Hey, Merry Christmas to all!
I hope you have a great Happy New Year!
This was wonderful Christmas and, of course, I was very blessed to see the family on Skype.
Some good things happened this week.
Mon. Dec. 21: For P-Day we played 2 X 2 football; the field was muddy, so we were slipping and sliding everywhere.
Brian & Shivell had to reschedule. Then Brother Henegar had to reschedule.
Brian & Shivell had to reschedule. Then Brother Henegar had to reschedule.
Tues. Dec. 22: Cowling’s had us over for lunch. They are a great, older couple in the ward.
We had our computer time, and I saw this Mormon Message: http://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/collection/christmas/infant-holy-infant-lowly-music-video-mormon-tabernacle-choir . It made me get SO emotional!
As we were out walking today, we started talking to this guy who lived in Buena Vista, so I was able to connect really well with him, and got to call Elder Johnson in BV and give him the referral.
We were able to have dinner with the Blevins' - they are converts to the Church, and so supportive of the missionaries. Brother Blevins come with us to see Brian. Brother Blevins has been through a lot of the same life experiences as Brian, and he was able to really connect with Brian, and be a little bold with him as well.
We had our computer time, and I saw this Mormon Message: http://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/collection/christmas/infant-holy-infant-lowly-music-video-mormon-tabernacle-choir . It made me get SO emotional!
As we were out walking today, we started talking to this guy who lived in Buena Vista, so I was able to connect really well with him, and got to call Elder Johnson in BV and give him the referral.
We were able to have dinner with the Blevins' - they are converts to the Church, and so supportive of the missionaries. Brother Blevins come with us to see Brian. Brother Blevins has been through a lot of the same life experiences as Brian, and he was able to really connect with Brian, and be a little bold with him as well.
Wed. Dec. 23: Christmas Adam.
I conducted my first District Meeting in a while. It was good, though - others complimented me on it - if it was just to boost my morale, then I’ll take it!
We went on exchanges with the Salem 2 Elders. Elder Kelly (he was just in Rockbridge) went with Elder Maxfield to Roanoke Walk, and I went with Elder Crouch to Salem.
Elder Crouch is from Preston, ID and does Rodeo! He's a really awesome Elder! We were able to teach one of their investigators named, Gary, as well as have dinner with some members. A cool story from that is: the members had to go pick up the pizza, so we had two options; a) hang around for an additional 30 minutes for the pizza, or b) go work for that time. We decided to show extra diligence and go find some people. We were able to go to this one apartment complex, and a lady came right up to us! It was awesome; she’s so nice and ready to hear the Gospel. We were blessed for this extra diligence.
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| The river is flooding! |
I conducted my first District Meeting in a while. It was good, though - others complimented me on it - if it was just to boost my morale, then I’ll take it!
We went on exchanges with the Salem 2 Elders. Elder Kelly (he was just in Rockbridge) went with Elder Maxfield to Roanoke Walk, and I went with Elder Crouch to Salem.
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| Elder Crouch |
Thur. Dec. 24: Christmas Eve. After exchanging back, Bishop Williams took us out to lunch at Frank’s Pizza.
While we were out walking, we found a man named, Clarence. Apparently we caught him while he was out walking, trying to clear his head and feel some peace. We stopped and talked to him and we were able to teach him immediately - he wanted us to come to his house on Saturday.
While out trying to get in touch with some of our people, we were able to wish so many people a "Merry Christmas!" We had a smile on our faces the whole time!
Sister Gaubatz (pronounced "Gobbits") and Brother Janney took all three sets of missionaries out to Red Palace, a really nice Chinese Buffet, for Christmas Eve dinner.
We were also able to go to Hotel Ronaoke, where they were having the Festival of Trees, and there were so many people there!
We saw lots of good people, who let us talk to them and teach them the Restoration, but no one was interested. So, we were planting good seeds!
While we were out walking, we found a man named, Clarence. Apparently we caught him while he was out walking, trying to clear his head and feel some peace. We stopped and talked to him and we were able to teach him immediately - he wanted us to come to his house on Saturday.
