Tremonton is the BEST! This week was a heck of a roller coaster ride! There was some investigators who are NOT progressing and when they're drunk when we come by for an appointment, they disagree with literally everything we say and start bashing the church. It was really heartbreaking but the best part of this past week was that Elder Scott and I taught 17 lessons (we had 20+ lessons planned and some of them fell through), which is the HIGHEST amount of lessons taught. :)
Day 1 - We got to see Paul Panasuk and we basically got to know him. He doesn't like religion very much because he claims that people use religion to control the minds of many people. We just said that we believe in our message and you don't have to take our word for it. You can just ask God and we know that he will give you an answer. He was taken back a little bit and was a little intrigued in why we said that. We explained a little bit, touching a little bit on the Restoration.
Day 2 - We got to teach 4 people on that day. :D The first one was Melissa Espinoza. She has a hard time with the idea of a God and that He sent His son down to Earth to administer His work here on Earth and to atone for our sins. She forgot that we were coming and that she has company over. She wants to reschedule. I quickly asked her if we can share a really quick spiritual thought. She agreed, reluctantly. We went inside and shared a quick Mormon message called Mountains to Climb. We bore our testimony of our Savior and how He has helped us. Melissa and her friends were crying with tears of joy! The Spirit was so strong and the whole lesson took about 10 minutes! Just like that, short and simple!
The second one was Ethan Nessen and his family. This guy is only 10 years old and he wants to get baptized but his biological father wouldn't let him. We shared a quick Mormon message, the one about the scorpion and the sting. It basically teaches us about obedience.It was a pretty cool lesson we taught!
The third lesson we taught was with the Glover family. We taught them about sacrament and the importance of taking it (3 Nephi 18: 5, 7, 12 are really good scripture about sacrament). They are so awesome. I love being able to teach them! :)
The fourth lesson was with a new investigator, Tanya Upshaw. We did the tea bag object lesson that correlates with the Gospel of Jesus Christ (the object lesson can be found here, fourth paragraph). She was SO surprised by how the tea bag flew to the ceiling.
Day 3 - We were doing some contacting. We have 100+ referrals.... We are trying to get in touch with ALL of them. We came across the Erickson family and the father is a BIG TIME hunter. He has this sick crossbow that can be found on the market for at least a couple grand. He has this fake deer with a target. The best thing is that he let us shoot it. It was SO awesome. The cross bow has a scope and all of the awesome features that would make the crossbow super powerful. I shot and was super close to nailing the outer side of the bulls eye. My Arab comp, Elder Scott missed the target completely. Guess what?! I shot better than the Arab! haha.
We got to see Kevin and when we came in, he was FLAT OUT drunk. When we came in, he started claiming that there is no God and that all of us are fools. It was really heartbreaking to hear all that but I know that he didn't mean it because he was drunk.. :(
Day 4 - Mica, who is a 9 years old girl from the Glover family, got BAPTIZED! WOOT! The entire Glover family and their relatives came and it was a flawless baptismal service! I highly enjoyed being there. One awesome thing is that Mica's younger brother (Kyler), who is 6 years old, gave the closing prayer and he did an awesome job! The best thing about that is that he VOLUNTEERED to do that! :D We did a lot of service for one of our WML and the picture is on FB. You can find it on my Facebook page. It was a blast!
Day 5 - The bishop in the YSA ward that we cover called us the night before and asked us if we can give a talk. We stayed up to midnight the night before writing our talk, we have no copy and paste because it's on paper :(. I talked about the importance of asking questions and a lot of people approached us afterwards and told us that we did a great job. :D We got to see Tanya Upshaw and we taught them CPR, using the object lesson. I'm sure that you can find it on the internet. They were telling that the object lesson is impossible but we proved them otherwise! :D
Scott and I got to see the Glover family! They are SO HAPPY! I'm so happy to be able to change their lives for the better! We basically taught them Lesson 5 (L5) found in Preach My Gospel (PMG) which talks about Laws and Ordinances. We talked about Patriarchal Blessings, Sacrament, and a bunch of other ordinances!
Day 6 - We got to see Robert Hall and it was a great lesson. We taught him Word of Wisdom and Law of Chastity. He told us that he feels the Holy Ghost when he prays! :D He is such a great guy and I love being able to teach him!
We also got to teach the Nessen family and we talked about Jesus Christ and how the Holy Ghost is important to us. We also talked about Heavenly Father. The mother started crying and told us her experiences of when and how she felt close to Heavenly Father. It was a great and moving lesson! I LOVED teaching them! They are an awesome family!
Kevin FINALLY started to keep his commitments. He is starting to read the Book of Mormon! :D We basically talked about 2 Ne 2. He apologized for being drunk when we came by. He told us that he threw out all of his alcohol! :D :D :D I'm so happy for him!
I love being a missionary! It's the best job in the world! We get a great retirement plan and we get paid in blessings! ;) This week was definitely full of miracles and blessings!
I love you all! Have a great week and don't forget to pray! Love, Elder McGrath
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