Sorry for not writing an email for the blog the past two weeks! The good news is that I am still alive and still loving life. Dublin is a good place and Elder Johnson is a great companion.
This week was pretty solid. Didn't spend a ton of time in Dublin though!
After preparation day ended last week we felt prompted to go to this part of town called New Dublin. It is where all the rich folk go to drink and to have fancy dinners and such. I don't typically like contacting there because people aren't always the nicest but we were obedient to the Spirit and went anyway! I'm thankful we listened to the prompting because the first person we talked to was so cool! His name is Rich and he was super interested and down for us to stop by. The one problem was that he lives in Kentucky. But when we told him missionaries are there he was super excited and gave us all his contact info and we sent the referral to the Kentucky missionaries! It was really cool to see the Lord place us in the right place at the right time for someone that is prepared to receive the Gospel even though he is from Kentucky!
On Wednesday we went up to Delaware (the town not the state) and went to my buddy Elder Oettli's district council. He did a great job. He is probably as good at giving district councils as Donovan Mitchell is at basketball (I know you're reading this Elder Oettli). After the meeting I got to go on an exchange with Elder Dwyer! He is a great missionary. I enjoyed it a lot. In the evening we went up to Marion to help those Elders out a little bit. But before that we got Popeye's for dinner. Let me tell you, Popeye's is underrated. We split a 30 dollar box between the four of us and there was plenty of food to go around. 16 pieces of chicken, 8 biscuits and 3 sides. You can't beat that. Good stuff. Anyway, after we scarfed down our food we went to work. The goal was to set as many appointments for the Marion Elders as possible. Elder Oettli and Elder Johnson dropped Elder Dwyer and me off in some place in Marion (where neither of us had ever been before) and we went to work. Marion is a great place. Super sketchy but it's great. We talked to so many people. We met this awesome lady named Christa and we taught her and her son about the divine mission of Jesus Christ. It was powerful as we bore simple testimony of our Savior that a 6 year old could understand. They were both really excited to learn more and they met with the Marion Elders on Saturday. I'm so excited for that family.
On Friday I got to go to Polaris and be reunited with my previous companion, Elder Colt Johnson! It was so great! I've missed that guy. It was nice to work together again and reminisce on the good times in Johnstown and all the lessons we learned. We had a great day and we talked to some great people. The next morning we went and played soccer with some members of the Polaris ward and their friends! It was so fun and it was just like Elder Johnson and I playing soccer with the New Albany 2nd ward gang every Saturday when we were in Johnstown! Good times. Later on in the day on Saturday I was reunited with my current companion Elder Johnson (too many Elder Johnsons haha) and we went to work in Dublin. We went contacting at the park and we played basketball with some guys and played football with some guys in our shirts and ties. Good stuff.
Yesterday was so great! I love church and feeling the spirit there. The girl that we are teaching named Carlyn bore her testimony in church! It was simple but so powerful. And she told the congregation that she is gonna be baptized this month. It was so cool. She is so courageous and it is inspiring. Also that day we went and talked to lots of people and we met this lady and got to meet her Springer Spaniel! Not as cute as Rushmore though.
So that was my week! It was a great one. I am thankful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the hope that it brings. I'm thankful for the infinite number of second chances that our Savior gives to us because I sure need a lot of them. Even though I'm imperfect He still loves me perfectly. I'm so thankful for that.
Have a great week! Thanks for all you do, Mom! I love you!
Your son,
Elder Collier
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