tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66005566501309853842024-03-14T03:25:39.358-07:00Elder Alexander KestnerMacon MiraclesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05729544836955608378noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600556650130985384.post-40817715006485146172017-03-28T10:51:00.003-07:002017-03-28T12:33:36.763-07:00Last Email!!...Signing Off!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So, this week was a blur and I cannot believe this is my last weekly email! This one will be brief since I want to do some other things for my last P-Day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday was pretty legit. We went on the River Walk and took some pretty great pictures. There was also a guy with a drone filming a group that was white water rafting. Definitely got a lot of sun! We went out with Bro. Stapley in the evening after P-Day to work in our area. We tried a few potentials, formers, and a referral. We go up to this one house of a former. No one at home, Bro. Stapley starts walking over to the neighbor and we strike up a conversation. There we met Jackie. She asked us two questions about practicing what we preach and the Church's stance on gay marriage. We answered her questions and introduced the Book of Mormon. Bro. Stapley was a champ! It was a great contact in every regard. She has a ton of potential that we fell blessed to find! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Saturday was a long day! That morning we went to the Flea Market in Smiths Station until about noon. It was pretty awesome and we handed out a ton of pass-along card and the Sisters found a new investigator in one of the neighboring vendors. We then went to Waffle House for lunch and then changed into service clothes and we helped the Woods move their furniture up the street into a home that is owned by members that have since moved and are now trying to sell the house. The Hussey's came to help, more so AJ since Malory is very pregnant and AJ made us laugh a ton! Bro. Hill, Bro. Goertzen, Bro. Leach, and Bro. Smith(Sr) also helped out. We were there about two hours and then we went home to do our studies and then we had supper with the McGwins that evening. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Well, this is quite weird for me... Two years have gone by so fast. I have enjoyed my mission and I have come to know my Savior, Jesus Christ. For one last time, have a good week y'all! I'll be on Facebook adding a bunch of y'all when I can and my email is <a href="mailto:kestalex@isu.edu" target="_blank">kestalex@isu.edu</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Monday morning I woke up not feeling well at all and my stomach was in absolute turmoil. We shopped and emailed and came back to the apartment where I collapsed in bed. I spent most of the day there...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The next two days were not good for me and I was not getting better. Even though we had supper with the Longerbeams, I could only eat toast and a few bites of rice and that was it for me. We then had Book of Mormon class and then I went on exchanges with Elder Strong.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Saturday we spent contacting some potentials. We were biking up to one and we noticed that there was something in the cul-de-sac. We pick it up and it was one of those USPS tracker scanner thingies. We then saw the mail car go past, so we chased it down and we got it back to the mail woman. That probably made her day and saved her paycheck! We then tried the potential and then stopped at Walgreens and bought a 32 GB micro SD card for $10. Killer Deal! We then visited with Bro. Johnson before biking back to change into suits and getting picked up by the Ft. Mitchell Elders to meet Sam Jones at the church to go to Opelika for a Baptism. The Baptism was for Robert, who was taught by the Ft. Mitchell Elders before he moved up to Auburn. What was also incredible was that AJ Hussey baptized him! It seems like it all came full circle. I had seen AJ baptized by my Trainer and in turn he baptized Robert. I broke me up a little, in a good way. We mingled a little before heading out. On our way back, Sam stopped at a gas station he had been talking about that had good fried chicken. We got some and they turned out to be pretty good! We get back home and we ate and then went to bed. It had been a long day! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Monday, after P-Day, the Bush's, a new couple in the ward, took us to Zeb's seafood and Chicken for supper. We then met back with the Ft. Mitchell Elders and we helped out Sis. Brewer with moving some boxes and putting a tarp on her belongings in the carport. We also had a good visit with her and before we left she asked me what I would like her to cook before I go home. We got it figured out and she'll be making Jambalaya and fried okra. She is from Louisiana so you know it'll be delicious!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday we tried having some RMT, but the internet was not cooperating. We tried a few people plus a referral that may or may not even existed. <span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_767_860" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 140, 0); cursor: pointer;" tabindex="0">Oh well... Before we headed up for a late supper, we tried to visit with Shirley and Anthony.</span> We sit in their home when one of their kids comes down, telling us that they have to go to the hospital and visit a family member. They told us to come back, however. Btw, Shirley is William Rivers' sister. We bike up to our apartment and as we're eating, I start hearing a noise from the stove vent. We look outside and sure enough, it's pouring rain! Timed that just right!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wednesday we did Windows of Heaven and it was a good experience. At the start, we walked past a house where there was some scurrying in the garage. We paused for a moment, deciding on what to do. But before we could turn back, a man shouted from the garage if we could use some water. We said yes and we got to talking to Leo. He told us he appreciated what we do, but he wouldn't be converting. At least he was nice though! He also gave us some referrals for his neighbors, which we followed up with, without much luck. We continued one and we were walking past another house and the driver of the car pulling out rolled his window down and shook our hands saying, "I wasn't planning on hitting ya" which we chuckled to. He drove off and we put a pass-along card on his door. We kept going and we met a guy named Charlie. He had talked to missionaries before and said we could come back and talk to him. We kept going and just a few doors later we talked to another guy who was just visiting his in-laws and we got the general area of where he lived. He was pretty friendly! We then walked to the end of the street and we saw a Mustang pull into a driveway. In an attempt to avert the awkwardness, we knocked on a few doors. But as soon as we knocked on three, the guy was back outside with his two year-old son. We introduced ourselves and started talking. He wasn't too communicative, but his wife/girlfriend came out and we started talking to her. She was more receptive and we talked about the Plan of Salvation with her. She, Sarah, said we could come back and we gave her a Plan of Salvation pamphlet. We then made another loop around with luck and that ran our time up. We then biked down to visit the Longerbeams who were outside enjoying the sunshine. We visited for a bit and Bro. Longerbeam offered to take us and our bikes to the church where our supper was and where Book of Mormon class would be. Here's something funny... So, our supper was in the fridge and that's all they told us. We ate the chili and cornbread in there. No problem and quite delicious. Later that night, we find out that one container, which was a yogurt container, was meant for each companionship (us and the other Elders). Oops!! There wasn't a whole lot in there, but it was quite funny, actually. