Hey All!
This week has been great! To start off the week I had the opportunity to do service for a man named Perry. The other elders in our ward are teaching him and he is superrrrr cool. Perry is a professional crabber and so when we did service for him we helped him paint 1200 crab cages which in Maryland crabber terms are called "Pots" it was super cool learning about all the crabbing stuff. Haha he makes some serious $money$ catching crabs too! Haha
Earlier this week we got a call from the elders serving in the Sesquehanna ward and they told us that a nonmember man called them by the name of Kenny, and that he wanted to attend our church. So they handed him over to us as a referal because he lives within our boundaries. So we call him and give him the details of church and set up an appointment to come and meet with him in person. Well. . . . fast forward a week and here he shows up at church, he is an older man, and drove taxi night time shift in the city of Baltimore for 40 years straight. Haha so he has seen some wild things. Anyways, he came on fast and testimony meeting. So while sitting there he leans over to my companion Elder Howell and asks, "Hey can I get up there? And do you think they have an outlet for my tape-recorder?" Instantly fear comes over my companion, . . like what the heck was on his tape recorder?? Haha anyways we thought it was strange. Then during priesthood, our friend Kenny stands up in the middle of the lesson and literally declares himself as the Prophet in front of the entire priesthood body... He then goes on and says that he is the lord of Baltimore. My companion who was sitting with him in priesthood, sunk sooooo deep into his chair. . . Hahaha anyways, it was super embarrassing. Kenny also had an entire presentation to show Bishop Fa, and the rest of the ward, so I'm super concerned about what was actually on that tape recorder. The whole time Kenny is standing in front of the congregation declaring himself as Prophet, he was telling everyone how he can see the future and then he started to prophesy and tell us about things that are to come in 6 weeks time. It was CRAZY!
We had miracle this week though and it was CRAZY. Earlier this week we got a call from the Jones Falls Elders in our zone. They told us that there is a man in our area named Herman and he was at one point on date to be Baptized. But while they were teaching him, he disappeared and they couldn't contact him. Well one day, the Inner Harbor Elders (on completely opposite ends of the stake then the Jones Falls Elders) hopped on a bus and started talking to a man. While talking to him, the man told them that just recently he had been meeting with other missionaries and wanted to be baptized. So they get all of his info and then call the Jones Falls elders. They all figure everything out and then send elder Howell and I the information here in the Chesapeake ward because he apparently moved into our ward! If anyone reading this understands the size and craziness of Baltimore, and you also understand how many different busses there are, then you understand how crazy this miracle is. Haha this man was basically found by 3 sets of missionaries, 3 different times, and in 3 completely opposite ends of the city! So we started teaching Herman again this week and hope to have him baptized in the coming month!
Elder Howells bus pass stopped working this week so we almost got thrown off a bus. Haha but we smooth talked the driver and he let us stay on for about 20 minutes and then he made us get off.
We have 3 companionships in our district, and we are all in the same ward! This week as a District we found 26 new people to teach, it was crazyyyyy! The Chesapeake ward was on fire this week. Haha We had 10 people at church and we have 7 on date for April 27th!
I have had a great time here in Chesapeake and I love the city! It's hard to believe that I have 4 months left. It really does go by so fast! You never think it would when you first come out, and then boooom.. It's almost over.
I love and miss ya! Thanks for all you do!
Love, Elder Welling!
This week has been great! To start off the week I had the opportunity to do service for a man named Perry. The other elders in our ward are teaching him and he is superrrrr cool. Perry is a professional crabber and so when we did service for him we helped him paint 1200 crab cages which in Maryland crabber terms are called "Pots" it was super cool learning about all the crabbing stuff. Haha he makes some serious $money$ catching crabs too! Haha
Earlier this week we got a call from the elders serving in the Sesquehanna ward and they told us that a nonmember man called them by the name of Kenny, and that he wanted to attend our church. So they handed him over to us as a referal because he lives within our boundaries. So we call him and give him the details of church and set up an appointment to come and meet with him in person. Well. . . . fast forward a week and here he shows up at church, he is an older man, and drove taxi night time shift in the city of Baltimore for 40 years straight. Haha so he has seen some wild things. Anyways, he came on fast and testimony meeting. So while sitting there he leans over to my companion Elder Howell and asks, "Hey can I get up there? And do you think they have an outlet for my tape-recorder?" Instantly fear comes over my companion, . . like what the heck was on his tape recorder?? Haha anyways we thought it was strange. Then during priesthood, our friend Kenny stands up in the middle of the lesson and literally declares himself as the Prophet in front of the entire priesthood body... He then goes on and says that he is the lord of Baltimore. My companion who was sitting with him in priesthood, sunk sooooo deep into his chair. . . Hahaha anyways, it was super embarrassing. Kenny also had an entire presentation to show Bishop Fa, and the rest of the ward, so I'm super concerned about what was actually on that tape recorder. The whole time Kenny is standing in front of the congregation declaring himself as Prophet, he was telling everyone how he can see the future and then he started to prophesy and tell us about things that are to come in 6 weeks time. It was CRAZY!
We had miracle this week though and it was CRAZY. Earlier this week we got a call from the Jones Falls Elders in our zone. They told us that there is a man in our area named Herman and he was at one point on date to be Baptized. But while they were teaching him, he disappeared and they couldn't contact him. Well one day, the Inner Harbor Elders (on completely opposite ends of the stake then the Jones Falls Elders) hopped on a bus and started talking to a man. While talking to him, the man told them that just recently he had been meeting with other missionaries and wanted to be baptized. So they get all of his info and then call the Jones Falls elders. They all figure everything out and then send elder Howell and I the information here in the Chesapeake ward because he apparently moved into our ward! If anyone reading this understands the size and craziness of Baltimore, and you also understand how many different busses there are, then you understand how crazy this miracle is. Haha this man was basically found by 3 sets of missionaries, 3 different times, and in 3 completely opposite ends of the city! So we started teaching Herman again this week and hope to have him baptized in the coming month!
Elder Howells bus pass stopped working this week so we almost got thrown off a bus. Haha but we smooth talked the driver and he let us stay on for about 20 minutes and then he made us get off.
We have 3 companionships in our district, and we are all in the same ward! This week as a District we found 26 new people to teach, it was crazyyyyy! The Chesapeake ward was on fire this week. Haha We had 10 people at church and we have 7 on date for April 27th!
I have had a great time here in Chesapeake and I love the city! It's hard to believe that I have 4 months left. It really does go by so fast! You never think it would when you first come out, and then boooom.. It's almost over.
I love and miss ya! Thanks for all you do!
Love, Elder Welling!
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