The Lord's Instrument May Be A Motorized Gatling Gun

Hello again everyone! Coming live from the freezing southern coastline, it's Elder McMullin! As always, feel free to send me a good shovel or a blowtorch, and I will happily accept it. But, without further ado, here we go!

  This week was certainly wacky for work. Elder Griffiths and I sounded pavement for an unholy amount of time on Tuesday and Wednesday, desperately trying to find someone to start the week right. Plus, a member fell through on our weekly lesson with a friend, meaning LMPs were going in low as well. But- it all turned around on Friday when we managed to find 4 people at our usual finding spots! They all seemed interested, and hopefully will come to church one of these days. Not this week though, as we got a whopping two to sacrament. I won't turn my nose up at that, but I do wish people would set cartoonishly large alarm clocks to wake them up and get them to a holy place. 
     Now for the sad news. Transfers came and went, and unlike a few weeks ago, the district got absolutely mutilated. We lost Elder Miller to Nanesmond (a whole one area up) and Elder Griffiths went on his merry way to VB. I really miss the guy, because two transfers together meant our humor styles melded together to the point of rapid-fire joke telling/one-upping previous joke for 30 straight minutes. But! With change comes excitement, and now I get to be comps with Elder Juncker! He came out on the same plane I did, was trained in Downtown Richmond, and has quite a few stories to tell about his life. While I'll miss Elder Griffiths, Elder Juncker will certainly be an adventure for the next chunk of E-city!
    To explain the title line, Elder Griffiths and I were part of a rather strange miracle. We were prossing a usual finding spot (the TJ Maxx, lovingly nicknamed " The Not Walmart" because we all hate Walmart here) when I shockingly felt like going to Walmart. Remembering that stale ban I still have, I brush it off, only for it to come back even stronger. So, Elder Griffiths and I decide to go, and then the same feeling leads us inside. We covertly talk to a few people in the back, and then I stumble upon her: a motorized nerf gun styled to look like a WW1 machine gun- complete with ammo belt. I was shocked, amazed, and even let out a little whimper. Then, we picked it up and promptly bought it because it was just too good. However, I was confused about why we needed to go into Walmart and spend time there buying a nerf gun. Downtrodden and confused, we go back to TJ Maxx where the first person we talk to was SUPER INTERESTED! She loved the scriptures we were sharing, and was down to talk more. We're still trying to get steady contact, but it was nice to know the Lord had a plan- even if it involved the toy Isle at my least favorite store on Earth.

Anyways, I hope y'all have an incredible week, and excited to hear from you again soon!

From your favorite unlicensed arms dealer,

Elder McMullin

1: Weird little wreath we found on the dock.

2: RIP the Kings of Karolina

3: this little sucker drew blood when I accidentally stabbed my thumb on it. 

4: a member deicide to tie-dump on us, and I got some real winners.

5: A criminal undercover

6: SEIG FIRE! SEIG HEIL!





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