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Saturday was interesting, to say the least. We checked mail and we see an envelope with the Church stamp on it. Well, it was only a matter of time.. it was my trunky papers. So, we then walked over to Sonic for Happy Hour to drown my sorrows. We get back and get picked up by the McCoy's for supper at Sis. Morris' home. It was really good and we came home with some of the leftover homemade fried chicken. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sunday was good as well. Services were great and insightful. Now that I had my itinerary, I needed to ask someone for a ride to the Mission Home. I asked around and got a commitment from the Woods to take me. They are so awesome! After church, Bug and Lulu took us to their home before the usual Sunday lunch. We ate and later got dropped off by Bug at our place. The Ft. Mitchell Elders later picked us up and we visited Carlos to end the night. It had been a good day! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Monday was P-Day, which tends to go by fast and it was enjoyable. We got stranded at the church for a little bit since the Ft. Mitchell Elders had a dinner appointment. Bro. Worthington picked us up and took us home and we had a pretty good evening in the end.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday morning we had District Meeting and the Zone Leaders came as well. The meeting was good and afterwards we went to Subway for lunch. Elder Strong then went on exchanges with Elder Allen in Auburn and they dropped us off at our apartment on the way out. They also took one of our cakes we had been given with them haha. we then had some companionship study and tried a few people. We then got picked up by the Craddocks later on for supper at their home. During dinner and after Bro. Craddock almost fell a few times and we helped him keep his balance. We had a good meal of vegetable soup that was quite delicious and lemon meringue pie for dessert, YUM! It had certainly been a long day!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_1119_1208" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 140, 0); cursor: pointer;" tabindex="0">Wednesday morning we tidied up our place and had some companionship study and then lunch.</span> We then tried a few potentials. From our efforts we were able to receive a time to come back and see one, Cynthia. We then cooled off at Walgreens and while we were there some lady came up to us and complimented us for what we do in spreading the Gospel. She also complimented us on biking in all sorts of weather and heat. That was nice and very refreshing to me personally. We then biked to a street we had planned to tract. We knocked on two doors... and nothing. The third one opened and a white guy in his 60's came outside in nothing but a lava-lava and kinda smelled like weed. The first thing he asked us was how long we had been out and then focused on me and what I would be doing after the mission. He clearly knew who we were. He then told us he had just converted to a Methodist church, previously being a Catholic just five years previous. He was a pretty interesting guy and we talked to him for about 20 minutes surprisingly. We left and then two doors later we met Cherelle. We talked to her about the Plan of Salvation and she said it was something she would like to hear more of and said we could come back! We gave her a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and got her info. We then tried her neighbor across the street. He was in rush, but he gave us a time to come back. We knocked on a few more and nothing came of those homes. Sometimes that's just what happens! We then biked to Piggly Wiggly and picked up some fresh onions and jalapenos for our supper. We then made a delicious Cheesy Ranch Burger Helper with onion and jalapeno, giving it some flavor and warmth! We also used Caribou burger that Bro. Triplett gave us. It was very good and it was a team effort! Bro. Bush then picked us up for Book of Mormon class. We were reading the story of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies and the persecution from their brethren, the Lamanites, who had come upon them and killed many of them. But not one of the People of Ammon, as they were killed, broke their covenant to never again take up their weapons of war. What a wonderful example they set, staying true to the covenants they made! A question was posed by Sister DeMann which was, "What can we do to become like the people of Ammon?" and ponder that. It was great day and it ended great. The reference is in Chapters 25 & 26 of Alma.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Friday we weekly planned and like previous weeks took a good chunk of our time. Sis. Herting brought us a feast from KFC and we thanked her for her generosity. We then had a good visit with the Owens to end the night. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Saturday morning we got picked up by the Ft. Mitchell Elders to help them setup for the Baptism of their investigator, Courtney. We helped set up chairs and such. When we had a moment, we ran across the street and I got a quick haircut. I was done in like 5 minutes and it cost only $8! Plus, I liked it! We then return and get everything ready. The Baptism went through without a hitch! We cleaned up and talked to the Whitmores who had decided to let their kids run around on the filed behind the church. Needless to say, we were quite wiped when we got home that night!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, a lot of great things are starting to happen here in good ol' Phenix City! And they can only get better! Well, peace out and....</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thursday morning we had a lesson with Roger, whom we taught the Restoration about a month back. The lesson plan was basically abandoned as he had quite a few questions for us, but he did say he would work to come to the Book of Mormon class the following week. That was pretty cool. We then had lunch at Subway and then tried a few people in the area. We were able to visit with Sis. Stevens on her porch. Suddenly, one Carpenter Bee after another started flying around us. Sis. Stevens went for a fly swatter and got a few with it. I then took a crack at them and got about 10 solid hits, knocking them out of the air. That was pretty fun haha! we then went to Dollar General to cool-off and get some Powerade. We then tried Tela, coming to find out she moved!! We were able to talk to her neighbor, Joseph for a little bit. He then strangely gave Elder Jole a used tire, thinking Elder Jole had worn through his tread (He hadn't, but it was cool of him though!). We then biked home to meet the Goertzen's who brought our supper. We finished the night chatting with Sis. Morgan and street contacting. