Hey y'all!
How are things in the land of corn and snow
lol?! Hope everything has worked out so far with work and school and
sports and whatnot.
Anyway, things are just dandy down here
in Jackson, the sweet secret in the heart of Georgia (that was the old
saying for this town... not sure if it still applies lol)! This past
Monday we went on a team-up with a member to visit some less-actives and
some 'gators. Having a member makes all the difference; they can relate
to the person better than weird, fancy-dressed missionaries can ever do
lol! The help the person we are teaching have a friend to fall back on
when we can't be there; because sooner or later, we have to pass them
off to the ward/branch. If they get too attached to us, there is a
danger of them becoming less-active because they feel alone or
unwelcome. The biggest thing that gets missionary work rolling is
participation from the members; without them, we will miss out on 2/3
of the baptisms we could be getting, and have a far lower retention
rate than we should.
Anyway, I digress.
We are continuing to see Author
everyday; his girlfriend has also requested she would like to stop
smoking, so we'll see where that goes! He is in some of the pictures I
sent, along with Bro. Numa (with the hat), and Brother Martin (the white
guy who served in Africa!).
Wednesday we met a guy who is a deacon at his brother's Baptist
church, but was very open for discussion, and was "quite intrigued" by
the Plan of Salvation, and wants us to visit more, and bring him more
books/pamphets; will do!
We have been working with our branch president to work with
less-actives; it's probably the thing needed most for Jackson, so we
have been "bounty hunting" the past few weeks for less-actives and
former gators and such. It's the same thing I did in Conyers and
Dahlonega/Dawsonville, so I should be a professional by now lol.
Ate a delicious authentic mexican meal at the Martins (it was there
graduation/birthday/moving away party. They are in the second to last
picture.) Brother Martin was a way funny guy, and we are all gonna miss
them!
That's about all that has happened this week; in the newsletter
that goes out to all missionaries about events in the mission, I found
out Kent (who I taught in Kennesaw) and the Alfaro's kids (last picture)
and a kid in Dawsonville (who was the boyfriend of a member) all got
baptized in the past few months; yay! That just about made my week when I
saw that; there is no better feeling than to know someone you have come
to love has taken the big step closer to their Savior.
Things are still going well with Elder I and I; he is a funny guy,
and is always happy! He asks me all the time about things in english; I
have come to realize that english doesn't make any sense! Trying to
explain it to someone who didn't grow up with english has been harder
than I thought! English is weird.
Anyway, that's it for now; we got zone conference coming up soon, which means a trip to Conyers; yay!
So how are y'all doing? Please write me!
Take luck! Love y'all!
Love,
Elder Casey Guy Dickson
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