HI!
So, I'm going to start with the bad...and then get to the good:D
hehe
I'm sitting on big shag rug on the floor in an appointment with one
of our investigators and the whole time I keep getting a whiff of this rancid
smell of urine or animals or something, it wasn't pleasant. It was very hard to
focus on the lesson, The Plan of Salvation, and I was worried that I had stepped
in something gross. About 20 minutes go by and as I prop myself up again to get
better posture, my hand touches something wet...I smell..Pee. Ugh...I about
lost it. Then I nonchalantly feel around the area I am sitting and discover that
I am in a big puddle. Shag carpets hide it so well. I had no idea. We had a
couple sisters from our ward in the appointment as well, and I did not want to
embarrass our investigators so I just scooted over a bit and didn't say
anything. So horrible. Haha it had to of been the worst smelling stuff EVER! But
wait! There's more! So we ended the lesson, and we had one immediately after.
Luckily there was hand sanitizer in the car and a phone book to sit on so the
seats wouldn't get nailed. We stopped by the next appointment because we
couldn't get a hold of them to postpone it a bit. They invite us in. Fortunately
the wetness had dried. The funny thing was that their pet Chihuahua "baby" would
not leave me ALONE! Literally the whole 45 minutes we were there this dog's
nose was attached to me. They just thought I had a way with dogs....We'll just
let them think that. That was the BAD:D
Now for the good! The woman and her family came to church yesterday! We are seeing loads of miracles
everywhere! She is asking all sorts of questions about baptism and we are
getting ready for her to make a date. She has to either get married to her
fiance or move out first before we are allowed to do this. That is the next
lesson.
We had
this Lao investigator. He is 8 years old, his mom is not a member but
his Grandmother is an active one. He is our best friend, haha. It is so fun and so life-fulfilling to
see these families come and partake of the spirit which is found in our Church
buildings. They are immediately blessed for coming, I see that every time. Get
them to church and it's all good from there!
Our St. Cloud Zone is
seeing awesome miracles! The Sisters in St. Cloud just set 5 baptism dates the
other night with a family! The best thing is that there were 2 other kids
missing and so they should hopefully have 7 dates set when they get home! Other
areas are seeing blessings of hard work as well. You can truly see that where
the missionaries are working hard and being exactly obedient, miracles
come.
Elder Filby and I get to Conduct a Zone Conference this coming June
12th. Pretty excited. Will email what we will be training the missionaries on as
soon as we finish our trainings.
Get to go back to Alexandria tomorrow
for another District Meeting! Super Excited. Love that beautiful city.
I
hope this week is full of miracles and the blessings that all of you so deserve!
I really appreciate the love and attention to put in to updating me on life
while I am gone.
Love,
Elder Devin Dillard
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