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05729544836955608378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6600556650130985384.post-26150023249774696412017-02-14T14:01:00.002-08:002017-02-14T14:01:41.123-08:00The Best 2 years!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This week has been pretty decent and quick like previous weeks and Elder Taylor going home soon is getting me anxious! well, let's dive right in!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Monday after emailing we went shopping at Walmart and on our way out some guy named Clarence asked us if we were Mormons and if he could have a Book of Mormon and a Restoration pamphlet. We run out to the car and grab our bags and go back in a talk to him a little bit and exchanged information. We then did P-Day stuff at the church and then the four of us had supper with Sis. Brewer and had delicious homemade mac n' cheese and kielbasa sausage. YUM! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The next day was on the rough side but we were able to contact at Idle Hour park. Elder Taylor also got a REAL expensive 'meh' haircut at a place called Bladez near our apartment. He wasn't too psyched about his hair cut as the guy shaved his widow's peak. Oh well, each haircut can't be perfect. The Worthingtons also dropped of some chicken and rice for supper, which was awesome and very appreciated. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wednesday morning we had the Worldwide Missionary Broadcast that we watched from the church. We received training from the Missionary Executive Council about a few things as well as two Missionary Policy changes that were made. I will explain briefly and attach two pictures to illustrate. The first changes were to our schedules. <span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_1461_1506" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 140, 0); cursor: pointer;" tabindex="0">P-Day now starts at 8 am, previously at 10am.</span> <span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_1507_1624" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 140, 0); cursor: pointer;" tabindex="0">Our regular morning schedule is now flexible and not in any particular order, except for the usual 6:30 wake up time.</span> We also no longer plan in the evening and that is now done in the morning, with Companionship study moved to later in the day. The other change is that our key indicators have shrunk from 9 to 4. These allowed us to track our work but now these four, (Baptized/Confirmed, On Date, @ Sacrament, New Investigators), helps us focus our efforts. Big changes so late in my mission!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Friday we weekly planned for a while and took care of some things. Later on, Bro. Creech picked us up and we drove to Bro. Triplett's for an Elder Quorum Bonfire Activity. We get there and it ends up being the three of us, Bro. Triplett, and his next door neighbor, who is a member. It was a lot of fun and you know we poured two cycle gasoline (half oil, half gasoline) on that bad boy! We also enjoyed some very delicious deer burgers that had a combination of deer burger and deer sausage. It was so good!! Bro. Triplett shot the deer himself and made the burgers. He made twenty but his silver lab got into it and ate 7. YIKES! It was definitely a fun night!<br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Church was good on Sunday. Bro. Triplett, in his very funny way, told everyone how fun the bonfire was and how they all missed out. After church we ate over at the Bush's. Sis. Brewer couldn't meet and all 6 of us read Isaiah with Nicole, Ft. Mitchell's investigator. They then dropped us off and we went with Bro. Creech to our lesson with Rebecca. It went great! She is totally prepared! She read through the Plan of Salvation pamphlet again and knows it to be true. We also shared the message of the Restoration with her and she was very receptive. We gave her a Book of Mormon and invited her to be Baptized and she accepted! PHEW! What a great lesson! Bro. Creech was critical in that lesson and it also helps that he got off his mission just under two years ago. I was on cloud nine and the Spirit was very strong in that setting with Rebecca. She is certainly a woman of faith!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Tuesday, we went to see Stan, but his son told us to come back in about an hour. We then go see Sis. Stevens for a while and had a good visit. We then go back to Stan's, and we knock on his door. we then see a Police Patrol Car pull up. Now, we have seen them pretty often here in the Projects. A cop then gets out and starts walking towards us. I mutter, only for Elder Taylor and perhaps Stan, who had just got to the door, "He better not come over here..." which of course he does. He says we shouldn't be there and this and that. He walks off and Stan says something we found amusing about the officer, but that's beside the point. We resume talking to Stan when we hear "Hey, you have to go NOW!" from the first officer's partner. We walk over to the officer and he says we can't proselyte here, which is true, but we can see someone specific (i.e. Stan). We asked him if that was alright, and he said it wasn't and that he could issue us citations. I'm just thinking, "You've got to be kidding me. We've been in here many many times and nothing has come of it". He tells us to leave and talk to the Property Manager to get permission to tract the property, which wasn't our intention at all. We go over to the property office and talk to the manager and she said it was fine if we were seeing someone specific and not going door-to-door. This got me up in a fuss for the rest of the day. We went back to see Stan right quick and set an appointment for the following Sunday evening with Bro. Bush. We then biked to Zaxby's at the Worthington's treat since they haven't been feeling well. That meal got my mind off things... PHEW!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, Transfers have come around and the result is that I am staying in Phenix City for another Transfer and I will be 'killing' Elder Taylor, or sending him home. There must be some record out there for staying in an area. I will have been in Phenix City for at least 7 Transfers, or about 10 and a half months. There is also a good possibility of staying here for my last Transfer as well. Who knows!?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #212121;">On Tuesday, after emailing, we went to a hole in the wall Bar-Be-Que place off the main road for lunch. We were talked into ribs and the owner claimed it was "the best ribs in town" and they were absolutely delicious! </span><span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_670_811" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 140, 0); cursor: pointer;" tabindex="0">We tried a few more people that afternoon without much luck, though we were able to talk to Craig and Melissa before heading back f</span><span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_670_811" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 140, 0); cursor: pointer;" tabindex="0">or supper.</span> After that, we tried a less-active member and we <span style="color: #212121;">walked there and back. