On Monday we had FHE with a less-active/part-member Filipino family that was really nice that we played some games with. It was really fun. Tuesday was New Year's Eve, so we weren't able to do much, but we got some solid Street contacting in. Wednesday was pretty great. We finally got to meet with a former investigator that we've been looking up for a few weeks that moved and we lost his phone number. It was a big mess, but we finally got his info and met with him. He was really nice, and met with the missionaries for about a year and remembers mostly everything. His name is Marcell, He's native. The only reason he's not baptized is because he never made it to church because he works on Sunday. I really want to teach his whole family and baptize all of them!
Thursday I exchanged with Elder Wells in my district. He's still in training so I got to train for a day! I was excited because I want to train. It was great, we went and did a lot of talking to people on the street to break him out of his shell. It was really fun. We then met with a member for dinner and it was the best. Friday was pretty slow. We did a lot of planning that was long, but needed. We came up with some good things for our area and really strengthened our faith for it because when we found it, it was pretty dead. We did stop-bys for the rest of the day, expecting to get yelled at and we were pretty down in the dumps for no reason at all. We just had nothing to do. But then I turned to Elder Hindes and asked him if we wanted to stop by Jerone. He's a former's son who we've been trying to meet with his mom. It's pretty messed but we went over to meet with his dad but he sadly passed away :(. So we stopped by like 7 times and she was never home until Friday night. We stopped by and she was total open to meeting with us. We set up an appointment for Thursday which is perfect because that's when the Zone Leaders are coming up for exchanges. Turned the day around.
Saturday wasn't looking to good, but it turned out great! We started off the day by doing some service for Habitat for Humanity, and then we headed out to Wahpeton which is a native reserve 20 min north of town. It was beautiful up there! And we went to find a couple less-active members. Which we found one, and the others were either dead or moved which was sad. But the one we found was solid! She gave us a referral and also set up a dinner appointment! so i'm excited to go back to the reservation. Saturday was cold though. About -40 all day with the windchill. We actually got to meet our bishopric that night! we call them our "less-active" bishopric because the first counselor is the only one who comes on a regular basis. The bishop is a trucker, the 2nd counselor had a concussion, and we have a 3rd, and he is always working up north. It's funny.
Yesterday was good, but way slow. We had to cancel church because it was so cold. Which is a joke because people live in this, they should be able to come to church right? But I understand when they're traveling from out of town, and there's a risk of car troubles and it's -47 outside. It was pretty bad. So it was cold enough that we basically couldn't do missionary work on request of our mission president. So we went to a member's house and had dinner, and other than that we could only make phone calls. But we did have an other lesson with Binnie. He's not to solid sadly. He's wrapped around science. He doesn't really believe in God. He read the BOM and then went on a rant on how God doesn't exist. We just had to testify and told him to pray and look for an answer and what that answer would be. The best part about the lesson was we had a friend there that was kind of listening but not really. He asked for our info because he had met with missionaries when he was 15 in Alberta, but moved out here and he wants to meet with them again. He basically helped us teach Binnie. It was the best! And he's moving in with him so it was a win-win. His name is Eric.
This last week was great. We had a lot of miracles, and we have a lot more to come. This next week is going to be even better. I have no doubt that this is the Lord's work, and as we put forth our effort, he blesses us even when we don't deserve it. All on Saturday night and Sunday morning we were fasting for people to be lead to that are prepared for baptism, and I have no doubt that that person is Eric. Things are just about to get crazy up here, and cold and I'm just excited as ever, and I never want to leave.
I love you guys. And thank you for your prayers and support.
-Elder Jake H Sorenson.
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