A Lot of Service This Week

April 21, 2013

Alright, so this week has been pretty good.

Last Monday we went on the Staten Island Ferry like I said and that was fun. When we got back to the platform we saw on the news there about the bombing. We really aren't that shielded from the news here. Just going about our normal work over the next few days we were able to follow the investigations and the lockdown and everything. Anyway that night we went back over to the C family and talked to them about Enos and how he received his answer through his great faith. So that lesson went pretty well.

On Tuesday we got some good knocking in and found some good potentials, set up some appointments etc.

On Wednesday we were really excited because we had service in the morning, which is always fun.  We always work at Prospect Park and do whatever odd-jobs they have for us. From raking to weeding to building fences and cutting down trees. It's fun though.

Then the rest of that day we had appointments. Our first appointment was with a man we knocked into. Turned out he was baptized a few years ago but stopped going because of health problems. So hopefully we will be able to make arrangements to get him back to church here soon. Next we went to the O family which was good. It was the first time we were able to sit down and talk with them since my first week back. Unfortunately we weren't able to talk to the parents at all to try and get them back. Then after that we had the C family but they called five minutes before to cancel. So we ended up just doing some more lookups.

On Thursday we did some more trash pickup around the neighborhood and then weekly planning and some more lookups.

On Friday I was on exchanges with Elder Kitchen and we spent most of the morning helping out some recent converts spring clean. Elder Rodgers also went with Elder Adams to the C family. It was a good chance for them to get some teaching in on their own.

On Saturday we spent most of our day with some members helping them get their backyard turned into a garden. A lot of good service this week.

Sunday once again the C family didn't come. So this week it is time to really decide if we will keep teaching them.  Today it sounds like we are going to be going to the zoo, which should be fun.

I think that's about it.

Love you all,

Elder Pearce