because it didn't explode, but it was still interesting. We hung out there while the turkey was deep frying. We got to get to know Clair (Their 11 year old girl that is not baptized, we just need them to get to church!😬) a little better and she taught me how to do backflips and front flips on the trampoline...in a suit (we had to wear suits on Thanksgiving). I'm pretty good at it now. We then went to the Larsen's house and hung out there for a while before lunch. Everyone was amazed
at my LEGO building skills. I built a house and a spaceship in twenty minutes. I thought maybe they were so good that the children there would revere it. Ha! Within five minutes they were destroyed. I was a little sad, they looked pretty good, but I guess that's what LEGOs are for. We then had a huge Thanksgiving lunch. They probably had about 15 platters of food. It was all so good. The deep fried turkey was very good. They also had about 5 trays of different desserts. I was so full afterwards. We then went home and were planning on going out for a little, but right as we were about to leave, our dinner appointment called and said they would be picking us up in about fifteen minutes, which was an hour earlier than we had planned. They picked us up and we played horseshoes at their place for about 45 minutes. Then we had sat down for a huge dinner. The Concord sisters came as well (Twenty minutes late...of course 😆 #surprisesurprise). We were so full from lunch we didn't eat that much. Elder Nelson literally took one bite of his food and had to go lie down, he was sweating pretty bad😅. I was able to finish my plate but you can be sure I didn't get any seconds. I am so grateful for members such as the Dickinson's, Larsen's, and Eskelson's who were willing to spend their Thanksgiving with us. We had a lot of fun (and food).
Well, opposition in Concord is getting to an all time high. We had someone drive by while we were on bikes and, shaking his fist in the air, triumphantly yelled, "I'm atheist!!!" That was my first encounter with an atheist out here and I hope I will never see one again. I was so scared, I was quivering in my slacks.The whole world was coming down on me. I just couldn't believe he was
an atheist. I think my testimony is shaken, I might need to come home. No, everyone in Concord is pretty nice. Everyone is religious and believes in God and Jesus Christ (except for that guy of course 😨). We'll talk to a lot of people that say that they already have a church that they are happy with, but they often also say that they really appreciate what we do. It's nice that we can walk up to almost anyone on the street and have a good discussion with them about Jesus Christ. The problem is that everyone is so accepting of our message down here, we have a hard time sifting through them all and find the people that are actually willing to commit to anything. People say they will to commit to anything, even baptism, but a lot of the times they don't mean it. We have to continually try to get in contact with them (which is not easy at all, because they will say they will be home, but when
we visit, they aren't😤) and see if they are sincere or not. Time keeps on passing by really quickly. In a week is the next transfer already! Transfer calls are this Saturday. I'm pretty sure (confident)
that we are not getting transferred, but I am also pretty confident that Elder Skinner will be transferred. Which makes me a little sad, but he has been in Kannapolis for almost eight months now, and it's his first area, I think it's time for him to branch out a little. Sister Sandie probably will get transferred as well. We'll have to see.
Wow! Go Uncle Richard! What a champ! I can't believe he drove all that way with all those kids by himself! Seems like you had a group of pretty awesome people. You're just missing a couple. Kim of course, hopefully she gets better, and obviously someone else 🙄. Go dad! Showing up those young guns. Right now, I probably could not have run the mile, let alone the 5k. I'm still recovering from my Thanksgiving feasts. Luckily the bikes are helping, but it hurts to bike. I did end up hurting myself this week. I tried to clear a brick wall in my suit, but nailed my shin pretty hard. It hurts a lot. I have a pretty gnarly bruise and scrape. I would include a picture but I'd rather not gross people out, and I'm sure that nobody wants to look at my leg. The miracle of this whole event is that my suit pants didn't even rip or tear or get destroyed in any way. They are perfectly fine! Which doesn't make much sense to me because my leg sure isn't. How did my leg get scraped up, but my pants didn't? Weird 😉. I'm fine though and I'll get over it in two shakes of a lamb's tail. Well, I'm sad I missed the family reunion but I'm sure there will be some in the future.
Thanksgiving |
Christensen, Huff, Nelson, Skinner |
wish you the best!
P.S. Make sure to see the new Christmas video that the church puts out on christmas.mormon.org. It's wonderful. We are using it a lot already!