Sittin' On a Red Bench

Week 13.

I hit the 3 month wall on the 24th. Holy cow!

How are y'all doing? I hope to hear from you soon! 

On Wednesday, and the days following, we saw many many miracles. 

We were planning on going to Mannville, a really small town outside of Vermilion, to go tracting. First house we knocked on, the lady let us in and listened to us talk about the Book of Mormon. She said she is t too interested but her husband would be! So that was great. 

The next house, the lady was just as willing to listen, so we left her with a Restoration pamphlet and came back yesterday to give her a Book of Mormon. (Her daughter was tired of having to door open and being cold so she pushed her mom outside and locked the door... it was kinda funny) the first two houses! That never happens! 

Later on down the street, a young man opened the door and said his parents might be interested. On the other side of the street, nobody was interested, but one guy told us he sees spirits and demons and angels and stuff like that all the time, and said it's probably because of the pentagram

on his ceiling. He was pretty crazy. But we gave him our card and fled. I felt something weird when I shook his hand. 

Friday, we came in from tracting, nobody wanted to hear it, so we came back to the house. Elder Leigh suggested we took lunch early, and I was kind of wanting to do more tracting. We had twenty minutes until lunch was officially supposed to start. We knocked on three doors and the third one, a young man accepted a Book of Mormon and we talked about his beliefs for a bit. And all because we utilized 20 minutes of our time. So many tracting miracles!

We've been teaching Peggy a lot more lately, and we're hoping she gives up smoking soon, or we'll have to push her baptism back a week or so. We taught her about the Atonement, The story of Ammon and King Lamoni, and a lot of other stuff.

We had a good lesson with Radiance the other night, and Brother Heller came along. It was good to have him there, but he kind of talked the whole time. Radiance has a lot of questions, so we weren't able to get to all of them right then. I think she's starting to pick up bits and pieces, but what she really needs is to feel the spirit.

We were also able to find a young man named Kalin and a really jolly guy named Roger and give them the Book of Mormon. I really hope they take the time to read it. 

One thing I've been trying to do more in our door approaches is mention that 

as missionaries, we give people the opportunity  to learn more about Jesus Christ. It's not about us forcing it, and we can't do that. But we do give them the opportunity because they have their agency. 

Saturday night after our dinner appointment with President Crowe, we came outside and it was snowing. So that's been a nice little change of pace. It's only been about 2 inches, but people are still sliding (only when they drive like idiots which is everyone because Vermilion is a hick town). 

Sunday we had our primary program, and the kids did so well! Some of them had their parts memorized, and the songs touched my heart like they never had before. Since Elder Leigh and I teach primary, we had our own little parts, and it was fun to feel like a kid again. I started to realize how much these kids really look up to missionaries. 

Last night I got a blessing from brother Heller, (we live in their basement suite) and it was probably the greatest spiritual experience as of late. It was to help me sleep better and just to keep me motivated in the work. Then afterwards, we had ice cream and talked about temple experiences and they gave me an extra mattress. 

It's been good but rough at the same time, but I'm always plowing on! Like the snow plows that never come out in the winter in burley! Keep moving forward and always remember to count your blessings. Happy Thanksgiving! Eat some turkey for me! I love y'all. 

Hope to hear from you soon! 

Love,

Elder Wells

Pictures: 

1. Sittin' on a red bench (only some will understand)

2. Interesting decals on a truck

3. Because Train Track

4.It's too darn cold outside

5. Door to door service? Hey we do that! 

6. Since I can't draw Jeffrey R. Holland, this will work.

7. My mattress fortress (all for back comfort)