Week 86

Elder Geddes and Elder Ludrick

  Solid week here in Searcy!!   This week we had Specialized training for the zone, so at the beginning of the week we were doing a lot of preparing for that.  We had that on Friday, and it was a really good meeting!  During the meeting we had a blitz where 20 companionship's that went out into the area to find people.  There were a lot of miracles, one companionship's found a less active, and she has a bunch of kids and knows she needs to come back to church.  We have been in contact with her y we are seeing her this week.  There were also some other really cool people found, and we are going to the see a family tonight that sounds way cool!  

  We have been working with Joseph, and saw him several times this last week.  He is still exited for his baptism, but one day we went over and he had some concerns about Joseph Smith and what he really did as a prophet.  We decided to read the intro to the Book of Mormon, and it was all cleared up to him!  He was excited and said thank you for clearing some stuff up that I have read.  On Sunday we were expecting a ton of investigators to come to church, but at the end of everything only 1 came.  But it was Joseph, so he is still looking good for this Saturday! 

 We are still working with Jeremy and we pushed his baptism back for a couple of weeks, because he couldn't get work off.  But he told us that he wants to go teaching with us on his days off this week, so that would be pretty sweet!  As well we have been seeing Paige y Milan, and they both have strong desires to change!  We were able to set Baptismal dates with them after an awesome lesson, and they are really excited about everything.  

  I was on exchanges this week with Elder Ludrick who is from Micronesia, and Elder Pearson went with Elder Geddes up in Paragould.  Me and Elder Ludrick were able to teach the his sweet guy who has a sister y friends that are LDS, and he really wants to learn more about the church.  After that there wasn't much luck the rest of the night.  But as we pulled into our apartment our neighbor was standing outside,  and he asked us if we were Jehovah's.  I explained who we were and a little bit about our message.  I asked if we could come share more and then he asked if he could come to church with us.  That was a great way to end the night, and we are hoping to talk with him a few times this week and get him to church this next Sunday!  

  All is going great here in Searcy and I'm really loving it here.  Elder Pearson is a great companion and there are a lot of good things about to happen in this area!   Hope y'all have a wonderful week!  Love you!

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