This week was eventful. Our main work has been spent in meeting people who the missionaries have talked to before. We have a list of 2-3 pages of people that have done so. We started meeting people, sorting out who was interested in listening to us or not. We pretty much did this the whole week, last night was an incredible miracle that trumped it all. We had set up an appointment to go and visit a woman named Marissa. Yesterday we met her and her family comprising of her son, uncle, and family friend named Dave. They are great people and we taught them the restoration, it was something they had never heard before. The spirit was felt, we left a copy of the Book of Mormon and they agreed to read it. They understand that the book of Mormon is another record of ancient scripture just like the bible except it was written on the American continent. One of the people named Dave was really interested because he is an amateur Archaeologist. We will see them next week.
We also got a new companion named Elder Mortensen, He is from Arizona and will be serving with us for a time. We are excited to work with him.
One interesting thing that's unique up here in Kentucky is everyone's accent's. Even though we're more "North" than Virginia, their voices have a very heavy southern drawl. At times it's tough to understand them.One more thing, it has always been joked that everyone in Kentucky is related, I am here to verify that this is true. There are about 7-8 last names that pop up everywhere. They are all related somewhere. Our congregation is great, we meet new people every day and make new friends. Life is going great here in Kentucky.
Eventually, Elder Kelly, Mortensen, and I will be going to the local Kentucky Fried Chicken, how many people can say " I had Kentucky fried chicken in Kentucky" not many but we will ;)
It's great to be a Kentuckian.
Sincerely,
Elder Kochenderfer
We also got a new companion named Elder Mortensen, He is from Arizona and will be serving with us for a time. We are excited to work with him.
One interesting thing that's unique up here in Kentucky is everyone's accent's. Even though we're more "North" than Virginia, their voices have a very heavy southern drawl. At times it's tough to understand them.One more thing, it has always been joked that everyone in Kentucky is related, I am here to verify that this is true. There are about 7-8 last names that pop up everywhere. They are all related somewhere. Our congregation is great, we meet new people every day and make new friends. Life is going great here in Kentucky.
Eventually, Elder Kelly, Mortensen, and I will be going to the local Kentucky Fried Chicken, how many people can say " I had Kentucky fried chicken in Kentucky" not many but we will ;)
It's great to be a Kentuckian.
Sincerely,
Elder Kochenderfer