Hey!
Not much to say this week. Getting transferred, I'll be in McPhersen
with Elder Smack.
Super excited for this next transfer!
- Elder Andrasko
Monday, December 26, 2016
O Come, All Ye "Tankful"
Hey!
Not much to say this week. Getting transferred, I'll be in McPhersen
with Elder Smack.
Super excited for this next transfer!
- Elder Andrasko
Monday, December 19, 2016
Cold as Ice
To start off I cannot emphasize enough how freezing cold it was, sure Utah and other places get cold, but they don't have the wind like Kansas does. And this week when the temperature dropped we got wind of 30-40 miles an hour. So when it was 5 degrees outside the windchill made it 25 degrees below 0! So yep pretty cold, we were out walking in it, had a good time, first time it snowed too!
Well anyways, there was some really awesome stuff that happened this week. First off on Tuesday we had interviews with our mission president! President McCuistion really is awesome, and super inspired, I got a ton of revelation from our interview together! Another awesome thing that happened was we had a dinner appointment with one of our investigators!
The Rodgers family! Two weeks ago Desmond, the father, asked if we had people feed us and stuff, then he offered to feed us! So we were able to go have a super awesome dinner, it was chili, then have a great restoration lesson with him and his wife! We invited them for baptism, they said they'd talk about it, but they agreed! The only problem is they went back home to Kentucky for Christmas and won't be back until the 1st or 2nd! But on the plus side he said he'd like to have a weekly dinner with us when he gets home!
Wednesday we had Zone Conference in Manhattan, well it was supposed to be in Junction but got changed because the building was closed for cleaning. It was a super awesome meeting! We didn't get home until about 5:30 and we had dinner at 6, but we had a little time after dinner to go out and proselyte!
We made a commitment that we would invite to baptism at least once a day everyday, we missed a couple days though, and it was super awesome! Even though some of the invites were awkward and seemed out of place we were able to meet a lot more people and make them new investigators! So that went really well!
We met a really awesome lady a little bit ago, her name is Christine, anyways when we met her she introduced herself as a really bad catholic and told us to come back another time. So we came back and she wanted to know what we believed, what the Book of Mormon was about, everything! It was super awesome, she has 3 children, the oldest just turned 10 and is autistic. So we gave her a picture Book of Mormon, which she has started reading to her children from the beginning! She's hoping it will make them less crazy haha. Unfortunately she couldn't make it to church because of the weather,
she won't drive in the snow. So his week we are gonna get her super solid, and set up a member ride just in case she can't make it.
This week we have the car and we are planning to go to all the little towns in our area that we never get the chance to make it to, our dinner on Tuesday is over an hour away! So we'll be able to go to a
lot of the little towns around on our way.
Not much else going on, just cold and windy. Transfers are just a week away so we'll see what changes come next week!
Kansas is awesome! I love it here so much! I can understand why Dorothy says, "There's no place like home!"
Have a good week!
- Elder Andrasko
Sunday, December 18, 2016
#LightTheWorld
Hello! Things here in JC are awesome!
This week was awesome! Well besides the weather, it's been getting
real cold. It actually snowed for the first time this year! Luckily
for us it was our week with the car, the "new car". Man I can't
emphasize enough how nice it is to have this car. Anyways this week we
went on two exchanges, was supposed to be three but the last one got
cancelled.
A big focus of our week was finding new investigators, we've been
struggling to find new people. So on Tuesday we started, and at the
end of the night we had found what seemed to be a miracle. His name is
Nick, and he knows a lot about the church already, mostly what he's
heard from his fellow soldiers. And at the end of our lesson he
accepted a baptism date! But unfortunately when we went back a few
days later he said he didn't want to change religions or anything, but
that he was still willing to read the Book of Mormon. Well at least
it's something
Wednesday was the first of our two exchanges, and I went into the JC
Branch area for the first time since I've been here! It was pretty
exciting, got to see how the other side lives.
