I'm Old 2-17-2020


I am going to hit my 6 month mark on Friday the 21st. It's kinda crazy to think that I have been out for half a year. It definitely feels nowhere close to that.

Tuesday Elder S had a doctors appointment so I was with Elder C and U in a trio for the morning. We went to a lesson and when we got there the lady that we were supposed to teach told us she got the flu (just like everyone else in Utah) so we went over to a church building and studied together. After Elder S got back, we had a lesson with C and when we got there, she read us an 8 page summary of what she had read in the Book of Mormon (she is 12). I was so shocked and impressed I didn't know what to say or do. After dinner, we had a lesson with J. She had her teeth worked on so we watched Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration with her and her friends and then talked about it. Her friend T opened up and talked about some experiences she had which was awesome because she had been quiet and not super participatory before then.

Wednesday we had a meeting with Elder S (the senior missionary) and talked about some ways that we teach kids using games. In the evening we were invited to a Young Women's activity where they did speed-finding where we had a minute to talk the other person and get to know them. One of the questions they had ask was what we were most excited about for Girls Camp. I was like what am I supposed to say to that. It was pretty funny.

Thursday we had district council and interviews with President Call. Then we had a lesson with C and Elder S taught his first lesson to a nonmember. It was a good experience for him and it went pretty well.

Friday was Valentine's day which was kinda weird. Everything was super slow and we didn't do much because nobody wanted to talk to us or have lessons (I wonder why...).

Saturday C was baptized! The whole room packed. We set up some chairs and when him mom saw it she said we needed to set more chairs up. President and Sister Call came which was nice to see them. The rest of the day was us going around to visit people and they weren't there.

Sunday we had our 3 church meetings like normal. At the last one, I went and chatted with a lady who her son is serving in my old ward currently. It was pretty cool. After, we had a lesson with A and her brother (see the Miracle of the Week) using some games about Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Ghost. After dinner, we went and set up a bunch of lessons and visited J and B and they showed us a Tony Robbins video (they said my parents would know who he was).

Miracle of the Week: We had dinner with this older couple and they had their granddaughter named A over. At the end of the dinner, they told us that they had invited the granddaughter over because she wanted to be baptized and she had been going to church with them for over a year straight.
 
Quote of the Week: "What is something that harms our bodies? Rolling our eyes!"

Pictures (hopefully in order):
1-2. C's


baptism!!
3. District picture

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