The weather here is still feeling like summer weather, but it is starting to cool down. It feels good most days now, and it feels great when we are riding our bikes around at night!
We went to a lesson for a Ukrainian couple with our Ward Mission Leader, Brother Wright, this past week. When we got to their house, all of the lights were off. We went up to the door and knocked, but no one answered. We were really looking forward to having a great lesson with them, but it didn't work out. Brother Wright was telling us that whenever he goes out with the missionaries the lessons always fall through. We were trying to think of people that we could go visit, so we went to see one of the families that we have been trying to teach. They weren't home either, and Brother Wright seemed to be getting pretty discouraged. We went to the gas station real quick to fill up on gas in Brother Wright's car, then we decided we would go see the Castillos. The Castillos are normally really busy, and we haven't been able to see them over at their house for quite some time since they aren't home. We stopped by, and they were all there! They invited us in, and we were able to talk for a couple of minutes. We didn't want to stay too long, since it was getting pretty late. The mom piped up and said, "We wanted to talk to you guys about getting baptized." It was super surprising! Later on she said, "So who do we talk to about getting baptized?" It was so cool to see how the Lord led us to their house. As we thought about it, we realized that we weren't supposed to see the Ukrainian family that night, but we were meant to go visit the Castillos. It is amazing to see what the Lord can do in this amazing work as we put our trust in Him and do the things that He wants us to do.
We also had a really cool experience with Robert and Francis coming to Church. Robert turned to me during one of the meetings in Church and said, "We have been meeting with the missionaries for 7 years, and this is the first time we have come to Church." They really enjoyed being able to go to Church, and we are looking forward to being able to meet with them this week!
On a fun note, we all got costumes for Halloween! Our ward mission leader, Brother Wright, was having a Halloween party at his house on Saturday night, and he told us that we could stop by. He didn't expect us to be all dressed up! Everyone there loved it, and it was a bunch of fun. We bought the costumes from a local store, and Elder Sampson dressed up like a ghost. I got the Spiderman costume. Elder Gillies is Captain America. Elder Peek, my companion, is Iron-man. There is a trunk-or-treat going on at our Church this Saturday, so we might dress up and hand out candy to the kids if we can get some of our investigators to go to it!
I hope you guys all had a great week, and I hope you all enjoy this next one. Love you all!
Love,
Elder Ethan Nielsen
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