Doing Some Finding July 27, 2015

Hey all! It's been a splendid week full of some good people over here in Jersey! This week one of the highlights was definitely a primary activity that the missionaries were able to take part in, we were practiced a little for it last week and one more time this week, then finally on Saturday was the big day. It was a stake activity, so we performed the story the Mulekites and how they met up with the Nephites for 3 groups of kids and their parents. We killed it no doubt, I got to be Zarahemla, pretty sweet. 

The rest of the week was a lot of walking again, we met some good people though! We talked to some drunks and a guy that was sweating profusely on a pretty mild day, he was pretty wide eyed to, so our guess is that he was on something. One of the crazy guys we talk to every once in a while happened to be on a bus we got on to and he was in a super good mood! He talked a little about how he was just being himself and then asked us if we could explain the meaning of life in one word. (He really likes simplicity/one word answers) So our answer was joy! And he was very happy with that and I am too, really we're out here spreading joy. If the Gospel does nothing else it sure does bring us joy. 

It's pretty incredible how opposition works and how much joy a little thing can bring after some sorrow. We were struggling on saturday after the primary activity, just both really tired of walking, and we were close to home. We knew we couldn't call it though. We had ourselves a little prayer, walked around the block, and made our way up an apartment building trying to teach some people. It's pretty funny sometimes, we've been introducing ourselves as representatives of Jesus Christ and some people will just talk to us through the door and say things like "No!" and that's it. One guy told us to go next door. But anywho! We made our way up this building and on the 4th floor this nice lady opened the door right up and we got ourselves a new person to teach! And that one lady made all the walking and all the people that are "too busy" and all the people that aren't ready worth it. Good stuff. 

Well, I hope you all had a great week! I'm living it up out here and am figuring out how to teach people through the door. Love you all!

Elder Jordan

A school that looks like a prison.