Friends and family,
This week was great! We got a lot done, and had a good time doing it! Our Elders Quorum President made a list of all of the new LDS Disney CP's (A CP is one of the college students that
are working at Disney! So they are in the College Program. Or CP)! This list
included the name of the person, a phone number, their address, and their
previous ward! It was pretty awesome! It definitely helped us use our time more
effectively. We were able to call 35 people this week that we hadn't ever heard
of! We were feeling pretty blessed!
Tuesday- We had Temple Service in the morning! Let me tell ya, temple
service is the best. I honestly love it so much. It's pretty cool to be
mowing the temple grounds right as the sun is coming up. It was spiritual,
peaceful, and relaxing. As I was mowing the lawn, doing my thing, About 15 feet
ahead of me there was a huge black and orange snake! It wouldn't have been a
big deal, but I can't stand snakes. They just aren't my thing. I didn't really
know what to do. I had a giant lawn mower I could use as a weapon, but that
would have been risky... I decided not to take another step, and would
let the little feller make the move of attack if he wanted to. It sat there and looked at me for a good 10 seconds, then slithered away. My heart was beating
like 100 miles an hour!
After temple service, we had a couple lessons with members and were able to meet some new people! It was a good, solid day!
Wednesday- The Orlando South Zone had Interviews with the Mission President.
For this interview, our District met at the chapel and the Senior Missionary
couples gave a training on bike safety, car safety, healthy eating, etc...
While these trainings were going on, President Berry pulled a missionary out
one at a time and just talked to us about our area, and how we are doing
individually. After interviews, we met with the investigator I've been talking
about in my other emails. We were stoked for this lesson and couldn't wait to
see what her parents had to say. We started small talking, anxiously waiting for
her to tell us what her parents said. After about 15 minutes of awkward
conversation, I finally just had to ask her. She said that she still hadn't
talked to her parents about baptism, but she knew it was what she needed to do, whether her parents wanted her to or not. More importantly, she knew that Heavenly Father wanted her to do this, so she
was going to do it! She's going to be baptized next Sunday, November 2nd! I
can't wait for her. She's already way happy with life, and she's about to be
even happier. I'll make sure to send some pictures next week!
Thursday- Since my companion (Elder Fullmer) is the District Leader, we
had to have the Zone Leaders come and do her baptismal interview. She passed
with flying colors, and is all ready for next Sunday! We had her interview in
the morning, and were just on a spiritual high and feeling good about how
things were going all day! We called some more people from the list we got, and
set up. More appointments for this upcoming week. Thursday night, we got a call
from one of the members in the ward that had received their mission call! She
invited us over to watch her open it. She told us that we helped her decided to
serve the Lord. Even if we didn't actually tell her she needed to go on a
mission, we inspired her to serve. To me, this meant a lot. It proves that
success on a mission isn't measured by the number of baptisms you have, or what
leadership position you had on a mission. On a mission, you will impact
somebody each day, and that's what I love about my life right now.
Friday- We had another long weekly planning session. It was fun to have
that list because it made things a lot easier! We have a lot of appointments
set up next week and we are looking forward to it! We went and saw a couple new
CP's and then went contacting for the rest of the day. Nothing too crazy
happened.
Saturday- The Orlando South stake was able to do a service project at Palmetto Elementary school! Last year they did the same service project
and changed the grade of the school from a "D" to a "B"
that's a huge difference. There were about 100 people there to help out! So we
are hoping for the same result. It was a great time to trim up some Palm Trees
(like I've done for my grandpa) and pick up some trash too. All around, a good
day.
Sunday- Sunday after church we were able to meet with our investigator that has the baptismal date. She is all set and ready to go! We then went
out and did some more contacting. It was probably the longest day of the week,
but that's alright!
Another successful, fun week here in Buena Vista! Transfers are next Tuesday and it's coming up pretty quickly! It would be nice to stay here in the YSA Ward, but you know what they say, "I'll go where
you want me to go, dear Lord!" Have a good week everybody!
Ether 12:27
And if men come unto me I will show unto them their
weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is
sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble
themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become
strong unto them.
Elder Brock Doman
I was able to email back and forth with Brock for a few
minutes today and it was awesome!! It
almost felt like I was able to have a conversation with him. He said that today they
had their District P day! They were headed over to this place called Mickeys
Retreat. He said there was a big grass
field, basketball hoops, sand volleyball courts, and ping pong. They were going
to hang out there with the district and play games! He sounded pretty
excited about that. He also said that he’s
really hoping to stay where he is for another transfer, that he really loves it
there. I guess we’ll find out next Tuesday. Some good news is that as of tomorrow, Brock
is out of the 600 days left, tomorrow will be only 599 more J
No comments:
Post a Comment