This week was ok after the weather decided what it was going to do. We did find a new investigator. Next transfer we will be getting sister missionaries and therefore will be splitting the area. Hopefully things will start looking up.
My suits are holding up pretty good. No tears in them. One of my shirts however, has a pocket that got torn a little, so I keep that one as a back up.
We didn't get told off this week, which was good. We did go on exchanges and I had the DL come into our area while my companion went with the DL's companion. I did find out that the DL can be annoying at times. He is ready to go home and leaves in a couple of weeks.
We haven't been able to get any return appointments with our part member families which is kind of frustrating and leaves us a lot of time to tract and contact people from the area book. If our investigators would keep their appointments we would be really busy.
I'm really excited about going to the Portland Temple tomorrow. I'll send you some pictures next week.
I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
March 18, 2013
This week has been pretty good. We found a new investigator while tracting. While we were tracting we were asked if we were LDS. The lady that asked us if we are LDS her husband is a member but is less active. She said they were going to attend church but didn't know anyone so they didn't go. We went back later that night and found out that she was going to be baptized at one point but her parents didn't allow it. Her husband does have a Word of Wisdom problem though and he is willing to change and come back. While tracting the same day we ran into a guy who is selling his Harley. He let us sit on his bike and have our picture taken. He wasn't interested in listening to us then but wants us to come back later and talk to him.
We had a weird dinner appointment last week. After dinner we went to have a spiritual message with them before we left. I started the message when both parents left then the oldest daughter got up and left so we were just left with the 2 youngest kids. After we left there we had an appointment with a lady that we have been meeting with for the past month. She has a hard time with just about everything we teach her and with keeping commitments. She did talk to the Bishop yesterday before church and things went well. She is more willing to keep commitments and said that she is ready to make changes in her life.
We did scoop poop again last week but this time it was for service. We also went and worked out with a 20 year old. He is thinking about serving a mission but he's a little hesitant about it.
I'll have to let everyone know that Heather can shoot a gun. One guy here told me to have all Heather's friends write him.
Well I love you.
Elder Poling
We had a weird dinner appointment last week. After dinner we went to have a spiritual message with them before we left. I started the message when both parents left then the oldest daughter got up and left so we were just left with the 2 youngest kids. After we left there we had an appointment with a lady that we have been meeting with for the past month. She has a hard time with just about everything we teach her and with keeping commitments. She did talk to the Bishop yesterday before church and things went well. She is more willing to keep commitments and said that she is ready to make changes in her life.
We did scoop poop again last week but this time it was for service. We also went and worked out with a 20 year old. He is thinking about serving a mission but he's a little hesitant about it.
I'll have to let everyone know that Heather can shoot a gun. One guy here told me to have all Heather's friends write him.
Well I love you.
Elder Poling
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
March 11, 2013
This week was very interesting. Monday we had an appointment set with a part member family but they called and cancelled on us. Tuesday, we went tracting and gave out a couple Books of Mormon. While tracting we found a guy that is very anti. He told us that we are children of the Devil and that we believe in a different Jesus and that our Jesus is of the Devil and that there is a veil between us and him so that our evil spirit could get in him and destroy his sole. On Wednesday, we taught our new member a new member discussion. He remembered a lot of what we taught him about the restoration the 1st lesson we gave when we started teaching him, which made it easy to teach him on Wednesday. Thursday, we did service with another companionship in a small town called Yacolt. The guy that we helped was ranked 3rd in the world of arm wrestling at one time. He had us restack his firewood that had fallen over in his yard. That took most of the afternoon. He fed us after we were done and then we went to a dinner appointment . We were so full from having 2 dinners. Friday, we did another service project for at a less active members house. We cleaned the sky lights on her roof and then went and scooped more horse poop. Saturday, we did another service project for another part member family. We trimmed some trees in her front yard and got to feed her goats. We also found a new investigator while tracting. Sunday we taught him the 1st lesson. He wouldn't let us in his house to teach him. I think he maybe on some drugs. It was kind of weird.
This evening we are planning on going back up to Yacolt to do some more service. There maybe more dinner and a bonfire.
I'm getting known for always wearing my work boots for service projects, hikes or to the gym on p-days. I guess no one has done that before.
It sounds like the stake is really trying to get the youth involved in indexing which is good. That means more work to do in the temples. Speaking of temples, I will be going to the Portland temple of the 26 and to the distribution center. I'm looking forward to that.
I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
This evening we are planning on going back up to Yacolt to do some more service. There maybe more dinner and a bonfire.
It sounds like the stake is really trying to get the youth involved in indexing which is good. That means more work to do in the temples. Speaking of temples, I will be going to the Portland temple of the 26 and to the distribution center. I'm looking forward to that.
I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
Monday, March 4, 2013
March 4, 2013
Things have been going good. We have an appointment tonight with a family. It is really hard to get a hold of them.
Our new member is doing great. He received the gift of the Holy Ghost yesterday. That was pretty cool. His roommates are members so he has a good support system and some of his best friends are on missions. The bishop had a chat with him about serving a mission, so he is thinking about that.
The guy in the hospital is still in the hospital. He is doing alright and still wanting to come back to church. His girlfriend also wants to take the lessons.
We find most of our investigators through member referrals. One of the investigators that we have is not in our area so we will have to refer him to the right missionaries. He is a great kid. We taught him the first lesson. It went really well. He didn't have any questions and was very receptive to the teachings.
We got to do a lot of service this week. We split wood and scooped poop out of horse stalls which wasn't too bad. I actually enjoyed it. Getting out of a suit and tie and getting back to working hard and getting dirty. I was a nice change.
I almost feed the deer that come out in the back yard today. I think a few more attempts and I will be able to do it, but that is just on p-days between loads of laundry and cleaning the bathroom and the kitchen.
There are times when the days are short and weeks are even shorter, but then there are times when the day are long, and it makes the time go by slow. But when I stop and think about it is not that long and it will fly by.
I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
Our new member is doing great. He received the gift of the Holy Ghost yesterday. That was pretty cool. His roommates are members so he has a good support system and some of his best friends are on missions. The bishop had a chat with him about serving a mission, so he is thinking about that.
The guy in the hospital is still in the hospital. He is doing alright and still wanting to come back to church. His girlfriend also wants to take the lessons.
We find most of our investigators through member referrals. One of the investigators that we have is not in our area so we will have to refer him to the right missionaries. He is a great kid. We taught him the first lesson. It went really well. He didn't have any questions and was very receptive to the teachings.
We got to do a lot of service this week. We split wood and scooped poop out of horse stalls which wasn't too bad. I actually enjoyed it. Getting out of a suit and tie and getting back to working hard and getting dirty. I was a nice change.
I almost feed the deer that come out in the back yard today. I think a few more attempts and I will be able to do it, but that is just on p-days between loads of laundry and cleaning the bathroom and the kitchen.
There are times when the days are short and weeks are even shorter, but then there are times when the day are long, and it makes the time go by slow. But when I stop and think about it is not that long and it will fly by.
I love you.
Love,
Elder Poling
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