Weekly Email - 11 January 2021

Hey everyone, how are ya doing?

This week has been pretty good. A little slower but that happens. All of our lessons with the people we are teaching fell through. We were able to meet with a bunch of members so that was pretty fun.
 
Our car broke down again this week. The battery was bad and got drained so it wouldn't start even when we tried to jump it. It only took a day to fix so that was pretty good.

On Wednesday we did have an eventful day. We had district council in the morning and then Elder Stone, my companion, wanted to mail something. We got to the post office and he got his box and was putting stuff inside of it. A man walked in and saw us and said something about  us looking like we came from church. We said we are missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He said he wanted to show us his truck so we went outside with him. On the back of his truck, he had a sign talking about Jesus and all the things Jesus doesn't like. He started yelling at us about all the ways we can sin and how we have devils inside of us. We tried to talk we with him about the Book of Mormon but he didn't want to talk about it. Elder Stone still needed to mail his package so we said "we hope you have a great day, can we say a quick prayer with you?" He responded by saying we have demons inside of us and we cant pray. That was a first for me but I wasn't scared or anything. He was yelling at us, but I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that our Heavenly Father loves us and wants to forgive us when we reach out for his help.

Other than that, we have transfers tomorrow. I am staying in my area and my companion is moving to a new area. I am excited to meet my new companion and have a lot of fun. 

Well, thank you so much for all your support and prayers. It means a lot to me and I can feel the difference it makes. I love you all and can't wait to talk with you again!
 
Elder West