Thursday was super awesome! So we had dinner at a member's house on
Thursday and when we got there they said they had invited someone
over. Well it was the 2nd oldest girl's boyfriend, and the father is a
Stake High Counselor and had been talking to him a lot about he
church. So much so that he wanted to speak to the missionaries. It
went really awesome and he wants to work towards baptism! We have
another lesson with him at their home this Thursday. His name is Blake
and he's super awesome.
Friday was round 2 of our exchanges, this time I got to stay on the
ward side of town. It was also the ward Christmas party, a few of us
missionaries made our own nativity, pictures included. Friday we also
started a new investigator challenge, as a district we were to try and
find 16 new investigators in two days. Well we ended up crushing it
and moved the goal to 24, we ended with 25. So we focused a lot of
those two days on finding, and centering our teaching on the Book of
Mormon.
Saturday was a sad day, there was a "funeral" for a sister in the
district who finished her mission today. She didn't know about it, but
we made a casket, and the Brinkerhoff's (senior missionary couple)
made an obituary and Eulogy that was read there. We also had some
lunch. It was actually really funny, but she didn't think so. Later
that night we were out and hadn't had much luck, so we promised the
Lord we'd knock 10 doors before dinner, we'll a few things came up and
we only had 15 minutes before dinner. So we literally sprinted to
doors to knock in them, and it turned out really well. There was a few
people who were legitimately interested! So we'll see them again this
week.
Sunday might have been the most awkward, embarrassing, day of my life.
So the Brinkerhoff's volunteered all the missionaries to have a
special musical number during sacrament meeting, well none of us are
musically inclined, a few of us can play piano, but not a single one
of us can sing. So that was exciting, sorta. But it is not an
experience I will soon forget, nor one that I will soon repeat, even
though we did because we sang in the ward and the branch.
Anyways things are going super awesome and I'm having a great time,
this time of the year is really awesome for missionary work. Remember
that every member is a missionary so don't be afraid to help! Or
invite someone to hear the message of the gospel, oh and
#LightTheWorld is cool too, so do that.
Anyways love y'all!
- Elder Andrasko
What Child is This?
Hey! This week was pretty great, did a few exchanges, taught some
people, and did missionary work.
This week we talked to every single person we saw, but unfortunately
it didn't bring forth much fruit. We didn't find very many people who
are interested. But that's ok, when things start getting hard that's
when the miracles start. Satan definitely has been working hard on us
this week, but as long as we keep pushing forward we'll see crazy
miracles.
Wednesday we went up to Milford, Kansas to see the Delgados, I'm not
sure what it is with that guy, but he just won't commit to baptism! We
went super hard with him, we were super lovingly bold and told him
that he would get blessed for it etc., but he still said no! I think
it is because of his Catholic dad, and he's afraid to disappoint him.
We'll keep trying I guess. Later we went on splits with the Zone
Leaders, so we double covered our area and saw a whole bunch of
people. Elder White and I went biking, it was a little chilly
especially with that cool wind. We only met a few new people, and one
of them wanted to bash hardcore with us. But luckily we had an excuse
that we had to go to dinner. And we did! We went out a recent convert,
well a convert of just over a year, who just got called into the
Branch Presidency. His name is Ossie and he is one of the coolest
converts I have ever met. We went out to Freddy's and got some steak
burgers, there was 6 elders there so it was a missionary feast!
Thanksgiving was a pretty awesome day. Mostly because of the amount of
food we got. We were on a p-day schedule on thanksgiving, so we
started out doing some laundry. Then all 4 of us Elders went to the
park to play some basketball. We were out for a few hours, it was
pretty fun. Then we went to the church for our first Thanksgiving
dinner. The senior missionaries in Junction put on a Thanksgiving
dinner for all those who don't have anyone to spend Thanksgiving with,
like people who has a spouse deployed. So we ate, helped the kids do
some crafts, and played games.
After the first dinner we went on the Army base for our second dinner.
