Well this was a good week.
Although numbers don’t show, it was a pretty good week.
Monday
So our district leader usually gives us a ride to get
groceries on Monday, but they were out of miles so we had to bike to Publix,
which is like Albertson's to get stuff for the week. We don’t have to proselyte until like 6 on
Mondays so I just cleaned the apartment and wrote letters all day. On Monday nights we usually go over to Sister
Fragoso's and help her understand the Book of Mormon, and she feeds us. :) This week we had Cuban sandwiches, Plantains,
and Iron Beer. It was all really
good. But that was pretty much all that
happened on Monday.
Tuesday
Tuesday, we were supposed to meet with Mike and Meagan
again, but Meagan called us and said not to come. She thinks that Mike might think the church
is true, and he is not ready to change because he is content with how he
is. The said they would come to church
but that never happened. :/ So we are
trying really hard to keep in contact with them but it is super tough. I just pray for them to accept what they are
learning and feel a need and desire to change.
Wednesday
Wednesday I had to come to the Library to do some family
history thing on the computer. It was
completely pointless. Anyways, I had the
impression to stop by Vincent's house as we were passing his complex to see if
we could catch him. He ended up being
there and it was his birthday. He now
has a phone so we have been staying in good contact with him, which is
awesome. His dad is a member in
Williston, which is really close to us, he is actually in our stake so we are
going to give him a call this week to see if we can all meet together and teach
Vincent. Pretty stoked. We also got a media referral today, and we
went to the guys house and he wasn’t home, but his name was John Doe, so we don’t
know if it is a real referral or not.
Since it was Halloween we had to be in pretty early, so we were home by
7:30 and just hung out the rest of the night and planned.
Thursday
We had a Zone Conference on Thursday and it was
AMAZING!!! I learned a lot on how to be
a more effective missionary, and how to make better plans and get people to
church and pretty much everything I have been missing, or that my trainer has
failed to teach me thus far. We have
such awesome Zone Leaders. Elder Grant and Elder Bishop just know everything
and I wanna learn it all. So after Zone
Conference we all got new phones, so now we have touch screens and my trainer doesn’t
know how to use it so now I have the phone and I use it all the time, it is
SOOO effective, and makes me wonder why we never used it. After this we had the opportunity to receive
some training from President Barry. It
was 4th week training, so I was able to see a couple of people who flew in the
same day as me. They all still seem a
little lost, but I know they will start learning faster. But we had dinner with Sister Trench when we
got home, and we had tilapia, and some funky scallop potatoes, it wasn’t the
best, but it was food.
Friday
Friday could not have gone better. It was Weekly Planning, and after the
training we had received on Thursday I was prepared for today. I pretty much took over everything and we had
the most effective, planned out focused weekly planning. It was awesome. I have been kinda leading our companionship
since Thursday. But in the middle of
Weekly Planning we had a 4th week conference call and it was pretty good. We all shared our testimonies and miracles
and stuff it was good. After that we had
an appointment set up with a gal we had contacted a week earlier, and we called
her and she said she was working, but her roommate Blaine would be there. So we went over there and we taught Blaine
the Restoration and he understood it and accepted it and stuff. We were supposed to come back the next day to
teach Shanik, the gal we had the appointment with, but she called us and was
like I didn’t know you were trying to convert us, so we aren’t interested, so
we aren’t sure about how that is going.
That night we had dinner with Sebastian and Sister Neal. We found out that even though he has been
reading the Book of Mormon, he doesn’t understand what he is reading. There is no way he can know it is true if he doesn’t
understand. So we are trying to find
someone to help him with it. Interesting
fact I learned at Zone Conference. "Only 1 in every 20 investigators gains
a spiritual witness that the Book of Mormon is true while reading it by
themselves." So we are finding
mentors for all our investigators to help them understand. Anyways, we invited Sebastian to church, and
he said yes, but only if we went to Mass with him. SOOOO we agreed.
Saturday
Saturday we had a church tour setup, but no one showed up to
it, so we were pretty bummed, but I talked to Brother Meacham, who is the ward
mission leader, about sports and school and stuff. He was a wrestler and he is a dentist, so we
have a lot in common. Other than this, we didn’t get much accomplished. :/
Sunday
So we went to Mass on Sunday before our regular meetings,
and it was, well different, and not what I remember it being when I was a
little kid. It's like a big party, and
all the little kids run up there every 10 min to give the pastor a high five, I
just could not feel the spirit as hard as I tried. But Sebastian did come to church and I bore
my testimony towards him on Sunday. We
had dinner with some members, The Hymas family.
He is a Cardiologist resident, and is pretty smart. They are really nice. We invited them to do missionary work and to
hand out a Book of Mormon in the next month, so we will see how that goes. On our way home we had the impression to stop
by Sebastian's house, Sister Neal works at night. So we went over there, and it was like 8:00,
and asked if we could help him understand what he is reading. So we started reading with him and he is
understanding a lot more. He was just
super confused when Nephi teaches from Isaiah and stuff. So we had a good week and I am so ready for
this week.
In my personal studies, I started reading the Book of Mormon
about 2 weeks ago, and I am halfway through Alma, the Book of Mormon is
awesome. I understand it a lot better
and my testimony of it grows more and more every day. I love this gospel and the church I am firmly
rooted in. I know Jesus Christ is my
Savior and that he did die for me, and that he loves me so much, even so much
to suffer for everything I have done wrong, and will ever do wrong in my
life. I know that God has a plan for me,
and that I am here to help others understand that plan, I am here to help
others feel the same joy I do towards God and Jesus Christ. I want them to be able to live with their
families forever, as well as all my friends and people back home, who have not
heard our message. I love where I am at,
and I am so grateful for my mission. I am grateful for the ability it has had
to open my eyes and surely gain a testimony of my faith. I know I can say without any doubt that The
Book of Mormon is True, Joseph Smith restored the fullness of the gospel Jesus
Chris to the Earth today, and that we have living prophets today to guide
us. I have a Testimony of the
priesthood, and the power that I hold, as well as every other worth
holder. I love my family, and I know
that (Spencer ran out of time on his computer and hurried and hit send so we would get his letter this week. :)
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