The rest of the week was bitter bitter cold. Friday the snow/ice
storm came. There is less than an inch of the snow on the ground, and
it hasn't melted yet. Cars turned into ice cubes. I think humid Texas
cold is worse than dry Utah cold. And we are
supposed to have another week of it! I'm greatly looking forward to
it. Friday, Saturday, and the majority of Sunday, they asked us to stay
off the roads and inside. So it was a long and boring weekend.
Sunday we were asked to teach the Spanish Sunday school lesson.
There were only 5 people in the class, and we didn't even have to teach
anything because they all like to talk so much. Fine with me!
Tuesday we helped Jess with some service. Right before Christmas he
delivers clothes and foods to multiple VA hospitals, so we help him get
ready for that sometimes. This morning he picked us up at 5, took us to
Gold's Gym, got us a free week pass, and
taught us how to work out. Ohhh how I've missed the gym! But now I'm
about to fall asleep here at this computer. He wants to have us over
Christmas day for dinner. He just keeps giving! He travels to Utah
often for business. I'm thinking about telling
him he should go to dinner with my parents one time if he can. Let me
know what you think about that haha!
So transfer calls were Saturday night, and we received nada. Elder
Haskell and I are going for round two. Elder Munday and Elder Maloney
are sticking around as well. I was really hoping for a new area. We
don't have a lot going for us right now, and
a car area would have been nice for these winter months. But oh well.
I guess you could say biking around all day in 30 degree weather builds
character? Or at least we hope so! I will survive. Especially with
Elder Haskell!
A testimony building experience from the week: Elder Haskell
and I were knocking one night, and at one door a teenaged kid answered
the door. His name was Rudy. He was a sad, punk looking kid, wife
beater and gauges in his ears. We thought there
would be no way he would accept to hear our message, but he
surprisingly let us in! So we tried to get to know him a little bit,
but he was quiet and we couldn't get much out of him. We started
teaching him the Restoration, but because he was so quiet, I
was asking more questions than normal to try to get him to open up. In
doing so, we found out that his mother had just barely past away in
October, and he broke down crying. We were then able to tell him where
his mother is, and hopefully bring some comfort
to his soul. We got his phone number and a return appointment. Now
he is never home and we can't get a hold of him on the phone, and we may
never even see him again. This is the Lord's work and he is putting
people in our path and us in other people's
paths that need us. People still have their agency, and many people
will even feel the Spirit telling them that our message is true, and
they will still turn it down. Too many people just don't care. Too
many people are okay with being miserable. But the
Lord is giving people chances.
-the pen and pencil you gave me is dark, either black or dark dark gray.
-the gloves I have are okay. It's strange because mine and Haskell's
gloves are different, and when I tell him my hands are still cold, his
are toasty warm! So we thought his gloves were just better than mine,
so we switched. And my hands were still cold,
and his were still toasty warm! So it's not the gloves. Maybe I just
don't know how to use gloves? But they are good enough. They protect
from the wind just fine.
-no letters or packages this week that I can remember.
Sorry, somewhat of a boring week this week. Next time I will
have some miracles to share with y'all! Thanks for the quote! Love
y'all and miss y'all! May God bless you all in your weekly journey!
Elder Williams
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