We are well and whole! A little wet, but still happy and healthy!
Hurricane Sandy hit us pretty hard on Tuesday evening. Then the rain and the wind continued til Friday... Ha. But apparently Hurricane Issac was more serious, cuz we were never told to stay in the house, so we just ran from house to house through the rain. It was probably the most rain I have ever seen in my entire life. We would be walking in a slight drizzle, and then within a split second it would be POURING BUCKETS. So we would have to run and hide under awnings to keep from being drenched to the bone. Ha.
Apart from the rain, and/or because of the rain, this week has been one of miracles for sure! We were invited into peoples houses that probably never would've accepted us if we hadn't have looked so cold and wet. Ha. So maybe our miserable state of being was a blessing after all. And we had some really cool lessons and found some really great people this week! Elder Maner is still my hero. Ha. He and I are working super hard, and having a blast! I'm so grateful for him as a companion!
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| My companion and I hiding from the rain 10/24/12 |
One of the cool lessons we taught was to Josefa, one of our progressing investigators, and because of the rain there was no power, so we taught the whole lesson in the dark... Ha. Then she invited us to stay for dinner, and started cooking by candle light. lol. I was kinda looking forward to telling the story of that one time I ate a candle lit dinner with an investigator, but right as she set the plates on the table, the power came back. Ha.
People we found:
Jonas. He is a 22 year old kid that we met playing basketball last Monday. Then Monday night we ran into him in the street (with our tracting clothes on again) and he was like "oh! You're Mormons!" ha. Then he asked us when we could pass by. So on Wednesday we started teaching him, and it turns out that he grew up with and is still close friends with several of the members of our ward. He is already reading and praying about everything we leave with him, and he's always hungry for more. Ha. He asked us when he could have a Book of Mormon in the second lesson! I am excited to watch him learn and grow!
Angel and Diana. They are the son and daughter-in-law of a member in our ward. Diana has had all the lessons from the missionaries, but up until a heart attack he suffered a few weeks ago, Angel didn't want anything to do with the church. Ha. It is so cool to me how God works! The doctors say it's a miracle that Angel is even alive today. But I know that God has a plan for him, and that he just needed a little nudge to get him back on track. Ha. Now Angel is SO open and willing to listen and learn from the missionaries. He knows he needs God in his life, and he knows that this is what's best for his family! Yet again, I feel so blessed to be one of the missionaries that teaches him, and to be able to watch him progress and change!
Also, yesterday we had a great lesson in Elders Quorum about the Sacrament, and the Atonement. Edgar (the teacher) talked about how we should be bettering ourselves everyday, and making an effort to utilize the power of the Atonement and the Sacrament in our daily/weekly lives. He said we should always have a motto of "Today I am better than Yesterday, and I am Worse than Tomorrow." I thought it was a cool way to look at it. We should always be able to look back and see how far we've come, but we should also be continually looking forward and focus on the things we can change to be more like our Savior Jesus Christ.
I am eternally grateful for the power and effects of the Atonement in my life. I have seen so many changes and so much progression. I am grateful that I always have the Sacrament to start every week off with a clean slate, and to always be able to say "today I am better than I was yesterday, and worse than I will be tomorrow."
I know that Jesus Christ lives. I know without a doubt that He suffered and died for our sins, and that through that same Atonement, we can all be clean. We can stand up and shake off the pain and the guilt, and through Him we can become whole.
I love you all! I hope and pray that you all have a fantastic week!
Love,
Elder Cade Mooney
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