The weekly Update from Kenosha B Inc.

President: Elder Luymes sc
Secretary: Elder Norton jc

This week at Kenosha B Inc we outdid ourselves. However none of the glory goes to us because this week was for certain in the hands of God. We had a very humbling experience this week. A week where we both learned that even though what we thought we were doing was right (and it was to a certain degree) We just were not doing it all the way with the Lord by our side. We were stepping out of line. The week started out very normal. Normal as in: nobody was home, we were maybe teaching one or two lessons a day, and our plans were mainly tracting because nobody was home. However on Thursday we had our weekly planning session. Elder Norton and I discussed back and forth the many struggles we were having for our area. We talked about what was frustrating us, what wasn't happening that should. As we talked I could feel the direction of our conversation move more and more to the realm of "We don't know what to do, and we don't know what God wants us to do." We did, after an hour or so of talking finally admit that we had no direction for our area. Elder Norton suggested that we pray about it, which we did, and my experience during this prayer was that of peace. I felt reassured that God was well aware of the lack of progression that we were having/seeing. I felt comforted to know that God was very aware of our frustrations and struggles, He was aware of my many prayers both specific and general for the people and families that we are working with. From this prayer Elder Norton and I came up with some specific goals, and got some major organization projects completed. Then the whole atmosphere of the work changed. We went from one maybe two lessons a day to four. We went from seeing nobody that we had hoped to, too seeing every person on the list in three days’ time. We had an investigator at church, taught two member present lessons Sunday night, and 21 "other lessons" by the end of the week (we average 10 a week). Humbling? Absolutely! This was a great learning and growing experience to show that we absolutely need God in this work and life in general. We accomplished two weeks’ worth of work in three days.

I got my flight information on Saturday. I'm flying home with another Elder, a Hmong Elder. I kind of know him. It will be fun to have someone to talk with during the whole flight time. He'll help me keep my mind of the weird thought of "I'm going home, now what do I do"! 

Scripture for the week: Ether 8:26

 26 Wherefore, I, Moroni, am commanded to write these things that evil may be done away, and that the time may come that Satan may have no power upon the hearts of the children of men, but that they may be persuaded to do good continually, that they may come unto the fountain of all righteousness and be saved.

Thank you, have an awesome week! Love,

Elder Luymes