Monday-
Last Monday for our p-day we had fun. There is a member here in Federal Way that owns a sub zero. They let the missionaries go every p-day and get free ice cream. So that is really cool! Later that night we went to a lesson we had set with (D) who was a potential we found on Saturday. We had talked with her a little bit about God's plan for our happiness. She had a lot of questions and today we were able to teach her the Plan of Salvation. She was so open and receptive and is in the best place right now. She already has a faith in Christ but nothing much past that. Her family has not attended church much so she wants to learn more! At the end of the lesson she was so excited to have us come back. It was pretty cool how we found her we went to try a former in an apartment complex and we ended up knocking on the wrong door because we got the apartment #s mixed up. We know it wasn't a coincidence that we knocked on her door. We were led there by a loving Heavenly Father who is watching over all of his children. He will help us find those whom he has been preparing!
Tuesday-
We had our district meetings. This zone is bigger then any of the other zones I have served in so there are 3 districts. We get to go to all three of them as well so it makes for a pretty long day but they are really good. Ever since I got here we have been really busy. Which is good. But it's hard to keep up with things. After district meetings we ran down to a lesson we had with (J) who is one of our investigators. We taught him about the Book of Mormon and invited him to be baptized. He declined at this time because he says he has already been baptized. He did commit to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and help "see where it goes from there." We wish we had more time to talk with him about it but he will get there. After that lesson we met up with the Assistants to go on an exchange. I went with Elder Christensen to Clark Lake in Kent. The rest of the night I was on a split with his ward mission leader Brother Smith who've I've never met. We went and visited families I knew nothing about. ha ha Oh, how I love the things you do on missions.
Wednesday-
Wednesday we finished up the exchange with the Assistants which went good. Elder Christensen and I were able to find a new investigator for them. We met him out walking his dog and he asked us if we had any tips for him on how he could draw closer to Jesus Christ because that is something he has been looking for. We were able to teach him the restoration and committed him to be baptized as well! It was pretty cool.
Thursday was full of planning and a lot of finding. We went to a apartment complex that is massive to visit a potential. As we were walking up to one of the buildings. 5 little kids came running out yelling, "missionaries, missionaries" they were so excited to see us and we were confused because we didn't know who they were. It turns out that their mother is the one that we were going to visit. The previous missionaries used to go and teach them all the time. Their family invited us in and we were able to teach them more about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon. They committed to read it which is super exciting they are an awesome family.
Friday-
Our day on Friday was super empty so we went and did a lot of finding. We found a few new investigators. It is easier to find investigators here but it is hard to find people who are solid and willing to keep commitments though. The people here are willing to listen to what we have to say but not all of them are willing to commit to any invitation. We meet a lot of cool people of all sorts of backgrounds which is cool.
On Saturday evening our ward had a youth fundraiser that was fun. All the youth 12 and older did talent shows and had dinner and dessert for everyone to raise money for a trip they have coming up this summer. There was also a silent auction going on as well. It was combined with the Spanish branch so they did some cool traditional dances. Every Saturday night a member in the ward has a "dart night" where tons of people from the ward invite other friends to his home. He has a big "man cave" in his garage he has lots of drinks and food and we play darts. Lots of non members come and it is open to talk about the church so we are able to invite them to come to church with us.
Sunday-
We were pretty sad at church on Sunday because none of our investigators showed up. We are not sure what is keeping then from coming. They don't really have an excuse, they just don't come. So that's is what we will be focusing on this next week is getting people out to church.
That was our week in a nut shell. I'm loving Federal Way and Elder Wright is a stud too. I hope you all are doing good back at home. I am excited for Ty and his call!!
I love you all and hope you have a good week! Thanks for all you do.
(S) is doing pretty good. He missed his return appointment but we rescheduled for another day. (P) we cant get a hold of.
I have watched Ty's mission call video like 10 times today. It's good. He is gonna love it. Did anyone guess that he was going to go there? There were a lot of people there!! Ty looks huge!
Man I am so excited for Ty!! That is going to be so exciting!! 4 years is going to be a long time of not seeing him.
Have a good week. I love you all !!
Elder Ethan Wayne Stucki
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