While out trying to get in touch with some of our people, we were able to wish so many people a "Merry Christmas!" We had a smile on our faces the whole time!
Sister Gaubatz (pronounced "Gobbits") and Brother Janney took all three sets of missionaries out to Red Palace, a really nice Chinese Buffet, for Christmas Eve dinner.
We were also able to go to Hotel Ronaoke, where they were having the Festival of Trees, and there were so many people there!
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| Star Wars Tree |
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| Lego Tree |
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Minion Tree
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| The Griswold's Tree |
We saw lots of good people, who let us talk to them and teach them the Restoration, but no one was interested. So, we were planting good seeds!
Fri. Dec. 25: Christmas Day! We were able to open presents in the morning - all of us except Elder Kropushek, he couldn’t wait until Christmas, and opened all of his packages as soon as he got them.
We had an impromptu lunch at Brother Winkler’s because he'd offered his house to us so we could do our Christmas Skype with our families - then we were there when it happened to be lunchtime - he hadn't planned on feeding us, so he just fed us what he had on hand (Mac & Cheese and frozen pizza! How's that for an awesome lunch at the bachelor's house!?!)
We got to Skype our families while there! WooHoo!
We had a good lesson with Brother Neal Webb. He really wants to come back to church.
The "H’s" invited us over last minute for Christmas dinner, which we were very appreciative of!
We also met and shared a Christmas message with the Bell family. Sister Bell is a member, but her boyfriend, Tim, and her two teenage daughters are not members. They were meeting with the Sister missionaries before us.
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| I love my new shoes - I really needed them! |
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| My other shoes were all faded, wearing out, and had bleach drops on them.... |
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| {A Utah Man am I} |
We got to Skype our families while there! WooHoo!
We had a good lesson with Brother Neal Webb. He really wants to come back to church.
The "H’s" invited us over last minute for Christmas dinner, which we were very appreciative of!
We also met and shared a Christmas message with the Bell family. Sister Bell is a member, but her boyfriend, Tim, and her two teenage daughters are not members. They were meeting with the Sister missionaries before us.
Sat. Dec. 26: We did weekly planning.
We taught Clarence today, and his fiancee, Melissa, joined us for the lesson. She really enjoyed the lesson on The Restoration. She is 9 months pregnant, and ready to have Clarence Jr. They are really awesome. They even wanted to come to church in the morning.
We had another good lesson with Brian, with Brother Blevins accompanying us. This lesson was on Baptism and Confirmation. He is excited to be baptized, but realizes he has to live the Word of Wisdom and live the Law of Chastity first.
We met Brother Nilsson, a great man, who is married in the temple, just inactive - he’s eager to have us back any time.
We taught Clarence today, and his fiancee, Melissa, joined us for the lesson. She really enjoyed the lesson on The Restoration. She is 9 months pregnant, and ready to have Clarence Jr. They are really awesome. They even wanted to come to church in the morning.
We had another good lesson with Brian, with Brother Blevins accompanying us. This lesson was on Baptism and Confirmation. He is excited to be baptized, but realizes he has to live the Word of Wisdom and live the Law of Chastity first.
We met Brother Nilsson, a great man, who is married in the temple, just inactive - he’s eager to have us back any time.
Sun. Dec. 27: Church. Brian’s son got sick, so they couldn’t come. Clarence and Melissa didn’t show either - maybe they had the baby! The Bishop asked me to introduce myself in Sacrament meeting, since I did not get the privilege last Sunday.
We were able to take the Sacrament to Brother Lawerance with Brother Cain. Denice (Brother Lawerance’s step-daughter is an investigator) was there and we were able to teach her about the Sacrament.
We did some good walking the rest of the night, and found a nice lady named, Mary, on a scooter. She was eager to give us her phone number and address. We will see her on New Year’s Eve.
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| {Ye Elder of Roanoke} |
We did some good walking the rest of the night, and found a nice lady named, Mary, on a scooter. She was eager to give us her phone number and address. We will see her on New Year’s Eve.
It was such a wonderful week! I loved this Christmas week! It was such a great time, and I had plenty of heart-warming moments!
Happy New Year!
Love, Elder Brenchley
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