Dallin H Oaks and Ians baptism

So this week was so freaking fast! I hope I hit all the big points that happened! First we went onto Wichita State campus a few times to find some new investigators and just talk to people! It was a blast! Hahaha people are hilarious  everyone is so unique I love it! So last week we had to give 2 people blessings because they were in the hospital and in rough care! This week we got phone calls from each of them saying that they were out of the hospital in a day or 2 after the blessing! It was so amazing it finally clicked that the power of the priesthood is real and the power we hold is only effective if we have faith and if we are worthy and they must have faith too! It shows agency in all things! Then we found out there is a family in our ward who speaks French so we will be going over there to have them help us with French haha we need some serious help. 

We also went on exchanges this week and it was aight! We met this kid who was trying to teach us par cour it was tight!!!! He also showed us this rock he hits 100 times a day to build strength in his knuckles for his Kai ball haha it was legit! Kai ball is where you get and hold a lot of energy in your hands through meditation hahaha or at least that's what he was  telling us. 
Then on Saturday, we woke up and went to the church for Ians baptism! It was awesome! His dad preformed the ordinance and it was such an awesome experience! He was expressing his want of the priesthood and to go on a mission so much after that! It was legendary! Then we rushed over to a different chapel for Mission Conference it was cool! I got to see the whole MTC krew again! 

Elder Dallin H Oaks was there and took a picture with the mission and then spoke to us! Elder Rassen was there as well as Elder Natress was there too! They're the area 70 and general 70 over us! It was such an awesome experience to hear from them! I learned so much about missionary work from that meeting! Elder Oaks said we need to be more focused on "converting people to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and not the church of Jesus Christ. Because if we do that then they will join the church." It doesn't just stop at baptism we need to help EVERYONE get on the right path! He also said "Every generation has challenges. They are just different challenges. The answer is ALWAYS the same though and that is the gospel of Jesus Christ. The answer to all challenges is prayer and scripture reading."  I wish y'all could've been their it was so powerful! 

Elder Bischoff

2 words...... 🔥(fire emoji)

Hey y'all! 

So this week was 2 words..... (fire emoji). 

So Ians getting baptized this Saturday! He's so excited! His dad is going to baptize him so that will be so awesome! Billy and Jamie are still coming along they have a few obstacles they have to over come but they're making good progress!!! Amie went to a new member fireside last night and she loved it it was a testimony meeting for a bunch of recent converts and Amie loved it! Amie and Steven also sang in the choir in church yesterday it was sooooo freaking rad!!!!! While we were walking to our car this guys out having a smoke break on his patio and he yells over "aye y'all come here." As were walking over there he starts asking what were sellin so we were like nah we just spreading the word and he was like "oh that's wassup righteous dude that's freaking dope" so we went over to his house and we taught him and his kid Cornelius he's 5 but looks 10 lol it's crazy!!!! Oh yea the guys name is Orlando. He's a really cool dude! After everything we teach he says "bruh that's totally righteous!" 

Then at zone conference I got to see a lot of the og squad from the MTC and that was legendary! At zone conference we were told Dallin H Oaks is coming this Saturday and we will get to hear from him! And then Ian is going to the YSA devotional with Dallin H Oaks so we could possibly hear from him twice! And at zone conference we learned that were getting smart phones so that's freaking gnarly! We will be getting those soon! Thank y'all so much for the emails and reaching out it's helped a ton!

Elder Bischoff

This week was.........WOW

So this week was hmmmm wack, rad, gnarley, and weird..... 

Towards the beginning of the week I was over being on a mission and it made me mad to think I was gonna be here for 2 years and that stressed me out a lot! Ever since I've been here I've had totally terrible headaches like a lot of y'all know about. Being on a mission has made my head hurt more, made me feel like I had no testimony of anything I've been taught since birth, made me feel useless and have no point in being here..... but I've learned so much in this past week about myself then I've learned the other 18 years! I am so stubborn y'all like I know y'all told me but you coulda helped me hahaha nah jk! 

I finally realized what y'all were talking about hahaha I am the cookie monster and all I want is things for me! I want cookie now! Elder Bednar gave a talk called "The Character of Christ" we watched it in the MTC and it was incredible! He used the analogy of the cookie monster hahaha but it's so true that's all I was thinking about! 

Like yall I'm on a mission and I'm thinking about myself let's think about that........

Probably not what my focus should be. I was looking through my notes I took from that talk and I wrote "Jaymz quit thinking about yourself.... your on a mission look to help others and all your problems will go away" and when I read that my mindset went from I'm going home to I'm staying here and I will deal with my headaches here and push past them! Thank you so much to my uncle's and everyone who helped me through this week y'all helped a ton! So that was like most of my week emotionally hahaha. 

But this week has been awesome! Ian is getting baptized on the 26th of August! And he is already talking about goin on a mission as soon as he can! We are teaching Steven and he wants to be baptized here soon! And Billy and amie and Vadia and Lilly and Anna are awesome they are still coming to church all the time! They are such a good family! On Friday we went out to eat with elders Goldsberry and Dally! It was so good to see elder Dally again! I was in the same MTC district as him! That helped me a lot this week too he has been a great person to lean on for support! And on Saturday I had the privilege to baptize one of the sisters investigators! Her name is T`Andre! It was such a cool experience! I also got to confirm her on Sunday it was amazing! Oh yea and an apostle is coming to the mission not this Saturday but how lit is that?!?! I'm fetchin stoked!

Love Y'all

Elder Bischoff

Week 2 in KS

So this week was wack! It was super good and super long at times hahaha.

So on Tuesday we decided to clean out our area book and well haha it was a lot if driving and not a lot of talking with people! But then we met Albert and that guy is hilarious he's an old guy who doesn't remember how old he is. Sometimes he's 109 then he's 105 then 106 then 102 hahaha it's so funny we talked with him for 30ish minutes and he had told us the same story about 5 times. It was great! He wanted a B.O.M and a restoration pamphlet. On Wednesday we did service for the food bank and basically it's where we make these sack lunches for kids who don't get 3 meals a day at home so the food bank gives them these bags for the weekends! It was so cool! Then later that night we had an appointment with a guy named Joe! We were there, his friends from the ward were there, and so was the stake President! It was so cool! They had read from the Book of Mormon and they had a lot of questions so they typed up a document for us with all their concerns and stuff it was awesome! The stake President took control of that it was amazing! It made me realize I'm not even close to knowing what he knows! It was so cool to watch and be apart of! Thursday we went street contacting and to visit some elderly people in the ward and that was cool! Their all so nice! Friday we had interviews with President and they were cool! But then that night we had an appointment with Ian and he was referred to us by his dad! And he already knew who Joseph Smith was and believes everything his dad tells him! He was telling us he could already recognize the spirit and it was so cool to watch him tell us everything we were going to tell him! Freaking Lit! Then Saturday we went and mowed a lady's yard and helped her around the house. Then we went to an elderly couples house again and she was telling us how he friend wants a blessing because her health is acting up. So we went and gave her friend a blessing! Then the Sants had us over for dinner! Then we went over to Billy and Amy's house and they are doin awesome! Then Sunday we had a lot of investigators at church again! It was awesome we had 6 there! Then we had an appointment with a guy named Mark and he's a Jehovahs Wittness and that was well interesting. Especially cuz it was at the kingdom hall. Then the Sants had us over for dinner again!

Elder Bischoff