We have had a pretty cool week. Monday was as busy as can be. We met a few people out on the street and tried to find a new gator. It has been a tough go. But we found a couple of chill college kids.
Tuesday we had exchanges. Literally no joke - all the plans we made have been changed. All of our lesson cancelled. So we just make shift went out tracting. It was kinda frustrating because we changed our plans to get people to those lessons. We moved everything to make them work and then they cancelled or fell through right before. But there is nothing you can really do.
Wednesday
We had a world wide missionary Broadcast. It was a really good meeting. So there were some really good insights on how to do and improve the work. They made some changes to the world wide missionary schedule. And then changed Pday to 8-6. Also we usually report numbers. We had nine key indicators to report but now there are four. So it is changing our focus to what really helps people be baptized. It was sweet. I wish these changes came like a year ago, but, what ever. Then after that my comp went to the temple with one of the people he was teaching. So I tripanioned for a little bit. Then we had some sweet lessons with some less actives.
Thursday we had a meeting in Vancouver. It was a great meeting. We had a couple guys from the missionary department come. They showed us the insights on how to improve our planning. So that was really helpful because I have been working on that for a while now. It was kinda mind boggling. Very useful tips and tricks given to us.
Friday we were able to put into practice the new steps of the new way to plan and it will work but it takes a lot of brain power. So we have to focus more in the planning. And we actually meet this way cool guy. He was from Africa. And we taught him a lesson on the street and then he asked if we could share more. So we were like, “Oh yeah!” We couldn't remember his name so we asked him and he said, "You can just put it under Three Point Shot." After a good laugh, we put it in our phones that way. Pretty funny for us for sure.
Saturday-
We had a good lesson with some recent converts. Jessica - she is doing really well. She loves meeting with us and living the gospel. She still asks a bunch of questions. Then we had a lesson with Gen - she is from the Philippines. She went back to visit her family and have a trip down there. She just came back and has been gone for a long time. So it was nice to catch up and still see that she is doing well.
Sunday's are the busiest days of the week. We were running from one thing to the next. We actually had a bunch of people come who we weren't expecting to be there because we had some people inviting them to church. It felt like sort of a longer week. But it was a lot of fun. We are really trying to find some gators. It has been a process but we are getting there.
I have learned a lot this week. The mission is a lot of fun. It is tough too, but it is fun and definitely the most rewarding thing I have done.
Elder Astle
Elder Astle
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