Sorry it is late to write today.
Monday: P-day was pretty good today! First one of the transfer. We did a lot of the usual stuff, nothing too exciting. But it was fun! After we were going to meet with Sebastian, a recent convert who moved in, but he cancelled. So we planned our zone Meeting out with what time we had and then went to FHE. It was a dinner and games night. Dinner was really good and then we played Uno Attack with a bunch of people. It was a really fun night! And we had 5 less-actives come and Maria as well. It was a good turn out.
Tuesday: Today we finished planning our zone Meeting and also planned our training. I'm really excited for it, we're going to talk about having a vision and setting goals! It'll be good. We were supposed to meet with Regis this morning, but when we went by he wasn't home... figures. So we ate lunch down there and we went to an appointment with Gabrial. He was home, but he didn't have time to meet he said. So we went by another less active, Nate S, and he was home and let us in! We had an awesome lesson with him! He is so ready to come back to church, and he said he would if he wasn't working! Then we met with Antwan and had a good lesson with him reading out of the Book of Mormon. Then we had dinner with some members and headed out to institute. It was a good day!
Wednesday: We were going to go on an exchange with Spanish Elders (Elder Grasinger & Elder Hall), but they wanted to do language Study and we had a lesson at 11 so we just decided to exchange after lunch. While we were driving to our lesson, one of the companionships in our zone got in car wreck and Spanish Elders had to drive them to the mission office. So we weren't able to do our exchange. It sucked. Plus, our lesson that we set up just last night wasn't even home. What a great start... we had 3 more cancellations today and we got stuck in traffic for about an hour and a half. So it wasn't going very well! But then we had a lesson with Gen and it was an amazing lesson. She said it was just what she needed to hear and that she knows what she needs to do in her life now. It's those little lessons and moments that keep me going from day to day! She also gave us an early Christmas present because she's going to be in the Philippines for almost 2 months. Matching ties!!
Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving! It was an awesome day! We had a Zone Meeting this morning that was awesome. It was cool being able to spend time with the zone on Thanksgiving. After that we went to Jamie Painter’s and had Thanksgiving with her. Not too many members were home for it, so we spent all day there. The food was amazing and very filling. We also played uno for a while and then apples-to-apples as we let the food settle! It was definitely a great Thanksgiving. Hope you all had a good one as well!
Friday: Today we did our weekly planning! It was a pretty good one. We planned for 6 people we have on date for December and January so that's always fun! We left after lunch to help St. John's with some service - moving people. Then we went by a referral that we got and we caught him at home! He was way solid and had lots of really good questions for us, it was awesome. We're going back again tomorrow to teach him! Then our other lesson fell through... so we went to dinner out around there and tried by some people, but no one was really home. Then we tried by a less active and he didn't live there anymore, but the new guy was pretty interested in talking with us so we gave him a Book of Mormon and then referred him to the elders in that area. That was really cool!
Saturday: We had a stake Breakfast today with all the missionaries! It was really good food and good time being with them. Then we helped Shayla out with some service this morning before we went to a lesson we had set with Regis. Surprise! He was home. We ate lunch and then went to Mt. Scott's baptism. We only stayed until the baptism happened because Antwan didn't show up and he said he would. Oh well! We went back to Mel, the referral from yesterday and had an even better, if possible, lesson. He felt the spirit pretty strong and said he would be baptized on December 24th! We're so pumped for him! Then we went to Shayla's for Friendsgiving. Basically just a late Thanksgiving! It was so much fun and we got stuffed once again! It was so fun.
Sunday: Today we had one of our members, Brian Golding, bring a girl he's been dating to church. We talked with her for a little and she took a Book of Mormon and wants to meet with us sometime soon! It was so cool and we're excited for it. Then we had ribs for dinner and, man, were they good! We had a lesson later with one of our investigators who we've been trying to meet with for a while! It was a really good lesson. He is just trying to find peace in his life right now, so we are trying to help him find it. It was pretty good!
Well it was overall a really good week! Lots of cancellations yet again, but we saw so many miracles as well and if it takes cancellations to get miracles, I'll take it! I am so grateful for all of you and all that you do! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving week and I can't wait to hear from you all today! I love and miss you.
Elder Astle
No comments:
Post a Comment