This past week has been filled with a wide range of emotions and experiences.
First off on Monday we had exchanges with the district leaders in Ellsworth. It was a lot of fun and I got to work with Elder Butler, our awesome district leader who is going home at the end of this month.
Together Elder Butler and I went and taught a new family of 4 young children and their parents that Elder Nicholls and I had found the previous week. We are really excited to see more of them as we continue to teach them.
Other than that we finished our exchanges on Wednesday after district meeting and continued to go finding and teaching. In this area it seems that getting a return appointment isn't that hard, what is difficult is having them actually be there on the scheduled time and being able to contact them again after the fact.
Starting this weekend the branch did a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for the youth of the branch and they were able to raise a bunch of money and on top of that Elder Nicholls and I were able to get a return appointment for the 3 nonmembers that actually showed up to the event. It was awesome!
Saturday morning is where the story goes downhill.
Elder Nicholls and I volunteered our time to help the historical society of Machias to out on a parade commemorating the first naval battle of the American revolution which took place in Machias harbor. To get more involved with the public, meet more people etc.
What we had to do was locate a lawnmower that could pull two small parade floats that resembled boats.
A bit odd but not that hard. Brother Brookman, a ,less active, was happy to lend us his riding lawnmower for the parade so that was fine. However, we had to carry by hand the 2 parade floats all the way down from this random lady's house all the way down to main st, like 5 blocks, in our shirts and ties. That was lame but it was fine, we got them their ok.
So 15 minutes before the parade starts there is nobody to be seen and we don't have the hookups to attach the floats to the lawnmower, so brother Marshall took us to the hardware store and we got some pins quick and came back. To make a long, drawn out story short, the lawnmower blew a fuse right before the parade started and all of the mornings efforts were dashed before our eyes.
We went back to the apartment and ate our waffles feeling somewhat defeated.
The evening made it better when our investigator James was baptized. He had been investigating for about 2 years and was dropped and picked up a few times before he progressed enough to make necessary changes in his life and enter into the covenant.
It was a cool experience and we had a good turnout of a lot of people we weren't expecting. I know that as we put our trust in the Lord and work hard that we have the capacity to bless the lives of others beyond our comprehension. All we have to do is put ourselves out there and serve those that we love because we love them.
I hope that you all have a great week!
Until next time.
Elder Starr.
P.S. I am not IN a parade I AM the parade.
With Elder Nicholls
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