Besides the weather changing, not much new is happening for us here in
Owego. I was able to get out a few times and teach, which was really nice. The
Ward here is being super awesome at getting somebody to stay with Elder Baird
while I go with one them and teach. It's been trial by fire in teaching however,
as I am planning and teaching most lessons by myself. But I've done fairly well
with it.
One funny thing happened last week... Elder Baird got a medical test
that required him to be knocked out for a little while, and when I picked him
up, he was pretty loopy...for the rest of the day. So I got the pleasure of
pushing him around the hospital in a wheelchair, watching him try to tie a tie
for several minutes, and taking care of him. It was a pretty interesting
experience... and really funny. He said some hilarious things...and he remembers
none of it. :)
Another cool experience I had was getting to work with the AP's in Owego.
Elder Becerrill, who was also trained in Owego went and taught a few
lessons with me. He's an awesome missionary and it was great to see how he
worked with people. We met a Born Again Christian on the street and had a 30
minute Gospel discussion with her, followed by a 5 minute prayer by her. It
always makes me chuckle a little when the people we talk to pray for us to "come
to the knowledge that we're wrong" and that "we need to find that Christ is
our Savior". Most people like that don't really listen to anything we say. No
matter how much we talk to them about how important Chirst, repentance, and
baptism is, they still don't believe we're Christian because we have the
Bible and Book of Mormon. But, I've come to realize you can't make anyone understand your beliefs,
unless they're willing to listen.
Another fun thing that happened this week.. I taught a combined Relief
Society/Priesthood lesson at Church yesterday! Elder Baird was feeling sick, so
I was in charge. I taught everyone about Mormon.org and all of the great
resources on the internet that can help further on the missionary work. The ward
seemed to enjoy/understand what I was trying to teach them all and hopefully
they'll all try the things that I taught them can help missionaries out.
If any of you want a few fun things to do to help out missionary work, you
can-
1. Make a Mormon.org profile. It's pretty easy and fun to do. Just go to mormon.org/create and follow those
steps.
2. Watch Mormon Messages or the "I'm a Mormon" videos on either Mormon.org,
LDS.org, or YouTube and then share them with people on Facebook, twitter, etc.
Don't plaster them on your page, but as you share one or two videos on occasion,
it might show somebody how the Gospel can help them.
All in all, it was a fun lesson to teach and it all went pretty well.
This next week should be exciting! We're going to District Meeting in
Elmira tomorrow, then the missionaries from the mighty Corning Area, Elder
Hougaard and Elder Plotkin, are coming to spend Thursday/Friday with us, and
then we get to watch GENERAL CONFERENCE this weekend! I'm really excited to see what our
Prophet and leaders of the Church have to say to us this year. I feel like I'll
get more from it this year than I ever have before! I feel like if anybody has
any questions about our religion, they just need to watch conference this coming
weekend. With all the interest and publicity we've gotten lately, this could be
the greatest watched conference yet! I expect (and know) great things from
Conference, and I'm determined to do whatever I can to learn from it.
Random info- I've gotten slightly experimental this past week with food.
My weirdest creation? A Mac-N-Cheese Quesadilla. Don't knock it before you try
it! It was actually kinda good! :)
Hope everyone is doing well at home. I appreciate everything that you all
do for me. You're all awesome!
Love you guys!
-Elder Mitch Hussey
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