May 29, 2023

Hello everybody this week was a little slower but we were still able to talk with a ton of people.

We were able to get into a decent amount of houses and teach but we taught a lot that just didn't really want us to come back which sucked a little bit. We taught one man a whole first lesson and in the end he randomly wanted us to be in a video with him which was an odd request and we really felt as though we shouldn't do that then he went upstairs and got his kid with a camera and changed in to church clothes around the same time I noticed he had a lot of binders with the name of a weird church on it, he comes back and wants to start the video but we told him we got to go, he got a little upset and we ran out of there then we latter figured out that he was the pastor of that church so that was crazy not quite sure what he wanted the video for, the rest of the week was a lot less intense we spent a lot of time just walking around the streets we walked a ton we were still able to find success though which was awesome. We also got to go golfing for p-day, I enjoyed it a ton even though I am not the best. I decided not to keep score which was a good move in the end so there is no evidence of how bad I was beaten by Elder Hammond.
Something that I have been studying a lot about lately is the life of Jesus Christ and the many miracles he performed and how he taught and something I noticed is how hard it was, he was able to teach many people but many people also persecuted him and ridiculed him yet he never gave up until he finished the atonement for us, that is something that I find incredible and I also heard this quote from Elder Holland again which has always stuck out to me so strong, "I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are The Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him? I think that message is something so sweet although things might not be easy for us we know that we are building up our testimony of Jesus Christ through each and every choice we make to follow him
Hope you all have a good week

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