Hello!
Wow, so I know I say every week is
crazy, but this one might have been even more so! We had a great start to the
week and were able to see a couple people, but come to Wednesday and things
just got super busy! On Wednesday we had a Zone Conference with the Alexanders
and it was fantastic!!! The best Zone conference I have ever been too, hands
down! We talked all about the Sabbath, the Sacrament, and watched Elder
Holland's talk entitled: "This do in Remembrance of Me", from October
1995. It is only the best talk about Sacrament ever!
Probably the wildest part of the
Zone Conference came in the second half when we talked about Vision, Goals,
Planning, and Accountability. We were having a really good discussion and all
of a sudden the Alexanders surprised us by telling us that we would have no
more "standards of excellence" and to excursive our faith so that we
could be personally accountable for reaching goals. I think it is amazing!
Later in the week as we did our weekly planning we saw a huge difference! Our
goals are higher than ever this week, and I feel full of more faith to
personally accomplish them.
Anyways, after the conference, Elder
H___ and I went on exchange but it turned into more of a sleep over because we
got back pretty late, went to coordination meeting, and went to bed. The next
morning we studied and then went back to Catawba to exchange back. So all in
all nothing eventful, except for the fact that I traded him for a snazzy tie
with tiny little shields on it that looks pretty legit. So we are going to do
another exchange later on. On Friday we had Zone Meeting and it was pretty
good. They announced that we are going to start having Zone Conferences and
Interviews every single transfer, so that will be way fun too! I sure love the
Alexanders!
As far as friends, M___ dropped us. It
was all really weird. Sad. Good news is that R___ came to a church tour on
Sunday! She wasn't able to make it to Sacrament, but she was able to come later
and we showed her the building and had a super spiritual lesson. She liked everything,
and she has next Sunday off so she is going to be able to come to church! :D Her husband hasn't shown interest yet, but
please pray for her and him, that everything will continue to work out! We did
have 3 friends show up for church this Sunday, they are a family we have been
teaching for a little while. We hope to help them understand baptism this week.
So pray for them too, their names are the C___ Family.
So anyways, that's my week. I
haven't chosen a Ponderize scripture yet, I might do last week's again, I
wasn't able to Ponderize it as much as I would have liked due to the craziness
of the week. It was wonderful though, and I know God answers humble prayers of
faith! I am so excited for the next week!
A couple other random stories about today: I got to see
Elder G___ and the other Rock Hill Elders! We ran into them at Sams Club, and
they were able to set up a time to see K___, so I got to see her! It was a
party and a half! :D Anyways, thanks for the emails and all the stories. Y'all
are the best.
Happy P-day!
Love,
Elder Branch
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