Hello from Buckhannon, West Virginia! I arrived here safely in West Virginia last Tuesday, stayed at the mission home from Tuesday into Wednesday, and then was off to Buckhannon that afternoon.
My companion is Elder Fielding, he's been out for 17 months, and has been here in Buckhannon for coming up on 6 months now. He's a great guy who has taught me a lot already about how to teach and how to work.
My first full day in Buckhannon was really eventful! This was last Thursday. Right after companion study, we got a call from a daughter of a recent convert who needed some help moving houses. This was my first taste of the West Virginia. They also had us move all of the heavy stuff. Mainly, The fridge, the freezer (both of them still fully loaded with food), the oven, and some drawers. Unbelievably heavy, but super good workout.
That night, Elder Fielding told me we had an appointment with two investigators, Roy and Loise. We were going to teach a lesson, and then have dinner with them. When we got there, Roy was nowhere to be found, and Loise said that he was looking for one of his pregnant cows. They live on a huge farm with tons of animals, by the way.
So, Elder Fielding and I go out to see if there's anything we can do and help him in any way we can. Well, they had already found the cow, and she was in labor. Yeah... lol. My first full day I watched Roy help a cow give birth. It was actually really cool, but also mildly disgusting. The calf was apparently too big for the cow, so Roy had to help get the calf out by pulling it out. Yeah. Pulling the calf out. Poor cow.
Anyway, after that interesting experience we go inside, where we decide to have dinner and the lesson at the same time. He says we're just answering questions they have, so it should be really easy.
Well, we get talking, and it's my first day, so I'm super quiet and not saying anything, but I notice that Elder Fielding is teaching a whole lot of really deep and sometimes blatant false doctrine. Yeah... After like 10 minutes of this and I'm freaking out, Elder Fielding challenges them to be baptized, and here is Roy's actual words;
"Well, you see Elder, I can't do that, because I was baptized in 1963!"
Elder Fielding, Roy, and even Louise a little start busting a gut, and I'm so confused.
SURPRISE! They are super active members of The Church (yeah, since 1963) who feed us a lot. I got pranked on my first day. :P Should've seen it coming. It was really funny though. Great experience.
Not a lot happened the rest of the week. Just a lot of UITLs (Unplanned Invite-To-Learn) where we give them a card and ask if they want to know more. We need at least 5 a day per companionship.
Anyway, hope you all are doing well! See you all next week!
- Brax
1 comment:
This is a fantastic first letter from the field.
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