Hey gang! This week on #whatsmysnack we have a money dinner us and the North elders whipped up! A member gave us some pork roasts and we crock potted the crap outta that beef. We threw in some Idaho potatoes for elder Hollist (our potato farmer) some carrots, Celery, onions, and some jalapenos! Mm mm good!
This week was great, I love serving the Lord!! Said goodbye to elder Parkinson and welcomed in elder Decker! Elder Decker is a cool guy, he is from Vegas and he played TE and DE, so he is pretty jacked. Still a lot of fun here in Rockford! The work is tough in the winter, everyone is getting sick and can't meet with us. We did however meet with our solid YSA investigator, A. He is such a stud, he is on soccer scholarship at college here and he just turned 19. He is on date for baptism on February 17th. This will be our 2nd baptism that came from dating a member! Chapter 14 of PMG is so real, gotta flirt to convert!! The one tough thing for him is his parents are very strong in their faith and they are all from Peru and the Latino culture is not very forgiving if you switch religions. He thinks there is a good chance that his family might disown him. He has so much faith though, he said, "I know even if they disown me it will all be ok because I feel very strongly that this is the right thing for me to do." I freaking love A!
Another person we are working with is a less active member named P, he was baptized 2 years ago, but went less active real quick and now is wanting to come back and go to the temple. He is from Africa and speaks mostly French so it's kinda hard to communicate with him. But he is awesome, he is super genuine and a very happy guy. We are teaching him about the priesthood and preparing him to receive it. Thinks are looking good for P.
We got to watch the YSA devotional with President Uchtdorf and it was amazing!! President Uchtdorf is definitely one of my favorite apostles! The jist of his talk was that if we do the little things as perfectly as we can, like prayer, scripture study, tithing, and word of wisdom, then the big things will fall into place! And we need to be patient for the answers we are seeking for. If you didn't watch the devotional I would highly recommend it! The church is true, I love y'all, have a great week!
Elder Thorpe
Our own crock pot roast
Pic from the zone Christmas party a while back.
Winter Wonderland
Gettin' home after a long day.
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