A week full of fun

What's up Y'all

This week for me was pretty good. Tuesday we went up to Stonewall and did an exchange with the stonewall elders and it was really fun. Something that I like to do that we aren't really able to do in Coushatta is what we call AI. Which is we just go to a public place and talk with people and try to get their contact information and get a time that we can go see them. So that is what we did for most of the exchange. I had a lot of fun doing it.

Then on Wednesday we had interviews with our mission president which was good. I was nervous though because our interviews were right before district meeting and he could have possibly come to my district meeting that I teach every week. But luckily he had to go somewhere else. But interviews went well. Apparently we will be getting smart phones sometime in the first 6 months of next year. So right as I am about to go home they will be getting them, but oh well.

After District Meeting we rushed back to Coushatta because we had a dinner appointment with a member, then the trunk or treat. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet a few more of the members.

Then on Thursday we worked hard in our area and did some fun service. Every Thursday we go to a place for an hour and play dominoes with disabled people. It is so much fun and they are good at it too.

Then on Friday we had a elders quorum activity where they went skeet shooting. It was a lot of fun, but we were just the designated button pushers to throw the clay pigeons. They did want us to shoot but we told them we couldn't so we stayed strong.

Then On Sunday I gave a talk and that is pretty much it for me! It was a good week to be out on the Lords Errand. I miss y'all and hope that you have a good week!!

Love Elder Corbett

Small town life

Good Morning from Coushatta:)

I actually am learning to like the small town life. At first I was disappointed because we barely get service and the closest missionaries to us is about 1 hour, but I have really come to like being out here and the small town feel.

This week has been a really good one. We went up to Shreveport to do an exchange with the zone leaders. I went with Elder Topham who is a really good guy and me and him get along great! So we went and taught a family that they had got a return appointment with and we had a really good lesson. These people were actually competent and understood everything that we taught. They are honest seekers of the truth. These are the kind of people that we look for. It was great and I had a lot of fun teaching them.

Then after that we went to the air force base and it is huge! We saw some planes that had been retired and we talked with a family on the base that had just moved in. That was a lot of fun.

Then later on Thursday we had this service opportunity where we got to go play games with some disabled people. I had a lot of fun. We got to play dominoes with them. I look forward to it everyweek.

To give an update on some of our investigators, we are working with a family. Their names are Lorie and Lauren. They are great and I love going over to their house and seeing them. We have taught them the first 3 lessons and now we are going to be teaching the word of wisdom which could potentially be a tough one because Lorie smokes. But I believe she'll accept it and be able to work towards her date of being baptized.

Elder Muller and I have just been working hard. We also have been working with some less actives and they always are telling us that they want to come to church but they don't have their priorities in order, but that is why we go and see them.

That is pretty much it for me!! I hope y'all have had a good week!! I love y'alll!!!!!!

Love Elder Corbett

Coushatta

Good morning y'all,

This week has been a super interesting one. So I have been moved to Coushatta, Louisiana which is about 1 hour from the closest missionaries and doesn't even have a Walmart. This town reminds me a lot of Malad, Idaho.....just not a lot going on. I think there may be about 1,200 people that live in town. These next 5 weeks are going to be very different.

Luckily I came into a family that is being taught! Their names are Lorie and Lauren and they seem to be progressing well and love the missionaries, so we have a lot of fun with them. We also have been working with members a lot too, because the town has been tracted out like crazy. So we are trying to get into members homes and get referrals and also work with the less active group.

When we went to church, for some reason everyone came up to me and was asking me if I was a new missionary. I was like why do you think I am new, but they told me that it was because I looked so young. But that is it for me sorry it is so short. and the computers here aren't working with my camera... so I'll try figure it out, but I'll try and find a way to send pics home! I hope all is well!!

Love Elder Corbett

Yazoo

Hello everyone,

  This has just flown by! We started the week off by going up to Yazoo City which is a very ghetto place. But it was a ton of fun. We took another set of missionaries with us so that we could double work the area. So Elder Atkinson and I went and worked hard but it got frustrating. We were going around knocking and this black guy called us over and wanted us to teach him. We started teaching him, and not even halfway through the lesson, he stopped us and asked us for $30. I got a little annoyed with that. People down here think that because we are church people that we will pay their bills for them. I told the guy that I live off less money than he does and that I actually don't make any money at all. But he was convinced that I was going to mail him the money. He made me write down his address and told me to write the check into someone else's name because he was having I.D problems. But the rest of the day went pretty well.

Then on Wednesday we had district meeting and that was a ton of fun. The zone leaders came and we had lunch before it started. It was a pretty good meeting.

Then on Thursday we went and saw our man Kenneth! He is doing great and still preparing to be baptized on October 28th! So keep the prayers going for him. On Saturday, for the afternoon session of conference, we got a member to pick him up and take him to their house to watch it. They also had dinner with him! It was great and Kenneth really liked it.

Also on Thursday we went to try a potential investigator. Luckily he was outside mowing his lawn so we stopped and talked with him. He was very interested in us coming back because he sees the signs of the times and he doesn't want to be left behind. But he has just been super busy because his son is now in college and playing football for Florida State! I believe that he is a freshman and that he starts.

Then this weekend we had conference and it was so good. It was very spiritual and it was great to watch and to know what God wants us to know for the next 6 months! I hope everyone is doing well! I miss you all!

  Love Elder Corbett

Oh Yeah, Dale went up to Salt Lake City for conference and he got to go through the temple! So here are a few pics of him with my family, with my mission father and some other mission buddies!!