Wednesday, September 25th:
Our little Branch's church building got a facelift! It's the right size for our Branch, but we hope and pray and work for a time when the Branch outgrows this building. We have about four months left on our mission, so we don't see it happening while we are here, but we will continue to strive to do our part.
When we first arrived on February 26th, we began right away to identify Branch members names, find out where they live and put lots of miles on the car looking for them. Our goal was to meet everyone. There are six out of 52 households that we have not been able to find them home or have them respond to our texts, calls and emails. But there isn't much more we can do. Others that we have been able to find home have been so welcoming. But many of them resist the invitation to come back. The truth is many of them have not ever been anxiously engaged, were baptized and never really converted. They don't really know or understand much about the Church or the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The work of love is still worth every effort. God knows them and loves them and we never know when a heart will be changed. Our role is to love and invite. Like the sign in people's yards say around here, "God's got this."
Friday, September 27th:
Elder Potter and Elder Azevedo got their first opportunity to serve in the Lord's kitchen. As you can see, the menu included spaghetti.
The Woollards invited a few people over for a cookout. Arthur loves to have cookouts. He smoked a bunch of meat and we each brought something. I didn't take pictures (why do I always forget?!) but Arthur posted a couple.
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