P-Day #68 - Called as a District Leader, Smart Phones and More Records Updating...

Elder Perry on the Napanee River Boardwalk

Hi Mom & Dad, 

This week has been a decent week for us.

We have been updating our records in preparation for the smart phones we will be getting so we will be able to have accurate records on the area book app. In the process of updating records, we stopped by to confirm an address of a member and in the process found out the he did not live there anymore but the person who did live there was willing to hear about our message.  After we shared with her about the state of spirits after they die in Alma 40, she said that it was nice and was willing to let us come back and teach her. We came back and she seemed to like our message and she committed to read the Book of Mormon. Nice to see the blessings of updating the records, even if they have moved away.

We were able to meet with our investigator who lives an hour and forty five away and teach him about the Restoration. He understood and liked what we had to say. It was cold outside but at the same time, I knew that the cold was worth it. We will be getting him a large print so he can read it better.

We also were able to talk to our other investigator and her husband came out of the woods from hunting with a shotgun. After we talked with him, he was interested in hearing our message, too. The shotgun was a welcome site. I haven't seen one in over a year. It made me miss my Remington 870 Express 12 Gauge back home.     

We also were able to talk to one of our investigators husband this week and after a discussion of trucks stuck in the mud and the Book of Mormon, he allowed us to come back and he would like sit in on the discussion too. The Lords blessings are real.  

We have also been updating our branch list and have talked with the Branch President about being called as Assistant Ward Clerks so we would have access on www.lds.org to move records and help the branch clean up the branch list. We have all the records in a position for them to be moved. We hope to have it all done by the new year. It will be more effective for the branch and the missionaries.

Elder Perry at the Napanee Railroad Station

We have seen church members engaged in missionary work and have been working on referrals for us. This is what makes a missionary’s life easier is member referrals.

On another note, on Sunday night we had a guy follow us into the church parking lot and proceed to yell at us for following too close, even though we were at a safe following distance. He had a huge jacked up new pickup. We drove away and he followed us but went back to his house which was right across the street from the church. We drove back hoping that he would leave us alone, but he proceeded to walk back and yell at us some more. I had to call the Police to get him to leave the property and to leave us alone. I hope that he was just having a bad night, but we’ll see.

Just after talking to the Police, our Mission President called me. I was thinking in my mind…"How did he hear of this already???"  When I started to talk to him, he assigned me to be a District Leader for my companionship and 3 other companionship's. Wow, what a great opportunity. I will be training other missionaries and spreading the Gospel! Awesome Sauce! It’s been one crazy Sabbath. However the Blessings are Awesome!  

Love You and remember,  I Pray for You Every Night & Day!

Elder Perry, District Leader
Napanee, Ontario
Kingston Ontario District
Canada Toronto Mission