Friday, February 16, 2018

P-Day #80 - Rejection, Transfers and a New Companion...


Elder Perry Singing at District Meeting

Hi Mom & Dad, 

This week has been a lot of driving due to multiple appointments being far away. We had to take our car in to have the brakes looked at and then replaced. It was a long day.

We had the opportunity to do some service and move some frozen wood rounds next to a fire pit. It was pretty hard to do because the logs had frozen to one another, so we had to take the back of an ax and break them free from one another.  We were able to move the rounds of wood and the member was very happy that we were able to help.

We met with our investigator this week and taught him about faith in Jesus Christ. He understood it really well and then we received a phone call from him saying that he didn't want to take the lessons anymore. He had a bad experience happen in between our meeting with him and the phone call. We tried to explain that we could still meet with him but he was insistent that we should not meet anymore.

Elder Perry At His Happy Place....
We were able to teach the Restoration to a man and he agreed to read the Book of Mormon. He then texted us a couple days later and through the course of the discussion, we found out that he didn't want to meet with us anymore because he had read some things that were not true about the church. He wouldn't believe us either and refused to meet with us again. 

On a happier note, we had our Stake Conference this week and got to listen to Elder Arnold speak about putting trust in our leaders and about how, we as members, can do missionary work. He had some good advice about family councils as well, and how to make decisions as a family rather than one man running the whole show.

I had the opportunity to go on exchanges with Elder Bertagnolli, a missionary who was finishing his mission. Elder Bertagnolli and I were companions during my mission. It was a good exchange and we were able to talk to a couple people about the Gospel.

We had transfers this week. Elder Gutiérrez is my new companion. Elder Stringham is getting sent to Napanee (where i just came from), so that’s pretty cool.

Love You Mom and Dad. Remember I pray for you every night & day. 

Elder Perry
Owen Sound Ward
Barrie Stake
Canada Toronto Mission


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