Hello Everyone!
I don't even know what to talk about this week because it
has been pretty normal for the most part. I just love being here and I love my
calling as a zone leader but unfortunately I only have it for about one more
week. I love working with all the missionaries and becoming good friends with
them. I have quite a bit of time today so I will write about each day
individually.
Saturday 9: Last P-day the temple was still closed so I took a
nap. Everyone else napped for 20 minutes but I was out for 2 hours. I don't
think they know what a true nap is.
Sunday 10: Elder Gray and I have started getting up at 6:00
instead of 6:30 to get a little extra study in and it is really nice. Our
teachers came up with a thing called super Sunday and I hate it so much. We
have to learn as many words as we can but I have a very hard time with that
especially because I lose a lot of study time due to leadership meetings. We
did get to meet the area seventy, Larry S. Ketcher though. He is the area seventy for the
Armenian mission so that was pretty cool even though my mission isn't over
there. Turns out the gospel is really needed over there because the only stake
they had was dissolved due to misuse of tithing funds. The missionaries
basically run the church over there and some will be called as branch
presidents. Later we had a devotional by President Heaton on charity and I
thought it was awesome because that is a characteristic I really want.
Monday 11: We taught Վահե today again and we had a very
successful lesson. He really wants to learn more about how he can repent. We
decided to have him pray about it and so we prayed with him and the spirit was
very strong even though we didn't understand the whole thing. We then testified
that he could be forgiven and asked him to be baptized on July 30th. (Which is
just kind of a fake date because he is a fake investigator but we have to work
towards something) He said yes and we were so excited.
Tuesday 12: We taught Լենա today and that lesson was awesome as
well. We taught her about the holy ghost and she really wants to feel the
spirit. We showed her ways she could do that and gave her a chapter of the Book
of Mormon to read. After class and lunch we had exercise time and one Elder got
a package with jellyfish in it. We made a bet in volleyball that whoever lost
had to eat it. Since we don't actually keep score we just decided it was a tie
and we all have to eat it.
Wednesday 13: Today we ate the jellyfish and it was very
disgusting. I am so grateful my mission has fast food restaurants in it. I have
been kinda sick all week but today it was especially bad and we have had lots
of sickness going around. At least I can still go to class though. We also
hosted today and it was a lot of fun.
Thursday 14: Today we taught Լենա and that lesson was pretty
awkward but it all worked out. We decided she needed to go to church to help
her feel the spirit but when we asked her about church she said she was already
going. Oh. Didn't see that coming. We were proud of her but it messed up our
whole lesson. Luckily we were able to talk about the sacrament still because
she had a lot of questions. We also taught Վահե and that lesson went very well.
He kept all of his commitments and he is really progressing but we still have a
lot of work to do. He is still unsure about repentance and baptism so we will
have to explain why it is important next time.
Friday 15: Today we had TRC (Teaching Recent Converts) and it was very good. The language
is coming along a lot better but there is still a ton we don't know. We
challenged both of our groups of missionaries to read the Book of Mormon for an
hour each day. We have been thinking a lot lately just how important the Book
of Mormon is. If the Book of Mormon is that important in our lives then we can't
just settle for a little bit a day. We have to work hard and diligently study
if we want to be better. They thought we asked a lot of them, but they said
they would try to do it and we know they can do it if they really have the
faith. I know for me that my hour of Book of Mormon study is very important.
Normally I wont write this much but I just had a lot of time
today. I hope you all continue to have a good week and keep living the gospel
strong! It will bless you if you do!
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