Hacky Sack and Connections

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a gnarly week and got to spend some time doing what you love. 

Brother Escabedo's brother! 

This week went by real fast. And I am glad I take notes of stuff that happens cuz if I didn't, I would have no idea what to write this week. Here are the highlights of the week: 

Hacky Sack League: We met a guy named Matthew, who really likes to play hacky sack. He is actually way good too. We met him at the Towers on Main (super sketchy place) and started to talk to him about God, what he believes in, etc. It is fun learning how to better incorporate God and Jesus Christ into ALL of my conversations.

Elder Townsend's MTC comp's dad

LGBTQ Flag: Late in the night, we had a few minutes left and we were not sure who to visit since it was so late. I was looking through Area Book and saw this person named Olivia. I felt like we should go visit her. So we walked over and once we got there, Elder Wright saw the flag and was like "dang it, everyone with these flags doesn't want to talk to us." We still knocked and then she ended up being pretty hyped to see us and said she wanted to ask us some questions. Anyways...blessings. People who you won't expect are ready to hear the gospel.

Al-Qaeda Gang: We met these guys last week who are in Al-Qaeda and they wanted a Book of Mormon and said we could come back. They canceled our last lesson but we are going again tonight. Maybe we can convert Al-Qaeda which would be rad. 

Fun guy we met at the blanket tying day.

Rude People Galore: We had lots of NOT cool people talk to/at us this week. I don't know why everyone can't just be nice to each other. It's not that hard! lol

Elder Wright and I after eating at an amazing dinner with members.

Satan is Real: One of the guys we are teaching got his stuff stolen the day he was supposed to pray about baptism. He said he still prayed but when we saw him that night (which we weren't supposed to, so that was a blessing) he was pretty distraught. He said he feels like everything is going wrong. Satan is trying to stop these Children of God get blessings. NOT COOL. Oh and we met a guy who yelled at us "666. HAIL Satan." I bet he thought he was so cool after that.

Elder Ezell

Day of Service: Got to help make blankets for children and families in need. It was dope seeing everyone come together from the community.

Blanket making 

Adrian's Referrals: This little kid who's like 10 years old, told us to visit like five people on his street because they have Jesus pictures in their house. It ended up leading to some fire lessons and Bible discussions. Now we are going back this week. Thanks, Adrian.

We also got to help some people move this week and I got to speak in two different church meetings. I spoke about climbing and how we need to trust in God like how we trust in climbing gear. 

Scripture of the Week: 

- Matthew 8 (The New Testament). I love the stories of Jesus Christ healing and performing miracles. There are still miracles happening all the time. We just gotta look for them.

Song of the Week:

- This is Where I Belong from the movie "Spirit."

Love,

- Elder Ditto