9/6/21: Lessons on Lessons

 This week we were back to back with lessons which was great! We set up last week so that every day we would have 3-4 lessons a day. Unlike usual, most of them did not fall through. 

Micheal has decided to be baptized on the 25th, which was awesome. It's a big goal for him but we have faith that he can be ready by then. It was a huge turn around because at the beginning of the week he was questioning being baptized at all, but after a very long but spiritual lesson we help him reaffirm his faith. We worked to resolve concerns and strengthen faith with the help of our diligent ward mission leader, Carlos. It was great having him at the lesson because most of the concerns and barriers Micheal is facing, Carlos had worked to overcome in his journey to be baptized. It was a very spiritual lesson and I'm praying the Micheal will stay firm in his descion to be baptized. 

The other Elders in our zone had the most wild experience up in Susanville. On Sunday they stopped by a neighborhood to go tracting and visit some members. They parked to look at an address on their phone and look across the street to see a house smoking from the inside. All of the sudden a man ran out of the house with a shotgun and started shooting wildly at the house. He then turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the stomach. Elder Bake and Elder Talbot ran over to him, as he was still barely alive. They called 911 and grabbed a garden hose to try and put out the fire that was starting to spread around the house. They were trying to wrap his wounds with a towel they had in their car when the police and firefighters arrived. Our mission president said its interesting how missionaries can be put in certain places at certain times. It was a crazy experience to hear about and our whole zone is trying to make sense of it but for now I'm grateful the missionaries were their to at least help in some way. 

Things are always crazy in Quincy but the works goes on! 

Talk to you all next week!