It was who the assistant ward mission leader and one other family. It
was a little awkward because there wasn't enough room on the table for
all of us, so Elder Stirling and I had to sit in he next room. It was
kinda like we were at the children's table haha. But the food was good
so I don't really care haha. After eating and talking for a few hours
we went to our last dinner of the night.
We were pretty full so not much food for us, we mostly just ate
dessert, pumpkin and pecan pie. It was pretty great stuff. We did go
over again the next day for lunch, and the day after for dinner. Just
helping people get rid of their leftovers!
We've seen our two miracles from last week, Carrie and Frazier. Well
Frazier is his last name, I guess Army guys like to go by their last
name. We had a really good lesson in the Word of Wisdom and told them
that they need to live it if they want to get baptized. They are super
awesome, hey just didn't come to church yesterday. So we'll need to
work on that one too...
So Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, was the official kickoff for
#LightTheWorld. If you haven't seen it yet, definitely watch it, its
worth it. And it was also the day of the day of he annual Junction
City Christmas parade! So what a perfect opportunity to hand out cards
and let people know about #LightTheWorld. We also took some pictures,
see below.
Saturday is always a busy day. We start off with volleyball with
whoever wants to come, then we move to soccer. Then we move to
missionary work. Well we were late to soccer because we were helping a
member with her Christmas lights. We were going to make a trip out to
the small towns around JC, but we didn't have enough time, I guess
next week we'll have to burn a few hours and try those towns 30-60
minutes away.
Sunday was super awesome, we had the opportunity to go on splits with
the Assistants to the President. We were only with them for an hour,
because of dinner and a baptism later that night, but I still learned
a ton. Everything in his church is truly inspired, even missionary
leadership because they taught me a ton!
Not much else going on, but this next week will be crazy for sure!
Love y'all!
- Elder Andrasko
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Baby It's Cold Outside
Hey y'all! This week has been awesome!
So we had a zone training this week, we do it once a month just to learn things we need to work on to become better missionaries. We had three trainings, one by the Sister Training Leaders, then one from each Zone Leaders. I learned a ton! We have a pretty cool zone.
We've been working a lot with our main investigators. It's a little frustrating cause they will read and stuff. But they haven't come to church or any of the baptisms we've invited them too. Plus they still have pretty bad WOW issues.
But on a brighter note Michael is doing a lot better with his issues. He says he thinks his girlfriend was sent from God to make him a better person. We are going to find a time this week to watch Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration with him. I'm pretty excited for that, he told us he really wants to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet. Work is just an issue, he wakes up at 3 to go to work, so usually tired when we want to try and see him.
So this week for the first time in my mission we actually knocked doors. We met a whole range of different people. Most weren't interested and told us to never come back. But we met a few really
cool people! We actually met this guy who is a deacon for his church, but after telling him about the Book of Mormon he wanted to learn more. His name is Bill, and hopefully we get to see him again this week.
Well Kansas is finally starting to get cold, I actually broke out my winter coat this week. Mostly because the wind makes everything really cold. This week we are supposed to get snow too! Luckily we have the car this week.
This week at church we went to primary at the end of third hour so that we could play the role of prophets. I myself got to be Nephi, which I was glad to play. And I don't know if it's because we passed around our meal calendar while dressed like prophets, but for the first time since coming to JC we have a meal every day this week! Blessings.
Not a whole lot of time to email and not a ton to write about. But things are going awesome! This mission is such a great place, and Kansas is sacred ground I love it so much!
Have a good week!
- Elder Andrasko
So we had a zone training this week, we do it once a month just to learn things we need to work on to become better missionaries. We had three trainings, one by the Sister Training Leaders, then one from each Zone Leaders. I learned a ton! We have a pretty cool zone.
We've been working a lot with our main investigators. It's a little frustrating cause they will read and stuff. But they haven't come to church or any of the baptisms we've invited them too. Plus they still have pretty bad WOW issues.
But on a brighter note Michael is doing a lot better with his issues. He says he thinks his girlfriend was sent from God to make him a better person. We are going to find a time this week to watch Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration with him. I'm pretty excited for that, he told us he really wants to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet. Work is just an issue, he wakes up at 3 to go to work, so usually tired when we want to try and see him.
