February

Feb 5

Hi everyone,

 

This week was really fun.  We did exchanges twice so there was a lot of variation.  At the beginning of the week, Elder Larsen and I exchanged with the Vidiallia elders. I got to stay in the Boro with my homie Elder Gregory. We had a nice time in Statesboro.  We spent most of our time visiting less active members.  We visited a member that has a lot of farm animals.  We first went and saw their beaver that lives under their dock and then we went over to their barn.   They have a donkey and  some goats.  One of the goats just gave birth.  So I got to hold a baby goat that was less than a week old. It was really fun and cool.  We then unexchanged at wing Maxx and we split 50 wings from there.  It was Wingsday so they were half off. 

 

Then later in the week we had exchanges with the Savannah Elders and I was able to go down to Savannah and have some fun down there.   We taught a man and I invited him to be baptized and he accepted the invitation.  He is dating a girl that is a member and introduced him to the church.  Sadly I was only down there for the day and so I might never see him again.  But it was really cool.

 

We visited a couple that stopped attending church a while ago.  He was a professor at BYU but now teaches at Georgia Southern University.  He has written some books about "Mormons".  His name is Brother Van Wagenen. He talked to us about a lot of different sects that have branched off from the church.  One is called Raelism.  It is a UFO religion but they believe in Joseph Smith.  It was an interesting visit.  We invited them to come back to church .. and they said they would come.  I hope so.  

 

We also met a lady who says she knows the second coming of Christ will happen on March 17th 2024 so everyone needs to look out.  She said she's really good at numbers and her 3rd eye gave her some numbers so she's a really trustworthy source.

From, Elder Gurney