Elder Bloxham - Best Week Ever!!!!!!!!!

Ah man I am so excited to finally tell you about my week!!!! Hope your shoes are tied or else this will knock your socks off!! :):)

          So, Elder Martin and I were on exchanges this Wednesday and Thursday. On Wed. we had the greatest finding day ever! We found 3 investigators within 3 hours. I'll tell all about my day here in a bit. :) get ready!

        We had a training in Muncie all morning so we got back to Winchester at about 4 O'clock (Me and Elder Martin) Then took an hour lunch break till 5, then headed out to find! We started walking to Randy's house which is on the corner of Winchester which is good because we talk to everyone on the way to his house. We talked with this guy names Tim for about 30 minutes about the gospel and just his crazy life. He was a little interested, but said to come back in a week or so. He was just the start of our success that night. He lit the fuse :) We go see Randy, he wasn't home so we started heading back towards our house because we needed our Branch President to sign a paper for us, but on the way some guy pulled up next to us in his car and said who are you guys!? We told him our shpeal, and he said ahh your the Mormons!! Do you do this all the time? We said yeah we do this every day from 10 in the morning to 9 at night. He said, well then, I was saved about 5 months ago, but i still want to learn more from you guys! Funny that he is "saved" but it is what it is :) But it was crazy that he stopped in his car and talked with us, and we got a potential out of it! 

         Then we got about 4 houses down from our house and these 2 girls were on the porch, so we started chattin with them and they were way awesome! We told them who we are and what we teach and they were way interested!! So we asked them, "well would you mind if you teach you right now?" They were like yeah go right ahead! So we taught them the whole Restoration right then and there and got a return appointment, which again, hardly ever happens. Hardly ever. Ever. Then we go back and grab the paper that needed to get signed and we head over and get it signed. We walk out of his house and we were like uhh should we just drop this at the car? So we did and as we put it in the car, our neighbor started talking with us. So we were talking with him and his wife and daughter for about 10 minutes, then come to find out, their daughter was going through a divorce and wanted a change in her life. Thats when the Gospel comes in :):) We told her how it can help us through our trials and she wanted us to come back the next day and teach her about it. It was so amazing how that all happened within minutes!!! haha

          So Thursday we go to her house and teach her and then committed her to baptism. She said yes and then we set up a date of September 7th!! :) Her name is Brittany, and she is so amazing!!!

         The spirit of being obedient is key to success! Take Lehi for example!! 1Nephi 2:1-4 is when Lehi takes his family and heads out to the wilderness, not even knowing where he is going, but just goes. He was obedient and look at the miracles that happened! WHFTRACTP is so true dad, it's such a trend. Once we work hard, we follow the rules. Then when that happens, the spirit converts the people. Amazing.

I have a testimony of working hard and receiving blessings for it. Not only in missionary work, but in everything!! if we are diligently working hard, and following the rules, we will be blessed!!

Love you all so very much!!

-Elder Bloxham

So Connie's family moved just down the street to a cheaper house and it had a huge Bee infestation, come to find out, there is this massive beehive in the basement!!!! check this crap out!! I was so itchy from those creepy bees man.. You know i'm terrified of bees!!!!

This is my district

Me and Elder Barfuss in the car hahaha!!!