hi family
wow so this week was interesting. OK first off i got your package. it was great. i swear you know what i want/need every time. were did you get those Doritos? i have been looking for them and cant seem to track them down. and i was just about to buy qtips like 10 min before i got the package. and i just ran out of floss. you guys are amazing!
OK so remember last week when i told you about the party and stuff. well President Taylor found out about the whole situation. we all had interviews with him yesterday, and they all were about an hour long. he just asked us alot of questions and was basically cross referencing our stories to see if they match up. and he told us that if we would have gone to that party all five of us would have gone home. he was proud of me for standing up at that time but he told me that i should have stood up before that. when they wanted to come to our area. so since it was elder keils idea about the whole situation, he got ET-ed. (emergency transferred) and now he is with the zone leader for the rest of his mission.
so i guess the moral of the story is listen to the spirit the first time. because we could have avoided the whole situation if i would have said something at the very start. because i knew it was wrong the very first second they decided to come to our area. but i didn't say anything at that time. i didn't want to because i didn't want to get in a argument with the other four. i was trying to build trust with elder keil and elder platt. when i should have been building trust with the Lord. i should have been more like Abinidi or Nephi. and stood up for what i knew was right. well next time it will be different.
So at the start of last week, elder platt and me made a deal with elder keil that if we shave our legs that he had to work as hard as he could for 2 whole days. like no music, get up on time, go to bed at 10:30, talk about only spiritual things, just follow all the rules in the white hand book. so we shaved our legs and he was obedient on Tuesday and Wednesday. then we went on exchanges with elder ginto our district leader and he had to be obedient on Thursday and Friday as well. then he went on exchanges with the zone leaders and had to be obedient for a whole 6 days. we got more done in six days then they did the last two transfers. we got about 5 new investigators and 20 potentials. we got 2 member presents and a baptismal date. so this area has been picking up. and now elder keils gone. so there wont be any more how would you put it. Distractions. so hopefully we can turn this area around and leave it better than we found it.
the heavenly gift is really paying off. we are getting so many new people to teach because of it. because we get people to feel the spirit in the first couple of min of talking to them. and that's really how there going to learn and grow. is the spirit so why not give it to them in the first couple of seconds. we had a training on it on Friday so we could practice and make it better. its still a new thing so were all still a little rusty. then after that we went out and try ed it in our area. and we ended up getting three new investigators and about ten potentials in an hour. just crazy how effective it is.
Saturday was the first taste i got with being alone with elder platt. it was kind of crazy. or he is kind of crazy. he has some social skills he needs to work on. but super funny at times. like we were driving, and he said watch out! so i slammed on my breaks to avoid this car. and he was like JK there is no car. so i was like you ever hear the story about the boy that cryed wolf. and he said no i don't remember it. so i gave him the whole story about lying. and he was like have you ever herd the story about some people screw up? and im like no. and he was like "well some people screw up sometimes. and that's it." it was so funny. i kind of felt bad after for telling him what to do. but we worked hard all day and now were going to be stuck together for about 3 more weeks. its going to be a challenge but we can get through it.
Sunday was fast and testimony meeting because we Had stake conference the week before. so there as alot of testimonies that weren't really testimonies. so i got up there and bore my testimony on missionary work and spreading the gospel. and then all the rest of the testimonies were about how we should share the truth with our neighbors. it was great allot of people came up and told us about there friends and coworkers that they would like to share the gospel with but just didn't know how. so we said just be bold and loving and it will all work out in the end. we told them to invite someone to dinner or to church. and that would be a simple way to share the gospel. after that we went to the ward mission leaders house. and he fed us some great Mexican food. and Blondie. there like brownies but yellow instead. they were really great. it could be some of the best food i have had on the mission. then we went and saw a less active lady. she doesn't go to church because she got offended. and then she told us the story and im like wow i probably wouldn't go to that church ether. but i would still make it to the next ward. but there just out of the habit. so its hard for them to come. we invited them to church but they probably wont go. o well there loss.
sounds like life back home is crazy and fun. you guys got a new car or well our old car back. you indecisive buggers. but thats ok i liked our old better anyways. so im guessing its cheaper to have me gone than it is to have me there? because you guys are doing all this stuff and buying new cars, and ipads. or its just blessing of having me be on a mission. is brenden in the mtc yet? and has tyler tullis changed his mind about the mish? how is your class coming?
lauren are you looking for a job? or have you found one yet? you know the more experience you have and the early er you start the better. i got my first job at dicks when i was 15. and before that i worked for dad. just something to think about. and remember to not get to crazy with those boys there nothing but trouble.
well i love you guys so much and i miss you.
thanks for every thing you do
love your favorite missionary.
PS the due date for the book of Mormon challenge is July 13. good luck and keep reading.
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