Leaves

Hey all,

This week was sooooooooo long, not a lot of people were home two reasons, this is the week of deer hunting with guns and it was Thanksgiving. So pretty much not a lot of people were home. Hey but on the good side of things we were able to have some success out tracting on Saturday and had a few people say that we could come back so that was nice. This Thanksgiving we did have as many members to visit this year but we did see two members we had a good chicken dinner at one house and at the other we ate just some snacks, but it was great. Then on Friday the ward had a turkey bowl and it was a lot of fun even though only 6 members showed up we also had 6 missionaries, including us, so not the biggest one but it was fun. On Sunday we received some sad news about Amada and we are going to have to move her baptism again her case keeps getting screwed up, and now her lawyer has an conflict of interest, he worked for the cop that is accusing her on false charges, so she could use some extra prayers if you can do that for her that would be awesome. Well we are going to see crazy miracles this week hope you are having a good one too.

 

Love ya

Elder Robert Pike

 

 

 

Green Bay

Hello again,

Sorry I forgot to write last week. I ran out of time before we had a lesson to email all of you but nothing to exciting happened last week any way, except that we got to have a 1-6 week training on last Friday but other than that it was a pretty normal week. This week we went on exchanges, yes I know it is weird the last day of the transfer but none of us were getting transferred and Elder Peterson had a baptismal interview with the Sisters investigator so he had to come down anyway, so we did exchanges. Exchanges were so much fun we had a dinner appointment and then contacted a few people and then Wednesday we went to visit a less active who owns a bakery and got some good doughnuts. It was awesome. Then later on Wednesday night we had correlation and I almost exploded! I did all that I physically could to prevent myself from killing our ward mission leader, need less to say we got taco bell that night. Than we got a 4 referrals from this sister missionary in az and we contacted 3 of them and found that one is not in our ward. We were able to get in contact with all of them and 2 of the said we could come back. It was awesome. One of them has actually met with the missionaries before they were neighbors of the Krehbiel family here in Green Bay and they said that we could bring them over and we could share more with them. Everything is going great here. The Browns are awesome and Amada is doing good. She is coming along just fine we are hoping and praying that her case is dropped so she and Gabe can get baptized after Christmas. I hope you have a great week.

 

 Love ya

 

Elder Robert Pike

Sisters sought revenge!

So the sisters tried to get back at us this week for the pranks we have pulled on them and this is what they did.

​We drove with it all night. On a more spiritual note the Browns are doing great and are going to the temple this week to do baptisms for the dead so excited. Another cool thing my mom being the nicest person in the world bought them quads with their names engraved in them. I have to go I love you all

 

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P.S could you all pray for my family my grandfather passed away last night I know he is in a better place and I am happy for him, I just worry for my family and I know they need all the support that you provide.

Good Halloween

Hello all,

I hope you all had a great Halloween. I know we did. This last week we had an awesome Zone Conference where they talked a lot about the Book of Mormon and how it leads to our conversion. It was such a spiritual experience to learn and grow from our leaders and from a member who was converted by purchasing a copy of the Book of Mormon from Goodwill for 50 cents. It was awesome to hear the testimonies of the missionaries and him. I am challenging you all to send me in a separate email of your testimony, for those of you that read my blog my email is robert.pike@myldsmail.net Hopefully I will be able to hear from you too. Then we had a scary lesson with Amada and the Browns where she told she might be get kicked out and and other things and we were scared but now we are going to be meeting with her everyday so we can help her even more. But everything seamed normal on Sunday so we are praying that everything still goes well. Saturday was awesome and we were able to help 3 members of the ward with work around their houses, raking leaves and stuff like that. It was awesome we are getting to know the members even better. I love service! And Sunday was awesome I loved it. Testimony meeting was weird and full of random 5 minuet pauses, but it was great but the best part of yesterday was the CES devotional by Donald L Hallstrom that was amassing! He talked a lot about how we can sure up our foundation of our testimony, it was amassing. I really like the part about how he related our testimonies to the foundation of a mighty and majestic temple. It is a great talk and I would like it if you would watch it. Here is the website https://www.lds.org/broadcasts/watch/ces-devotionals/2014/11?cid=HPSU110214549&lang=eng.

