My week in Fort Walton-
Wednesday- Got up and met our ward mission leader at the gym. He used to play football for Air Force haha so yeah my body has been getting wrecked haha. After working out we went and did service from about 8am-12. While we were picking up some furniture for this thrift store we met a couple who really needed help with packing there house so we told the sisters to come help and they did. So hopefully that opened up some doors! Oh we also got 2 new couches which is awesome! I am slowly but surely trying to turn our apartment from feeling like a prison to more like a home. Ill add a picture of the new couches. They are the two on the right. Hoping to fill the tall shelf with some family pictures and some pictures of the savior! :) About to pintrist this apartment! haha So after all that we went contacting and found some pretty cool potentials! So hopefully we can meet with them again. We also went out to dinner with the prices, they took us to panera. Super good! After we went home and did some studies and the sister came by to give us some supplies which was good we need more Book of Mormons! We have been handing them out like its candy its been awesome! :)
Thursday- We got up worked out and then got ready. Ate some good breakfast and then did some daily planning and studies. Then we changed into some service clothes and walked to a members home who drove us to another members home to help them move. Brother Gorham drove us and hes super awesome because he likes deep studies such as like listening to Hughe Nibly and the studies and Discoveries of the Dead sea scrolls. Which is like what I love to study on my free time. So on the way we listened to a devotional that talked about the dead sea scrolls and the amazing Discoveries that show amazing principles that we teach. It was awesome. So then we did service for a few hours. After we got home we ran by the thrift store and were able to talk to a few people and almost found out some info on Bible study at another church. I like doing bible study with other churches. Then we came home and were going to do some weekly planning but I really just felt that we needed to be out. So we went out and just walked for a few hours and contacted some people. Today was really gloomy, fogy and misty. So it was kinda creepy. We contacted these two girls who said that they shared some pass along cards that the sisters gave them to their friends. haha It was cool to see how even though we give out a simple pass along card it was able to get passed around and help others. We asked if they knew anyone who would benefit from our message. They said we know a couple friends. We gave them a Book of Mormon, they became excited to share it with their friends and family. After we walked down the Dark foggy road and someone called out to us. Looking behind us it was a lady in her car, turns out it was a member that just moved here and didnt know what time church started this week. It was just crazy how if we didnt do all that we did today and listen to the promptings of the Spirit to just go out and ignore our plans not knowing where we are going but just praying and allowing the Lord to direct us. " Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding, in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall Direct thy paths." Promised blessings being fulfilled. After we went to the club house and did some training on family history work. Then we got challenged by some guys in the club house to play them in Foosball. We destroyed them. But they were from Germany and he had a little daughter with him that speaks German she was soooo adorable!! Then we went home and finally had dinner at 9pm haha long day.
Friday- So we worked out and played some Foosball and then went home and ate. Then I just laid on the couch because we were waiting for an investigator to come pick us up to go do service at his house. We did that until like 1pm and watched President Monsons funeral. Then he took us home and we got ready. Went over to the church and waited for the sisters to meet us there with the Family History key. We are trying to do family history from 4-6 pm. Sadly no one showed up today but I've been trying to find my family on my grandmas tree on my moms side. So far I havent had any lucky yet. But we will get there. After we went to a members home and ate dinner. They have two super cute little girls and the youngest one decided to make me glasses and a hat out of paper. They thought it was the funniest thing ever haha. After we came home and I did some call ins with the sisters just to make sure they are doing good. That was pretty much my Friday.
Saturday- This Morning we worked out and then we went home and contacted some people to invite them to volleyball that we were doing at 9:30 am. We get there and all the chairs are set up because of stake conference that we have tomorrow. So we had to take down all the chairs. So all the missionaries showed up but no one else. So we waited until like 10 and then a member showed up and then we played a little basketball game and then we played volleyball. Finally some more members and some less actives showed up and it was so awesome to have them out we all had a great time! So that didnt get done until like noon. After we went home and got showered and ready then we went to stubbys. A member owns it and so all the missionaries get free food. Its super good food. I had fresh fried Calamari. It was so good. Then we went home and did some personal study and then did some weekly planning. After we went and taught an investigator in front of her house. It was probably about 35 degrees with a wind chill that dropped it to like 30 degrees. It was so cold but hey you do what you have to do to share the gospel! haha We taught her outside in the dark and in the freezing cold for about an hour and a half. We were all so like into the lesson but we were all also like shaking so bad haha. We invited her to church and she said she would come. We quickly got in the car and blasted the Heat! haha it was so cold today. I thought I was in Florida not Utah. haha After we went home and got something to eat the Spanish Elders called us asking if we can pick them up because they were riding there bikes. I was like i feel your pain! We for sure can pick yall up! haha So we picked them up and took them home and that was pretty much our day. Also got some awesome news about PHONES! We are supposed to get our phones ordered and delivered to us with in the next 2 weeks. haha So im not excited that I have to use Samsung... But its for the Lords work haha I am so grateful for this opportunity to use smartphones to make the work more effective. The Brotheren have told us that we should have them by Feb. 2nd. So thats pretty cool! haha
Sunday- Went to church and we had stake conference. Elder David A. Bednar held a broadcast to us here in the south and gave a talk. It was really cool but he just through down it was awesome! We had an investigator come and we think she enjoyed it. After we went to sister stevens house and she fed us lunch. It was super good. Her daughter is actually serving a mission in Las Vegas. haha After we ate at there house we went home and had a lesson at our recent converts house. His name is Ethan hes 11 years old and hes the only one in his family thats a member. So we are trying to do family home evenings with his family. We played the mouth game last time haha Ill add some pictures! after that we went to Birds home on base. We had breakfast for dinner which was awesome! We have such a good time with them. Sister bird reminds me so much of my sister Melissa and the funny thing is that sister Birds first name is Melissa haha so we just say we are siblings. lol after that we went home and I had to do my weekly reports with the zone leaders.
SIDE NOTE:
Phones are coming into our mission. We have to have them with in 2 weeks. We have to get them all set up and ready to go before the Apostle comes to our mission. I'm sure hes going to give us some guidance in using them. Im super excited to use the phones to share the Gospel on social media!
I love yall so much! I hope you all had a great week! Sorry I didnt send a weekly last time. It got really crazy with time. But this week is going to be fun... we had to take our car in to get it fixed because the Elders before me like crashed the car so now the car is going to be in the shop for a week and a half. Its supposed to be super cold this week haha but ill live haha. I love the mission though, so many crazy cool experiences! The Lords hand is in each of our lives and I know that for a fact! All we gotta do is keep on keepin on! Hold to that Iron rod that Lehi talks about in 1Nephi 8! :) Elder Graham is Out!
Love,
Elder Graham ❤
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