Haha oh mother! what the heck is up with this slacking?????? ;)
Sounds like a bummer with the stone family reunion, but, that's what it is always like right?
That's cool though that all of those guys are getting home. so it seems like this is the shortest e-mail I have gotten from you. I guess it's summer and not that much is really going on right now. same here .
I would write more but I am pretty sure I put all of it in Jennifer's e-mail. So what's going on? not much? me either. Just being a missionary you know... that's all ;P
Love ya. Were you able to get some conference cd's for me? I would get them but I don't really have a way to. if you can't that's okay too, so dont' sweat it. either way, I do have an ensign.
Love you.
Things are going pretty well. we either need someone to come out teaching with me or to sit with Elder Haines, where ever the member goes, Elder conlin goes the opposite. So, it's the who can babysit elder haines game, everyone but me! it has been good though. He is recovering well and only has 7 pins in his toe, he has a doctors appointment on wednesday to find out more. I guess they want him to come in once a week for a bit. He just has to lay down with it eleveated and can't do anything. he gets a bit frusrtated at times. I don't blame him,.
You should have ammon start helping you out with your gas money driving him around that much haha.
Jennifer has my e-mail, with the week and stuff. I told her to hold it randsom. so we'll see what happens, she will probably give it to you though. I will send you a few pictures of his toe.
Send Trevor my regards and tell him I wish them the best.
Love
Here are some pitures of the broken toe.
They are in a progression from right after it happened to after the surgery.
This week was pretty interesting and a little stressful with trying to get Elder haines a babysitter. He isn't allowed to put any pressure on his foot at all. They ended up putting 7 pins in it and fileting the top of his toe. So, because of this we had to either find a member to come out with me or one to sit with him. It was about 50/50 with that, so we didn't get to do too much proselying, or really any finding until the end of the week when we would just drop him off at someones house, then me and the other missionary Elder Conlin would go out and work. It has to be pretty hard on Haines with only having one transfer left and having to lay down all day every day. He has been getting a little antsy as well. which I don't blame him for, especially because he is on some pretty hard stuff. He was on Vicoden before the surgery and now he is on Percocet (if we really wanted some money we would jsut take the whole bottle and go up to East Toledo and make $2700 or so).
I have been noticing since I have been here I have had a lack of the spirit in my days so I have really been praying for the Holy Ghost to be with me so I can be guided in the things that I need to to and really, especially now, where I need to be. Last night, we were able to have a very very spiritual experience with one of our part-member/investigator families who missionaries have been working with for a really long time. Here is the story: Bill Repka, whose family has all been members for a few years now told us last night, that he had promised God that he was going to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a few weeks ago. We were all amazed. He has always asks for blessings when we are there except for one time. We have always wondered why. After we were done Teaching he had asked us for a blessing, and we were going to give it to him then but then a member came to pick Elder Conlin and I up to go out teaching (which was very powerful as well) who had gotten stuck behind a train and had to walk half a mile to come to us. If he had not gotten stuck by the train he would have came in during or before Brother Repka told us that he wanted to be baptized and that he just has a few hang ups to the point where he doesn't think he is ready to take the invitation at the back of the Book of Mormon. But, he said he is willing to do whatever it takes so he can recieve his answer and become a member. When we came back to get Elder Haines we gave him a blessing. When it came time for the blessing he asked the member (who went teaching with us) to give him a blessing (and had challenged him to be baptized and to act a few weeks earlier). Talk about revelation and prophecy! As Brother Narayan proceeded to give the blessing the spirit was able to flow through him and he said everything, I mean absolutely everything that we had been told just minutes before he showed up. Then, as he said these things he told him what he needed to do to be able to accomplish these certain things. It really was the most amazing experience I have had on my mission with Revelation and following the guidance of the spirit. It has really shown me what I need to do so I can be in tune and know what I need to do with investigators, we have been working with Brother Repka since we have been here and just found this out. Brother Narayan who is very humble and receptive to the spirit figured it out within minutes.
If Brother Narayan had arrived when he had planned, and that train wasn't there to stop him, one of us could have been the one to give him a blessing. would we have been in tune with the spirit? maybe. But, if he did show up at the planned time, we might not have even figured all of that out. The Spiritual experience we had started far before we would have even though and not even with us in their house. It was absolutely stunning. after the blessing Brother Repka just got up and was speechless. He did not know what to say. He just had this look on his face like, wow, God was truly working through you. what a miracle. I hope that one day, I will be able to be that in tune with the spirit.
The rest of the week, Prior to this, we focused on finding and we tried to do as much contacting as we could. Somehow we ended up by the river and there we took a few pictures because we got distracted (don't tell anyone this though, Missionaries, you know, Like me, are suppose to be super focused and diligent. every now and then it calls for a photoshoot. Plus I need to take more for you guys ;)
all is good here though, we have a week and a half left in the transfer. can you believe that already? within a month and a half it will have been a year! it has gone by so fast. I cannot believe it. absolutely amazing.
Love,
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Elder Michael Stone.
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