 

So to preface this picture and why it was a great Halloween we pulled a prank on the sisters. The sisters are in charge of our dinner calendar and we asked what day we had a dinner with the Elkins family. They told us the day and said that it would cost us an arm and a leg so we go them an arm and leg. But we didn't make it that simple we told them to leave their trunk of their car open but they didn't so we took their keys and tied the arm to the trunk so when they opened it the arm would pop out at them. It worked out better than we had planned. The Sister holding the arm and leg is Sister Johnson and she was scared really good. She oppened it and screamed and ran while her companion for the day dropped her coat and ran away fast. The best part of the prank we had the members that we had dinner with involved and they watched. Brother Elkins said "it worked perfectly" it was awesome and sister Johnson being such a good sport took a picture with the arm and leg.

 

Love  you all,

Elder Robert Pike

Well another week

Hello there,

This was a great week. We had some really great lessons with Amada and her son Gabe this week. Gabe is 7 and turns 8 in December so we are preparing him for baptism on the 27th of December and what is going to be really cool if all goes right Amada will be baptized on the same day! I am so excited and so are they. They both really want to be baptized. Tuesday Amada felt like everyone was accusing her of stealing things and she didn't, and we were able to calm here down.  Wednesday we talked with the Browns and they said that she said " that I fell so much better after meeting with them today" she is so awesome she has gone through so much and still is pressing forward. So Thursday was a rough day for Amada her roommate stole here parents old license plates and got into trouble and the cops came to the Browns and the deputy was trying to accuse her of doing it but Amada has everything to lose so she wouldn't have done it plus in her own words she "is a hermit". When we came up to the house she had just pulled out a cigarette and started to smoke but only took two hits off of it. I was so impressed, she has come so far she has gone from smoking more that a pack a day to smoking maybe 2 cigarettes a day. Tomorrow she is going to quit for sure. This week has been stressful for them but they are enduring well and it is going to be awesome to see their progression and hopefully I am able to next year to join them in the temple so they can be sealed to each other. I love their family so much. I hope you are doing well and have a great week. 

 

Love you all,

Elder Robert Pike

 

P.S. We had trunk or treat this week. We decorated the Sisters trunk and passed out candy.

 

 

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GREEN BAY!!!!!!

Hello,

How are you doing today? I would really like to know the answer to that question.  This week we got out and worked through the rain. and then we did some service and then we had church that was all.

Last  Monday we got to go to Lambeau field, it was fun. I will show you pictures. Tuesday we went to Shawano and had district meeting, it was fun, and after we gave a blessing to some less active non members. Wednesday we had an awesome lesson with our EQP and Brett was awesome. He is now reading from the Book of Mormon daily. Thursday we taught Amada and now she is using 15 step program to quit smoking. We had dinner at the Browns but they didn't cook Sister Johnson made us all some fried chicken it was good. Friday we had an awesome lesson with this lady. We drew up a map of the earth and then told the story of the Book of Mormon. She than said she believed all that we said and we are going to go back this week. Saturday was full of service we helped members clean their yards and rake leaves. We planed on getting done around noon and didn't finish until 4pm. Next Saturday we are going to split wood. Sunday was okay we had Ward council and I wanted to scream at the lack of participation for the ward goals for the next year. Church was good though. I hope this week is better we are hoping to see miracles here in Green Bay as the ward works together to meet their goals.

 

Love you all,

Elder Robert Pike


My future view and hopefully it will be on a Sunday.

 

 

A new week and a new companion.

Hey

So this has been a weird week but it has been fun and exhausting at the same time. So on last Monday we played sports at the church for a while. Tuesday was weird Elder Wise packed and I cleaned the apartment. We went and contacted some people. We saw the Browns and then started our long trip to Milwaukee. First stop was in Manitwoc to pick up the ZL's van then we went to Sheboygan to pick up the Hmong Elders and then it was off to Misquigo Lakes to drop them off and finally we made it to West Allis to stay the night. By the way we got there at 10pm. Then Wednesday was long too. We were at the church at about 7:45am and then I was trained about training, I met my new companion Elder Haueter. He is from Magna Utah. After all was said and done in Milwaukee we left at about 2:30pm and drove up to Oshkosh to drop of fthe Sheboygan Elders and then did the long hour trip to Manitwoc and then the hour drive back to Green Bay. It was great I love my new missionary a lot. We haven't had too much time to go out and work but we have had some great service opportunities in helping some ward members. Friday we were able to see Meet the Mormons it was awesome! I loved it I hope you are all able to watch it. I can't believe how great it was. I hope you are having a great day.

 

Love you,

Elder Robert Pike

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