Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Email Home 2.16.2016

Holidays are not holidays. Our Valentine's Day was celebrated at church studying the law of chastity in gospel principles. Our Presidents' Day is spent doing all of the chores. Haha. #missionarylife 

This week was really slow teaching wise. We tried contacting the rest of our referrals. We met a man named Leroy. He has had 2 stokes and bed ridden. He doesn't have the best memory, but when he remembers something he studies it again. While he was surfing the Internet he came across information about the church and found it very interesting. When he could remember it the next day he would study it again. After a while he referred himself. We were able to stop by and leave him a Book of Mormon.

I went on an exchange with Elder Fabrizio who is serving on the U of M campus. He came here. We contacted another referral from Ethiopia his name was Ben and he requested a bible.. We stopped by his apartment complex. The building was a lock out so we called his phone. After about 5 minutes of explaining who we were and telling him that we were standing outside his apartment He came out and talked to us. He was so impressed and enthused that we were both 19 years old and were already elders that he invited us into his home for a few minutes (which is polite to do in African culture, even if it is for just a couple minutes). He told us he would love for us to come back and visit with him and his family again.

This week was also super cold! I am so excited for spring. We hopefully only have one more month of winter. I come to love Minnesota in the summer but this time of year I think about how much I don't like it. These winters are brutal. It is really hard to do missionary work in the winter because no one is out doing anything. This week we are hoping for things to improve because we are supposed to warm up to the 40's which means people will be out and about! 

#ScatterSunshine #PrayForSummer

Have a great week everyone!

Elder Lambertsen
 

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