As missionaries, we try to help as many people as
possible. We saw this guy who looked like he needed a hand in the Walmart
parking lot. Turns out he ran out of gas, so we went to fill him
some. When we came back, his friend with a cigarette in his mouth spilled
about half of it trying to fill up the car. But apparently that's not
dangerous because static electricity has a higher chance of causing a fire than
cigarettes (?). I thought that statistic was fishy. Anyways, afterwards
he asked, "why'd you guys do that," great opportunity to show him we
care, just trying to spread the love.
One of our new investigators we found from a miracle. The
other Elders in our area referred her to us and we visited. She's been
through so much - cancer (in remission 4 months now), broke her back in 3
places from a car crash recently, husband divorced her because of the cancer,
and now she's incredibly weak. She has this huge 220 pound bull mastiff
that drools like CRAZY. We taught her how Jesus Christ can bring healing
to her life, and she was crying.
When we gave her a Book of Mormon, she said she couldn't
give us a donation, she didn't have the money. We told her that it's
free, and she just held it super close to her - she loves it. It's
amazing the people that have been prepared for us to visit. When we
talked about baptism, she asked when we were having the next one. She's now
on date to be baptized on November 1st. She's excited for it.
At general conference, I met this investigator of the
Chinese speaking Elders from XuJiaHui, in Shanghai. I surprised myself
with my ability to carry out a conversation in Chinese. It's nice to meet
people from back home!
One of the guys we visit, who has the jeep, and plays golf
surprised us. He used to play with Tiger Woods in Junior PGA, he was in
the top five with Tiger. Apparently he can drive further than him!
It's amazing the kinds of people you meet. We love to visit him, super
chill guy.
Elder Dyer with birthday gifts from friends in London on study abroad (Elder Dyer's favorite English football club is Arsenal, hence the team scarf)
Sunsets are nice in the hills of California
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