Field of Dreams

Hello everyone,

We had another good week with some pretty cool things happening.  This time of year this area is so beautiful and it’s fun to be surrounded by it.  But dang is it humid! Haha! But here are some of the highlights this week.

MALAKAI: I think I talked about him 2 weeks ago, he is 13 and he has been wanting to be baptized but his Mom wasn’t really loving the idea. But on Sunday we heard from Sister Spencer, Malakai's grandma, and mom is now open to him getting baptized. It is not 100% sure yet but we are teaching him on Tuesday and we will know for sure.  But if it’s true, they want it soon so we will be finishing up teaching him everything, and hopefully on the 19th we can get him baptized.

MATT COURTNEY: Matt has been married to a member of the church for almost a year now. He has been taught pretty much everything, and has zero concerns, but has not wanted to be baptized yet.  But we feel like he's really close. He’s a super cool guy anyway. We went over on Sunday and set him up with a Family History account and hung out with them and it was pretty fun. 

The Elders with the Courtneys

KITCHEN OF HOPE: We went to the KOH for a full day of food service and it was super fun. We got there at about noon and started cooking and prepping. At about 3 the doors opened and we started serving.  It is open to anyone who needs a meal, mostly homeless people, so you get to meet a lot of interesting people.  I also got to wear a cool heart patterned apron so it was nice. 

Serving in their manly aprons

SHADES OF GRACE: We did service there again and went to their 4:00 service on Sunday. There is a guy that performs there about every week named Oscar Harris who has actually performed with some bands at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. But he sang some awesome songs and played an Auto Harp.  We actually got to play his afterwards and it is a really cool sounding instrument. 

Elder Roden and the auto harp

Other than that is was just another normal week of missionary life.  One night we were contacting people is this one area, and we are driving along this ridge line in the mountains and we saw a lit up baseball diamond nestled back in the trees. Field of dreams in real life! Haha! It is where the Kingsport Mets play, a minor league affiliate to the New York Mets. But that was a cool little find.  

Field of Dreams

 I hope everyone has a good week, thanks for all the support!

Elder Roden