This week has been quite interesting, a lot has happened and it went by pretty darn fast!!
On Monday we decided to just proselyte during the day so we could spend some time on Campus finding and teaching, because when Pday ends and the night comes, it becomes pretty ineffective sometimes to knock on doors. We met with some peeps that have been taught for about the same amount of time that I've been here, and then spent the rest of the night making calls and doing some studying!!
Tuesday was a pretty fun and funny day!! We were on campus for the majority of the day, especially around the afternoon time. We had set apart some time to talk to people on Campus so we walked around with Mason and Catrina for a bit talking to people briefly here and there. We weren't seeing a whole lot of success so we started heading towards the Courtyard of the Campus, because there are usually big groups of people everywhere. Shortly after we got there a kid squirreled up a tree nearby us, so we decided, "What the heck, why not talk to the kid." Recently we've been using a sort of scavenger hunt on our phones for finding on Campus, and it has worked out pretty well. So we gave him my phone and asked him the questions, found out that his name was Bobby and that he was locally know as "Tree Boy." He said that he had some questions about the afterlife so we told him who we were and what our purpose is, asked him if he would like to meet up the same day and walked away. We half expected him to not even show up to the meeting, but HE DID!! And he was actually super solid too!! He said that when we explained the Plan of Salvation we could answer more of his questions than any Pastor that he's ever known. We meet with him pretty frequently now, but the moral of the story is that you can find and teach people in EVERY situation!!
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| "Tree Boy" Bobby |
Ashton (referral from Jose Guerra in the WGYSA) has been meeting with us pretty frequently on Campus. We probably set two appointments a week but we end up seeing her everyday so she comes and sits down by us and asks questions about what she's learned so far. And most of the time when we are talking with her, Mason just happens to be walking by at that very moment and comes and gives his input as well. It is pretty cool to see her dedication to learning more about Christ and His Gospel!! Please keep her and "Tree Boy" Bobby in your prayers!!
Now here comes the "No Coincidences" part of the email, I will try to make it as brief as I can while still making some sense...
About a month or so ago, Elder Statham, Mason and I were tracting a kinda wealthier area of Carrollton. The first door that we actually knocked on was this College aged girl named Carolina. A few seconds into the conversation she stopped and stared at Mason and basically said that she knew who he was. Turned out that they went to the same Jr High or something and were in the same friend group.
Now fast forward to about a week ago. We were tracting on Carter St (I think you know why we chose it, LOL) and the first and only guy we talked to was a guy named Matthew Allen. He said that he has had JW's come over in the past, but wasn't really interested in joining. But he said that he was open to all Religions and denominations so we got his phone number, told him a little about it and that was that.
On Saturday he asked us to come to his Shop where he was working on his truck. When we got there his son William said that his girlfriend (Carolina) had a few guys from the Church knock on her door recently, and they were with Mason Duffie. We asked him if he knew Mason, he said that he wrestled with him in High School but hasn't heard from him in a long while. But basically the girlfriend, the son and the dad were all chit chatting about us and the Church for a while right before we came. That was pretty crazy (especially considering how big our area in Carrollton is, no coincidences)!! The whole time we were meeting with them they just kept on saying that they knew that God had sent us there to meet Matthew for a very specific reason. So we told him about the Book of Mormon, what it was, where it came from, why it's important to read along with the Bible, all that good stuff. It was a fantastic lesson, one that we weren't expecting to be super great!! We said a prayer with them, Matthew tearing up at the end, and then we were on our way!! We told Mason when we got back to the Apt, and he was even pretty ecstatic!!
Really the only other thing that is mention-able is that President pretty much told me that I would be transferred on the 30th, so that was a pretty hard thing to here. I will miss Carrollton so much, it has been the Promised Land!!
***Side note, we are going to the Temple to do Baptisms for the Dead with Mason and Catrina and the Whipple Family!!! YEEEEET!!!
Well, its been a growing week (just like pretty much every week on the mission) and I have enjoyed it a lot. It is truly a blessing to be a missionary for this Church, I wouldn't want it any other way. I have been blessed to see lots of people change (including myself) and receive the Restored Gospel! I am grateful to my Heavenly Father for the Love that he has shown to me over these many months. I know that I couldn't do what I do without His help. It doesn't matter how long that you've been out as a missionary, you still have to rely completely on the Lord every single day for His Grace. I cannot thank Him and His son enough. I feel as Ammon did in Alma 26:12, 27, 35 + and pretty much the entire chapter.
"Yea, I know that I am nothing, as to my strength I am weak , therefore I will not boast of myself but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever. Now when our hearts were depressed and we were about to turn back, behold the Lord comforted us...we have entered into their houses...streets...hills....
Love yall,
Elder Northrup
GO FIGHT WIN!!!
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