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One of our friends told us God sent this bird down in front of Dunkin Donuts to comfort her. So she bought the bird a donut and water and put it in her car. I do not know the rest of the story, so please pray for this birdie.
- This week was fairly eventful, and to start it off I locked my companion in a room until he ate my cake. I know what you are thinking, yes it was a good cake. And I had already eaten the whole pan and I did not want to finish the last piece and he refused to eat it. Needless to say, he gave in and ate the cake.
- I had a first this week, praying that one of my fellow missionaries could get a date in the next week, AFTER he gets home. I have never prayed for anyone to get a date before.
- While we were waiting for a lesson I started talking to this man who said that he takes his mom to church every Sunday but never goes inside. So we got to talking and found out that he used to rob banks, and when he was a kid he used to take donations from the pastor. That was pretty funny.
- Almost an hour later we contacted another lady. The contact started in English then we started talking in Spanish. She had to take a call and then she started speaking creole. We got excited and pulled up a video in Haitian creole only to find out that she was from Cape Verde. And that branch of creole is Portuguese creole. And then she ran away to her bus. So many languages and we did not even get a number. Sad.
- I got called Socket again, but this time it was said, "What is the other one's name? Socket?! Socket, can you say the prayer?!" Rip my last name.
- At church I saw a man with Corona's in his suit pocket and I was sooo confused.
- They also tried to pass the water after blessing the bread (for the sacrament), when they finally realized and finished passing the bread. They tried to pass the water without blessing it. Thankfully Presidente Romero is paying attention. Because that would have been quite awkward.
Ok now lessons. We had 8 lessons with members participating. My friends, our backs are so sore from carrying the zone to our goal of 30 member participating lessons. We finally got to meet with our friend Yulen who we have been trying to get a lesson with for 6 weeks. They were amazing, said they did not care how far the Church was, they just wanted to hear the word of God. I don't know if I would have that same faith, so that was cool to hear. Cool story time. We went to knock on the door of an old friend and he wasn't home. We were walking back to the car when the name 'Gonzalez' caught my eye. I thought," That sounds Hispanic, we should knock". So we did and we asked if he knew anyone who would be interested in hearing about Jesus Christ and his restored church. This boy, Raymond, said "I do, come in". SO we went and gave the whole Restoration lesson and it was so cool. God is good. So moral of the story if you see a Hispanic name, knock the door.
Elder Cotterell is going home so I will be getting a new comp on Wednesday! Elder Ifopo is his name and we are gonna have some fun.
One more thing. Sorry y'all. I just wanted to say how grateful I am for my family and especially my father's example to me. If I could be half as patient, kind and faithful as my dad is I would be well on my way to exaltation. I did not realize it until this week but he is incredible and I do not believe that I can ever tell him that enough. Love you Dad
Until next week my Friends
Elder Stockett
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