I was so excited to open today's email and see that we also got some pictures! I've posted them so you can see them too. Here's Elder M's update for the week:
Hello,
It's been good to hear from you today. Thanks for the emails and letters! What's Diane and Pat's address? I'd love to send them a letter, but tell them thanks too! It sounds like everyone is busy... It's fun, huh? That's exciting the missionaries are coming over for dinner, G&G. They'd love a roast. That's about as good as it gets... At least it's better than I've ever gotten! You asked if we get lasagna a lot, and nope we don't! If you think missionaries get a lot of some particular dish, they probably don't... because everyone says the same thing. The only thing we get too much of is sloppy joes. So just don't give them sloppy joes, and ask them to teach the first lesson. They'll probably teach it anyways, but make sure they teach the real deal instead of an abbreviated one. Then you'll experience what I do everyday! But anyways... it's really rough getting so much food in this area... It's just TOO hard to microwave leftovers. Guess what? Elder Birkett, who's in Bourbonnais right now, has never had a night without a dinner in 8 or 9 months!!!! He started in Naperville, and now is in Bourbonnais. Spoiled missionary.
Anyways, I've been doing pretty well. I've started a fantastic exercise routine. Elder Wiser has got these perfect pushup things, and they work you out hard. The Swensons have a lot of exercise equipment in their basement, so I've got all the machines and stuff I need to stay in shape. That's good, because we have a car to drive around in, and a lot of food to eat.
Last P-Day wasn't terribly exciting. Everyone did their own thing, and we just went shopping and hung out. We went over to the Vines' for dinner. Brother Vines got baptized about 30 years ago by an Elder Egbert when he was living in Cicero. I wonder if it was President Egbert... Brother Vines thinks the world of that Elder Egbert, you ought to ask P Egbert if it was him. That'd be pretty neat, but either way, Brother Vines is the man. He's a Privite I, and is pretty missionary minded. He has Sharon over most Tuesday nights to have a class. They're really productive.
Thursday was interesting. We had Stephanie tube us at 11, Jim cancel for 12:30, and Erica cancel for 2:00. It was just like being back in Chicago! We tried to go stop by people from the area book, and tract, but we had no success! Lame. At 4:00, we went to visit the Ericksons and go over their list of people potentially interested in the Gospel. They haven't lived here long, so they don't know many people outside of the church, but they're going to try and invite a friend over for dinner with us. After that, we had dinner with the Bagnaras, which was fun. Sister Bagnara is really funny, and cooks some mean fajitas. They love their horses, and country western movies. It was pretty much like being with Elder Adair again, because they're crazy about Lonesome Dove... The 8 hour "ultimate" western movie that I've heard much too much about.
Friday was a good day. We went and tried to stop by a potentials house, but she was gone... So we went and visited Sharon. She's been feeling pretty ill, and now is wearing a back brace. She's got a crazy dog that likes to antagonize her two cats. It's pretty funny, but it gives her problems trying to keep him out of trouble. After that, we tried to visit Jim again, but he canceled again, so we went and visited the Cravens. They're a part member family, and have been coming to church lately. We had Brother Dupin come with us, and it went really well. Really well. They'll probably be our first baptisms in this area. We had dinner with them too, then went for a lesson with some Jehovahs Witnesses. They didn't want to listen much, so we exhorted them to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it, then got out of there. They've got some interesting ideas, and know more than they realize about the Plan of Salvation, and where they're going after they die. It actually went fairly well, at least for meeting with Jehovah's Witnesses, and they were very nice. After that we went home and watched it snow!
Saturday was WINDY and snowy. It was pretty crazy. We went outside to clear off the driveway... I used the snowblower, which was pretty fun. Those things are cool! We did that for a while, then went to teach. We went to the Hunsakers for some Thai food, a lesson, and ping pong. All 3 of which were good. The Thai food was probably the best though... Sister Hunsaker is from Thailand, and is an excellent cook. She definitely puts the Wild Thaiger to shame. Sister Hunsaker is really funny too. She doesn't speak the best English, but doesn't have a problem saying anything, or pushing people out of her way. After that we met with some less actives, and went to what we thought was going to be a lesson, but turned out to be a party. We didn't stay for long. It was a good day, even if it was cold and snowy.
Sunday was good. We had church, lunch, then went back to church. They've got a really neat program here called Outreach. Once a month, they have a bunch of priesthood holders meet up after church, and go out to invite as many less active families to church as possible. Elder Wiser and I went with Brother Forest, and tried to get 3 families to come... Including the ever elusive Jim, who told us that his house was too dirty. It went well though. After that we went to the Statchuras for Shane's (the 2nd councilor in the branch presidency) graduating physical therapy school party. It was pretty good, and most of the branch was there. We finished the week 7 for 7 for dinners.
Monday was good as well. We visited Sharon, tracted, and then ate lunch. Then we finally had an appointment with Jim, which went really well! We got there, said hi, let him talk for 30 minutes (we just nodded and said ok), then taught a lesson and invited him to church. We then tried to find people, and got told how it's so insulting that we try to teach people in upper middle class neighborhoods by one guy. Ooops! I'm sorry, we should have known upper middle class neighborhoods were off limits! After a frustrating day of that, we went to dinner at the Fredricks, who are awesome, then a member present lesson at the Stachuras.
Tuesday was alright. We had a really promising appointment cancel, then had no luck finding, but we did get a good idea from an investigator for finding... Put an ad in the newspaper! I'm going to look into how much that costs after I finish typing this. We don't really have to spend any money here, so we should be able to afford one pretty easily. It's really a drag having so few investigators, and it's been difficult to find anyone, so that may be the solution! Anyways, it ended up well with us eating pulled pork sandwiches at the Spencers, then going to visit some less actives. Nothing too exciting.
Today should be a fun P-Day. We did some laundry, came here, and are waiting for the District to come up here. We'll play basketball and stuff, so that'll be good. We've got dinner and another appointment tonight, so that'll be awesome!
Anyways, I've been enjoying my mission, and am loving Frankfort. The Gospel is true. Jesus is the Christ. Our Heavenly Father loves us. He's given me so many blessings that I'm grateful for, especially my family. I'm grateful for the Restoration too, and know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. I know Thomas S Monson is a prophet today, and that what I tell people is true. I know this because the Holy Ghost has born witness of it too me. It's pretty nice knowing this, because it really simplifies my job. All I have to do is get people to read from the Book of Mormon and sincerely pray about it. They will get an answer. 100%. God's promised it, and I'm grateful He did.
Anyways, I love you a bunch! Take care,
Love,
Elder Bradley Edward McMullin
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