Hey everyone! This has been one of the crazier weeks of my mission. We have pretty much been running around like a bunch of chickens with our heads chopped off trying to keep up with everything. We did some fun service and have gone on a lot of training visits so far, and this is only the beginning of the madness. Oh well, that's just the life of a missionary.
Here's a quick run through of this week:
Monday we had our p day which consisted of contacting in the morning and an all out party with some other elders. We went and played spikeball over on OSU and had a good time. We ended up talking to a couple pretty cool guys!
Tuesday we had MLC in the morning which went for about 4 hours. We had some awesome discussions and set goals for key indicators (number of people baptized, at church, and lessons taught, etc.) for each of our zones. After that we had a couple lessons with members that went pretty good.
Wednesday we had district council followed by training visits with the Spanish elders. I was with Elder Moore for the day and we ended up just having a ton of English classes and did a bunch of contacting for the day. We ended the night off right with a whole lot of Taco bell!
Thursday we had training visits with the Riverside elders. I got to spend the day with THE Elder Thomason, my MTC companion. We had one of the most incredible training visits of my mission together. We had super awesome lessons and conversations with people and we had a really good talk with each other and about how we both were doing. All in all, my love for him has strengthened so much more, and he will forever be one of my favorite companions!
Friday was just another average day overall. We did our weekly planning and had a couple lessons throughout the day. Good times!
Saturday was a very very wild day. We were on training visits in Scioto and I was with Elder Jeppesen for the day. We went down to a food pantry and did some service there for a little bit then went and did some baptismal interviews with a family a set of elders has on date for baptism. Then to top it all off we did a service project for Belinda and Derrick which was just a ton of fun. More on that service will be mentioned in the funny moment of the week. After the service we went over to their house and talked with them and had a super awesome miracle of the week (more will be mentioned there). This was a completely exhausting day, but it was super awesome!
Sunday was one of the busiest Sundays of my mission. We had church in the morning followed by a lesson with a member, then followed by even more church. We ran around and had church and lessons from pretty much 9AM to about 5PM. I'm starting to feel like someone in the Bishopric, cough cough. After that we ended off the night with some contacting and studies because we couldn't do them in the morning. Good times!
Funny moment of the week:
To sum it all up, Belinda and Derrick have a neighbor whose barn collapsed on their stacks of hay and they needed help moving it. So we got President and Sister Horgesheimer and about 14 other missionaries to tag along and help out. We ended up moving around 1,000 bales of hay from one barn to another in a couple hours. We were completely exhausted, but it was exciting to feel like a country boy and not some city slicker. I hope that Grandma Julia is proud of me! (This is a somewhat rare occasion so don't get too excited).
Miracle of the week:
After the service me and a couple other missionaries sat down with Belinda and Derrick and President and read through the Restoration Proclamation together. The spirit there was very strong and they shared with us very incredible experiences they've had with investigating our church. They have a couple questions that they want to talk about, but it was incredible to show our love for them through service and to feel our bond strengthen!
Love,
Elder Bohn
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