This week I had some
interesting experiences. We found 2 new
people to teach and one of them was tracting, pretty cool, heh?
We were talking to
this man who was driving us to zone training.
As we were talking to him, he started giving us dating advice. Pretty funny when an 80 year old tells you
that the only ways to break up with a girl consists of "Ummm..I got to
go." The second is "it’s been
fun these last couple dates but, well, you're just not my soul mate." He
is the funniest nicest man. He got lost in thought at some point. He was saying "that tree makes me feel..." He said you can say how things make you feel.
He (also in this session) said that "we would all do great, except my
companion. Not because you ain’t cute,
but because you're stupid." He said
that in response to my companion saying, "That sunset tickles my
fancy." Either Brother Brooks is super funny or you just had to be there.
We have this
Non-Active that we have been teaching when we can find him working on a car. He won’t answer the door if we come up, but
he is always good for a good chat. I
think we opened his eyes, but before I get into that I must talk about last
night and the funny experience we had.
We started talking to
him, asked him how he was doing and he said he was doing alright, but that he
had been in the E.R. earlier that day. He had caught his shirt on the hood
latch of his car. While he was in the middle of pulling a part out of the
engine compartment, he yanked back real hard and realized that it was not just
his shirt, but his nipple ring was caught on the hood latch ripped it right
off. As he was talking about this, he pulls out a Ziploc baggie and shows us
his nipple still attached to the ring. I
guess people here in Missouri are more open than those back at home.
I really like this guy,
he reminds me of all my old friends at home.
He is hilarious. When we were done talking about the E.R., we started
teaching the plan of salvation. I saw his eyes fill with hope and love. I
never knew how much you can tell from a person’s eyes. His eyes acted as a gateway to opening my
eyes. He was so ready for that lesson. God had prepared him and put him in our path.
I know we can return
to our Heavenly Father. I know that I am
here to help and I am excited to see that look in other people’s eyes! Love you,
til next time, bye.
Love Elder Caldwell
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