Lots of preparation for the Mission Leadership Council that
we had on Thursday of this past week. I felt like I was in college again,
dealing with all the statistics and Excel spreadsheets to do with the
numbers. It was actually a very exciting experience thinking up different
ways to show the statistics in various graphs and tables and whatnot.
Trust me, it was captivating :). We had a great time setting up action
plans to help get our mission "on fire." Lots of input from the
group, which was great.
We do a lot of street contacting in neighborhoods to find
people to teach. We try to navigate to the video "Because He
Lives" (https://www.mormon.org/easter)
because it is a strong multimedia message that conveys our beliefs about the
Savior Jesus Christ. We teach about Christ, testify about him, and show
the video. It's interesting to see, though, some of the contacts, where
the person is so enthralled and interested, don't amount to anything. At
the invitation to listen to more of what we have to say on a later date, we are
rejected. Just the other day, I contacted this one lady. It was
great, you could really feel the Spirit. She even started bawling when
she saw the video. But when it came time to setting up an appointment,
she flat out said no. Life of a missionary!
Elder Fischer and I seem to have started a trend among
missionaries in the mission. Lots of "matching" companionships
are starting to crop up. Obviously they can't get on our level of
companionship unity, but mimicry is the greatest form of flattery right?
(But really, no one can compete with our banana costumes). It was
our ward missionary leader’s 76th birthday this past week and we got him a card
and printed out a couple pictures of us. We put in the "banana
split" picture and wrote, "thank you for always coming out on SPLITS
with us." I don't think he got what we were referring to, but he
thought it was hilarious.
We had a zone "blitz" on Saturday, where we go out
with a whole zone and go into a companionship's area to contact people and get
referrals. It was amazing. Elder Fischer and I were like ping pong
balls bouncing around the streets talking with everyone. The blitz was
for the Spanish Elders that cover our area so we got some potential for us as
well. You should all be proud of our Spanish though. We set up 6
appointments with various people in an hour and a half. Gift of tongues,
right?
This next week is transfers, so we will be in a lot of
meetings with President Mullen to decide on changes in the mission. Will
I have a new companion next week? We'll see!!!
I didn't have any pictures from the week so here are some
throwbacks:
Incoming missionary training meeting (Elder Fischer and I
matching as usual)
Incoming missionary lunch
Incoming missionary lunch
Outgoing missionary dinner
Found this gem on the mission office computers
From way back when I was companions with Elder Zeng! found
this, this past week
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