10-25-16
This
morning, we had DDM and I gave a training on faith. I focused on the
power that faith has and how we can use it more fully. The APs showed up
for it too, so that was a little nerve racking, but it was also good to
see E. Overson again. After that, we stopped by some less actives and
tried to set up some appointments with them. One of the less actives we
stopped by is actually, Elder Staley's aunt! When I found out I was
going to Blythewood, I remembered that his aunt lives there... so I went
up and talked to him at transfers and got her contact info. She was a
really nice lady when we met her and knew me from E. Staley's emails! It
was a great way to break the ice and visit with her. Then, we stopped
by a part member family where the wife is just the member. We pulled up
to this really nice and big home and matched the address with who we
were looking for. Her name is Sis. Lyons and we were able to catch her
at home! Her mom and dad were there as well. Above her fireplace was a
really big painting of lions laying down. Haha, so come to find out...
her and her husband are owners of Auntie Anne's! We had an appointment
that set up yesterday while we were biking around and went to a less
active's house. He wasn't there, but his fiancée (Ana) was there and had
met with missionaries before. We brought a member with us this time and
his name is Steve Dobbs. And he looks just like Steve Jobs so it was
hilarious. 
He also works on the circuit boards for work, so they're practically
the same. He's just the off-brand version of Jobs. Haha but we got there
and Ana was the only on there, so we taught her and one of her
daughters. She's such an awesome lady and understands the Restoration!
Bro. Dobbs had a lot of good input as well since he is a convert.
10-26-16
We
decided to visit a lot of formers that we have so we can figure out if
they're interested in sitting down with us again or not. So we parked
the car and biked around to each house. We decided to visit a less
active who was in the neighborhood we were at, but she wasn't home. BUT
her sister in law was and she was really nice and seemed interested, so
we set up a time to meet with her again! After that, we loaded our bikes
up and went to another area where there's a less active named Taimi
Hill. Come to find out, it's this big Samoan dude. His wife answered the
door and let us in. He just had surgery only his leg, so they were
coincidentally, home from work! His wife was really nice and she's
Puerto Rican! She called their kids SamoRicans. We talked to them for
awhile and got to know them. Taimi played on a Samoan Rugby team out in
New Zealand, so he knows how to do the Hakka. We went to the apartment
to get some dinner and remember that there is a "Meet & Mingle" at
the front office building of our apartment. They had a ton of pizza and
cupcakes, so we had that for dinner! They had a raffle giving out gift
cards and prepaid cards. There were five people that could win and we
won! We didn't get any cards though. We got a voucher for a free carpet
cleaning... 
haha but that's okay because we still won something! We had an
appointment with a less active family we met last week named the
Reynolds. There is a lady and her 18 year old son that lives there. We
went there and ended up just talking to the son, Michael and built a
relationship. He showed us his Mustang that he has and he took us for a
ride. He's very proud of that thing! Haha we talked about how he needs
to take us out teaching in it, so maybe he will come out with us
sometime! We set a return appointment so we could actually share a
message this time with him and his mom.
10-27-16
I
read over my Patriarchal blessing this morning which is always so neat.
There are many things that I have already noticed in my life and so
much more to come! We went to visit a guy who called us last week to set
up an appointment. He was such a nice guy and had some great questions
for us. We talked about the BoM and gave him one to read. We are going
to go see him again on Sunday! While we were knocking around a less
active woman, we knocked on this one house that is really nice with a
big pond in the back. A really nice lady answered the door and knew we
were Mormons. She started talking about her family history, so we gave
her a pass along card for our family search. After that, she went off
about Hillary Clinton and the refugees here and how she thinks white
people will "become extinct if we keep bending over backwards for other
races." Let's just say she was a racist! This sweet little lady was
bashing on other races! Haha after that, we went to an appointment
with... ironically, a black lady who's a less active (Sis. Lyons). And
we shared the talk by Russell M. Nelson this last Conference called "Joy
and Spiritual Survival." She asked for another blessing, so we did that
as well. After dinner, we stopped by a few other people and then had
choir practice.
10-28-16
We
were trying by some investigators and less actives and we noticed that
an older lady who is a member lives around that area. We decided to stop
by and introduce ourselves. Her name is Frona and she's this really
sweet lady who has MS. Her house recently flooded, so she had a ton of
things just scattered everywhere since they just put down new carpet. We
could tell she was embarrassed about it, so we decided to help her
organize her living room. We put some shelves up again and her
decorations. She was so thankful and happy that we came because she
rarely has visitors. Before we left, she gave us a big box of all kinds
of food and a framed pictures of the temple. Haha she wouldn't let us
say no! After we dropped the food off at the house and had dinner, we
went to ward Coordination at Bro. Taylor's. We discussed the people we
are working with and then afterwards, we got into some deep doc
questions which was fun! Haha I love learning about deep doc because
it's so intriguing.
10-29-16
Today
was a pretty slow day. We had three set appointments today and they all
fell through... We were able to get in contact with a less active we
have been trying to meet and he said we could stop by later to see him.
We went over there and got to know him which was nice. He is from New
York and that's where his wife still is. After we met with him, we got
back to our apartment and got ready to go to the Ward Fall Festival
(Trunk or Treat). There were a lot of people there including another
Ward, so we got to talk to and introduce ourselves to a lot of people.
We ate some hot dogs and talked with some of the young men and the other
Elders.
-Elder Mitchell
