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Anathema iIs My New Favorite Word

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Hello hello hello again, everyone! Coming live and from a 9 day work week, it's Elder McMullin! As always, feel free to send me any Pokémon cards or pepto-bismol, and I will happily accept. But, without further ado, here we go!     This extra-long week was kind of buns for work, and people continue to be few and far between. We had a couple of good referrals, but commitments to church somehow, some way, are all magically forgotten at 9:55 when we are desperately calling to see where you are after you promised on 3 separate occasions to bring your wife and 4 kids. Besides that, JAMES! I was sick and tired of watching him putter in and out of church this week, so I admit, Elder McMullin snapped. I lengthened my stride something fierce to get to him before the Elders Quorum, and dragged him and some of his friends to a spare classroom to teach him. Lo and behold, all he needs to do to be officially "On Date", is pick a day that works for him! It was a great lesson, and the s...
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I Am Now A Small Business Owner

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Hello again everyone! Coming live from the home of everyone's favorite Cookout, it's Elder  McMullin ! As always, feel free to send me any hogies or rogue fireworks, and I will happily accept! But, without further ado, here we go!    This week was really wacky. Not only did we had to present 4 out of the 7 days, we almost got snubbed out of one and another randomly sprung on us! You see, with President coming in later than normal, we had to combine our end of transfer/start of next transfer meeting with our safety/social meeting, to make a two hour safety/AP/forgot about the social media presentation/APs saved us/we presented/back to APs/President's wife/president meeting. Despite all the confusion, it went pretty well- except for when we had a video that wouldn't share and Elder Morgan unmuted himself in front of THE WHOLE MISSION to try to help. Other than that, we told the Greenies to use their phones well, district leaders how to present KIs, and the presentation th...
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Second Impressions Are Just As Good, Right?

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     Hello again everyone! Coming live from the State where Pocohantas met not one, but TWO John's from England, it's Elder  McMullin ! As always, feel free to send me any rolls of tape or a salt packet, and I will happily accept. But, without further ado, here we go!     This week was certainly something. We found a single referral on Monday who was unable to come to church this week, but hopes and prayers for Juanita that she can make next one. She does live in Deep Gooch, which is problematic, but hey- we've done more with less. Other than that, it was pretty much donuts cross the board until Sunday, when God once again decided we needed to catch a break, and our (now) good friend John has entered the chat. I thought he blocked us after we talked to him for a little bit, but then had the distinct impression to call him again. He miraculously picked up and said he'd be at church on Sunday, which is what about 90% of the Gayton population says under pressu...
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Bribery And Piracy Are Apparently Allowed In Standards

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Hello again everyone! Coming live from the home of the little Southern Rebellion we call the CSA, it's Elder  McMullin ! As always, feel free to send me any swords or rolled-up one dollar bills, and I will happily accept! But, without further ado, here we go!    This week was almost an absolute disaster, as no one was saying yes to any of our invites. It sucked for the duration of our parking lot time, and sucked even more when we came to Saturday and had no numbas, which was not a good look for us. But, bless the heavens above when our friend JT came go sacrament! It had been a long while since we talked to him, but he remembered the address and came! Plus, he really enjoyed the talks and said he'd bring his family next time, AND left before some shenanigans went down in Elder's Quorum involving a screaming member and our bishop almost getting bonked by and Ipad that belonged to the guy teaching the lesson. Needless to say, the Holy Ghost was pulling more than His weight...
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The Richmond Raceway Has Two New Entries

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Hello again everyone! Coming live from the home of the one and only Pump Road that turns into John Rolfe Road and then back into Pump Road for no apparent reason, it's Elder  McMullin ! If you would like to send me a new brake disc or some motor oil, I will be happy to accept. But, without further ado, her we go!    This week was pretty ok for work. We only found one new person, but it was a great porch lesson that we all really enjoyed. She may have been slightly drunk during the entirety of our chat, but hey. We covered some large chunks of church history and explained some controversial points with hardly an eyebrow raise, and if her glass of chardonnay was the reason for her calm and reasoned acceptance, than so be it. Besides that, we had two of our friends come to church, and it was one per service so BOTH wards realize that we're chugging away! This, combined with the unholy amount of member meals we're trying to set up, has driven the Elders popularity through the...
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The Paparazzi At Mattress Firm Was Just Too Much

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Howdy again everyone! Coming live from the home of the 400th anniversary of Henrico County, it’s Elder  McMullin ! As always, feel free to send me any Nikon products or a new bedsheet set, and I will happily accept. But, without further ado, here we go!     This week was better than most for work, but still kind of mid. We did get someone to church though, so that was pretty great! His name is James, and he seems super open to the gospel. He seems kind of quiet, but he didn’t hurt us or cuss us off of his porch so that was a plus. Beyond that, we continue the “hunt the poor” technique with wild success, including the single best day at Dollar Tree I have ever seen, where we got two phone numbers in about 10 minutes! Even more impressive is that this dollar tree is right next to a traditional Episcopalian church and across the street from Heights, our local megachurch that really puts some hard emphasis on “mega”. They have a grocery store, daycare, a cafe (I think) and a ...
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Like Forsest Maidens, Except We Wear Business Casual

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Hello hello again everyone! Coming live from the data septic tank I have the glorious job of managing, it’s Elder  McMullin ! As always, feel free to send me any hot dogs or eye drops, and I will happily accept them. But, without further ado, here we go!    This week was pretty meh for work, in all honesty. You see, once again we get to be the happily little dumpster fire of an area and our job. Several more problems cropped up of a diverse and almost humorous nature, from more broken sims to various problems with our mulitude of slideshows. Oh, and our AI is going absolutely rogue and we aren’t really sure why. I am halfway tempted to rename its folder “Skynet” or “HAL” or something, because it’s a little concerning at this point. True, it can’t blow up the earth or open the airlocks or anything like that, but it did ping the Chesterfield zone chat 4 separate times in a row with an identical message, which isn’t a good look for us. Additionally, President got a little ma...
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