Hey
all this week started out pretty interesting.
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| Elder Apaui and myself |
We
started with exchanges on Monday so I went with Elder Apaui (A-paw-oo-E)… you’re
welcome haha. I went with him in his
area and we got a bit of a late start after the normal P-Day stuff. Plus we accidentally locked the keys in the
church so that was funJ.
Anyway, so we finally got to Sheridan to
our dinner appointment and they fed us some really good breakfast for dinner; literally
favorite thing ever! Then after dinner
we tried like 2 or so people but couldn’t do much because we had to go in for
the night.
In the middle of the night I wake up and have
an exorcist moment where I go to the bathroom at about 1 in the morning and
puke my guts out and I accidentally get it all over the floor. Of course once I’m done I have to clean it up
and what not and go back to bed. Then I
wake up again and repeat the previous experience except this time I actually
made it to the toilet. So I was thinking
I was done after this last experience… sadly I was wrong. I wake up in the morning and I still feel
like trash. I lay there, almost dying
from the inside when it hits me once again!! I hurry to the bathroom and just let
everything go. After this go around I
felt much better!!
Now it’s time to take
this experience and put a gospel swing on itJ I’m pretty
sure I got sick because I ate something earlier before exchanges that had gone
bad but I didn’t realize it. Because of
this I paid the price. And just like
that sometimes we take things into our bodies and our mind that are bad or
shouldn’t be there and it’s not an easy thing to get rid of. So just like my body’s immune system worked we
also have an immune system for our souls when we take in sin or that bad stuff
and it’s the atonement of Jesus Christ. When we use that atonement of Jesus Christ
we’re able to get rid of that sin from our soul. Is it the easiest thing ever?? Not by a long shot. Just like when I was puking it wasn’t easy at
all. It would have been a whole lot
nicer if it just magically teleported outside my body. The atonement is the same way and it’s not
easy but it’s worth it. And sometimes we
have to go through it a few times till we truly feel better but I can promise
that we will feel better afterwards!! So
yeah anyway because of me getting sick I had to stay in on Tuesday. I didn’t want to risk puking on a doorstep
haha.
I
had a purpose to going to Sheridan!! I had a baptismal interview to take care
of!! So rain or shine I was going to
make that happen!! And it was so
awesome!! She was so ready for baptism!!
Afterwards we went to dinner at a local
restaurant and I still wasn’t feeling 100 so I order a grilled cheese and
fries. Well I’m about halfway when I
look up at Elder Apaui and say “I think I’m gonna throw up...” to which he
responds, “well then go to the bathroom!” I sat and contemplated his advice and decided
that it was some solid advice so I stood up and speed walked to the bathroom. Luckily I didn’t puke but I came out of the
bathroom and we decided to leave and go back to the apartment. So that finished up our Tuesday.
Wednesday
we had our district meeting and it was pretty sweet!! We learned about using family history in our
teaching which is something I was way grateful to learn because I knew like
nothing as to how we could use that... so I learned a lot. After that we got back with our usual comps. All in all a real solid exchange… except for
that sickness situation.
Then
we had a lesson with our investigator Kia and she’s making some huge steps
towards the gospel and learning the truth for herself!! It was so awesome!! We taught her the plan of salvation and had a
diagram of how it worked so we set it up and explained it all and it was super great.
After that we did some service at this
gym in town that a member works at and so we just helped by cleaning up around
it. As always the service was pretty
fun!! Elder Jacklin got to wear one of
those backpack vacuums and it was pretty sweet looking. He looked like a ghostbuster or something and
I was bummed because we both didn’t have our cameras with us so we weren’t able
to snag a pic… such a bummer.
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| At the Baptism (Elder Jacklin, Chelsea and Me) |
Then
that night we had Chelsea’s interview and she passed with flying colors!! It was sweet!! After that the ZLs stayed the night with us
and man, Elder Brown is a goofball hahahahaha!
He was making farting noises with his armpit and showing us magic it was
so awesome!!
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| Us and the soon to be Elder Anderson |
Then
Thursday we had to run to Butte for our car to get some service done so we were
kind of stuck in Butte for a while and nothing really noteworthy happened
there... after we got back we had a lesson with our investigator K’leigh and it
was awesome!! We took a kid who is going
to the MTC this Wednesday and kind of showed him the ropes. It was really awesome!! Then later that night we had a lesson with Sarrah
and her mom was there and so we taught her and her mom with the help of quite a
few members. It was super great!! Kind of nerve racking having 2 RMs there but
hey what do ya do??
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| Chelsea and me |
On
Friday we get a random call to help this dude move so we go over and helped
them out with the heavy stuff. We helped
as much as we could and then we got stuff all ready and lined up for the
baptism we had on Saturday so that there wasn’t any hiccups. We printed off the program and got all that
done before hand. Then we had our dinner
in Lima with an investigator; so we went over and taught the plan of salvation.
Our focus was on our investigator. He dropped getting the discussions before
because the missionaries were too pushy, so we’ve tried being a bit chiller. But
in this lesson we decided that we would be a little bit pushy. And so we did and I think it really gave him a
lot to think about as far as why he’s here and what he needs to do. Hopefully he realizes that we care about him.
Then
Saturday was like the best day ever. So we
filled up the font and made sure everything was ship shape in preparation. Chelsea was baptized Saturday night and it was
so awesome!! Everything came together
super well. There wasn’t any hiccups and
the spirit that was there was amazing and I’m so thankful for the experience I
was given to perform the baptism. It was
such an honor, I can’t adequately describe. It was amazing because as she came out of the
water the whole room was full of the spirit. It was super awesome!! Best birthday ever!! Then we went to the Bishops house and they
sang happy birthday and it was super great.
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| Party till we're purple! - Sponge Bob |
I also got my birthday package and as usual it was amazing!! I was blown away with the letters I received. It was awesome!! I opened part of it but the other part has to wait until we are together as a district so stay tuned.
On
Sunday it was so cool because Chelsea was confirmed a member and given the gift
of the Holy Ghost. It has been such an
amazing experience to be able to see her from the beginning up to this point
and the change that the gospel has brought into her life. Gotta love it.
Later
that night there was a youth fireside we were asked to attend. It might have been the greatest thing I’ve
ever been too haha!!! It was a fireside
on dating and it was awesome!! There was
all these different opinions on different things, but the two things that made
me laugh the most was first, one of the guys said that holding hands was a sin
and that kissing would always lead to sexual transgression... yeeeeaaaaah
hahahahaha!!! I thought it was pretty
funny and then the second thing was they were talking about how their spouse
purposed to them and one of the panel members was black and he leans back on
this question and says to his wife, “go on, tell ‘em how big daddy did it.” I was on the floor laughing!! It was the greatest thing ever!! Hahahahaha it was so awesome!! I loved it!
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| The awesome letters! |
Well
that was my week ladies and gentleman and it was an amazing week!! Started out a bit rough but I turned it into a
positive and the week ended on a high note!! So just remember there’s something positive in
everything!!
Love
ya!!
Love,
Elder
Zeller
234
W Orr St.
Dillon
MT 59725
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