Season 14 Episode 1 - 2-13-17

Well to start off we had a good week. I learned a bunch. 

This week we did another zone meeting. It was a blast. We had a lot of the other companionships train on something so it got the whole zone involved. It was one of the best ones I have been to. It was just fun. Then later that day we headed out to teach a guy named Chris. He is a way nice guy who just flakes out a bunch and never keeps his appointments. This time we just stopped by and taught him a bit on his door step. We aren't sure how to help him progress. 

Wednesday was transfer day so we made necessary plans we needed to for the upcoming transfer. We got everything all situated and then president asked us what we are going to do to baptize 10 in March. So we made our new plans, set our goals and tried to get companionships to help us out. We are excited for it. We can see it already in the works. Then later that day we were teaching Nate. We stared talking about the priesthood but it didn't feel right. So we switched and focussed on  the sacrament. It was so good. 

Thursday was a good day - it was a learning day. So when I was first here things were going pretty well. So since then either they progressed or they got dropped. So the last little bit we have been doing things our way. We have had a lot of works, but not very much faith. As a result, we learned that valuable lesson that faith without works is dead but works without faith is stupid. That was a good one to learn. 

Friday was good we had our planning day so that is always good to plan and get everyone caught up. We also had a little zone meeting and because of that we didn't get to plan for our own day. So we just rolled with it then when our time to find people came around it was brutal. It just was so ineffective. So another lesson learned there for me. 

Saturday we had a stellar day. We called the missionaries in our area and asked if there was any YSA that were active that we could go by and recruit them. We spent a good chunk of our time looking for some new people but it was an awesome day. 

Sunday was sweet! The YSA is always a party. We had some less actives show up to the church. That was nice. Then we had a crazy night - we will just leave it at that. We got warned by the spirit to get out of the area so we did. 

Love,

Elder Astle