"Hello family! This was a great week that really changed everything I
do. I am the oldest in the area, training, and district leader... It
has been fun and a good experience but I miss being Jr. comp. I have a
great son! He is going to be an amazing missionary. He is 21, an
amazing teacher, and ready to work. He has a cool story about how he
gained his testimony of this gospel and how he found out he needed to
serve a mission. He started when he was 19 being in the MTC for 9
weeks learning spanish but then he went home. He figured it out and
about 1 1/2 months ago decided he needed to come back. He is here and
is great! He knows how to teach with the spirit and he has amazing
personal experiences. He is from... Gilbert, AZ!!! He lives in those
houses across the street from Uncle Jared's office and is cousins with
Ryder Neilson! Such a small world! we are having fun. He is very happy and excited about
serving here. We were also able to go to the temple this week because
it was his first week here. It was great and I love going.
Mason is getting his papers in! AHHHHH!!!!! I am OLD! Then Rex has a release date! AHHHHH!!!!! He is OLD! haha Now for the details of the week.
Tue... Today was not too exciting because Elder Sorensen had to pack.
We started the day off with District Meeting and it went well. It was
testimony meeting and I bore my testimony on patience. It was good! We
had Olive Garden after and that was delicious as always! Soup and
Salad! Woo Hoo! We had a dinner appointment with Ryan who fed us some
Brazilian food. It was ok but the soda called Guarana is so good! We
will have to try it sometime! Next we met with Million. We taught the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. The language barrier made it so we could only
teach the first three principles in just about an hour. He is
struggling to understand it all but we found a member who speaks
Amharic so he will join us and help teach. We will most likely have to
push his bday back a little. But it is all good.
Wed... This day was really quite fun. We got up and I left to go to
the VC with Elder Brimhall the ZL because we both had to be there
early. We went to get his truck and when we got to the church where it
was parked we saw that it was towed! Haha! So we had to figure that
out and were only like 2 minutes late for the VC. I met my son! his
name is Elder Levi (LeeVee is how to say it.) He is from non other
than Gilbert AZ. he is 6'4 220. We sat in the meeting and the
departing testimonies were so good. Our super Hero group left. :( Some
of my favorite elders that I looked up to and talked to for advice
were leaving. SO SAD! But that is ok. Packed up the car and we were off.
We met with Kweli who is a Mystic Unitarian. She takes what she wants
from each belief and that is what she believes. It is sad. She is so
confused. Too old for us anyway so we handed her off. Went and got a
GPS and set it up then went to Ledo Pizza with Ryan. It was absolutely
amazing as always. We had a lesson with Cheryl next. She is a New
Investigator and is from China so she has no religious background. She
is learning and is just so happy and excited. She is sincere and she
prayed at the end of the lesson! She did it in Chinese but even then
you could feel the increased presence of the spirit! I loved it!
Thurs... Today we did a special fast for Manny. He is still seeking
his answer but I dont think he is looking how he should. We are going
to do our best to help bring the spirit into his life. Anyway, we met
with Jason this morning and made the flyer for the Ward Mission
Activity. It is going to be a Meet the Mormons night! Good times. We
did all of our studying time and then did weekly planning. It went
pretty well and we set up a few appointments. We broke our fast by
going to Chipotle and getting a Quesorito. A quesadilla that is made
into a burro. It is so good! I loved them! Then we met with Manny and
they made us dinner to. We were not expecting that but I still shocked
my son by how much I ate. haha still have it! It was a good lesson and
he is still hung up on how he was baptized Catholic already. He just
does not see it. So next lesson is on the Trinity. That is what
separates us from almost all other faiths. I am kind of excited. After
we swung by a Less Active members home. His name is Kyle and he is so
cool! He is trying now to get Sundays off so he can come again. He has
so much potential. I love it! Then home and sleep time!
Fri... My son knows how to lift and he convinced me to do a twelve week
program with him. So that is what I am
going to do. It was not too hard to get me to switch workouts. It will
be fun. We did all of our study time and then went to the temple. It
was such an amazing opportunity. We tried to go to the priesthood
assembly room on top but it was locked and the one guy with a key was
busy. Next time. We met with Lydia later that night at Cold Stone...
So i enjoyed myself :) It was really cold but so worth it! We finished
and then checked up on people that Bishop wants us to. None were home
but it was good.
Sat... Today was a leadership meeting. It went really well. We had the
transfers training plan presented and it was great. We are going to
get a lot done. Then Pres. Cooke talked about his "game plan" for
2015. It is good. We had a workshop on how we need to declare our
belief in the Godhead with each person we teach so that there can be
no doubts. So that is what we are going to do. It will go good I
think. Next we came home and ate then set up all of Elder Levi's
online stuff. We had an interesting dinner appointment and we thought
we were going to be killed. This Less Active guy fed us at his home
where he lives alone... in the backwoods of Maryland... with only two
lights on in the whole pitch black house... right above us... He was
also super creepy but fun. The whole time I was thinking, "This is why
you are still in the singles ward." But we lived and made it home. We
had a 40 minute meeting with Bishop then we came home. Good day!
Sun... Today was good. We had our normal meetings and then had church.
Todays church was so odd the speakers went WAY too deep into some stuff. I enjoyed it
but I bet some recent converts minds are blown as well as some
investigators. We now have damage control. But it all turned out.
Dinner was great. We had waffles and stuff. It was good. Then we saw
Meet the Mormons again with a few members. It was good but I have seen
it too many times. I had my first night of call ins and it was fun
being able to get a better understanding of the other areas. I like
being a part of their work too. Today... It is supposed to snow a lot so we canceled football at the
mall. We are baking and writing home. So ya. Well love you a lot! Have
a great week!"
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