Hey All!
My week has been good and FAST. We started it off by going on 2 exchanges with some elders in my district. We went with the Front Royal Elders and the Woodstock Elders! It was pretty fun and I had a good time with all of them. But.. After exchanges the moment I have been waiting for, for 17 months finally came.. I got to go to the great city of BALTIMORE. I cannot tell you how excited I was to wake up that morning. Hahaha we had to wake up at 3:50am and get out the door by 4:30am. For those who know me well, I am NOT a morning person. But the morning I was going to Baltimore, I was! Haha anyways we drove all the way over and got there at about 8:30am. Pulling into Baltimore was so wild. We were sitting there at a stop light (which was hanging from a thin wire about to snap 😂) and we look over and this gang of black guys were fighting another group of guys. There was about 12 guys going at it right on the street. I legit wanted to film it, but decided that I probably shouldn't. Haha anyways we got to the doctors that day and Elder Kershaw’s appointments went great and everything. Afterwards we were hungry, so we decided to stop at Applebee's and grab something to eat. We pull into the parking lot and it's almost completely empty. We walk in and the whole place is empty except for about 6 people. I was wondering why.. Either no one can afford Applebee's in Baltimore, or this place is going to be nasty. Anyways, we sat down and we ordered and we were doing our thing. And across our little room sitting by us was 2 big heavy set black ladies. Probably in 30s or 40s. I wave at one of them and she looks at me like I was a piece of trash and then she just flips me the bird. Like no joke. Just straight up flips me off. It's a wild wild city ladies and gentlemen. Haha but it's the greatest city in the world ;)
This may be my last week in Luray which is for sure sad. I want to stay another one, but I also want to see some other parts of the mission. So either way I will be happy. But I do love the Luray Branch! Serving in these branches on my mission has truly blessed my life and helped me grow in so many ways. Romney and Luray have helped me a ton on my mission!
We taught Mark and Laura this week. And it went so great. In this lesson we were planning on teaching the Plan of Salvation. But felt they were not ready for it. Mark is a devout Catholic. He thinks the world of the Catholic Church and at the beginning would never think about leaving it. Well we decided we would teach about Christ's original Church, the Apostasy, and the restoration of Christ’s true church and a HUGE focus on Priesthood Authority. And let me tell ya, the promise that is made in The Book of Mormon is so true. "for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men." when we taught Mark about the Restoration and about the authority of God only to be found in this church, he totally changed and he knew without a doubt that it was true. Since our last visit he has read 14 chapters of The Book of Mormon. That has been 4 days. Haha but The power of The Holy Ghost will carry truth and penetrate a heart of it is open to receive it.
My week has been great and I love being a missionary. Serving and working on the Lord's errand has brought me a joy and happiness that I can't describe. The Lord has been good to me these past 17 months.
Anyways I hope you have a great week! I love and miss you!
Love, Elder Welling
My week has been good and FAST. We started it off by going on 2 exchanges with some elders in my district. We went with the Front Royal Elders and the Woodstock Elders! It was pretty fun and I had a good time with all of them. But.. After exchanges the moment I have been waiting for, for 17 months finally came.. I got to go to the great city of BALTIMORE. I cannot tell you how excited I was to wake up that morning. Hahaha we had to wake up at 3:50am and get out the door by 4:30am. For those who know me well, I am NOT a morning person. But the morning I was going to Baltimore, I was! Haha anyways we drove all the way over and got there at about 8:30am. Pulling into Baltimore was so wild. We were sitting there at a stop light (which was hanging from a thin wire about to snap 😂) and we look over and this gang of black guys were fighting another group of guys. There was about 12 guys going at it right on the street. I legit wanted to film it, but decided that I probably shouldn't. Haha anyways we got to the doctors that day and Elder Kershaw’s appointments went great and everything. Afterwards we were hungry, so we decided to stop at Applebee's and grab something to eat. We pull into the parking lot and it's almost completely empty. We walk in and the whole place is empty except for about 6 people. I was wondering why.. Either no one can afford Applebee's in Baltimore, or this place is going to be nasty. Anyways, we sat down and we ordered and we were doing our thing. And across our little room sitting by us was 2 big heavy set black ladies. Probably in 30s or 40s. I wave at one of them and she looks at me like I was a piece of trash and then she just flips me the bird. Like no joke. Just straight up flips me off. It's a wild wild city ladies and gentlemen. Haha but it's the greatest city in the world ;)
This may be my last week in Luray which is for sure sad. I want to stay another one, but I also want to see some other parts of the mission. So either way I will be happy. But I do love the Luray Branch! Serving in these branches on my mission has truly blessed my life and helped me grow in so many ways. Romney and Luray have helped me a ton on my mission!
We taught Mark and Laura this week. And it went so great. In this lesson we were planning on teaching the Plan of Salvation. But felt they were not ready for it. Mark is a devout Catholic. He thinks the world of the Catholic Church and at the beginning would never think about leaving it. Well we decided we would teach about Christ's original Church, the Apostasy, and the restoration of Christ’s true church and a HUGE focus on Priesthood Authority. And let me tell ya, the promise that is made in The Book of Mormon is so true. "for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of men." when we taught Mark about the Restoration and about the authority of God only to be found in this church, he totally changed and he knew without a doubt that it was true. Since our last visit he has read 14 chapters of The Book of Mormon. That has been 4 days. Haha but The power of The Holy Ghost will carry truth and penetrate a heart of it is open to receive it.
My week has been great and I love being a missionary. Serving and working on the Lord's errand has brought me a joy and happiness that I can't describe. The Lord has been good to me these past 17 months.
Anyways I hope you have a great week! I love and miss you!
Love, Elder Welling
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