Well, well, well. Here we go again. This week we had a lot of meetings and a lot of cancelled lessons. We saw the Lord's hand even in the slowest times and that was an amazing blessing.
We went to do service right after a lesson where the dude could not understand us at all. Elder Folau suggested we play "Do You Love Your Neighbor?" with the kids and it was a blast. Sometimes I feel like the kids we serve honestly serve me more by making me smile.
We had MLC this week. We talked a lot about getting members and branches excited about missionary work, and the thing that stood out to me most was that if we want members to be excited,
WE have to be excited. Sister Dudfield walked
us through a personal study and Elder Folau and I gave a training on
companionship unity where we played the classic wedding shoe game with our
AP's.
Right after MLC we had Zone Council to pass on all the info as well as set Zone goals for the transfer. We are introducing a zone competition where a companionship will get a certain amount of points for certain activities they do. It should be fun, but nobody else stands a chance really. We talked about ministering to and finding the one as our focus of the meeting.
We had the deadest day this week and I want to include it so you all can laugh it off with me, as well as see the tender mercy amidst the chaos. One night we had four lessons cancel on us, so as a backup we decided to go find a member because we knew the general area where he worked and he hadn't been to church in a while. After some searching, we found him. After that we wanted to get dinner at the Greek restaurant, but the prices had skyrocketed so we walked all the way back and ate somewhere else. I had to go back to the church to grab my scriptures and the guard wouldn't let us in for some reason. A day of rejection...but we found that member so I was happy.
We had a little transfer this Saturday so I spent the morning at the mission office. On the way back, I asked the Ride (which is like Uber) where I could get a sticker like the one on his car. He reached inside his glove box and gave me an extra one. Ask and Ye Shall receive.
This week we taught two new people. Their names are Ayaasaa and Gemechu. They are friends and they came early one morning to discuss. After the lesson, we ended up at the same place as them for lunch! These nice dudes kept talking with us and also helped us order. We also taught Tesfay and Tekaw this week. We taught a lesson on fasting and then ate some snacks and played a game with them. It was a good time.
A member said something in his testimony on Sunday that really stood out to me. He said something along the lines of "The Gospel is not just words. It's real. It's practical. It's useful. It changes hearts and lives." I love that. As a missionary I've thought a lot about that. As we intentionally and sincerely live the Gospel, we can see that there is a power that comes from it.
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Elder Miles
Power posing while waiting for a man to come to church 
The house 
The sign of God's promise seen today 
The sticker I acquired
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