Well, we had another wet one here in ATOWN. Haha I don' know if I have ever been abel to say that my whole mission! We're here in farm country and just like I said before, all these old men have been praying for rain. And they are getting it! It's so beautiful. Heavenly Father truly did give us a good one, everything is so green.:)
It's been so wet that the frogs are even coming out. Haha this past week Elder Cannon and I ran into two diffrent ones! The first was sitting on our PI's door, and the other just on a member's driveway. We had a fun time with the little guys.
We had two exchanges this week with the other Atascadero Elders. On Tuesday I was with Elder Jarman in A1. We had quite the rainy day, filled with puddle jumping and miracles to add the "Splash"! We found 3 SOLID PI's. And set 3 return appointments with them. So that's 3 New in the book, thanks to God above.
On Saturday I was with Elder Riches in A2. (my area) It was a blast. From now on we are part time chicken hunters🐓...Haha so we were driving a good distance back towards our apartment. Then out of nowhere a member calls us to see if we could go jump over her fence, and rescue her chicken that she had forgot to put back in her pen. And so we were on it! Over the phone she was telling us that we needed to flap our arms like a bird and say "Here chick chick chick chick"and so we did! While it took some diligence we got the job done. #savethechicken
We had a couple of really good lessons with our Investigators this week so that was a blessing. Al and Joan are progressing a lot and are so so close! They know they need to give up coffee and they want to. They just need to take that step. But remember we are "Threshers of the Nation." Meaning it takes time which requires Pateince + Faith.
In helping them have this desire to give up coffee, get married and be baptized is how General Conference is a miracle sent from heaven. They are seeing the light on prophets and we are praying and are confident that this weekend with be the crack in the heart they need. PLEASE PLEASE PRAY!
In preparation for this weekend I stumbled across these veres in Ether...
28 "And there came prophets in the land again, crying repentance unto them—that they must prepare the way of the Lord or there should come a curse upon the face of the land; yea, even there should be a great famine, in which they should be destroyed if they did not repent.
29 But the people believed not the words of the prophets, but they cast them out; and some of them they cast into pits and left them to perish. And it came to pass that they did all these things according to the commandment of the king, Heth."
Here we learn of a very conscious and consistency all through out the Scriptures. (Especially the BOM)
1. The people are blessed and prosper exceedingly.
2. They become prideful in their wealth, then great wickedness and abominations arise before the Lord and amongst the people.
3. Prophets are then sent into the Land to Preach Repentance.
4. In this proccess the Prophets are persecuted, rejected, and even killed.
5. The Lord send a curse or famine in the land.
6. The people are compelled to be humble, repent of their evil doings, and turn to the Lord and are blessed.
7. Repeat:)
I pray that all of you who have not yet will pray earnestly, and in faith, listen intently to know that President Russel M. Nelson is the Lord’s Prophet on the earth today. You are entitled to this witness. Remember this key principle. These men speak for God. I know that this is true.
Love, Elder Judd
Atascadero companionships
Frogs!
Here chick chick chick!