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Howdy!!!
How is life for everyone? It sounds
like we have a bunch of athletes in the family, and congrats to MJ for breaking
25 minutes and Nathandawg for breaking 20 minutes in your meets!! That is
awesome. Except now I'm scared to race when I get home!
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| Our humble abode |
This week we had some great lessons!!
The work is really picking up and we have found some solid new people to teach
who we are really excited about. One of them is Renee, who we street contacted
a few weeks ago. Then just this past
week we both felt prompted to go by and see her, so we did and she answered the
door and told us to come back the next day, so we did and had a great lesson
with her. She is about 50 years old and has tons of potential! We gave her a
Book of Mormon and she read some and then did some more research about the
church on LDS.org. She didn't make it to
church, but she said instead she read and found some answers to a few questions
she has. She is coming to our ward Trunk-or-Treat tomorrow night which should
be tons of fun. Speaking of which...no one here knows what a Trunk-or-Treat is!
Almost every single person, except members, that we have invited has never even
heard of one. It is certainly not as big a deal here on the West Coast. It
seems many people did one back in VA. So we gotta spread the love here!!
We also had the chance to do two
exchanges this week. The ZLs (Zone Leaders) of the Quincy zone came down and
blitzed our area for the day. I was with Elder Cruz and we had an awesome day
together. We contacted a lady on the street and she expressed some interest in
our message, so we gave her our phone number. She said she wanted to come to
church, but would call us if she needed a ride. Well on Saturday I called her and
she said she would call me, and wasn't sure, and then Saturday night she called
back and wanted a ride!! So we had her neighbor bring her to church! Only
problem is that she is moving from Sparks to Reno this week…so we will have to
pass her off to the other Elders!
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| Elder Krey and I... puttin people on the right TRACK with the Book of Mormon - haha! |
We got pulled over this week by the
police...it was actually hilarious. We were driving East on Prater Way by the
church and Elder Freeman looked in his mirror and said, "Dang – I hate
when cops are behind me, I always feel pressure not to do anything wrong."
I jokingly added, "You should switch lanes and see if they follow
us." So he did. He put his blinker on and switched over...and then the
lights came on!!! We couldn't believe it! We weren't doing anything wrong and
Elder Freeman made sure to use his blinker and check the speed and everything.
So we pulled over and they (there were two of them) come up to us and tell us
that because of our bike rack, they couldn't see our license plate – which is
total bogus, because before we installed hitch-mounted bike racks we got
approval for it! But anyways, they ran our licenses and insurance and
everything. And they asked us why we were pulling out of the neighborhood that
we
had just left, before they pulled up behind us. I wanted to say, "We
were preaching the good word, would you like to learn more?!" because we
had just left a lesson. But Elder Freeman said before I could say anything,
“that's where we live!” (Because it was, we had just driven by our home) and
they thought that was surprising, because we live in a shady neighborhood...the
other day some kid was just playing video games in his living rooms and someone
fired a few random gunshots and it went through his front window and killed
him. Thankfully we have the Lord's blessing over us!! But anyways, it was a
funny encounter, and we got a kick out of it.
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| Me and Elder Freeman |
This Saturday, Lavanda is getting
baptized! We were able to teach her a
bunch this last week, and she is all good to go. We are really excited, we
haven't had a baptism in a while, and so we are really looking forward to it.
She is really a funny gal, and it’s fun to build relationships with these people.
We are excited to get her more involved with visiting teaching and all that
good stuff, because she just needs some good friends in her life, who she can
rely on.
So remember a few years ago when I
wanted to have really long hair? And I hated getting haircuts?? Well those days
are over...I got a haircut last week and asked for a number 2 on the sides and
a number 4 on the top....I have gotten progressively shorter throughout my
mission...I started with "just a trim" Then a #4 and a #6 and then it
became a #3 and a #5 and now its a #2 and a #4. So you guys win!!! Elder Han is
a great barber, too!! (And he doesn't charge a dime!!)
Later today we are going to play
TENNIS with some Priests in our ward, and I am pumped!! I haven't played tennis
since the MTC...so I will have to get all the rust out of me. But I am actually
really excited to play with my homies in the ward. They are on fall break, so
they can come chill with us.
"Casting down imaginations,
and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; and having in
a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is
fulfilled."
I really like that scripture. As
missionaries, obedience is something that is constantly talked about, trained
on, and discussed, and I like how it says revenge all disobedience.
In other words, not letting anything disobedient happen. I know that as we ALL
do that, even for you who are not missionaries, you will see many miracles in
your life!
I know that this is HIS work and HIS
gospel that I get to spread with others. It is such a great blessing in my life
to dedicate all of my time to helping others come closer to Christ in the wake
of my own conversion.
I love you guys! Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Todd
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