Zone Conference

It has been a really fun week. So we had zone conference this week and our mission president was there. It was so much fun to see him and get to talk with him. Our mission has been cracking down on exact obedience. So we have these objects in our cars called TIWI. They report to us if we are speeding or driving too aggressively, and at this zone conference we got them upgraded to even better ones. It is funny they apparently report if you're going over 90 mph and if that happens then you would loose you driving privileges.

Also at zone conference I got to see one of my favorite Elders, Elder Tenifa. The entire time we were just laughing and having a good time. He reminds me of a lot of my friends from back home. So that was a lot of fun.

This week Elder Maughan and I have been struggling to get in contact with the people that we have been working with. Luckily this Saturday we were able to visit them all and set some appointments up to come back this week. Also this week, I was able to give my first baptism interview which was really cool. It was so spiritual and fun to see the lady talk about her testimony and just see the happiness in her. I Hope all is well for y'all and that you had a blessed easter.

Love Elder Corbett

PS the 3rd picture is just letting yall see the tie my mom gave me for easter:)

Missionary work with a returned missionary and a funeral

This week has been really good. We were able to get with a newly returned missionary while he is still in missionary mode. He was taking us around and we taught like 5 of his family members and a few other people that he knows. At first I was like, oh boy I am going to have to deal with this guy for a few months, but then after a bit I realized I actually like him a lot. He is a really cool guy. All he wants is to have his entire family in the gospel, so he has been working with them and us towards their baptism. It was actually really cool. We taught his mom the restoration, and then asked if he could set her with a baptism date! It was very spiritual. But best part is that he would drive us around, and it was bike week. haha

Anyways, the other big thing to mention is that last Sunday, I got asked to give a talk at a funeral. The weird part was, that I didn't even know the lady at all or the guy who asked us to give the talk. So we actually had another appointment at the same time, so we had to do double work that night. So at the funeral the first thing that was funny was the bishop said at the start welcome to the baptism..... then after that, a member of the ward got up and spent about 40 minutes sharing a story that wasn't even about the lady. I felt so bad for the family. The people started to get bored with him speaking. Luckily after he took up most of the time, the lady who was in charge told us to take only a few minutes. So I just was supposed to bear my testimony about my mission and how it has changed my life. It was pretty cool because you don't really think about the changes you have made until you point them out. Anyways that is all from me! I hope y'all have a good week and that y'all let me know whats up from the 435!!

Love Elder Corbett

Conference Weekend

Hola mis amigos,

It was such a good week for us, we went tracting for a bit and we were able to find a few new investigators! One of them was smoking weed in front of us, so it was pretty cool haha.

Then we had conference so that took a lot of time away from finding people but it was a super good time to be able to hear all of the inspired messages!! The coolest thing was that we were able to get this family, that normally can't attend church because they work on a chicken farm, to go with us. So luckily they were able to get to the Sunday afternoon session. Elder Costa of the seventy talked about his conversion story and why investigators need to take the missionaries serious. I was so happy inside because it was just the talk for that family. We are just waiting for the parents to be on board, and then that family should be baptized!!

Then Sunday night we had to give up the car, so sadly we couldn't go out because of the weather. We were under a tornado watch, but nothing too bad happened where I was. At night me and my companion got to sit outside and just watch the lightning show and it was a lot of fun. Sorry there's not more. I hope that y'all were able to catch conference because it was great!! Anyways I miss y'all and hope that you have a good week.

Love Elder Corbett

Elder Corbett and Elder Maughan eating crawfish

Elder Corbett with his district

Storm damage

Uncle Si

This week we went and tracted into Uncle Si. It is actually a crazy story.  We knew the location of the house, but we were not sure which one it was. So we thought that we should just tract the area to see if we could find him. So we went to the first house and knocked, and a black lady opened the door. So we were like dang it's not him. But then we figured out that she was just the house keeper and we did knock on the right house. So we started talking with the lady but Si was asleep, so she got his wife and she just totally shot us down. I was so sad. We were so close, but yet so far.

Then later this week we had an return appointment with a guy that we met. Sadly he wasn't there, but his girlfriend was.  So we taught her and helped her. On Thursday we went to an investigator's home and helped pick up chicken eggs again. It was so much fun.  Then on Friday we did more service for a member. It felt like he just wanted free labor.  So Elder Maughan and I painted this man's room, and he didn't even help that much.... But it's all good. Then on Saturday we went on exchanges with the zone leaders and it was so much fun.  I went with Elder Ahanonu. We counted it out, and this is our 5th exchange together. So we teach pretty well together. Later that night I was back with Elder Maughan and one of our investigators called us at like 9:30 and asked us to come over and she seemed a little  different, like something was wrong.  So like good missionaries, we forgot the in by 9:30 rule and went and saw her. She has been going through a lot of crazy things.  So we gave her a blessing and got back around 10. But we were doing good, so we felt like it had been a good decision. Then on Sunday we went and saw a family we have been teaching and it was so funny. We started talking about this lady that has been staying with them. They told us that she is 25 and has 8 kids. I did the math and that puts her to be pregnant for about 72 months, which if you divide by 12 is 6 years of her life....so she had been pregnant for more than 1/5 of her life which is crazy. I hope y'all are doing well.

