I can't believe that yesterday was my 3rd Sunday in Weyburn. This week flew
by. And I'm pretty sure this week will go even faster. We have specialized
training in Regina (which is like an informal zone conference with a lot of
practice). And we also have a pretty good amount of lessons set up for next
week.
So let's start with yesterday. We didn't see Matt and Mona at church cause
they couldn't get gas until today. It's about an hour and half drive from
Lampman to Weyburn... Yeah, and they're in our area. Anyways, long story short
they couldn't make it,and we couldn't make it out to them. But we did have
potluck after church cause we had some high council people and the stake
president from Regina at our meeting. There was some great food.
After church we started tracting on the hill by the church. We met this man
named George. He is an older man who has lost his wife, brother, and parents to
cancer. Clearly, he has had a rough life. We testified of Christ and the Book of
Mormon. We will be meeting with him at the church on Wednesday (it was a little
noisy at his home cause his grand kid and family were running around). Very
great man. At one point he asked, "so what do I gotta do? I ain't moving to
Utah."
Then, let's see...Saturday was pretty neat. We were knocking on this door,
and we were turning to leave when they pulled up in their big truck. I pretty
much hate when that happens cause it can get super awkward. But Elder French
played it off well. They opened the doors to get out, and he said, "looks like
we've got great timing, caught you right on your way home." The guy laughed and
opened right up. But...he wasn't interested. Then, all of sudden this guy with a
killer accent just says, "what is the Book of Mormon. I've never heard of it
before. I'm from South Africa. I'd like to hear more about it." Apparently, he
was sleeping in the back seat when they pulled up. We talked to him for about 10
minutes, and he was just totally prepared. He just kept saying, "I believe it, I
believe it." He even said, "I knew there was a reason I needed to talk to
you." Unfortunately, he lives in Regina. But we look forward to hearing about
him. We gave him the YSA elders info. He actually lives near where the YSA ward
meets.
Pretty much the rest of the week has been a lot of walking. We've been
really low on K's. And it was a little interesting because I caught a bit of the
flu on Thursday and Friday. So I didn't eat much. And it was pretty hot, so I
was a little out of it. But we found some great potential investigators. This
one had a little 2 or 3 year old boy. He answered the door and all he said was,
"wanna see my yo-yo?" Almost before we could answer he tore off in search of the
thing. When he left, we could see the yo-yo sitting right next to where he was
standing. He came truckin' back, picked up the yo-yo, and played it off like he
had just found it in some far away place. He continued to show us all of his
stuff while we were talking with his mom. Then he asked, "you wanna see my
squirt guns?" "Sure, buddy!" He just looks at us with no emotion, "I don't got
any." Funny little guy.
Well, this week is sort of a blur, so that's probably about all I've got.
Hopefully that answers some questions. Mostly, we're starting from scratch, so
we don't really have too many investigators that have met with us more than once
or twice. There's about 2 or 3 from last transfer, but that's it.
I'm having a great time in Weyburn. It's an amazing place! I hope that all
of you have a fantastic week. I love you all! Elder Lyons
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