I don't know what to say... I never do.
Being
District Leader is fun. I get to go to meetings and do exchanges and
numbers and call people and leadership plan. It's not a whole lot of
leadership but it's some! I like it. I was stressed at first but its not
bad at all.
We had a really good week this past week. we taught
25 lessons! That is 3 more than I ever taught in Yakima and 7 more than
I've ever taught here. It was a very good week. we worked hard. Elder
Mellies and I work well together. I'm always trying to find the best way
to do things. The way that our mission president and The Lord would want
us to. Especially planning and teaching. I want to know how to teach
better. Because we taught 25 lessons but we don't have anyone on date! we
need to have someone on date... Francis is close. Elder Boothe and I
were on exchanges on Tuesday and we taught Francis. Then we went back on
Thursday and she had read the first 11 chapters of the Book of Mormon.
She cried when we recited the first vision to her which was the first
time I had ever seen that and also the first time Elder Boothe had
either (and he has been out 22 months). It was a really good lesson both
days. I think it was one of the best lessons Elder Boothe has been it. I'm glad we were on exchanges that day. Its kinda tough to continually
switch who is teaching but the purpose of exchanges far outweighs
the deficits. I would like to think that experience will stick with
Elder Boothe as a memory of his mission, but maybe that's too much to
ask. I know it will stick with me. She told us the story back about what
she read too! the first 11 chapters of 1 Nephi. When it came to Laban
she said "God commanded Nephi to kill him, I dunno why. I guess because
he was a son of a b---- or something" I couldn't have explained it
better hahahaha. It was amazing to see how well she picked everything
up. She told us about the tree of life and everything. it was great. We
invited her to be baptized but she isn't quite ready yet. She will get
there though. I'm confident.
Everyone loves Ron Paul here in Cathlamet... Its
different. I hear Santorum dropped out and thats good for Romney. We get
a lot of politics here. and not enough sports... everyone is too old. I
have no idea whats going on with sports. its killing me.
We officially had the rainiest march ever in the history of Washington this past march. wet
We
got two new investigators this week. Sharon and Iris. Both have told us
point blank that they will never be Mormons. Promising... Sharon is a
strong Catholic. She is related to a lot of members of our branch
though. which is to be expected because she has lived in Cathlamet for
almost 50 years. She knows a lot of members as well. Iris has met with
missionaries before. She is a foster parent so we have some common
ground there. She is very very nice. She has a handicap with her legs so
she is in a wheelchair. She is an ordained pastor and she preaches at
the Episcopal church once a month.
Kyle got kicked out of the McClains because he is a
little doof boy sometimes. They got sick of it and kicked him out. I'm
not sure how Sam McClain (his girlfriend) is dealing with that. We
aren't teaching him anymore though... He is living in Longview, so we
will refer the elders there to him if at all possible. Its just as well I
guess. He wasn't getting anywhere with the McClains. and he wasn't
keeping ANY commitments really. Maybe a change of scenery and
missionaries will be good for him.
Chuck went to a Republican's Delegates meeting and
he ran into a brother from our ward who is a mitt Romney supporter
(chuck supports Ron Paul) and this brother didn't have kind things to
say. The Ron Paul supporters kinda got bullied around at the meeting and
people were rude to them. So now Chuck has confirmed how he feels about
Mormons and is planning on giving us back the Book of Mormon we gave
him and he doesn't want anything to do with us... I'm kinda bummed to
hear that. We have been giving him time though. We haven't seen him in
about a week. We're going back tomorrow. I'm nervous. I hope it goes
well.
I don't have much time to write about anyone else. I guess I did know what to say after all
I
know the church is true. Leadership is fun. I love the relationships I
am forming out here with other missionaries as well as with my Heavenly
Father. This is the very best way I could be spending my time right now
and I know that. I will be eternally grateful for the time spent on my
mission.
Love you all
Elder Paxman
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