July 11,2011- Barber Shop and 3 P's !

7-6-11 Wednesday

Today we went to the salon at 6 a.m. to paint. 6 of us showed up and painted the barber shop inside until about 1. It was a pretty big job - it looks really good though. AND after we got done, Brenda's mom said that she is going to get baptized after Brenda does on the 17th. That was really good news. Service goes a long way..

7-7-11

Today marks 500 days on my mission. What to do to celebrate... not a lot you CAN do. So we ate at Wing Stop. Woo Hoo. We taught a referral that we got from the member that met Dad. She works for her in her shop. She's from Mexico and has seen missionaries many times but never really knew what we do. It's awesome that she works and is around a member all day every day - that way they can continue to talk about the Gospel and answer any questions she may have right then and there.

7-8-11

Today we had our district meeting and I gave a training on dilligence. I read some out of preach my gospel and came up with a plan/slogan called "persistently plan and pray" - the 3 P's. I talked about how dilligence is doing things without being asked and related my history of mom and dad always having to ask me to take out the trash - for years. I read a story that mom sent me from the YW manual about Hugh B. Brown's experience as a missionary in England and how his dilligence paid off - the story is actually about fasting and prayer - but without being dilligent, he wouldn't have seen the success that he did. It went pretty well - we went and ate and then went to the barber shop to talk to Brenda and her mom. They really have grown close to us - Lourdes (brenda's mom) calls us her 'hijos' or sons. It's been great to show that through serving others, you represent the gospel and what we as members of the Church are all about.

7-9-11

Today we woke up to go and do another service for an older lady. We went to her storage space and moved some things from there into her new place. It was great - she was so grateful and even bought us In N Out. Bonus. We went on splits for the rest of the day - I was with a new Elder. We did some fishing and went to our dinner appointment. He's from Brazil and is a super good kid.

7-10-11

Sunday - we had 3 investigators at church today. 2 of them had their baptismal interview and passed. It was a really great day - we had dinner with the 1st counselor in the bishopric - I got kind of sick - just dizzy and had a migraine so I rested a bit. We visited a couple of members and then called it a day.

 

Another good week with really good weather here on the beach - thank you all for your prayers, love and support. I'll talk to you all next week

Love,

Elder Cottrell