  Love Elder Corbett

 

Monroe, Louisiana

This week has been a blast. My new companion Is Elder Maughan. He is such a great guy. He was in my last zone and we would always talk when we would gather together as a zone. I was so excited to see that I was his companion. I am also in the city of West Monroe. That is where Duck Dynasty actually lives, so it is our goal to hunt them down and knock on their door and hopefully make it onto their tv show.

So to start off, let me just say that we are on bikes, and we did a lot of bike riding this week. The first day we biked I was going so slow and I was wondering why because I can normally keep up with most people. I finally figured out that since I haven't ridden my bike for awhile, that my tires lacked air so I was driving on flat tires the whole time. So luckily the next day I pumped them up and it was a lot easier haha.

We also were able to find a few people because we were working so hard. We set a few people with a date and we are hoping that they will be able to make those dates. But the sucky part about my area is that there is a paper factory here, and when we are outside it makes the air smell like a poopy diapers. It is so gross.

Then on Friday, we went to help some of our investigators out and do some service. Their names are Marta and Jorge. They are hispanics that work on a chicken farm. So there job is to pick up the eggs that hatch. It is actually a pretty cool process. But it was an all day event, and they also fed us. It was actual mexican food, and it was pretty interesting, because I am used to American Mexican food. Then on Saturday, we were supposed to go over to their home to read the Book of Mormon, but the man who was supposed to pick us up wasn't able to. So Marta asked her neighbor if he would drive her to pick us up. So all four of us road in a single cab truck! It was funny. As we were talking with the driver, he said that he has been in some of the Duck Dynasty tv shows, and he was telling us about it. We drove past a road that Cy lives on, so Elder Maughan and I are going to be tracting that area and try to find him. That's pretty much it from me this week I hope y'all have a good week!!!

Love Elder Corbett

Sad to be leaving Ridgeland

My week was pretty sad. Especially due to the fact that I am going to be transferred. I can't believe that I have to pack up again and move to another area, and learn so many new names and faces. But I am excited. I have loved the Madison Ward, but I am ready to go to an area, where the work is moving forward. So I am looking forward to that!

Not a whole lot has happened this week though. Elder Olsen, and I decided since it would probably be our last time together we were going to go extra hard this week. So we tracted and tried our best to find some people for the next transfer. The sad part about it, was that no one would let us in, or hear our message. The cool thing is that we had a lot of people who told us to come back. So I won't see any of it, but I hope they don't flake out on the missionaries. One of our return appointments, we went to on Sunday. They both had the flu and we sadly thought it was an excuse because they forgot that we were coming by and so they wouldn't answer the door. But the lady told us that she and her husband were excited to hear our message and that we need to come back Tuesday. Sadly, I am going to be gone Tuesday to a new area. I am however, excited to see what the Lord has in store for me!!! I miss all of you and hope that you have a good week!:)

Love Elder Corbett

Pinewood derby and a confirmation

Good morning,

Nothing very important happened at the start of the week, but on Thursday we were able to go do service with female inmates. We made food boxes that are given out to people in the Jackson area. Then on Friday, we invited a family that we have been working with to the pinewood derby. We helped their 2 little kids build cars for the derby. It was so much fun to be able to do that. So after we helped them, I decided that I might as well enter a car in with my companion, and the 2 kids Aidan, and Nadia. Friday night I was able to buy a car and by Saturday morning I had finished painting it and put the wheels on. We had the Pinewood derby and it was really fun. The only sad thing was that, the kids cars didn't do very well, and the car that I just threw together took 4th overall haha. But we had fun together. I think they might come to church next week.

Then Saturday night, we were able to confirm Paul Irby. It had almost been 2 months since he was baptized!! We were so happy that we were able to do that! I can't believe how much he had been through and how much the Lord was so merciful upon him. His heart had stopped so many times while he was in a coma, and now he is out of the hospital and recovering. The spirit was so strong there. It was nice. So that is pretty much it for my week. I hope y'all have had a good week I miss everyone!!!

Love Elder Corbett

P.S You could say that I am pretty hipster with those Polaroid pictures haha