Monday – Today was
the much anticipated day that we find out if we will be transferred. To my
surprise I will be staying here in Crestview for at least 6 more weeks.
Emailing was good. Some days it is so hard to find the motivation to write
people at this point in my mission. Played some more basketball at Twin Hils.
It wasn’t as fun today but it was still pretty good. I think it was just the
mood I was in. Had dinner with the Thomas’ and had a powerful lesson there.
Looks like Brother Thomas might come on a church tour with us. Then Brother
Wadas came with us to teach Jamie and the lesson was powerful! Jamie is so
close to allowing Christ to take over her life. I want her to come unto Christ
so bad! It will bless their family so much.
Tuesday – Great day
today! Had District Meeting and afterwards had our district activity of
ultimate Frisbee which was way fun. Got a bit muddy and the Sisters played too.
We did some Elders vs. Sisters. There were a lot of Sisters on their team. It
was 6 on 8 or 10. I can’t really remember how many. Had lunch and then a great
lesson with Theresa and Ariel. They plan on Utah in July and October. Then we
went and made programs and preparations for Wes’ baptism which was so powerful!
I had the opportunity to baptize him and give the talk on the Holy Ghost. It
was so awesome and so calming. Then we had some dinner with Wes, Erika, Alyssa,
Erica and Cameron. It was a lot of fun. Elder Urquiaga was talking to little
Erica in an English accent which caused all three of us to go off for the rest
of the night in English accents. It was so funny!
Wednesday – Today we
started the day off working on transfers. Got that all ready to go for
tomorrow. Started the day off getting stuck a little bit in English accents. It
was pretty funny. Elder Urquiaga couldn’t even speak normal without thinking
really hard. Tracted into a less active lady, Brenda Bailey, which was weird. I
didn’t know she even lived where we found her. I have been on that street a few
times and didn’t realize it. Moved some couches to the curb for her. It was
cool to see the spirit work with us. Started with an unplanned visit to Darren.
He wasn’t home so we headed to Lake Drive where a couple potentials and less
actives live. On the way to those people we met a really nice guy who was
thinking about finding a new church. It was sweet! Taught Chris Nichols a
little Easter lesson and taught Chris Robbins a bit about the fall and our
life. Chris Robbins is coming along pretty well! Then we had to go to the 2nd
Ward choir practice for their Easter performance. They tried to convince us to
sing Sunday but it’s not our ward it’s Urquiaga’s. Then finished the night with
coordination at Brother Boyd’s.
Thursday – Today was
transfer day! Transfer went great! Found out that I was supposed to be
transferred to Ozark and be companions with Elder Miller who used to be down
here in Destin. It was great to see Elder May, Elder Condie, Elder McPhearson,
Elder Musgrave and a bunch of others. Sad to see some of the missionaries in
the zone leave like Elder Sorrel and Elder Bochener and also Elder Lopez. And
we also helped Donna briefly in between transfers. Taught some great lesson
with Andrew Linares. Taught the Rice’s and they let us teach again. That was
good! Not as awkward as we expected. Then we taught Jamie and she told us she
is considering making her appearance this Sunday at church. Then we had dinner
and played around with a numbers calculator on Excel that was emailed to us for
our zone #’s.
Friday – Today was
kind of a weird day because we started to do our weekly planning but ended up
doing a bunch of zone planning. Then I got a letter from my mother rebuking me
for not following the spirit. So I will be going home 30 days later instead of
early for school because I felt right about that when I asked the first time.
Then we went to the McKenzie’s to help them lay some wood flooring. It was
awesome to get to learn how to do that. I love Brother McKenzie! He is such a
man’s man! So fun to spend time with him, had dinner there too. Brother
McKenzie made Jambalaya. It was exquisite! Then went to volleyball. No gators
came L.
Saturday – Today we had
breakfast at the church for an Easter thing. It was fun. Got to talk to the
children in a British accent and it entertained them quite a bit. Had an odd
day with quite a bit of weekly planning. Got to go on a church tour. We took
Brother Thomas on it and it went very well. He might even come tomorrow!
Brother Hansen came an did a good job teaching a bit. Also went to Sam Hill’s
house. The Niceville Elders told us to go by and to do some family history. So
we did and it ended up turning into a really messy lesson of why we do family
history work. He didn’t really like our scriptural reasons. He did take a Book
of Mormon. Talked to a really rude lady and her pretty nice husband. Stopped by
Jamie’s briefly and she gave us an awesome Easter thing called the Resurrection
eggs. Hope she comes to church tomorrow! Had dinner and a FHE with the Tatro’s.
It went well and we used Jamie’s eggs thing. It is a dozen plastic Easter eggs
that have different objects that relate to the Resurrection. That
was all that happened. Got a sweet tie in the mail today too actually from my
mom.
Sunday – Great day
today! Had 4 people come to the 2nd Ward then had one to our ward.
It is awesome to be able to get people to church. Elder Rasmussen and I also
got to speak with Andrew Linares in Sacrament Meeting and Wes was also
confirmed in Sacrament. It made for a great Sacrament meeting on Easter. Wes
told me that the confirmation was really powerful. Elder Rasmussen is the
person who he asked to confirm him. Theresa also gave the closing prayer in
Sacrament. That was sick! Had a great dinner and lesson with the Washington’s.
They are really fun to be around. Also had an interesting experience while
talking to Tony. A guy named Mike asked who were so we talked to him. He kept
telling us that we were lying and that we weren’t who we claimed to be. He
thought we were the CIA or something similar. It was pretty funny. Then we met
Bertha Smith a former from the days of Elder Mallory. Weird how the spirit
guides. #BecauseOfHim
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