really great family.They had us over for dinner at the house the next day y we taught another good lesson on the Plan of Salvation. And as well on Sunday night we went over with a member and had a really good lesson. He does have a lot of questions and doubts, but he has definitely opened up to the message a lot more since we met him. We are praying that they will continue listening and accepting the gospel that will change their lives so much. They really need it right now in their family.

  For David he wasn't able to come to church this week. He didn't get out of the hospital until Thursday and then had to go back to the ER the next day, but luckily got out that night He was still recovering and couldn't make it to church. We did have some really good lessons with him y were able to visit him several times in the hospital. He had me pull out my planner and write him down for Church next week for sure, and said "I dare anyone to stop me from coming". He is really committed to come, and said that this time he is making
a promise so that he will be able to make it. We are looking forward to next week y we know that he is going to love the church y the ward is going to welcome him really well. 

  Well this Tuesday I will be going into a trio with the English Elders (Zickella y Croft). I'm really looking forward to it and it should be a great experience. We are going to be working a lot with the ward doing splits and stuff to keep the work more effective. We will either be moving into the apartment I'm in now or I'll move to the English elders apartment, we haven't decided yet. It's only a half mile away so it is not a big deal. I'm sure this week is going to be another super busy week, we have a lot to get done. Sorry I don't have too much time today because we were doing service this morning and we have to be at FHE at 4. But all is going well here in Jonesboro!!! The mosquitoes haven't been as bad this past week which was nice, but earlier on in the week they were flying planes that were dropping Mosquito repellent haha! Dragonflies are coming out now, so I think they are starting to eat them. I hope your week is great, y thanks so much for the email!

Love you lots!! 

Love, Elder Geddes

Former Little Rock Sister Missionary (Jenessa) ran into the Elders eating dinner!