Monday, February 4, 2013

I can't believe it's February! Hailey, Happy birthday tomorrow. I thought about it the other day and had a hard time believing you're going to be 26, but then again I haven't really accepted I'm 22.

Well, it's been a good week. We got a phone call last week from one of the young women saying that she had a friend who wanted to meet with us. So we met with her this week so we have a new investigator. She's a really sweet young lady who says she's atheist. but seems genuinely curious and interested in the concept of God. It was a really good lesson and she listened intently. The young woman from the ward was so happy to see her friend being taught and she would bear testimony on the importance of prayer and what the Spirit feels like. So it was really good to have her there as well.

I had a very interesting conversation with the zone leaders at the beginning of the week. We keep getting put down because our numbers are so low. I was irritated because we can't always control the number of lessons we have in a week. People have their agency to choose and if they don't want to meet with us they don't want to meet with us. So I just called the zone leaders up and said, "What in your eyes are we doing wrong?" They both kind of froze and said that they didn't see us doing anything wrong and then I told them that I just felt like we were facing belittlement from different people and we were flat out told we weren't fulfilling our potential. They apologized if they had done anything to cause that and they said they would speak with others about not criticizing, They thanked me for my blunt honesty. I was calm the entire time having this conversation by the way, no shouting or yelling. So we had a nice conversation about what needed to be done. Then they asked what my favorite foods were and I said chocolate and Yorkshire puddings, so they showed up the next day with 8 chocolate bars and a box of Yorkshire puddings. So that was nice. Then they invited us to attend district leader council meeting this past Saturday, and we went and put some input in to let the district leaders know some of our thoughts and feelings. So I guess it was a good week. I was just really open and honest with everyone and I think I gained a lot of respect from doing so, Honesty is the best policy after all!

Transfers are next week. We have no idea what is going to happen. There are currently 24 sisters in the mission. We are losing 4 next week as they've completed their missions, and we get 10 new sisters in. Half of the sisters are going to be training starting next week and then the next transfer has another 10 coming in so we will all be training at the same time probably. crazy! A bit nerve racking to think about!

Well, I'm sorry to hear the kidlets are ill. I'm facing a bit of head cold now too. It's been going around the ward here. miserable how we share everything with the wards as missionaries.

I don't have a whole lot else to share this week. It's been rather uneventful. My back is feeling loads better. We had a sports day this week with the mission and I couldn't play which was sad, but things happen.

I hope Hailey has a happy birthday and the kids get better soon, thanks, Hailey, for sharing the little Kimber story with me, it did make me smile! Haha! She sounds like she's quite the character!

Dad, Hope you travel safely this week and get a lot of work done.

I love you all loads!