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I'm running our of email subject ideas. haha. oh well.

 

So this past week started high and then went low and then went back up and then ended in the middle. haha. We had a lot of good appointments lined up on Tuesday and all of them fell through. So our whole afternoon went from busy to empty. We still tried to find stuff to do and even went tracting that afternoon even though it sucked. Lots of angry folks that don't want to talk to us. I think if Zacharias was the designated driver we would have quit a lot sooner. haha. But! On Wednesday, we got 2 referrals. One was a family where the wife of the family had been to church a couple times in the past. We talked to them about church and what they learned and how they liked it and they want to go back but they haven't had a car! The husband wants to change his work schedule so that he doesn't work on Sundays or at least at the time of church on Sundays. They're supposed to be getting a car this week and we have an appointment with them on Wednesday. The other referral we got was from the other missionaries; they ran into a young woman that was interested in meeting with us but lived on our side of Barstow. So we split up to teach her so that she would still know one of the missionaries (I went to an appointment with a recent convert and Zacharias went to teach Amber). She and 3 other friends were all there and all listened and all invited us back! Wow! We have an appointment with them tonight. Super cool huh? Hopefully it goes well. They were talking about how they'd been "saved" about a year ago. hmm... could be tricky. haha.

 

Guess what I got on Thursday! A SHOT! I didn't even feel it. but! My wallet sure did. Seesh. I know why I've been keeping a reserve fund now. ha. Lucky I had 40 extra dollars so that I could afford that dumb shot. At least thats checked off my list now. We had a lesson with the same guy that referred us to that family Thursday evening. He's been a member for about 2 years and wants to make it to the temple with his wife this year. We talked about the grace of Christ and the enabling power of the atonement. It was a pretty cool lesson.

 

All day Friday we were down in Victorville at Zone Conference and were there even longer for Pres interviews. They talked a lot about faith + obedience and testimony + conversion. All 4 of those things are intertwined and necessary as both a member of the church and especially so as a missionary.

 

Ever since Saturday afternoon I've had a pretty bad headache off and on. It's been worse than usual. If it stays around much longer I should probably get checked out or something. I'm not sick or stressed out worse than normal so I don't know what's causing it. So I've been trying to physically take it easy for a couple days.

 

Anyways. That's my update. I love you family! We'll keep trucking forward!

Hurrah for Israel!

Elder Nelson Browning