So this week for the first time in my mission we actually knocked doors. We met a whole range of different people. Most weren't interested and told us to never come back. But we met a few really
cool people! We actually met this guy who is a deacon for his church, but after telling him about the Book of Mormon he wanted to learn more. His name is Bill, and hopefully we get to see him again this week.
Well Kansas is finally starting to get cold, I actually broke out my winter coat this week. Mostly because the wind makes everything really cold. This week we are supposed to get snow too! Luckily we have the car this week.
This week at church we went to primary at the end of third hour so that we could play the role of prophets. I myself got to be Nephi, which I was glad to play. And I don't know if it's because we passed around our meal calendar while dressed like prophets, but for the first time since coming to JC we have a meal every day this week! Blessings.
Not a whole lot of time to email and not a ton to write about. But things are going awesome! This mission is such a great place, and Kansas is sacred ground I love it so much!
Have a good week!
- Elder Andrasko
So Much to be Thankful For
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| Time to Break out the Winter Coat |
Hey! This week was pretty great, did a few exchanges, taught some people, and did missionary work.
This week we talked to every single person we saw, but unfortunately it didn't bring forth much fruit. We didn't find very many people who are interested. But that's ok, when things start getting hard that's when the miracles start. Satan definitely has been working hard on us this week, but as long as we keep pushing forward we'll see crazy miracles.
Wednesday we went up to Milford, Kansas to see the a family we are teaching. I'm not sure what it is with that guy, but he just won't commit to baptism! We went super hard with him, we were super lovingly bold and told him that he would get blessed for it etc., but he still said no! I think
it is because of his Catholic dad, and he's afraid to disappoint him. We'll keep trying I guess. Later we went on splits with the Zone Leaders, so we double covered our area and saw a whole bunch of
people. Elder White and I went biking, it was a little chilly especially with that cool wind. We only met a few new people, and one of them wanted to bash hardcore with us. But luckily we had an excuse that we had to go to dinner. And we did! We went out a recent convert, well a convert of just over a year, who just got called into the Branch Presidency. His name is Ossie and he is one of the coolest converts I have ever met. We went out to Freddy's and got some steak burgers, there was 6 elders there so it was a missionary feast!
Thanksgiving was a pretty awesome day. Mostly because of the amount of food we got. We were on a p-day schedule on thanksgiving, so we started out doing some laundry. Then all 4 of us Elders went to the park to play some basketball. We were out for a few hours, it was pretty fun. Then we went to the church for our first thanksgiving dinner. The senior missionaries in Junction put on a thanksgiving dinner for all those who don't have anyone to spend thanksgiving with, like people who has a spouse deployed. So we ate, helped the kids do some crafts, and played games.
After the first dinner we went on the Army base for our second dinner. It was who the assistant ward mission leader and one other family. It was a little awkward because there wasn't enough room on the table for all of us, so Elder Stirling and I had to sit in he next room. It was kinda like we were at the children's table haha. But the food was good so I don't really care haha. After eating and talking for a few hours we went to our last dinner of the night.
We were pretty full so not much food for us, we mostly just ate dessert, pumpkin and pecan pie. It was pretty great stuff. We did go over again the next day for lunch, and the day after for dinner. Just
helping people get rid of their leftovers!
We've seen our two miracles from last week, Carrie and Frazier. Well Frazier is his last name, I guess Army guys like to go by their last name. We had a really good lesson in the Word of Wisdom and told them that they need to live it if they want to get baptized. They are super awesome, hey just didn't come to church yesterday. So we'll need to work on that one too...
So Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, was the official kickoff for #LightTheWorld. If you haven't seen it yet, definitely watch it, its worth it. And it was also the day of the day of he annual Junction
City Christmas parade! So what a perfect opportunity to hand out cards and let people know about #LightTheWorld.