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #212121; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I am a little astonished that I have stayed in Phenix City this long. Brother Wesberry joked that I should just have my records transferred here. Bishop Zeh and others mentioned how Phenix City won't ever get rid of me. Maybe I should just remain here after I get released? Who knows?! It's been a good, but tough transfer. I am grateful that I get to continue serving with Elder Taylor before he returns to good ol' Poky. Well, here's to Transfer Number 16!<br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday was a little rough for us. We emailed since the library was closed the day before and didn't have much success in the evening or afternoon. We picked ourselves up by going to Taco Bell using gift cards (Thanks family!). Before we turned in for the night, we found Dwayne who used to be taught by missionaries and wants us to come by to teach him. He seems pretty legit!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The next day we did some service for Bro. Bush raking leaves with all 6 missionaries in our District. Afterwards, I went on exchanges with Elder Glenn in his area. Cool story from exchanges; we go to contact a referral and there was a lady talking to some people in a car. We kinda stood there awkwardly for a moment and then approached the car. The guy in the passenger front seat commented on my height compared to Elder Glenn and told me not to steal Elder Glenn's food haha. The rest of the day was okay. We had a late District Meeting and a few interesting things happened that I'll have to tell at a later time. Hehe</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">After exchanging back the next day, we went with Bro. Bush to visit less-active members on a ''rescue mission''. We were able to get some additional information on a few people and contact one man in particular. We talked with him and he seems very open and wants us to come back to help him answer his questions he has since he's been gone from Church which has been for almost 15-20ish years! It was a good visit and we are certain to go back soon. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Friday was a little rough. Both of us weren't feeling well at all and that prevented us from doing much. We were able to plan out the upcoming week in a good, productive way, however. Later on, Bro. Worthington dropped off some chili, chips, and cheese that they had made for us, but we seeing how we weren't feeling well. they brought it to us. It was delicious and we were very grateful for it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On Tuesday we were in Macon all day for Christmas Conference. The training's that were given were inspired and motivating. Elder Ballard gave some additional training on Windows of Heaven. As a treat from the Graysons, we got to watch "The Errand of Angels" a movie about a Sister Missionary serving in Austria. We had a white Elephant gift exchange and I came away with ear muffs that did not fit as I found out later. On our way home, our District stopped at Moe's for dinner. It was a very long and tiring day. It was a pretty fun road trip both ways. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, this week was 100% awesome! A lot of different things were going on this week. First off, on the way to email this morning and biking around last night was really cold!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Monday after sports and other P-Day activities, we had dinner with the Phillips. Now, I am going to keep saying it, but Sister Phillips make some really good homemade tortillas! We then got dropped off and I resumed my search for the hole in my bike tube. I found it for a moment then lost it. It seems to be a recurring theme for me. Another thing! While we were at the church, we found my biking tie clip! Made my day!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday was District Meeting and the Zone Leaders came down for that. They then went on exchanges and gave us a ride back to our apartment. I had given up on searching for the tube and put it back in and pumped it back up and began biking. We checked our mail and Sister Jensen called to confirm something for me. Elder Taylor then directed my eyes to my tire where there was some bubbling! Found the hole! We then bike back, because it was losing air fast, patched it, and then went on our merry way! We then stopped and talked to Wesley and Shane and a little later got picked up by Elder Darrington and Elder Allen. We then had supper at the Eilands with Carlos and the Sisters. We sure had a fun time! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The next day we went with Bro. Bush to visit some less-active members on the roster to clean it up a bit. After that, we had supper, then got picked up for Book of Mormon class. Afterwards, we were dropped off and we had about half an hour left before heading in. So, naturally, we went walked around and hit up Circle K on our way back! We got our drinks and the cashier asked me a question about when Christ was really born and that led us to another few questions from her. We then introduced the Book of Mormon, the Plan of Salvation, and Light the World. Circle K got us a contact! The Dr. Pepper I got was also on point!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thursday was awesome! We had RMT after lunch and headed to our Windows of Heaven area. We said a prayer to consecrate and covenant to talk to everyone we see. It was absolutely incredible! Door after door opened for us and we were able to teach 4 lessons and find 7 new investigators in the space of two hours! We also found a few potential investigators who met with missionaries in the past. It got me really excited! We then biked home, ate, and then visited the Owens.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The next day we followed up with a potential from the previous day, Jack. He seems pretty interested and we gave him a Book of Mormon and testified and encouraged him to read it. A little later we biked home to meet Sis. Rowe who was dropping off Little Caesar's for us. We ate and the other two sets came and we all went caroling to some people. They really appreciated it. In fact, we caroled to Sis. Hearn's neighbor, who tried giving us money. Miraculously, he had difficulty getting up the last few days, but he got up to see us at the door! It warmed our hearts for sure. We then caroled to the Hoggs and a few others, including Sis. Stevens. What a night!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, this morning, we found a pleasant surprise in our room. We discovered... Charles! Dead of course. Elder Taylor wasn't crazy when he saw two mice in our apartment, one of which was Olga. A little too close for comfort... We are now 4 for 4! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Tuesday we went with Bro. Bush on a "Rescue Mission" to contact Less-active on the roster. We were able to meet with one and confirm bad addresses for a few others. The one we did visit went well. As it turns out, her mother, Sis. Stevenson, is a convert from the 70's and has been attending for a few weeks now. Very good to know! After our excursion with Bro. Bush, Bro. Longerbeam picked us up for supper. We had chocolate chip pancakes and they were quite delicious! After we ate we toyed with a pair of his night-vision goggles which were way cool! We then got dropped off and went street contacting to end the night.. