This Week!
Well this week was a pretty good week! We have officially hit the
stage where we have to do some finding otherwise we would just sit at
the apartment all day. We have basically no investigators so we
decided to try and change that. We bike miles upon miles this last
week! So much biking! But it was good! We also found quite a few
potential investigators that we will be following up with this week.
In our biking adventures we also were able to find an alligator!! We
were so pumped! Elder Marsden started to walk up to it and just after
about 3 steps the Gator snapped and jumped back into the pond! It was
so funny! We were just happy to see a gator in action! haha :) So that
was fun!
Tuesday night we helped the youth with mutual which was sweet! They
wanted us to do some PMG study so we just did the Restoration. With
the Restoration we have an analogy we like to use while teaching
investigators with the apostasy. That when Christ and his apostles
died and the Priesthood Authority was no longer found on the earth,
there was the apostasty. And we compare the gospel to a window or some
glass that shatters. So for mutual we bought a mirror and we actually
shattered the mirror in the lesson! It was so sweet!! And it was super
fun because I got to shatter the glass! :) It was a blast! :) And the
youth loved it!
We also were able to go to a Tarpon High School Marching band concert
thing. And holy smokes it's amazing!! Everyone that can should search
on YouTube the Tarpon High Marching Band and watch their shows that
they have done in the past. Their show that they are doing this year
can't be found yet because they don't post it online until after their
season because opponents steal their ideas. So this weekend they will
travel to Indianapolis for Nationals where they are one of the
favorites to win! It is so cool! They actually performed in the Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade last year! So they are a pretty big deal! It
was such a fun night!
We also had Stake Conference this weekend which was awesome!! The
Stake President here is a GENIUS! When he went up for his talk he
talked for a second, closed his ipad and gave his talk. He never lost
eye contact with the congregation and went off with scripture
references and the scripture itself. We were so impressed! It was
amazing!
The mission is going great! I appreciate all support, love and
prayers! One talk that was given said to take a look at your
testimony. Analyze it and do what you need to strengthen it. Have
daily scripture study and prayer. It's so important!! I love you all!
Have a great week!
Elder Merrill Terry
stage where we have to do some finding otherwise we would just sit at
the apartment all day. We have basically no investigators so we
decided to try and change that. We bike miles upon miles this last
week! So much biking! But it was good! We also found quite a few
potential investigators that we will be following up with this week.
In our biking adventures we also were able to find an alligator!! We
were so pumped! Elder Marsden started to walk up to it and just after
about 3 steps the Gator snapped and jumped back into the pond! It was
so funny! We were just happy to see a gator in action! haha :) So that
was fun!
Tuesday night we helped the youth with mutual which was sweet! They
wanted us to do some PMG study so we just did the Restoration. With
the Restoration we have an analogy we like to use while teaching
investigators with the apostasy. That when Christ and his apostles
died and the Priesthood Authority was no longer found on the earth,
there was the apostasty. And we compare the gospel to a window or some
glass that shatters. So for mutual we bought a mirror and we actually
shattered the mirror in the lesson! It was so sweet!! And it was super
fun because I got to shatter the glass! :) It was a blast! :) And the
youth loved it!
We also were able to go to a Tarpon High School Marching band concert
thing. And holy smokes it's amazing!! Everyone that can should search
on YouTube the Tarpon High Marching Band and watch their shows that
they have done in the past. Their show that they are doing this year
can't be found yet because they don't post it online until after their
season because opponents steal their ideas. So this weekend they will
travel to Indianapolis for Nationals where they are one of the
favorites to win! It is so cool! They actually performed in the Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade last year! So they are a pretty big deal! It
was such a fun night!
We also had Stake Conference this weekend which was awesome!! The
Stake President here is a GENIUS! When he went up for his talk he
talked for a second, closed his ipad and gave his talk. He never lost
eye contact with the congregation and went off with scripture
references and the scripture itself. We were so impressed! It was
amazing!
The mission is going great! I appreciate all support, love and
prayers! One talk that was given said to take a look at your
testimony. Analyze it and do what you need to strengthen it. Have
daily scripture study and prayer. It's so important!! I love you all!
Have a great week!
Elder Merrill Terry