Hello,
Moving really doesn't matter to me at this point. If y'all
move...well...I won't be there to help. If you don't move...I'll share a room
with Patrick. It's not like I haven't shared a room with another guy for the
past two years or anything. Logan's talk sounds pretty funny. I'll have to
hear the story in person later. Speaking of in person, the day of Mother's is
coming up, would you like me to Skype home or call. Let me know either
way.
This week I became a "real missionary". We were on bikes.
Yeah...rough. We were really low on miles for the month, therefore my bum
suffered much affliction. My rear end hasn't been so sore in my whole life. It
was way fun though. I loved it. We had people waving, screaming, and honking
at us left and right. Most likely because I don't know the hand signals to turn
left and right on a bicycle so they were all trying to get my attention before
they hit me, but all is well. Not a bump or bruise. Except for maybe my
tailbone; and no, I haven't checked. We have had some minor adjustments to make
with some of the people who are getting baptized but, everything seems to be
alright. Just got to figure a few details out and keep it moving.
We had the confirmation of Edith King on Sunday, April 29, 2012. It
was awesome. She asked if I would be the one to confirm her a member of the
church. Well YEAH! She bore her testimony again in Gospel Essentials and again
I cried. She is such an amazing lady. I will definitely be sending pictures
soon. In other news for the week we met some really interesting people. We
were out tracting and we came upon a lady who was a little bit tipsy. She was
on her 3rd or 4th glass of wine if I am not mistaken. As we proceeded to share
what it is we do, she kept interrupting and talking about "the good ol' days
when I [she] was hot." So, the contact wasn't really going in the direction
that we wanted to, so we decided to set a return appointment for when she was
not that intoxicated. Next house two young women answer the door. Tried to
share things about the Gospel, but alas they were not very interested in the
Gospel. I left the door to go get my companion, who was taking a phone call, to
start walking back to our bikes when the two young women opened the door again.
They invited us to a keg party for the local college that night and said that
they would be my dates if I wanted. Ummm...No thanks...God bless! Bye!
Somehow the nametag that says Jesus Christ really reads "I love to party".
Whatever. On to the next door. We meet another Marshallese person. Sweet!
Find out that she is sisters with someone that we have been trying to get ahold
of since last month and she's a member. Sweeter. They invited us to play a
game of volleyball and eat dinner. Even sweeter. Finished a plate of food and
game of volleyball in just under an hour and said that we needed to go. We got
the information for about 10 people who we're going to be contacting this week.
Super sweet. As we are leaving I had a woman who asked, "What is your name?" I
of course told her that my name was Elder McNinch and my companion's name was
Elder Whicker. She asked if I knew any Elders that went by the name of
Michael. I said...umm...well that's my first name. Why? Then she asked, "Are
you single?" OKAY....Gotta go...BYE! Ha ha ha I have never ridden my bike so
fast.
We had a lot of really great experiences this week but I cannot cover
them all. I'll have to write about them later. I only have like 3 minutes left
on the computer. Love y'all so much.
-Elder McNinch
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