Week 37 - It truly is THY will and not MY will.

Hope erryone's doing good! :D This past week was quite the week, pretty weird too.

some missionaries in our zone. There was an awesome Stake BBQ which we could go to...so we did! Always is awesome to be around a ton of people.

A couple Sisters in our district had their apartment FLOOD this past week (they blamed it on me for praying for something funny hahah), like hardcore haha. Then their bike was stolen, and then her new bike broke. Got to love being on bikes. My comp's brand new bike just got a flat too. Bleh. Whatevs.

First off, this past week I prayed a lot to help me learn how to become a better teacher. I've learned a ton the past couple weeks. One of the things I've learned is that when you learn something while you're teaching, you're teaching by the spirit. One day, I learned 1)Disobedience can mean a lack of trust. 2)Recognizing weaknesses is a sign of being humble. 3) Doubt is temporary. Faith is eternal and is something we work our entire life work. Why doubt it?

Out going to appointments with a member. 

Anyways! One night while I was on an exchange with Elder Roney, we were flooded with people calling and asking for Priesthood blessings. One was from a  member who offered one to a non-member who was about to have surgery, another one was from a member for someone who was delirious in the hospital, and the other was for a member who was in rehab from surgery. The blessings went well and Elder Roney hasn't been out 3 months yet so it was a cool experience. One of the blessings was for "Betty-Lou" and older lady who talked randomly about random stuff even if no one was there....random. Although, earlier that day, she asked someone for a blessing and kept telling people she had "visitors" coming amongst all the craziness she was saying. Elder Roney anointed her head with oil, and she went silent....but then started talking quietly through the blessing....cool things were said in the blessing. We were confident she knew we were there. The church is true!

Brother Awa! He's from Hawaii and is one of the nicest people I've ever met. He calls me Elder Ha-Lays which means "many homes" in Hawaiian apparently. SOOWOO

We've had some craziness the past 2-3 days....one night we got done with an appointment with a member and were headed to another one...but then I received a prompting to go visit "John" who hasn't been visited for 5 days or so because he was struggling and wanted some free space. After knocking on the door, they let us in. John and Kim (John's gf and also an investigator) said we always seem to come at the perfect time as they were deciding if John should go to Texas with Kim who was moving the next morning. They asked for our input, so we let the scriptures give the input hahah. I shared with them Mosiah 7:33 I think. The next morning we went over and John said he was leaving too....it sucked, but we hoped the best for him. John got some pictures with us and then said bye...that sucked hardcore....but then the next morning...Sister Wilkinson came up to me and said, "Did you see Johnny?" I said no and started running to find him haha. John got in a fight with Kim's kids and wasn't doing so hot. Man, it sucks to see these people you work with down in the dumps. John said something told him to go to the church. He found some members and then started talking with us. We took him inside and sat down with a couple members and also gave him a Priesthood blessing. Crap I'm runnning out of time. John is doing good now after we walked with him a couple miles and chatted with him. One of our members, Chad Johansen is awesome and went on a walk with him yesterday. So many coincidences happen when someone is in need, but of course they aren't coincidences at all.

John. Can't even describe this awesome dude.

These two BoM's were sent to me by a couple young woman in my ward back home. I prayed to see who I should give them out too, and was able to give them both out in the same day. What an awesome idea. Thanks again!!

This is John and Kim. I felt to give one of the copies of the Book of Mormon to her. So we wrote our testimony in it and gave it to her! The other one that has a picture of my good buddy Elder Wolfley's little sister in it, I gave out two nights ago after a lady who "spoke in tongues" to us knocked on our door and asked for one! Woah. Crazy. Will try to get a picture with her too since she lives in our apartment complex.

Then, our former progressing investigator, Barbara from Germany, dropped us this past Saturday...bleh. After having NO contact with her kids for years, her daughter came down and is now living with her and they're getting along great!! YES! We talked with her after it seemed like there would be nothing to stop her from getting baptized, she said having her daughter living with her was the answer to everything. Barbara said "you did your job." She really did seem happy, but it was still rough to drop someone just like that after working with them most days. Alwell. Sometimes God wants us to plant seeds because maybe they're not ready for baptism. It truly is THY will and not MY will.

This is the only pic. I have at Barbara's place. Her dog was insane.

I've also learned, that if you think you're good at something, that you're not living up to your potential. 

This past week's District training included patience - something we will never perfect. I've learned a TON about patience lately, as it is something that has a huge influence on so many things. 

 Picking up some people with our Ward Mission leader for lunch! 

Patience:

-Trials will often start by testing your patience.

Alma 17:11

Alma 26:27

Well time is up! Keep being rad yo. Can't believe next week is transfers. Both of our minds are BLOWN....maybe I'll get sent to Deming....hahah

"The only problem in life is thinking there won't be any." - our ward mission leader who is a BOSS.