My week went well and it was a fast week too. I got the snacks and the Halloween decorations :) Thank you! I put up the decorations and I have already eaten all of the snacks, ha ha.
Thursday or Friday night, I can't remember which one it was but anyways, that evening we rode our bikes with the other Elders in our ward to the Air Force Base and met the Morris's(the Senior Missionary couple) at the base. Since the other three Elders didn't have their helmets, we weren't allowed to ride on base so the Morris's picked us up in their truck and brought us to the park on base. At the park we set up some games for kids and had candy for them if they played. It was a Halloween Party type of deal called Ghouls in the Park. Afterwards the Morris's took us to dinner at Sicily's, a buffet, and it was really good! Then they took us home. It was really nice of them! Also, our ward had a Fall Festival and we helped with the doughnuts on a string :) We had dinner at the Davis's this week. They have a daughter who just got out on a mission, a daughter who is a Laurel, a son who is a teacher, and another daughter who I think is a beehive. They are fun, Brother Davis is in the Air Force and speaks Spanish and they own and live at the top of a hotel. We also ate with the Deatons and had breakfast for dinner!
Teaching has gone well but we had quite a few appointments fall through this week so that was kinda lame. We did teach some good lessons though and one was kinda difficult cuz we taught a guy named Artie (65) who has a wife that is a member. We taught him about The Law of Tithing/The Law of the Fast/How to Donate Tithes and Offerings. This was hard cuz he is having to be very wise with his money because of medical care now that he is older and because of his heart transplant a while ago and his wife's neck. Also all the costs and stuff to make sure his wife is covered if he dies in a few years like the doctors say is likely. And he owns a shrimp business which they give to people all the time in donations and such things, which is equal to 50% of their income or so. So he has a hard time with having to pay tithing, cuz he says he pays it, just in other ways. Also we talked to him about smoking weed. This was even more difficult cuz he only does it a little bit when he gets really bad migraines cuz it's the only thing that makes it go away. Marijuana is not legal in Mississippi so he can't take it medicinally. He says he doesn't see what he is doing wrong cuz it's only for the pain and if he doesn't do it he just suffers and can't do things. Anyways, it was a tough lesson. We ended with getting him to pray to know what he should do and said we would pray for him as well.
This Sunday we had 4 investigators come to church so that was awesome!
My personal study has gone well this week. I had time on Sunday while Elder Hubert was taking a nap, cuz he didn't feel good, to read much of "The Day of Defense" and also some of the Pamphlets we teach from. I felt the spirit and really enjoyed learning more about the scriptures and the gospel. I haven't had any specific scriptures stand out to me but that might be partly because I am reading the Book of Mormon in Spanish(and then right after I read a chapter, I read it in English so that I can understand what is being said)but it goes pretty slow.
This transfer we are competing with the only other district in our zone(the Gulfport District) and each week there is a different challenge and winner. This week was a challenge to see who could use the least amount of miles on their car. Elder Hubert and I won out of our District and our District won by 200 miles! Elder Hubert and I only biked for almost the whole week! We biked everywhere and carried(running two steps at a time) our bikes up stairs over and over and over and my legs got pretty tired but it was really good at the same time. We did up to about 30 miles one day on our bikes. Then the last Saturday night we decided to use our car cuz we were obviously going to win and then Sunday we used our car cuz it was Sunday, haha. Those 2 days we used about 35 miles and we only used 46 miles over the whole week. Most others used in the 100's while trying to conserve, the lowest was 87 and the highest was 166 in our District, and the other District was extremely high compared to us.
I've been pretty tired at times but it's a good tired and it hasn't been near as tired as I thought I would be.
In Mississippi it has actually been cold this week, perfect for biking. Most of the week it was around 55-70 where it felt a little cold but you still sweat when riding bikes cuz you're exercising. Then the last few days it has been in the low forties and I love it!
My Spanish is slowly improving, it is hard to learn in an English environment, but I'm trying to speak Spanish more here and there to my comp. And I am trying to be as involved in the Spanish lessons as possible.
We had the chance to drive over to a town new to the mission and meet my comp's step-sister on his Dad's side and her son. He had never met her before and she is not a member so special permission was given. It was pretty cool.
Our investigators are doing good, we have 5 on date right now but one is probably going to have to be moved back cuz we haven't been able to talk to her in a while. Another one may have to be moved back but we are working hard so that he can be baptized on the date that is set, this is Artie. Then two other of our investigators, the ones who came to church for the first time Sunday and are Spanish speaking who we are working with to stop smoking, drinking, and the said they would stop drinking coffee already so there is headway. The last one is Trace, the one we knocked into, he had to cancel the last appointment we had with him and then we haven't got a response from him this weekend for Sunday or a next appointment but he has the potential of being baptized in a few weeks.
Next P-day we are going to drive somewhere to go biking, it's a surprise for Elder Jex and I (the greenies) so I don't know where it is but it sounds fun!
Oh, and I might get my first "mission haircut" today, so we will see how that goes! :)
I love you so much! Thank you for all that you do!!
Love Your Son and Missionary, Elder Acton
view from our apartment window
Elder Hubert working our our 1000 piece puzzle
Elder Hubert being silly
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