Season 2 Episode 24: wood, service, a shooting, and miracles

This week was so fun and spooky and here's why.  

So yesterday in between 5:50 and 6:30 there was a shooting in out neighborhood.  Now we didn't know this bc missionaries dont listen to the news, but that's what members are for! We got a call from quite a few members asking if we were alive and safe and we were like what??  And they told us that there was an active gunman where we live. So we called the district leader and president low and he had us stay in our basement. They have yet found the people so it's a little tense here, but we are good! Got some extra studying. We also taught and studied with brother alliose, and talked with Paul again! (Its really funny because he meets with missionaries like every month or so, I'm the only missionary that's hes seen that's been the same because first it was elder Pierson on exchanges, then elder scott 2 times, then elder hatch once, then now with elder atkins.) So we talked with him and hes still doing good and likes meeting with us! Then after that we helped Ryan move all his wood into his basement and that took like 3.5 hrs. It was solid and I'm way sore. Got to get those gainz. But Ryan is so fun! Hes the guy that runs the bible study and is way cool so we got to talk with him a little an bamboozle him hehehe.

So there is a really fun thinking process I like to do on people and here it is!

So what did Jesus say to the thief while he was on the cross? 

Uhhhhh today you'll rest with me in paradise? 

Yes! And what did he say to Mary magdalene after he was resurrected?

Uh... touch me not for I have not yet ascended to my father?

Yes! Exactly so that means that the place that jesus went with the thief isnt were God is and thus not heaven right?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yup! So that means paradise is something else and not heaven...yet. thus plan of salvation gets introduced. 

So I tried that on him and he liked the thought! And got him thinking. 

So even though yesterday didnt seem productive because of the morning, it still felt like we did a lot haha.

But continuing backwards,  on Sunday Dale came again!! Plus elder Atkins and I talked in sacrament meeting about prayer! And we both did great I thought, and i talked specifically about how to pray,  (address heavenly father have the Holy Ghost help you out and try not to repeat or have rote prayers and then close in the name of Jesus Christ.  Because if they aren't like that, they dont get answered because Christ is the mediator between us and God. And have to be said in his name. And it was a great talk! But apparently not great enough because the closing prayer wasn't 100% right started with lord instead of Heavenly Father. But closed in Jesus Christ so I'm sure she got 66.66667% of the prayer right haha. We also had dinner with the himes and they are a really fun family just busy a lot haha

Then in the course of the previous days we had a lot of service! 

But the other highlights were with Dale

So dale has come to church 3 times now and during one of our lessons he had a burning question. And he was like, ok make or break. How does your church fund itself to build all those buildings?? I've been waiting for a gold bowl to be passed around to donate funds but it hasn't happened and looking for that Catch! We explained tithing and he was totally chill with that and he lives on welfare and I learned that if your on welfare you dont pay tithing on that only the stuff you work for and earn so he liked that but was more then willing to pay tithing on that. And that was a stellar lesson

Then the next time we met with him we were talking about church and he was like, I feel good in your church it's different but I like it and I dont know why. And elder Atkins was like "you want to know why?

And dale was like yeah.

And elder Atkins was like "because it's TRUE"

And dale was like. I'm starting to believe it. We talked a little more and he was like man there is no catch is there? And we were like nope not really. And he was like, ok you got me, what day and time? And we were like 21st September 11 am and he was like ok cool *writes on calendar 

Do I need to wear anything? And we talked about the jumpsuit and the program a little and he was for it!

This week was so fun! So spirit filled and just fantastic.  A lot more happens then what I write promise! But these where the highlights and fun things. 

I love you all and thank you so much for your prayers they are answered because your probably doing them right haha. 

Remember to pray and read your scriptures they are fantastic for you.

Elder Dahl 2.0
Presque Isle, Maine
United States of America

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