Things have been going well!  Next week is the last week of the transfer, and my companion is the district leader and does not have his driving privileges, so I had to trade off with the Coldwater elders basically for four days of the week!  Too bad I didn’t know that before I headed out because I basically only packed a day of stuff.  But I did survive, and I had a good time.  It’s so great to learn from the work that different missionaries do, because everyone does it in a different way, and there is a reason each missionary is called to the wherever they are.  So why am I here in Sturgis, Michigan?  I think I have yet to find out.

On Tuesday in Coldwater I was with Elder Mafile’o, who is a big Hawaiian young man.  He has a lot of dedication and doorknocking with him was really fun, because we both would try to testify sincerely of the importance of Christ, his doctrine, and the Book of Mormon.  It was kind of funny, though, because some people got very upset at us and would yell at us and shoo us off of their property, and there’s probably a reason they don’t put two brown missionaries together in very white-dominant areas… 🙂  We also made an appointment with a Muslim family with was really cool and I wish I could have gone for that appointment but trade-offs are over now..

We have to get going and do laundry and shopping soon, but lastly I wanted to talk about our most progressing investigator at this time, and quite honestly, one of our only investigators.  I’m not sure how much I’ve talked about him, but his name is Jason.  He lives in LaGrange, IN, which is actually within our mission boundaries.  He’s 37 and loves My Little Pony, so by definition, he is in fact a Brony.  Hahaha, he is a very kind guy, and we have had a total of five visits with him and he takes all of the doctrine in that we share with him.  The only problem that seems to be there is time.  He is very busy with work, and needs a lot of hours in order to continue making enough money to keep getting by, as is natural, but thus far he has not found much time to read from the Book of Mormon. We had a visit with him yesterday, in which we read 3 Nephi chapter 11 with him, going around in a circle, and at the end of the visit he gave a very fervent prayer, asking for Heavenly Father to help him to find time to read from the Book, an to help him to know it is true.  If you are reading this, I invite you to please add Jason within some of your prayers, as I know it will help him.

Are any of you Bronies and proud?  Let me know.

I love you all and will talk to you again two Mondays from now!

Elder Breinholt