So this was a good week. It was kinda sad that we had transfers and Elder Johansen is leaving. I got Elder Thompson. He is actually a Spanish missionary so might get to learn some Spanish. He is from Star Valley, Wyoming. We came out in the same transfer. And it is already a bunch of fun. He is a wrestler and a hard worker.
So the first few days of the transfer were pretty slow since we had only a few appointments. But nothing really happened.
Wednesday we had the transfer and got things planned out for the transfer. There is this thing called Hawthorn’s law. It is basically saying that if you change up a few things, productivity increases. So we were thinking of different ways to mix it up. We also had a couple of lessons with some people - just some street lessons.
Thursday we did some service down at The bishop’s storehouse. We washed the bins that they usually put the food in. And after we did that, we taught this way awesome guy. He has family from Utah. And his family are members. We just called him and set it up. He is a way cool really sincere guy. The only down side is he lives outside of the mission. So bummer! But we will hand him over. Then we had sports night and we invited Alex, the guy we taught and he came. We only met him once and he came to sports night.
Friday was a good day. We had a couple lessons fall through but we worked hard. We got stuck in major traffic. It was a rough go but we did what we could. Then later that day we went on a mini exchange because my comp and one of the Elders we live with headed up to Longview for a baptism. So I had a new comp for a night. We had a good lesson with this lady who seemed pretty solid. It was strange though - just the whole atmosphere was weird.
Saturday we had a zone study that went really well. We got the missionaries pumped about the work. And then we had a lesson with this guy who just came from the Navy. He had seen some stuff so it is hard for him to have faith right now. It was a good lesson. He was raised in the church and knew everything. Just a good reminder. Then we were just walking down the street and stopped this guy who turned out to be a less active member named John. We met him just coming from the gym and he was excited to see us because we didn't look 18 years old. He invited us into his apartment and we had a good talk with him for a little bit and then he asked if we had dinner plans and wanted to have us over for dinner. We didn't have dinner plans and he said he would definitely have us over. Wow what a miracle! It was some of the best spaghetti I have ever had.
Sunday we actually had a church meeting for once. It is been a couple weeks since we've been to our ward. It went really well since we had a couple people come. Sundays here usually feel like we are running around with our heads cut off but it's good since they are mostly busy days. In the evening we were able to make contact with somebody we have tried to make contact with for a couple months now so that was awesome.
This was a good week and next week should be even better!
Elder Astle
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