Friends and Family,
Transfer week came around last Tuesday
the 4th and It's crazy to think that we are already a week into this transfer!
My new companion is Elder Potter! He's from Houston, Texas and we have started
this transfer off great! We both love to work hard and are stoked for these
next 5 weeks!
Tuesday- Transfer meeting took up most
of our day along with shopping and unpacking for Elder Potter. For Elder
Potter, this is his last transfer :( is pretty upset, but he’s motivated to
give it his all and sprint to the finish line! Honestly, I love it. It's nice
to have a great companion that wants to work hard as well. Let me tell ya, I've
loved my previous companions, but I think this transfer will be the best one
yet! We are looking forward to seeing the fruits of our labors this transfer!
We had night games later on Tuesday, and unfortunately none of our
investigators were able to make it out... this was a little disappointing, but
it motivated us to get them out into a low key environment with some church
members.
Wednesday- We found a new investigator!
Woohoo! He has been a CP (college program) for 5 days and is looking for a
church to attend. We taught him the restoration, and he accepted the baptismal
invitation. He Is a baptist as of now, but doesn't like what his religion is
doing for him, and feels like there is something more out there. This was a
huge blessing for us! We're excited to see his testimony start to increase as
he starts to read from the Book of Mormon.
Thursday- We met with Liz on Thursday
for her recent convert lessons and she is happy as can be. She said that her
parents are becoming more supportive and are glad that she has found something
she likes! Other than that, all of our other lessons fell through... It
was a long day Thursday and we spent a lot of our time contacting. It's cool to
talk to so many different people and hear their stories! I love the area here!
Friday- We had an excellent weekly
planning session, then went out and did some work! We did more contacting and
found a couple of solid people who we are looking forward to visiting with next
week. Friday evening, we met with an investigator who hasn't been progressing
as well, and needed some extra help. We were inspired to start a new slate with
him and re-establish our purpose and reteach the restoration. We did exactly
that and it helped him immensely. He accepted the baptismal invitation and has
been reading from the Book of Mormon! He was at Stake Conference Sunday and
said he was a little bit confused, but enjoyed the words that were said!
Saturday- Saturday was Stake Priesthood
Conference! Don R Clarke from the 70 came down and it was awesome to see him,
and listen to the words he had to say. Some big news: Previously there has only
been six "Zones" or Stakes in the Florida Orlando Mission, but they
made a new zone! The mission will not be any bigger, they just split up the
Orlando Zone and Orlando South Zone and made a Lake Mary's Zone! It's exciting
to hasten the Lord's work, and to be a part of these changes! As I was sitting
in my seat a half hour early, pretty excited for the words that were about to
be said, I did a little self-reflection. A year ago, I would have been in my
seat a half hour early to watch a football game, but now I'm in my seat a half
hour early to watch Stake Conference, and I love it.
Sunday- Stake Conference continued on and
we were able to attend this meeting as well. Don R. Clarke talked a lot about
the importance of family and how it is central to The Plan of Salvation. Also,
with the Zones splitting up, we are no longer going to just be covering the
College Program area. We will reach further up closer to downtown Orlando,
while the Sisters help out with the CP's too. This will be a rough and rocky
change, but it will also be a good one. It will give me and Elder Potter a new
experience and that's one of the main reasons we are so excited for this
transfer!
I hope everyone had a great week! I will
hear from you all next week!
Much Love,
Elder Doman
2nd Nephi- 31:20
Wherefore, ye must press
forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope,
and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward,
feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the
Father: Ye shall have eternal life.
Here's a funny story he shared this week too:
I just thought I'd share this funny experience that happened to us this week! We were finishing up a lesson after teaching an investigator who is pretty feminine. Just for a mental picture- He is a tall lanky Dude from St, Thomas, who loves to wear tight skinny jeans and a lady gaga shirt. I'm not meaning to be rude or anything, I seriously love this kid to death. He is way funny! But we just invited him to be baptized and for him to pray for a baptismal date. He agreed to it and had the biggest smile on his face. I said "Well, we can work out our plans and
mee-" he cut me off right then and said, "Elder Doman. If I have to
work out
and like lift weights with you, I don't think it's something I want to do!" Hahahah it was so awkward! His English still isn't the best,
he's only been in the US for 7 months now! I guess he didn't understand "workout our plans" I started to laugh and and then use some
different
terminology and he was a lot more comfortable! Hahah it was awesome!
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