Hola amigos
Twas a fun week this week. I served in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado this week which is kinda cool. Also I had my last interview with my mission president, President McMurray. He leaves July 1st and we get our new mission president, President Palmer. It was good. He truly has been a great example to me of a leader and someone who serves with love and makes sure everyone knows he loves and cares about them. I hope to some day be some part of the man he is.
Last Wednesday was a busy day, we had 2 district councils. We talked about a bunch of member missionary work, our whole mission is changing the way we work basically and focusing on finding through members more than anything else. In the words of a guy from the missionary department that came a couple weeks ago "tracting is a cop out". After that we did some service st the bird farm, and helped someone moved. I learned I do not like moving washing machines or 6 foot freezers. That evening we had a cool lesson with a guy named Gilles were teaching. During the lesson we got down on our knees right there and asked him to pray and ask God if the Book of Mormon is true. The spirit was powerful. Even after he left we stayed and talked and could still feel the spirit in that room. I hope and pray he could feel that, but even if he didn't I got an answer for me and for another time that the Book of Mormon is true. I know it is, not of myself but of God.
Thursday was a long day. We were in Nebraska all day. One of the districts in our zone is consists of missionaries in Torrington WY and Scott's bluff, chimney rock, Sidney, and alliance Nebraska. Usually they Skype in for district council but this last Thursday they did one in person in Scott's bluff so we drove out to be there for that. After that we did splits with some of the missionaries in that district since we never see them. We went and did service st the Scott's bluff zoo with Elder Smith and Elder Oveson. Twas great, and we had 20 minutes left so they let us just go walk around and see everything which was fun. After that we did splits with other elders, I was with Elder Kelley and we just taught for a couple hours. Interesting how someone I've never met before we're able to teach in unity to perfect to a family that I've never met before. The spirit is awesome. We had dinner then drove home, but drove through Torrington because there was someone who needed a baptismal interview. By the time we got home they day was over, but it was a fun time.
Cool thing on Friday. We've been trying to find this guy named Alex that wants to be baptized and is super cool. But he doesn't have a phone and for some reason stopped living where he usually lives. We figured out where he was staying, but a lady answered and said he wasn't there at the moment. We knew he worked at Maverick so we stopped by the maverick nearby and found him! We were able to set up an appointment with him for this next week. Blessings of being diligent.
Saturday we had our stake breakfast for Cheyenne Stake. They have all the missionaries over at the beginning of every transfer so they can meet everyone new. President called at during breakfast and wanted to talk to us about something and we mentioned we were at the stake breakfast so he decided to just come because he was in Cheyenne. So that was super cool, then afterwards he talked to us. Due to confusing stuff we were going to have interviews with him on Monday, but it wasn't going to work out so we just interviewed us that day. It was super weird both my companions got a "departing interview" which is just longer and he talks about different stuff. Because Elder Fazar goes home this transfer and Elder Halladay only had 1 transfer with the new mission president.
Sunday was good as always, then later that night we drove down it Loveland Colorado because we had exchanges with the Assistants to the President on Monday. Exchanged went well, the assistants are Elder bridge and Elder asher, but served in Cheyenne last time I was here so I kinda know then and they're cool. I learned a lot and I'm trying to be a better missionary every day.
Spiritual thought
I was reading in Mark this past week and read Mark 16:16. Great verse, at the end it said "he that believeth not shall be damned". Then it continued in the following verses to describe signs that follow them who believe. Believing, or faith, is very important. Truly with God all things are possible, the only limiting factor is our faith. When we don't believe we're "damned" or stuck, unable to progress. Don't put a limit on God's power in your life by your lack of faith, and continue every day to increase your faith. Faith is powerful.
Fun stuff:
-people have started calling me "orange Julius" as a nickname
-Elder Halladay bought salted caramel sunflower seeds and I disagree with them, sunflower seeds should be savory not sweet. Change my mind.
-all Monday we were arguing with Elder Asher about how Lions are better than Tigers. Think about this: Tony the tiger<Simba
-we got taught about Korean Jesus (Ahn Sahng Hong) by these cools dudes
Pictures:
-some pics from the zoo (that squirell monkey was freaking me out)
-this wasp was moving around while it was cut in half
-this lady in Loveland had 7 Boston Terriers
-us and the assistants
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