Well this week was pretty dang eventful!
So on Wednesday evening, us Chalmette missionaries went to Nunez
Community College and set up a table to try and connect and talk with
the students. We would ask anyone that was passing by to answer the
question, "What makes you happy?" At first we were a little skeptical
about if it would be effective since it is a small college but it was
actually a lot of fun and we got to talk to some good people! We are
planning to make it a weekly thing!
Next on
Thrusday we got to have an all day service day! So we started at a
members house that is going to surgery this week and Elder Israelsen and
I gave him a blessing while the sisters helped his wife with chores
around the house. We then went with Bro Landers to Slidell to help him
with getting orders from the Bishops Storehouse. When we were pulling in
I saw a car with an Idaho license plate and it made me way happier than
it should have! One of the senior couples that was there had just come
out from Fruitland Idaho and even crazier, they know one of my former
roommates from BYU-I so that was really cool! After we picked up the
orders and delivered them we went to Bro Landers house and helped him
cement some posts into the ground for a fence he is building. All in all
it was a good service day!
The rest of the
week was spent doing the missionary grind. We found a couple new people
that have potential so we will see where that goes. Sunday
we got to go visit one of our members, Leonard, in the hospital with
Bro Landers and Bro Hatcher. I must say, those two together is quite
entertaining haha! They are best friends and bicker back and fourth all
the time! Soooo funny!
As a district we have decided to memorize a scripture a week and recite it in DM. This week the scripture is D&C 42:6
And
ye shall go forth in the power of my Spirit, preaching my gospel, two
by two, in my name, lifting up your voices as with the sound of a trump,
declaring my word like unto angels of God.
I know that
this is Gods work and that all us missionaries are called by a Prophet
of God to go out and be a warning voice to the people of the earth.
Have a great week y'all!
Elder Nathan Stoddard
