This week has been great! I am being transfered to
the Meadows 1st ward in the Meadows Stake. My companion and I are the
zone leaders there and his name is Elder Sanders. I dont know him very
well but he is very quiet so things should be great! haha
we were finally able to meet our mission president and his wife;
President and Sister Ahlander. They did a power point presentation at a
chapel with the whole missoin! it was very warm in that room :) They
seem really nice and they have great stories and experiences that they
shared with us!
We finally were able to get one of our investigators, mimi, to pray last week! this week we didnt even have to give her reasons why she should pray in front of us. After the lesson all we did was say, 'will you give us the closing prayer?' and she did it. She is progressing very well and I cant wait for her to be baptized! she said she wants to get baptized in October but we asked her to pray and see when God wants her to be baptized.
I have learned much in this area while serving with Elder Pierre-Louis. I have learned to be patient. I have learned to give my opinion and stick to it without allowing others to feel bad. Elder Pierre-Louis said the other day 'if you dont get what you want its your own fault'. and I feel that is true but its still ok if I dont get what I want because I could force my way and finally get what I want, but at the end of the day I wont have very many people that like me.
This week we were able to have a lot of great opportunities to talk to people! We met a 90 year old Italian guy who loves to talk with his hands! and we were also able to meet a guy who we met while knocking doors who actually seemed very interested!
We finally were able to get one of our investigators, mimi, to pray last week! this week we didnt even have to give her reasons why she should pray in front of us. After the lesson all we did was say, 'will you give us the closing prayer?' and she did it. She is progressing very well and I cant wait for her to be baptized! she said she wants to get baptized in October but we asked her to pray and see when God wants her to be baptized.
I have learned much in this area while serving with Elder Pierre-Louis. I have learned to be patient. I have learned to give my opinion and stick to it without allowing others to feel bad. Elder Pierre-Louis said the other day 'if you dont get what you want its your own fault'. and I feel that is true but its still ok if I dont get what I want because I could force my way and finally get what I want, but at the end of the day I wont have very many people that like me.
This week we were able to have a lot of great opportunities to talk to people! We met a 90 year old Italian guy who loves to talk with his hands! and we were also able to meet a guy who we met while knocking doors who actually seemed very interested!
This really wasnt a missionary experience like those but ater we
had our mission meeting with the new mission president we went to
7-eleven to get lunch and when we walked in there was a female employee
smoking outside and inside the 50ish year old female employee was
helping all of these customers by her self. she had a line and she got
us our hot dogs from behind the counter and she seemed to handle
everything very well. we waited for everyone to leave, then bought our
lunch. I asked her how long she had been working there and she said only
8 months. I said 'wow, it seems like you have been working here for a
long time. You are doing very well.' I told her how well she handles the
customers and how she can keep her cool. she then said, 'God bless you.
I've had the worst day. that just made my day. God bless you'.
Let us not keep our good words to ourselves! :)
I am happy to be able to serve in Meadows 1st ward with new challenges and great experiences ahead!
Love,
Love,
Elder John
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