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Monday
When Me and Elder Luke were emailing at the library, a man across from us was whispering creepily about the LDS church, and I think he was kind of crazy. I think he was on anti-Mormon websites or something.
We get free blizzards from Dairy Queen on Mondays! We also get a free lunch meal with it. I feel so spoiled. I played piano for a bit and played a little basketball.
When Prep-day hours were over, we helped out a family named the Martins do some yard work for a couple hours, then we had dinner with them. They had elk lasagna, and it was SUPER good.
Tuesday
We ran into a couple of rude people today. Obviously they didn't want to have us anywhere near their property. Some members invited us over for dinner today, and they made mashed potatoes and gravy, and it was super delicious! While me and Elder Luke were leaving the church building today, we ran into a guy that had served in Mancos on his mission 17 years ago and came back to reminisce about his first area on his mission.
Wednesday
We got to visit an investigator named Cathy and we read the scriptures with her. She seems to be content where she is, but she is very friendly and willing to talk to us. We also got to see an investigator named Gordon, and the lesson we had with him was really good. We taught him about what happens after we die and how we can live eternally happy by keeping the commandments. Previously he hasn't shown any desire to be baptized, but we had a really spiritual lesson today and we could tell that he knew it was true. We just need to go at his pace, and not ours. Elder Luke's bike chain broke today, so the whole ride back home he had to hold on to my bag while I pulled him along beside me. I'm sure we got a few funny looks from the people passing by.
Thursday
We had zone conference today! We learned all about using our phones as tools for fulfilling our purpose. We also got some neat book-marks to hand out to people that have study options on the back of it to help people learn more about the Book of Mormon.
Friday
A family named the Fellows just moved in to Mancos, and we found out that she and her family were being visited by the Zone leader missionaries before they moved to Mancos. We visited them today in the evening and they are super friendly and open to learning more about the LDS church! We also visited a man named Wayne today. He doesn't come to church because he has a ranch with a bunch of cows, and he has to take constant care of them. He'll come to church, someday.
Saturday
We were able to visit a man named Robert today, and he told us he would fix Elder Luke's broken bike chain in the evening if we came by. While walking back to our truck from our meeting with Robert, some members stopped us and asked us for help moving a big ventilator out of his minivan. We hopped in and rode all the way back to Robert's neighbor's house! We helped him move the vent, and then went on our way walking back to the truck. On our way back to the truck, a lady called for us. We went over to her and she wanted a blessing, so we went up a flight of stairs into her apartment and while we were up there another lady asked us if we could help the first lady get some groceries for their apartment at a local grocery store. After giving the first lady (We found out she was named Adalib, and she is Venezuelan) a blessing, we walked with her over to the grocery store they wanted us to go to and we helped her carry some groceries back to their apartment. She was super nice, and she gave us a piece of sesame seed candy which was really good. The lady at the front desk of the grocery store asked us if she was doing okay, and we weren't sure what she meant, but apparently Adalib had cancer! Afterwards, we said our goodbyes and were finally able to make it back to our truck. That was a great experience! We later brought the broken bike chain and the bike back to Robert's home and we got it fixed, so now we can bike again.
Sunday
Adalib was at sacrament meeting today, which was a good surprise. After sacrament meeting we taught the Gospel Principles class, and I'd say it was pretty good. We read from chapter 9 about prophets. After church we visited a man named Jeremy, and he is showing a lot of interest in the Book of Mormon. Other than that, we weren't really able to see anyone.
That's my week! I think I'm going to start typing my emails like this, I really enjoy it.
Don't forget to send me a friend request on Facebook! I haven't posted much yet, but I plan on posting uplifting messages at least once a week.
Sorry there aren't any pictures again. These computers aren't very nice to me.
Thanks for your support!
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I have yet to chop wood in Mancos. The service we have done so far has been different. We helped a member dig a trench, we helped another member move a ventilator, and we even went grocery shopping with a Venezuelan woman named Adalib! I mentioned her in my email to everyone.
I'm not allowed to get Strava, sadly. I would be racking up a ton of miles on that app, though!
There's this really nice restaurant called Millwood and it serves large portions no matter what you get, so I have yet to try any of their desserts. They feed us for free, and it is super delicious and very fancy!
I promise I'm taking lots of photos!
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Elder Luke in their study.
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