So, have you ever noticed that life just has a way of making sure that nothing works out the way you planned or even hoped for? Well, with the gospel even that is ok. We had a lot of cancels this week, a few things that didn't go through as we were hoping, but in the end it was alright.
So, I realized yesterday once again that I hate fast Sundays. Especially in this ward. I think I have met more characters in this ward that love to bear their testimony than ever before. I wonder if there is any way to install a trap door by the podium that the bishop can trigger and send them out of the building. He could use it. I think we had 6 people that were able to bear their testimonies yesterday. Three were really good (high councilman, the patriarch, and maybe one more?) and three that we wish wouldn't have gotten up. Apparently one of those no longer beats his wife (too much information) and the other has more medical problems than she can count (I think she quit counting before she got to the mental section), but it was alright. Derrick came to church and liked it, but we made sure that he didn't listen to a lot of the testimonies.
The biggest thing that happened this week was with Derrick. We taught him 5 times. He hasn't quite committed for baptism, and it is really interesting to teach a lesson with a pot plant less than five feet away, but they have goals and are working towards them. Elder Mathews is amazing at relation to Derrick, so we should be able to get everything figured out shortly. He also decided he isn't going to move for a little while, so we should be able to baptize him in our ward.
So, a note for anyone that feeds the missionaries, a lot of us like breakfast for dinner. Crazy as it sounds (and our members have said this to us repetedly) we never really get a hot breakfast. Ceral and oatmeal gets old quickly, so pancakes and waffles are amazing. So, we had breakfast last night, and it was delicious.
Bryan is doing well, but appparently the shelter he lives at wouldn't let him leave yesterday to come to church. His brother is going to work on that for next week. We have a meeting with him tonight as well. Apparently his brother gave him a copy of the Testiments, which he watched at the shelter. While he was watching it, a lot of other people watched it as well. So, we gave him another cd to watch over there. ; )
But all is going well. There are stuggles and trials that arise, but we can always endure through them. If we remember what the Savior told Joseph Smith in Liberty jail (D&C 121 and 122), these things are for our good. We will be blessed as we endure. If the very jaws of hell gape open after us, it will still be for our good, and our Savior has gone beneith all of these things for us so that we can endure through, and He can comfort us when we stand in need of comfort. At the same time, we have covenanted to help others as well. Perhaps serving others can be our way out of our own troubles and sorrow (remember Patch Adams). The Lord loves us, and we know that better than anyone in this gospel.
I love you all, and as always, mahola and aloha mui loa
Elder Kidd
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