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thursday we went to Auburn for ZTM and all four of us rode with Bro. McCoy in his Toyota Corolla. The meeting was very good and it was weird going to another time zone for a meeting. One of the training's was on something that the Spanish Elders in the mission have done for a while. It's called Windows of Heaven. In a nutshell, we set aside about 2 hours of time in one specific and prayed for part of our area and we be there on time and we talk with EVERYONE we come across. I have a feeling that this will work for us and the mission is seeing immediate results in finding God's Elect. Now, we had to catch a ride due to the other Elders' car being in the shop. We get back to Phenix City and they pick it up and we get some badly needed milk and a few other things. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday, Sunday, was pretty good. We had great talks at church and I was asked to teach the Gospel Principles lesson on 'The Millennium'. It went very well! We later had lunch at the Bush's and then visited with Sis. Brewer before Elder Taylor and I got picked up by the Hussey's to go to dinner at the Woods' home. We had taco salad and it was sure good! Our day certainly went by fast!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Monday, after emailing and stuff, we had supper with the Worthington's, and Elder Buckley said good-bye to them and Carlos. Pretty much our day... </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The next morning, Bro. Bush took us to Macon for transfers. Elder Buckley ended up going to Pearson and I got assigned to Elder Taylor, the very same from Pocatello! He went to Highland and Century, but I forgive him haha. We get back around 1-ish and Ft. Mitchell picks us up to go get groceries. Later on, all four of us had supper with the Woods and the Hussey's were there as well. Our day was quite exhausting, particularly with Elder Taylor who had just been transferred from Beaufort, SC which is about 3 and a half hours from Macon. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wednesday was a little odd. The weather was overcast and I am still down a bike since the chain broke. We're walking down Summerville Rd and some lady stopped her car and told us there was a tornado watch in effect and asked us of we needed a ride. We declined and called Elder Glenn and then the Zone Leaders. We continue on, despite the weather getting 'sketchy'. We tried Wesley and Jimmy but no answer. The ZL's texted us that all bike Elders need to go inside during the tornado watch. Well, we felt prompted to see the Rivers nearby anyway. The sky is getting darker and darker. It seemed like the Spirit was like "cross here" and "cut through...here". We get to the Rivers' door and knock. No response. We knock again and right as Nadia opens the door a major gust of wind blew a wall of rain and we hustled inside as it became an absolute downpour. That was a close one! Thanks goodness we saw them and not turn back, otherwise we would have been caught in that. It rained hard for the next hour or so. BJ, their nephew then took us back to our apartment. Brother Longerbeam then shortly picked us up for supper. He later made my day by giving me a glass of eggnog! After that, he dropped us off at the church for Book of Mormon. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thursday morning we had some apartment repairs to contend with but we got squared away. Ft. Mitchell then picked us up for RMT and a ride over to the bike shop in Columbus for my bike. They looked at it, fixed it in no time at all and charged me nothing! We hung with them as they were our ride to the Relief Society Christmas Activity of which we were asked to talk about what we can give to Christ this Christmas season. Ft. Mitchell also gave us a promising referral to boot. We also partook of the food at the RS activity. YUM! Only downside is that I seemed to have lost my tie clip... Darn it...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The next morning we bike down and worked on her yard. It took a little longer than expected and she was quite feisty and liked to talk a good bit. We get back and shower and change. The weather was getting dark and cold later on. That evening, Bro. McGwin picked us up for supper. After being dropped off, we tried a few referrals and others. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, we didn't have the typical Sunday afternoon/evening due to Ft. Mitchell having car problems. So, we went out in the rain with my fleece/windbreaker/glove combo. We were able to locate the apartment of a referral and get soaked and cold in the process. The person wasn't home. Maybe the Lord was teaching us diligence despite the weather? Any who, we were able to talk to Patrick Collins about JustServe and #LIGHTtheWORLD Christmas Initiative. It was also good to get out of the rain. As we headed home to get dried off and warmed up, the rain stopped! Bro. Bush shortly after picked us up and fed us before we watched the Christmas Devotional. It was a very enjoyable evening and the Devotional was the icing on the cake. There is so much about the Christmas Season that goes beyond the Savior's birth. We have much to be grateful for. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Monday, we were driving out of Wal-Mart and we saw a homeless guy on the side of the road. Now, we had a a few dollars given to us by a member. We decided he needed it more. Elder Glenn rolled the window down and called him over. He gave him the money and we offered him a Bible. We then pulled into a parking spot and talked to him for a little bit. His story touched all of us, and he told us his name was Johnathon. Elder Buckley and Elder Glenn suddenly offered him one of their socks. He was a little taken back, but he humbly accepted. He also accepted a Book of Mormon and we left him with a word of prayer. A very sobering experience for me, personally. Later that day, we were able to meet up with a potential investigator, Georgia, from Jamaica. A fairly interesting day...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, the Holiday season is upon us and the air growing colder and colder. It is a lot drier than it has been due to no real rainfall since I've been back in Phenix City. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">On Monday, we were at the church playing a good amount of football and I must say, I was getting pretty sore from everything we did. At 6, we had supper with the Phillips and had delicious tacos to eat! They are just like how my mom makes them. They were so tasty! I was able to eat 10 and Elder Buckley got 12 down. We then had small chocolate chip cookies for desert. Brother and Sister Phillips then took us home and we went out to street contact. We were able to talk to Jimmy in the parking lot at Piggly Wiggly. We hadn't been able to talk to him much, so this was golden! We got back to our apartment exhausted! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The next day we had a mini District Meeting and helped Sister Lewis celebrate her 20th birthday. Later in the day, we pulled in to talk to Wesley and Jimmy, but we ended up talking to Wesley and Shane, their neighbor. Shane is a really cool guy. He loves Christ and he asked us some really good questions. He said we could come back and he has some good potential! That evening, after supper with the Woods, we went with Pres. Woods (Elders Quorum President) and his nephew Logan to contact some active and less-active members. We first visited with Dustin McClure and his family. We had a brief but short visit. We then visited the Thompson and reconnected with them. It was really good to see them and feel of their spirit. It was a real solid day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Wednesday, Elder Darrington, a new missionary came with me on exchanges. We went out trying to contact some new referrals and such. We in total biked about 15 miles, which doesn't sound like much, but a lot of it was hills. That wore me out, let alone Elder Darrington who doesn't bike as much as we do. That was a pretty busy part of our day. We were able to contact one, but he wasn't interested and another who moved. We then had supper with the Whitmore's and had Book of Mormon class to end the day. PHEW!