How's everyone been? How was the week?
First of all, everyone needs to stop getting engaged!!! First Yoshi, then Jordan, and now PK!?! I'm just waiting for Megan's here soon ;) lol
This week was super rough! We had a pretty good lesson with Yitzhak. He's off date now basically until his wife gets back. He told us that she isn't supportive of him at all. But he did tell us that he thought baptism by immersion seemed more meaningful than just a sprinkling, lol! He got a new dog named Louie who is super adorable! But eberytime he takes him on a walk, he listens to the Book of Mormon, which is awesome! He loves listening to it and he loves meeting with us, but he's just worried about his wife. He didn't come to church again this week. He said he's been super busy and has tons of family stuff that comes up. I think we're gonna go pick him up with a member next week. I know he'd love church, but he just hasn't been there yet to experience it!! But he's making progress and is reading, so we're hopeful!
Charloette met with us this week on Wednesday. She loved the lesson, but is hesitant to get baptized because she was baptized when she was a baby. We told her about preisthood authority and all that. She just needs to pray about it and keep reading. She's also still doesn't want to come to church. We're trying to get her there, but it's a struggle...
We haven't met with Cas yet. Apparently she isn't super close with that girl in our ward and we don't have any contact info. Facebook, though! Maybe we'll find her and get in contact.
Saturday was the worst day ever! It got super hot this weekend and we were biking out to a referrals house. We were like 25-30 minutes from the apartment. We go to the house, they're super not interested, so we get back onto our bikes and, my tire is popped... So we call the ward mission leader that lived close to where we were and he comes with a repair kit and tools. While we're waiting, a newly married member couple that lived down the street, the Stocks, see us and come to say hi and help us out. The ward mission leader shows up, we get it repaired, and we're back on the road in like 45 minutes. We head to another person's house that isn't too far from where we were and my tire is flat again! So we call the former high priest group leader that lived close by and has a truck. We knocked on some doors while we waited for him to pick us up. We get back to the aparrment with only 5 minutees before our lesson with Yitzhak who lives like 15 away. So then I had to use our spare bike, that is super messed up, and book it to Yitzhak's. Then I had to bike around a ton that day with a very messed up bike. But it's all gucci! I bought some new innertubes and I'm gonna fix mine today.
We've been going by member homes and talking about missionary work and it's going pretty well! We're gonna start following up here soon so hopefully the work picks up then. I've met a lot of really cool families though! There are a lot of very different people, but almost every member family has some sort of tie to Utah! Usually it's BYU, but there are a lot that were born there. Tons from Orem, PG, and Salt Lake areas.
On a more spiritual note, I just finished Alma yesterday. It took me like a month! I listened to a talk by John Bytheway called Lessons from the War Chapters, and it helped a lot to understand what was happening! Alma is pretty crazy, but it's super good!! One of my favorite stories from Alma is the one with Lehonti and Amalikiah. (Amalakiah gives me the creeps!) John Bytheway says in his talk, about this story, "Don't come down from your mountain!" Satan doesn't tempt us with big things right off the bat. He comes up, and tells us to "come down just a little bit." It's way sketch, but it's true! That's how he gets us! So moral of the story, "Don't come down from your mountain!"
Love you all and hope you have a great week!!
Love, Elder Duke
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