Well, this week was pretty good! We had some cool lessons,
and it rained literally almost every single day. Actually yes, every day. So
whenever I say I'm from Seattle and and people ask, "it rains alot
there, don't it?" I can confidently say "well, not really, compared
to here.". So much rain, that last Friday, we were on lock down for most
of the day, due to flooding. We were doing our weekly planning, and we did have
one appointment to go to, but thats about all. We stayed in all evening though.
I did feel a little unproductive, but it was nice to have a night off, this
work is stressful! And other exciting/crazy thing during that time... there was
a straightup drive by shooting 5 houses down from us. We were in having dinner
and we heard what sounded like a firecracker go off outside, it was about
15 pops, so I thought it was one of those firework chain things. We went
outside, and there was no kids with matches, but down the street there was some
commotion and a few minutes later the cops showed up. So, welcome to New
Orleans!
Last Wednesday we had sweet lesson at the
church, with our investigators Gary and Jair. They are 11 and 8, and both
really like the lessons and church and everything. We taught the plan of
salvation, and they understood it well. We wanted to make it fun and exciting
for them so we made it so: We were at the church, so we started in the little
overflow part between the chapel and the gym. This was the "pre-mortal
life" we talked about what happened there, and then that God created the
world for us. Then we said "lets go to the earth." and we went into
the gym. There, they had to do 5 things: Faith, Repentance, Baptism, The gift
of the holy ghost and endure to the end. In the gym there was papers all over
the floor, and mixed in was all the stuff we can do in life like ride your
bike, go to school, and other stuff, but also was the five things they had to
find. Once they found them we said "alright, now you're going to
die." Then we went up to the stage and explained what happens in the
spirit world. While there, we explained what happens in each of the three kingdoms
of glory. To help them understand, we gave an analogy that would make sense to
them: In the Telestial kingdom, they have root beer. In the terrestrial, they
have root beer and bread sticks. In the celestial, they have root beer, bread
sticks, and pizza. Which one do you want to go to? Of course, the celestial, so
we went from there into the kitchen and ate pizza, bread sticks and root beer.
Needless to say, they loved it! They are really excited to get baptized, and
they should be doing it this weekend!
Well, theres always more stories, but not enough time
to tell them!
Love y'all!!
-Elder Cardon
Heres a few picutures from my companions camera!
1. Remember the story about when we did the service for the
old guy in our missionary clothes? Well, I wasnt kidding, I weedwacked a lawn
in misisonary clothes.
2. A picture of street with a bunch of cops after the
drive-by shooting. The guy was alright.
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