The sun is out and I can feel its warmth, but the wind can be a bit nippy. This was a very good week for us here in Appleton. Elder McMoore and I had a few miracles as well as some fun moments with the Book of Mormon musical.

"The Musical is entertaining, but the book will change your life."

First off, the Book of Mormon musical was in town from September 16th - 21st. Elder McMoore and I stood outside the P.A.C (Performance Art Center) for three of the 6 showings. We were there with both the Elders from our ward, and the two sets of Elders from the Appleton second ward. The AP's came up from Milwaukee to be with us on opening night. At one time we have 5 companionships of Elders preaching repentance at the front doors of the Theater. It was a lot of fun in my personal opinion. I would venture to guess that it wasn't all that different; we got to talk to some very nice people as well as some rude folk that complained to management and wanted us kicked off the corner. They couldn't kick us out because we were specifically standing on city property not theater property. Most people however were just having a fun time and thought it was funny to see us here. They typically would say, “Hi” and then walk into the theater. A few took the time to take pictures with us, so keep an eye out, I might be famous on social media. Because of how late the play started we were only able to talk to people as they were entering the play. Sadly the play ended after our curfew so we were not able to talk to anyone after the play had ended. All together, we handed out a few Book of Mormons and several pass-a-long cards with our phone number. Now all we can do is wait and find out if there is anybody in Appleton that would like to meet with the real Mormon missionaries.

On Wednesday we had interviews with our mission President. President Cutler is the greatest. He is very loving and patient, humble, and he is a great teacher and uses the scriptures well. My interview with him was just what it needed to be. He and I talked about my personal needs and the districts. Unfortunately we had to end a little early because of an appointment that we had. President drove us to the lesson. Later on at night as he was driving home to Milwaukee he and I continued our interview by phone. That same day we had a lesson with a less active member of our ward that had not been in contact with the church for a long time. We had a fantastic lesson with him and we got to hear on his iPhone a voice mail that was a personal phone call from Peyton Manning. Our less active member operates a company that makes football gloves, and they make the custom football gloves for Peyton Manning. It was sweet! After our lesson with the less active we rode our bikes home, and got pulled over by the cops. She climbed out of the car and answered the question that was on both of our minds: is she really pulling us over? She explained what was wrong - which I'm not going to say because I don't want my lawyer knowing. J Let’s just say that we pulled the "We’re not from around here" card and we got away with a warning. She gave us a nice souvenir of this memorable moment and we were off, headed home.

Not the reason we were pulled over by the police. But---
it matches my red tie so I had to indulge.

Throughout the week we had some quality lessons and we had a youth come out with us on Saturday. The youth is from New Zealand so Elder McMoore loves him and his family. Because he has a car we were able to go visit some key people that we normally have a hard time visiting because of the limitation to buses. While he was with us we saw another miracle where we were able to finally sit down with another less active that I personally have been spending the past 4 months trying to contact. She was super nice and we had a great lesson. She even gave us dinner to take home.

Scripture for the week: 2 Nephi 1:15

15 But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love.

Thank you very much for your love and prayers. Enjoy!

Love,

Elder Luymes

Dinner - Large spaghetti and pile 'o cheese bread, BABY!
I slept really good that night.