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #212121;">The next day, we exchanged back after studies and we biked in the northern part of our area near Sis. Hearn and where Bro. Sullivan used to live. We tried contacting a member family but with no luck. We then went to the western part of our area. We were able to meet Sharon and get a good time from her to come back. We then got to a potential's apartment, Eric. We were about to knock on the door when a maintenance guy told us "No soliciting" even though we were clearly not selling anything. That really irked us for the next few hours. We then were able to talk with Nikki briefly about the Plan of Salvation since her sister had just passed from cancer. We then visited Sis. Stevens before meeting Bro. Goertzen at our apartment for a drop-off of Supper. All four of us Elders then formally said goodbye to the Cornetts. It was a good visit and we relayed some </span>memories and thoughts from our time with them. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Early Friday morning, Josten came and gave us haircuts before Zone Conference. </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The meeting went very well and it was quite cool when we got to the church building in Columbus. One of the training(s) was on introducing the Book of Mormon in 10 minutes plainly and sparking interest . The 2nd part would be to mark a copy with certain verses and passages circled. The whole purpose is to read it in 90 minutes and grasp the basic concept of the Book of Mormon and asking Heavenly Father in prayer if it is true. A very new concept to me, but I have faith it will work with the Lord's help and the Spirit guiding us. I really enjoyed the conference and I am looking to apply those principles taught. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Saturday morning, after a great interview with President Grayson, we helped the Cornetts load up the moving truck for a few hours. Towards the end, we dove into Josten's supply of MRE's (Meal Ready to Eat). After changing, we visited Bonnie and shared the new method of introducing the Book of Mormon and she loved it! We then, all four of us, had supper with Sis. Brewer. Bro. Bush then picked us up and we had a lesson with Stan and Nikki. We had planned to teach the Plan of Salvation, but we were prompted to talk about the Word of Wisdom as well. The Spirit was really working on Stan and a lot is on him to help him and Nikki quit smoking. He even said that his co-workers notice a difference when he reads the Book of Mormon on his breaks. Absolutely no coincidence. There is a power that comes from the Book of Mormon that brings peace and guidance. We challenged Stan not to buy cigarettes this week and come to church to help quit smoking. It was such an incredible lesson and Bro. Bush gave some wonderful insights.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Since this week is Thanksgiving, I would like to invite everyone who reads this to think of something or someone you're grateful for and then tell that person. I'll start. I am grateful for this opportunity to be a representative of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for my companion, Elder Buckley. I am grateful for my wonderful parents and siblings who show so much support while I am away in the Lord's vineyard for 2 short years. I am grateful for my brother, Ben, who is out serving a mission in the Arizona Gilbert Mission. I am most grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ that allows me to grow, learn, and develop those attributes so that I cane better serve my Savior. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Monday, we played football at the church with all 6 of us in preparation of the Turkey Bowl, Thanksgiving morning. We then had supper with the Longerbeams. As Bro. Longerbeam was taking us home, we found a bird sitting precariously on the road. It was really weird and kinda eerie looking. I'm glad I got a picture of it. We later pulled over and used his high-powered binoculars and searched the clear night we had. We were able to see the craters on the moon in spite of the lights coming from Columbus. We talked for a while, contemplating what we were seeing. That was our night. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday morning we tried visiting a few potentials and formers without much luck. We were able to talk to Savoy briefly and he referred his neighbor to us as he came out of his house. We did that immediately but he wasn't too interested. He told us he was born in Germany and his accent certainly proved that. Savoy made mention of the Election and we went on our way back to have our lunch break. Ft. Mitchell came by later and picked us up so we could help them teach a particularly difficult lesson in a somewhat hazardous environment. That lesson ended up falling through anyways. We then tried Connie Eiland, a relative of Bug's. We then got dropped off on Sandfort Rd and we biked to the people we had planned to see. Most of the people weren't there and my chain was still giving me grief. We were able to see Sis. Stevens for a while and she gave us some delicious, home-made strawberry lemonade. We then biked home for supper. Our evening for the most part fell through but we were able to visit with Sis. Morgan and she gave us three bags of Ramen. After we dropped off the bags, we were biking out of our complex and some teenage/college looking guys called out "Why you going out this time of the night?" as we just rode past them. We had places to be and people to see! We then visited Sis. Hearn. We knocked on her door and rang the doorbell. About to go to Plan B, we checked the garage and her car wasn't there. Right as we were about leave, we saw a pair of headlights coming down the street. Elder Buckley said "Watch, that will be Sis. Hearn". Sure enough, it was! PERFECT TIMING on both parts! It was a good way to end the day. It was quite cool to boot.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Wednesday went by fast, but in the morning we walked down to the library for RMT. Ft. Mitchell then gave us a ride back for lunch. A little later, Carlos picked us up and took us over to Columbus to get our bikes looked at. One of the owners rode mine to figure out what was wrong and found that my front middle gear was completely worn down. He then replaced it. FOR FREE!! He also replaced the rear cassette gears. Now my bike is basically like new! It came to $34.56 for everything. A very good deal, considering it could have been a lot more. I was very grateful! Elder Buckley left his bike to get worked on. On our way back, Carlos got us some very good Frozen yogurt. After getting dropped off, we walked to meet Ft. Mitchell at CVS, trying to street contact on the way. We then met them and met Sis. Brewer and the Sisters at waffle House. One of the servers reminded me of one of my friends, Montana, at ISU. We then finished the night at Book of Mormon class. