Here's the first email we got today:
Hi.
Things are going well.
Bye!
I sent him one back that said:
What do you mean "bye"!! What's going on?
Mom
Here was his response:
Hahaha :)
Not funny Elder Comedian!! :-)
Then we got his real email and here it is:
Hey Family,
Things really are going well. I'm glad things are going alright at home. It sounds like everyone is busy! I hope your arm is feeling better Grandma!
Things are going super well here. We now have 4 investigators with baptismal dates, and will hopefully have a 5th tonight. Kayla Zaca will be baptized a week from Saturday. Kim Bradshaw will be baptized on the 21st. Amanda Alvarez and Alba are both scheduled to be baptized on the 28th. Mark Pope is thinking of a date, and is doing really really well. Thanks for your prayers. Keep them up!
Elder Ahlman and I have been busy, and are loving it. Here's what's gone on this week:
Last Wednesday we went to teach Alba at 5 PM. We ended up teaching some of their neighbors, Brad and Susan, as well. All of them committed to coming to church (and came). Mike helped us teach, and has done a great job at helping us out over there at Maple Terrace. After that, we drove over to the Popes' for dinner and a lesson. We had some great Chicken Visuvio. Brother Pope is a really good cook. After dinner, we taught the Plan of Salvation. It went almost ridiculously well. He not only fully understood it, but he actually was telling us how he thought there must be multiple degrees of heaven before we taught it to him. It filled in a puzzle piece he had, and he is planning on being baptized. He wants his friend, Brother Bently to come and baptize him. We're excited to meet Brother Bently, and to see Brother Pope make this step. He's got the persona of a Bishop, and will do really well in the church.
Thursday was pretty good. We did our weekly planning after the morning schedule, then went out for the day. We got tubed once, then went to teach Adam with Nancy. They're doing well, and we've set the Celestial Kingdom as a goal for Adam. We're now going to cover the steps to get there. We got tubed a couple times that day actually, but got to visit a few people. We taught Lorenszo Williams, who is another neighbor of Mike C. Our dinner had to cancel, but they ordered us a pizza. We went home and waited for it, then they gave us a big cheese pizza. We ate it pretty quickly... Then got a call from Domino's telling us they gave us the wrong pizza, and were bringing by the real one for us! We told them we already ate the first one, and they said, "Don't worry, it's on us!" There's something to write down when I count my many blessings.
Friday was pretty good. We got taken out to an early lunch by Brother Rann, who was in Naperville to practice the organ. That was really good. After that, we went to visit Sister Apodaca. She asked us to bring cookies, so we got her an oatmeal pie. She has diabetes though, so we really hope we didn't kill her. After that, we went to try to track down a less active sister, and that took us to a riciculously seedy hotel. They seemed to recognize the name, but told us she wasn't there. After that, we went to go teach Brad and Susan with Mike. That went well. After that, we went and saw Krista and her mother. They're doing well. The mom is very supportive of Krista coming to church. After that, we went to visit the Gamboas and teach them. They're doing well. They also are giving rides to Brad and Susan now. After that, we went to dinner at the Housers, and had a lesson with Kim. She is awesome. She's had some trials, and recently moved in with the Housers (she's Sister Houser's sister). The Housers and Nancy (Brother Houser's sister) have been sharing the Gospel with her, and she had come to church a couple times, but this was our first real lesson with her. She accepted a baptismal date, and will be baptized on the 21st! We're all excited for that. We had Stake Conference on Saturday and Sunday, and Kim told all of the Stake Presidency about her upcoming baptism. Pretty exciting.
Saturday was alright. Actually it was kind of lame. Pretty much everything fell through and is was nasty out. We tried to do stop bys and tract, but only taught a couple of lessons. We taught Tania, who is doing alright. She's following through with some big commitments, which is great. Her whole family caught the flu though, so they've been pretty messed up. Ufemia looked pretty ill. After teaching them, we went to Nancy's house. While we were there, Kim came over. We ended up teaching Kim with Nancy. After that, we tried to find and teach, but were unsuccessful. We did find one potential investigator tracting though. Kind of... Some kids told us to come back to visit their dad, because he's a deacon at a church and would be interested. We eventually had dinner, then went to the Saturday night session of Stake Conference. It went really well. Kim loved it.
Sunday was pretty good. Stake Conference went really well. We had a great turnout from investigators. Mark Pope got to meet some of the Stake Presidency and also the Patriarch. He's absolutely awesome. After church, we went home to eat and organize things. We did some finding too, and contacted that deacon. He was really friendly, and we'll stop by there again next week. After that, we went to dinner at the Clarks. They're great, and we had a good time. After dinner, we got tubed. It was dark, so we just went home. No tracting after dark. Bummer.
Monday was really good. We had Zone Leader Council, which was great. After that, we rushed back to teach Alba. Lorenszo sat in on the lesson too, as did Mike. After that, we went over to teach Kim. That went really well. Her biggest change was to quit drinking coffee, and she was totally fine with that. After that, we drove way the heck over to Naperville for dinner with the Harris family. After that, we drove right back to where we were before to teach the Zacas. They're doing really well, and are excited for the baptism. This ended a very busy, and very good day. Hey, I got that package by the way. The one from Dear Elder with the crazy eye. We had a lot of fun throwing that against the wall and watching it stick to it. It eventually broke and sprayed nasty goop all over Elder Ahlman, which was pretty wild! Hahaha. Thanks for the package though!
Tuesday was a great day. A really great day actually. In the morning, we went to visit Amanda. She's talked to her boss, and should get Sundays off now. She's set for baptism as well. After that, we went to the Hesed House. That was great. It was funny... We saw Lorenszo there. He's not homeless, but I guess he likes free lunch! After that, we went to visit Amy, who was a tracting come back. She has had a really tough life, but is pretty open to the Gospel. She's given up hope, but will give the Restoration a shot. We're excited to teach her more. After that, we went to Mike's to have our weekly Book of Mormon reading. He's doing well, and is a great member missionary. After that, we went to an appointment we had with a media referral. We got tubed. We ended up tracting the street, but didn't get anyone. After that, we went to visit Jeremy Hwang. He's doing well. We talked about fasting, and he's going to fast on Sunday... For breakfast. He's going to do one meal this month, then do two meals next month. After that, we went to the Gaffneys' home and gave them a reading calendar. We gave them a challenge to read every day, and gave them assignments. If they complete the Ultimate Challenge, they're going to get a prize. After that, we went to visit Alba and help her quit smoking. She gave a super sincere prayer, and is going to do it. We also gave her a blessing. She's doing well. After that, we went to visit the Matucks, and gave them a calendar too. They're doing well also.
Today should be good. We are going to teach Lorenszo at 5, then the Pope's at 6:30. After that, we're going to go on exchanges.
Well, I hope you all have a great week! Thanks for everything you do.
I love you.
Sincerely,
Elder Bradley E McMullin
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