And a new one begins with President Felix!!!
Weird....
Actually, It's weird to think we have a new President
because nothing seems to be changing. I'm sure that's because he's getting used
to the idea of being a mission President; if I were him I'd take some time
seeing how things usually go too. But I guess we'll really find out tomorrow;
because we'll be having Mission leader council, and that's when changes and
things are usually implemented.
This week has been mentally
exhausting as well as miraculous. The main reason for the mental exhaustion
comes from the goals we've set for the zone. It took a little bit of doing to
get it figured out. We're going to be building off the family mission plan
idea, by visiting families and teaching them the Restoration and other lessons
we teach, and practicing with them how to have gospel conversations. Then,
we've all made a list of everything that's holding us back from being the
Missionaries the Lord wants us to be. Throughout the transfer, we'll be keeping
track of each little victory we have through the Atonement. Finally, we'll also
be updating our Area Books each night. (just like we're already supposed to, but
it's kinda like how we're all supposed to do a lot of things that never really
happen.) But the fun part is that we'll be having the zone building little
strange shaped objects out of sugar cubes: each cube representing a success in
one of the goals. At the end of the transfer, Elder James and I have a
presentation to give them where each of their sections will come together to
make a small more or less to scale replica of the L.A. Temple! We'll let you
know if it works! We're excited though, because we've seen so many small
miracles making this project possible; like the library door being locked but
opening up anyway because we really needed to make copies to get the blue prints
out to the zone. AND we've received six amazing referrals in just one week;
which, compared to last TRANSFER I think we only received two.
One
of our investigators, named Ivan, came to church this week! He's a youth, (he
has about 17 years) and he really liked it. He got a ride from one of the
members here, and while he's still in the "I'm catholic but it's interesting to
see what others believe" mode, he really liked the lesson in Priesthood about...
the priesthood. And he likes the Book of Mormon a lot.
I'll let
you know how everyone else is doing soon, and I hope everyone enjoys the new
ward. Find reasons to like it, even if you don't! I love you all, I'll be
sending pictures soon (My memory card filled up. :(
)
Love,
Elder Matthew David Clough
