This past Saturday was full of more service. At first we had to move a part member family out of their house because they are moving to Virginia and it was one of the most unorganized moves that I have ever been apart of. We literally had to pack the boxes with stuff and then take it to the trailer. It was not fun, but we got them all moved and on their merry little way. We then went and mowed about 2 acres of brush with a push brush cutter and that took a very long time! We started that at 10:30 and ended at 1:30 and it was by that time 95 degrees. Right when we finished that we got a call from some elders in our zone asking if we could help them buck some hay. So I told them yes and we drove to their area and when we pulled up we see this huge field that has hay bales all over. So we met up with the elders and we were talking to the owner of the field and he said there are about 400 bales and each bale weighed about 60 LBS and the other elders that we were doing it with one of them has a bad back so he couldn't help and the other has a mental illness and couldn't even be around the hay and the third was able to help but he only weighs about 160 lbs and that's what my comp weighs as well so I was the one on the bottom throwing the bales onto the truck and they stacked them. We started that at about 2 pm and we didn't finish til about 9:30pm and I was so tired and congested and itchy and all kinds of sore, but it was good that we helped this man because he would of had to do it all by himself. It felt really good to be able to help somebody that really needed it.
This past week we have been really trying to look for the miracles in our area and we have fasted and prayed and really been seeking for the Lords hand. So in our area of Middleton we have been visiting this part member family. He is about 65 years old and his kids have served missions and his wife is a really active member of the church. This guys name is David. He is a really nice guy. I have asked him if he wants to take the missionary discussions and he said no. He said he wants us to leave a message and a prayer but he doesn't want the lessons. So we agreed with that and have been sneaking the lessons in one at a time. We will take a topic out of one of the lessons and we would work it into our message so this Non member was getting the lessons without even knowing it. Oh and did I mention that he comes to church with his wife every Sunday. He doesn't participate but he comes. This Sunday he wanted to meet with the bishop of his ward and he told the bishop that he thinks that it's time that he takes the missionary discussions. He called us and told us that he would like to start taking the discussions and it was really a miracle in our eyes because he is so ready to hear the gospel. Now we get the chance to teach him the lessons and we are way pumped!!
Well that's really all about it.
Love,
Elder Riley