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thursday was mostly spent in Auburn for ZTM. The training given really resonated with me, inspiring me to make my last few months richer. The AP's came to the meeting as well to go on exchanges with the Zone Leaders. Our Zone Leaders are now Elder Walker and Elder Allen, the latter from Pocatello! We also had supper with the Creech's that evening. It was getting a little late, but we decided to visit some investigators who lived in the area. None of them were home and we were startled by two dogs, one of them with eyes glowing in the dark. Kinda creepy. No one was out and it was kinda chilly. Bro. Creech a little later picked us up and took us home. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Friday we weekly planned and also planned extensively for lessons with Brad and Teresa and the Owens. The ZL's stopped by on their way back from exchanges to say hi and use our bathroom. Bro. Bush came with us to teach Brad and Teresa and it went very well. Later that day, Sis. Rowe dropped off some El Vaquero for our supper and it was very good! We then had our lessons with the Owens and watched the "Special Witnesses of Christ" DVD and asked them the importance of having modern day Prophets and Apostles. The lesson went very well and it does stir the soul to wonder that our Heavenly Father still reaches out to us by sending Prophets. Amos tells us "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets". We are truly blessed to have a modern Moses or Elijah in our day. It is evidence of a loving Heavenly Father reach out to His children in the latter days. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Saturday was spent primarily helping the Creech's install metal roofing. It was a beautiful, breezy, cool day. We got home around mid-afternoon utterly spent. Bro. Whitmore picked us up for supper and we had a good time. We were also priviledged to help give their kids a blessing since they weren't feeling too well. It was a very long and very tiring day for both of us. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sunday after church we had lunch at the Eiland's home. We then visited with Sis. Brewer for a while. We then had supper with AJ and Malory Hussey. It was a very fun time! After eating and aJ showing us some card tricks, we dropped in on the Ashcrafts, changed a precariosuly positioed lightbulb on the ceiling, above the stairs. Sis. Ashcraft mentioned that she was going to get it fixed when Bro. Ashcraft got back from Africa. It was more than coincidence. We then finished the night with Rebel, who was baptized about a month ago. He showed us his knife collection as well which was very cool! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, it is officially November! October seemed to have just disappeared! November has a lot in store. It's supposed to stay in the 70s this week and I am just fine with that! Let's jump right in!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Monday evening, after P-Day stuff, we went on lock-down due to it being Halloween. Hard to believe I was in Gray this time last year. Time has sure flown by! In case y'all didn't know, I have a Mission-itis list to do. It is: To read the Standard Works before returning home. For the lock-down and crunched through Psalms and started Proverbs in Old Testament. I plan to finish the Old Testament by New Years. Next week, on Tuesday, I will began to do the D&C Challenge, which is to read a section of the Doctrine and Covenants each day for the last 138 days. I am able to keep track of that thanks to my mom haha. The New Testament will be read as well. The Book of Mormon of course, will be incorporated into my studies as it has been. This list is certainly keeping me on track and motivated. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Tuesday, after District Meeting, I went on exchanges with Elder Glenn in Ft. Mitchell. It was a really good exchange, despite the allergy flare up that has plagued me for the last week. We were able to teach one of their investigators and answer some of her questions. We had supper with the Clarks and talked with their neighbor, Sandie. Overall, a good day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thursday morning on the way to RMT, we met a guy named Eric. Elder Buckley gave him a pass-along card and he told us that his father had recently passed. We shared a little of the Plan of Salvation and gave him a Book of Mormon. We also got his info so we could stop by and share more. We continued on and Elder Buckley continued to find pennies and other small coins on the street and he looked at me and with the biggest grin related the correlation between finding change and talking with people and how that can 'change' people's lives. It certainly is a different perspective on that. We need to have that same excitement for finding these children of our Heavenly Father. After RMT, we went with Ft. Mitchell to study the Book of Mormon with the McClure's (older couple). We then walked around trying to contact some people. We then went to CVS to pick up my prescription. As we were leaving, the cashier wrote me a ''love note" on my receipt saying "Be Blessed". We thought that was pretty nice of her. We continued on and we ended up meeting Grady. We shared some of what we believe with him and he likes to visit other churches. So, naturally, we invited to attend with us sometime. We kinda chuckled together at that. We offered a prayer and he started, then looked at Elder Buckley to continue. He did, then Grady finished. A very interesting contact. People do pray a lot differently down here... We then started heading back up to our apartment to meet Bro. Goertzen for supper. My legs and feet were completely sore and felt like tempered steel!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #212121; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, the weeks are running together and soon it will be Thanksgiving and seemingly right after, Christmas. Someone needs to tell Father Time to chill o</span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #212121; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">ut! </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">I fully intend to use next summer to lose this mission weight. I might just sweat grits and fried okra for the first few weeks haha. </span></span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We'll see who looks better come August. The Sibling Rivalry is back haha. Thanksgiving Plans..</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Goertzens are having all the missionaries over and we are having smoked turkey! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On Monday after P-Day stuff, we were picked by the Flowers and went to a place called Zeb's. Elder Buckley and I downed 30 wings (half mild, half hot). They were so good and they didn't give you the reaction you often get after you eat wings, if you catch my drift!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday morning we had District Meeting. <span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_489_586" role="button" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(220, 79, 173); cursor: pointer;" tabindex="0">After that and lunch we biked over to see some investigators that we and the Sisters joint-teach.