Saturday is always a busy day. We start off with volleyball with whoever wants to come, then we move to soccer. Then we move to missionary work. Well we were late to soccer because we were helping a member with her Christmas lights. We were going to make a trip out to the small towns around JC, but we didn't have enough time, I guess next week we'll have to burn a few hours and try those towns 30-60 minutes away.
Sunday was super awesome, we had the opportunity to go on splits with the Assistants to the President. We were only with them for an hour, because of dinner and a baptism later that night, but I still learned a ton. Everything in his church is truly inspired, even missionary leadership because they taught me a ton!
Not much else going on, but this next week will be crazy for sure!
Love y'all!
This week we talked to every single person we saw, but unfortunately it didn't bring forth much fruit. We didn't find very many people who are interested. But that's ok, when things start getting hard that's when the miracles start. Satan definitely has been working hard on us this week, but as long as we keep pushing forward we'll see crazy miracles.
Wednesday we went up to Milford, Kansas to see the a family we are teaching. I'm not sure what it is with that guy, but he just won't commit to baptism! We went super hard with him, we were super lovingly bold and told him that he would get blessed for it etc., but he still said no! I think
it is because of his Catholic dad, and he's afraid to disappoint him. We'll keep trying I guess. Later we went on splits with the Zone Leaders, so we double covered our area and saw a whole bunch of
people. Elder White and I went biking, it was a little chilly especially with that cool wind. We only met a few new people, and one of them wanted to bash hardcore with us. But luckily we had an excuse that we had to go to dinner. And we did! We went out a recent convert, well a convert of just over a year, who just got called into the Branch Presidency. His name is Ossie and he is one of the coolest converts I have ever met. We went out to Freddy's and got some steak burgers, there was 6 elders there so it was a missionary feast!
Thanksgiving was a pretty awesome day. Mostly because of the amount of food we got. We were on a p-day schedule on thanksgiving, so we started out doing some laundry. Then all 4 of us Elders went to the park to play some basketball. We were out for a few hours, it was pretty fun. Then we went to the church for our first thanksgiving dinner. The senior missionaries in Junction put on a thanksgiving dinner for all those who don't have anyone to spend thanksgiving with, like people who has a spouse deployed. So we ate, helped the kids do some crafts, and played games.
After the first dinner we went on the Army base for our second dinner. It was who the assistant ward mission leader and one other family. It was a little awkward because there wasn't enough room on the table for all of us, so Elder Stirling and I had to sit in he next room. It was kinda like we were at the children's table haha. But the food was good so I don't really care haha. After eating and talking for a few hours we went to our last dinner of the night.
We were pretty full so not much food for us, we mostly just ate dessert, pumpkin and pecan pie. It was pretty great stuff. We did go over again the next day for lunch, and the day after for dinner. Just
helping people get rid of their leftovers!
We've seen our two miracles from last week, Carrie and Frazier. Well Frazier is his last name, I guess Army guys like to go by their last name. We had a really good lesson in the Word of Wisdom and told them that they need to live it if they want to get baptized. They are super awesome, hey just didn't come to church yesterday. So we'll need to work on that one too...
So Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, was the official kickoff for #LightTheWorld. If you haven't seen it yet, definitely watch it, its worth it. And it was also the day of the day of he annual Junction
City Christmas parade! So what a perfect opportunity to hand out cards and let people know about #LightTheWorld.
Saturday is always a busy day. We start off with volleyball with whoever wants to come, then we move to soccer. Then we move to missionary work. Well we were late to soccer because we were helping a member with her Christmas lights. We were going to make a trip out to the small towns around JC, but we didn't have enough time, I guess next week we'll have to burn a few hours and try those towns 30-60 minutes away.
Sunday was super awesome, we had the opportunity to go on splits with the Assistants to the President. We were only with them for an hour, because of dinner and a baptism later that night, but I still learned a ton. Everything in his church is truly inspired, even missionary leadership because they taught me a ton!
Not much else going on, but this next week will be crazy for sure!
Love y'all!
Elder Andrasko
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