So as you know, I woke up last Tuesday with some pretty heavy flu-like symptoms. After we went to the library and did our weekly emails, we went back to our apartment and I got straight to bed. We had to cancel dinner appointments on Tuesday and Wednesday and that made me feel really bad but I really didn’t want to get anyone else sick.
When I finally woke up from my days of rest on Thursday, we went straight to Zone Conference. It was so good. We just had some training from the zone leaders, the office elders, the assistants and from President Pehrson. I really love him. It was such a boost and really picked me up after being sick and being down in the dumps about missionary work.
At Zone Conference, they announced the new way they are going to schedule things. They used to hold Zone Conference every month. Now, it will only be quarterly. Same with interviews. I was kinda sad but everyone says it will be better that way because President’s schedule will be more flexible and he can spend more one-on-one time with missionaries, which should be nice.
After Zone Conference on Thursday night, we went to a part-member family’s house for pizza and a lesson. We watched the Restoration DVD and bore some good testimonies. Elder Berthelson is such a stud. The lesson went really well and the spirit was definitely there.
Friday, Friday, Friday… Friday was a very … emotional… day. We got a call in the morning from some other elders in our district who asked us to help someone move. We went over there and nothing was ready. The house was a mess and it was a very hard task to accomplish. I have never seen so much STUFF in all my life! That night we stopped by a less-active member and got her to commit to reading from the Book of Mormon so that was good. We had a really neat discussion with her about the Bible and then we finished the night off with some tracting.
On Saturday we honestly spent the majority of the day writing our talks for Sacrament meeting on Sunday. We went to stop by a less-active who wasn’t home but his wife was very nice. After that, we went and got our haircuts at the Bailey’s house (a super nice young family in the ward). Then we just came home and went to bed.
Sunday was a good day. We were hoping Guy and Solange (Our French investigators) would be at church, but by the time the Sacrament was over, they were nowhere to be seen. There was a talk followed by a rest hymn and then I got up to speak. Shortly after I started, they walked in. I got so excited to see them my whole voice changed. My talk went pretty well. Considering the time and resources I had, I was pretty proud of it.
All in all, I would write this off as a good week. One thing that got me really excited was a bunch of gossip that has been going through the mission. Because our mission is so small (about 70 missionaries) there is speculation that when President Pehrson goes home next year, our mission will be dissolved and split up and added to the New York New York North mission and the Massachusetts Boston mission. I keep having visions of being in NYC or Boston and it gets me really excited! Whatever way it all turns out though will be for the best. For now, I’m just content right here in Trumbull! I love you all and thank you for all of your love and support!
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