</span> We were able to talk to the daughter of Teresa, Brandi. We talked with her outside for a while until Brad came home and then we could go in. In that setting we taught and testified of the Book of Mormon and the power it has in our lives. I loved it! We then raced the 5 miles to our apartment to meet Bro. Whitmore at our apartment for supper. On the way we were waved at by Melanie Eiland (member). As we were coming up the hill to our apartment, Elder Buckley's back tire tube began to bulge or something. So that slowed us down a little. We get to our apartment, and have a great meal with the Whitmore's of ribs and potato salad. YUM! Afterwards, Bro. Whitmore got Elder Buckley a new tube and Slime, much to Elder Buckley's slight objection. It was kinda humorous to watch, to be honest. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Wednesday went by quickly. I wasn't feeling to good at all for most of the day, so it was basically a blur. Fast forward to AJ picking us up in his cop car and we head to the Ward Trunk-or-Treat. But before that, we swung by and picked up Malory and had a delicious tater</span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> tot casserole. So, we were in the back of the cop car. I really hope I don't turn into a criminal because those seats are not meant for 6'5 guys. The trunk-or-treat was pretty fun. The Goertzen's had a 'Haunted Van' and the Cornett's were Star Wars characters.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Tuesday we biked around a good bit and tried a few potentials and less-actives. We were able to meet with the Rivers and give Bro. Rivers a blessing. We then had supper with a family that just moved in, the Whitmores. We ended our night with the Owens, a family we are working with to bring back to church. A pretty decent day!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Wednesday morning we tried some old potentials and former investigators. We talked to Savoy whom Elder Stewart and I tracted into. He said it had been a long time since missionaries came by. He wasn't too interested this go-round, but we left him with a spiritual thought and a prayer that he offered and of which was the Lord's Prayer. That was a good start to our day. After lunch we visited Sister Melson, who lives in a care facility. She doesn't get too many visitors and both her and her non-member roommate enjoyed the visit. We then tried a recent move-in Bishop Zeh asked us to contact. As we were at the door, the neighbor across the street threatened to call the cops on us and have us arrested since she was at work. Very weird and it was in a good neighborhood too! We then biked down RailRoad st and talked to Deorun. We were both filled to testify of the Book of Mormon and the impact it could have on his life. We committed him to read it and pray about it. A very good discussion. A little later Bro. McClure(a different one) picked us up and we had a great meal with them of cheeseburgers. we then finished the night at Book of Mormon class. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On Thursday, Elder Buckley was a bit under the weather. After RMT in the early afternoon, we visited Sis. Stevens and she gave some soup mix to Elder Buckley to help him out. we then met up with Bro. Bush and had a great lesson with Stan. In the lessons, I had a very surreal moment. For some reason, I imagined Stan in white and I believe that was a glimpse of how Heavenly Father sees him. We left with another appointment for Sunday evening. We then had supper with the Longerbeams, a part-member family. We're starting to get somewhere with Bro. Longerbeam, JUST GOTTA HAVE FAITH!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Friday was pretty solid. We broke out the sweaters that day! We did some weekly planning, visited with the McClures(parents of Adrian, whose husband is in Ranger training). We then met Sis. Stevens as she dropped off some home-made soup and cornbread. I LOVE CORNBREAD! We then visited with the Collins, a part-member family. Sis. Collins hasn't been to church in a very long time and no longer claims it as her church. We talked with husband, Patrick who is the baseball coach at Columbus State. We had a good discussion with him and talked about what we do and why we do it. We then visited Sis. Hearn for the remainder of the night. It was quite chilly but felt very nice! The only downside is that Olivia dropped us... Such is the missionary life. We hadn't been able to meet with her for several weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Saturday morning we did some service with Bro. Bush and he afterwards treated us to Smokey BBQ, which was delicious! Not much happened the rest of the day. Tried visiting with Billy in our complex and walked around our part of town with no luck. A decent day at least. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sunday was pretty good. Bro. McCoy gave a great talk and in his talk he mentioned that Jon Schmidt's(of the Piano Guys) daughter, Annie, went missing in Oregon. Please keep the Schmidt family in your prayers. One of his daughters served in this mission. We ate with the Bush's, visited the Otts and Sis. Brewer. We then had a shortened dinner with the Sjostroms to make it to our lesson with Stan along with Bro. Bush. We get there and ring the doorbell twice. Nothing. No lights. I then get the impression to knock and a few seconds later Stan opens the door and invites us in. What a relief! Fist-bumps between us and Bro. Bush! It was a great lesson on Tithing and Fast Offerings. The Spirit was strong there and it was clear Stan was feeling the Spirit strongly. We left and all 3 of us had the confirmation that Stan would be okay. What a way to end the night and week!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This week has been crazy and quick. First off, Transfer came and I am staying in Phenix City with Elder Buckley! Which means I will be here until the last week of November which is the week of Thanksgiving!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday after emailing, we biked quite a bit. We tried quite a few people but many did not answer or were home at all. We briefly talked with a lady on a motorized chair and she asked us if we were in school, which is an odd question in my book... Towards the end of the evening, we were looking for a less-active family and we found them! They didn't have time to talk, so we moved on. We get about halfway up 40th st when Elder Buckley's chain gets jammed between the frame and the gears. we got it fixed, tried another potential, and visited Sis. Hearn on her porch for the rest of the evening. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sunday was pretty usual. Bishop Zeh and Sister Harsh gave incredible talks about compassion and love like the Savior showed. After lunch with the Eilands, where Bug busted out some Arctic Circle Fry Sauce Bro. McCoy brought back from Utah. It was so good! We then visited with Sis. Brewer, the Newsomes, had a delicious Supper of tacos at the Harsh's and visited with the McClures for the rest of the evening. Another thing, Elder Buckley and I both had a strong impression we would have a Baptism this Transfer. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Keep us in y'alls prayers so we can make this happen!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, that's it. Have a good week y'all!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Elder Alexander Kestner</span></div>
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