Well this week has been
largely uneventful, as it is the way this area goes. We chop a lot of
wood, pack a lot of hay, and mow a lot of grass. We are mostly service
missionaries here, but I do have a great miracle.
Our branch president had been
working on a dear friend of his for a very long time. They had been
neighbors for 7 years but never ever got the missionaries in the door. He
is a super sweet guy, but just wasn't interested in taking lessons from
missionaries. Well Elder Southworth and I hit it off really well with him
at a barbeque, and we became really great friends. He was going in for
surgery and Elder Southworth offered to give him a blessing. He declined
but later told our branch president how touched he was at the offer. Well
to make a long story short we decided to stop by one day to give a birthday
card to his wife, and next thing we know, they are both sitting down taking the
missionary lessons. The spirit was strong, and they expressed a desire to
improve their lives for the better. Our branch president was doing
cartwheels in his office when we told him the next Sunday. It was super neat.
The branch has told us that we
are the best two missionaries that this branch has ever seen. We are
really doing well with the branch and gaining their trust. One family
even gave us a referral that they were hanging on to for a special set of
missionaries. It’s been really improving here.
Well that's all I have to
report this week, hopefully neither of us get transferred this upcoming
transfer.
Elder Bringhurst
