My week has been quite interesting!! We
had our ward Christmas party and it was pretty fun! They didn’t have Santa come
for all the little kids which was kind of weird! Me and Elder Cook were going to
bet on something and the loser was going to have to sit on his lap! haha Last
night we went to a family in our ward and they were having a ward caroling
party. So a bunch of ward members gathered up and we all went caroling. It was
so much fun. I love the people in my ward. There is a guy named Brother Oliver
and he is 30 and he served in Argentina. Then there is a guy named Don Bishop
and he is from Provo. Those 2 are the funniest guys ever! Don likes the Steelers!
I have received the package and have
loved all the little notes and all of the presents I have received so far! The
Steelers socks, The Hickory Farm, the CDs, the ties, and the Buffalo Wild Wings
gift card!! I also got the cool Christmas tie that lights up and plays a song!
I will be wearing it on Christmas!! Thank you for the package. I love it!!
Well like I said.. This week has been
interesting. The general summary is this... Prostitutes and Miracles!! Now..
you are wondering how the heck those 2 go together? Well they don’t. That’s what
made it so crazy! haha Remember that crazy lady I was telling you about last
week?! I will tell you about her again. Last week we were going to see Ray the black
guy. Ray lives in a big house that just looks like a normal big house. But when
you walk in, there are a bunch of little rooms. It’s an apartment complex! The
outside of this house is scary looking. It looks like a haunted house.. haha
Bricks are falling off the house and windows are broken and all in all it is
just a sketch house. So, inside the house there are narrow hallways and there
are no lights. So walking up the stairs is a little creepy. Anyways, every time
we walk up the stairs.. this building has a lady named Tisha. She wears a white
jacket and she has black spiked up hair. And every time we walk past her door
she will throw open the door and scare the freaking crap out of us! I was half
tempted to hit her with a Book Of Mormon. lol ANYWAYS.. We are going to see ray
this week and we get out of our car and start heading for the house. And
up on the second floor there is a big bay window that is huge. haha I look up
into the window and I just see this lady staring at us.. So instantly I know
she is going to be hiding somewhere in this building and she is going to scare
the crap out of us again. So we walk in the front door and we walk up the
stairs. As we are doing so, We hear this lady talking to herself and she says
"Hiiiiiiii" in a golum like voice. Elder Cook and I look at each
other and we just book it down the stairs and out the door and we legit ran
half way down the street. Freakiest noise I ever heard. So we finally get the
courage to go back inside and we head for the stairs once again. We turn the
corner and see nothing. We take one step down the hallway and boom.. The lady
is standing in the hallway looking for us. The first thing she says is
"Ive been watching you" and I’m like oh yeah?? And she says
"Yes, I am always watching you guys. I see you all the time." So I
start to worry only a little.. haha So then I ask her for her name because even
though she has scared us 15 times, We never asked her for her name.. haha So
her name is Tisha! So we get talking to her, And she is crazy! In her dark
room, she has a round table and she has it right in the middle of her room. She
just walks circles around it... Anyways, we get talking and I say "So I’m
glad we finally met. Now we can be better friends." And she responded with
a weird like happy grunt like "Ohhhhh yeah??" and I was like
"Woah woah.. Just friends!" and she responds with a disappointed sad
grunt.. I didn’t think much of it at the time. I then asked her Who the man was
that was picking her up the last time we saw her?? She Responds and tell us she
really didn’t know who the man was. Well at this point it finally kicks in. She
is a freaking prostitute! So we walk slowly past her door and we haul butt up
the next flight of stairs. We run into Rays door and we lock it! So we ask Ray
about her and he tells us that she is a street walker. Which means she walks
around the streets looking for men to sleep with! Ray then tells us, that there
is also a man (Whom I have met and shook hands with) That is a gay Prostitute..
They have those?!?! It was just super
weird because this lady wanted everything I owned. haha
The miracle side of it was 2 different
days this week we saw 2 different cars that were broken down on the side of the
road. We stopped for both and helped them. We also gained 2 new investigators!
They both accepted a Book Of Mormon! It was crazy that on 2 separate days this
week we found 2 different cars broken down. And now they are our investigators!
lol The lord puts us in the right place at the right time!!
So about the pictures!
One family, Is the Bishop family! His name is Don Bishop and they are in our
ward! His wife in that picture has parents in Evanston that substituted my
seminary class! It’s pretty crazy! I will have to get the names of her parents
again. I can’t remember! The other family is our investigators! Daniel and
Angelique!
I just
finished the Book Of Mormon for the first time on my mission. My testimony of
Christ power and divinity grows stronger and stronger each time I read. I love
the book so much. I read it so much that I usually take it in the bathroom with
me when I have to sit on the john... hahaha awkward I know. But revelation
comes in weird ways sometimes right?! ;)
Well Thanks for the prayers and the
packages and the support you all send me daily
Love,
Elder Welling!
