Studies have been amazing. Right now I'm in 1 Nephi 12 and it's talking about the vision of the tree of life. Also I have read the book "Our search for happiness" and that is one of the best books I've ever read! You guys should try to read it as a family :) I'm also reading "Our heritage" and it's pretty interesting :)
We are back in Concord and the work is starting to
really pick up in the area! As mentioned earlier, we have a new
companion and district leader, Elder Z. He's from Orange County
California and he says that I remind him of his brother in law :)
There is actually a guy here from Utah named SB for the summer. We haven't even met him but he's called us a
few times now and he has found 2 referrals through selling yard care!!!
If we could all be member missionaries like that, then the Church would
be going crazy with new converts!
So now for the week: the first half of the week was
pretty much spent with the zone leaders. They told me that I'd probably
been on more exchanges in my fist 2 weeks then they had been on in their
first 4 months! It's been good to learn from them though.
We got back to Concord Thursday
and started working right away. As a result we ended up getting in 18
total lessons in those 3-4 days. (The goal is to get around 20 a week)
We've been going out with members and finding new investigators too! We
have one new investigator whose name is
W. Our first lesson
with him was amazing! My first week here, our companionship had been
going to a lesson but the people we were going to meet weren't there. We
went around and marinated a bit, and then Elder K felt inspired
to knock on this one door. We did and W told us we could come
back. He told us that something just told him to invite us back when we
had knocked. Anyways, we taught the first lesson about the Restoration
and he was saying that it all made sense. We're really excited to see where that all goes :) We also
had a great experience with one of the referrals from SB named D.
We dropped by her house late on Friday
night with a soon to be missionary from the ward named BJ. She
was there but she wasn't feeling good to meet cause she was almost
involved with a really bad accident on her way to work today. We got to
give her a priesthood blessing and the Spirit was just booming!!! It
really strengthened my testimony of the power of the priesthood.
Unfortunately, just like with all good things, there
is always opposition. We've probably had 7 different lessons canceled
or moved in just the past 2 days, including one with D and 2 others
with W. The adversary is real and it's hard to fight against
him sometimes, but I know as we keep trying and do all that we can do
that The Lord will reward us for our effort. People's agency can be
difficult to deal with but I'm so glad we get to. It's been amazing to
see the blessings and happiness that comes with the trials. I am
beginning to understand what the phrase "The Best Two Years" really
means :)
Love you all so much! The church is true!
<3
Elder Zachary Branch
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