Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Week 67_ Zone Conference

It's Elder Brown here.  Good week this week and last! I will number off all the things I have done in the past 7 days.

1.) Zone conference with W. Anderson of the 70 was Thursday and Friday! I went to both because I had to play the piano for 3 musical numbers. We played our two choir numbers and I Accompanied a piece for a trio of sisters! It was great! Brother Anderson called me up while he was speaking and did a little piano analogy it was great! Super spiritual conference and a lot learned! Great teachings and great things I can apply. Friday I played the two musical numbers and I played A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief and it was beautiful,  maybe the best I have ever played it. He said the same things he did at the  south conference but the floor was opened for questions and a lot of elders and sisters talked about how they can be safe in the gospel when their families back home aren't. I find it amazing some elders and sisters come out here and serve for 18 months to 2 years without any or hardly any support from home. Bless them and all they do their reward will be great!
2.) One of our investigators dropped us this week which was pretty disheartening. Her name is carol.  She was totally being prepared but her anxiety kicked in  and she left us a note on her door with our marked up Book of Mormon we gave her inside of 2 Christmas Stockings. At least she said she would meet back up in the summer. So I guessed we planted the summer harvest?
3.) We have been racking up referrals in the last 3 weeks! We got three so far. One of them we are meeting this week so that should be exciting! The other was a referral from elders in 1st ward. There is this foster child named Cj and he showed up to church by himself and expressed interest in learning more. We are meeting with him this Tuesday.  Elder Beck and I found 3 solid potentials this week by tracting and we found another one after going on splits with the ward high priest group leader. He is a stud!
4.) Let me tell you we have the best ward mission leader. We had a ward council and even before that our ward mission leader met with President Pingry of the mission presidency. He got some ideas and presented them in our ward council. I think it was enough of a spark to change our wards shift on missionary work and now we got the ball moving. We have been doing our missionary program with members and its working. We are actually getting two more referrals soon that seem pretty promising. I think the ward is finally catching the drift, and our ward mission leader talked us up a lot to the ward.  It was awesome and he was giving us such nice compliments my spirits were raised and I may or may not have shed a couple of tears hehe! Anyway I'm pretty excited!
5.) We have been taking a priest on splits with us on Wednesdays and he is a super cool guy. We will try to prepare him for a mission.
6.) I got a little lazy last week and was a tad disobedient but I have learned to repent quickly and not to panic and move forward. I think in the past I get used to beating my self up kinda like Elder Hollands talk in conference. I'm staggering sometimes ya know. but my bed has been made I have got up on time and I'm making sure I set the best example for my brand new companion.  Its hard to kinda step up when you have someone who is slowly trying to get into the swing of missionary work, He is doing well though. He is a great teacher but struggle talking to people on the street! He will get there! 
7.) Got your packages the gps is so helpful thank you thank you that will be put to good use. And I will give it back to you when we go on long trips so you don't have to burn your phone battery or I might take it to school. 
8.) I want to drive my car out to utah. I would like it out there.   I want to be able to visit family and drive to grandmas and grandpa Ben's. 
9.) As for school, I'm still considering UVU! Sister Savage highly recommended it since she taught public speaking there!  The Lord as been telling me to go out there as well so I'm thinking that is my school. I may or may not major. I may just go undeclared and see what the Lord speaks to me next. One thing I learn I have to take it a step at a time. The Lord isn't just going to make everything known at once that is not how revelation works either. but yeah.....
10.) I love you so much! I'm going to finish this mission strong.  Love you guys to the moon and back 
Love,
Elder Brown
 

  

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