Area: Grange area of the Firle Zone
Companion: Elder Hamilton
Excerpts from Mom's email:
Hey Mom!
Today was our temple day so P-day was moved to today. It has felt like forever since the last time I had the chance to email. So much has happened so I have no idea what to even write about haha. What are you all up to this week?
So C...'s baptism didn't end up happening this last week. He went through with the interview and a few concerns came up. He didn't really understand the reason behind no coffee. Then we had a really hard time meeting with him. We kept setting appointments, but he would call before and say he had to cancel. It was for good reasons though, his son had a baby. The good news is we ended up meeting with him a few days ago and we resolved the concern right away. As soon as we explained the purpose and backed it up with his testimony of the Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. He is completely ready for baptism now and everything is set up for sure. So his date is going to be on June 11 now. I'm so excited for it for sure and as well we have a couple more baptisms coming up in a few weeks! We have been seeing heaps of growth in all of those that we are teaching. It is really good to see because we have been working our very hardest and the fruits are now beginning to show. We have continued to have amazing experiences with D..., B.. and D...., C..., and M..... in particular. D... has really become a friend to the both of us and we really care about him. Our last visit with him we brought our ward mission leader, Bro Smith, and it seems like they hit it off pretty well. It will be good for him to know someone in the ward. His next step I would say would be coming to church and now I think that is something we will see here soon. B.. and D.... as well are so cool, still we just are really struggling to progress with them. They have been going through a few struggles lately, so it has been a little harder. But we plan on doing the Gospel of Jesus Christ lesson with them next! That is a big one because we plan on inviting them to baptism so stay tuned. M......'s baptism and marriage is coming up fast, so we have to make sure that his word of wisdom problem is completely overcome. That's a very general overview, but the best I can do with the time I have haha.
I really can say that I am loving it here! My companion and I still get along super well! I see him like my brother and not only because he looks like James haha. We just found out that he is going home on July 27, so that's pretty crazy to know now! We are both thinking I will kill him off(ouch... send him home), so we will see.
Love ya!
Elder Bryner
Excerpts from Dad's email:
Hey Dad!
Yeah C...'s baptism is coming up and I will take plenty of pics no worries. Yeah I sent the letter, but it took me a while to do it haha sorry about that it is just very out of our way to get to the post office. No worries though Ken won't mind. Let me know when you get it.
Well I do have some stories, but I don't know which one to tell... Alright for the first one it might sound a little sketchy but no worries its all good haha. So last week we were on our bikes and we see a man coming up, so as usual we stop to talk to him. It was pretty late at night, so not much light out I will just add. Anyway, I did the initial contact, but he just kept walking. So Elder Hamilton was behind and tries again. He said no thanks, so he followed up saying "Is there anyone in the area we could help out?" He stopped in his tracks and said and I quote "Do you want me to steal your bike?!"... And so we look at each other and are like what? This guy wasn't big or nothing, so we wondered why he would threaten us. He almost got up in Elder Hamilton's face, so we just said have a nice day and continued on. We were joking saying how if we ever see him again.. he would be baptized haha. So here is the kicker of the story. A couple of days later we are knocking doors and we see a man standing outside his door working on a bike. We go and talk to him and he said "oh hey guys, really sorry about the other day I was in a bad mood." We didn't recognize him until he said that, so we were shocked. The best part is he said that his friend was just inside and she was really interested in hearing the message. She apparently used to see missionaries, but hasn't in a long time. We ended up teaching both of them and we watched the restoration video with them. New Investigators! It is crazy how the Lord works sometimes. The women seems very keen, although the guy just seems to feel bad and let us in. So that's my funny story for the week hope it makes sense.
Love you!
Elder Bryner
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