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Hey people. This week was a roller coaster. On Tuesday and Wednesday we crushed it. It was insane I tell you. It was crazy. On Monday we got a lot of lessons. We talked with everyone we could. There were times where we both didn't want to talk or didn't feel it. But we'd just do it anyways. One instance in particular was cool. We just started off in the morning. I was struggling to have a good attitude because we had like one thing planned to do in 3 hours. We walk past the convenience store and we see two guys, one in a wheel chair and another guy chilling there. I thought we should talk to him and my body said keep walking bud. So I literally put on the breaks and dragged my feet before we crossed the street to stop. I went back with a questioning Elder Howard behind me. We talk with him and he asks us for a bible. He got a Book of Mormon. That was cool.

Another highlight was we got a hospital Refferal and it turned out not to be the guy at all. But we got that guys address and gave him a BOM! On a blitz with Elder Devey we went to visit a lady for a second lesson. That morning she had gotten in a fight with her man then went out and got drunk. Then we came. We had a crazy spiritual lesson about the church is the answer to her needs in life. She wants a support system and this church has it. She didn't come to church which was a disappointment. Rollercoasters.

So we crushed it in the beginning of this week. Then the weather turned south and things got way hard. And I got humbled, or at least exhausted. Crazy how He gives then He takes. But one night we were out of ideas and prayed to know what to do. So we tried Diana Gladstone, I thought it would ether be a get a return appointment or a drop. So I didn't have the best attitude. But I was trying K? So we knock and she lets us in because she had her nieces and nephews over who were over and are Mormon! So we had a sweet lesson reading the Book of Mormon, then the kids bore testimonies about it! It was so powerful, it was amazing. As we left the kids parents pulled up from the airport and we got the chance to praise their kids for a minute. That was so cool.

Alright last one. Sunday we were out in Lawrenceville and we knocked on a door of a referral named Kevin. He was a really nice guy and let us in his house for dinner!! It was crazy. It was awesome.

Point being we had a crazy week. Ups and down galore. Got to love it!

Elder Simmons

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