February 20, 2012

Well this week was most definitely an interesting
week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On monday we all went out to lunch as a
zone to a brazilian steakhouse and it was soooo
good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on tuesdays it was transfers and i got
to pick up my brand new missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So in the
morning we went to transfers and I had to go to a meeting for the
trainers and that was way great!!!!!!!!!!!! It was great to hear from
President Durrant!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then i found out my new companion, his
name was Elder Sproul and he is right from the mtc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We got back to our area and he put his bags down and then I told him
about the area and our investigators and we went out to
work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a great day and then we got
back to the house at night and he told me he is allergic to cats and
the Starks (the family we live with) have a cat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All
night long he was weezing and sniffling and coughing and i was so
scared that he was going to die!!!!!!!! I didnt know what to
do!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted him to have a great first day and I thought i
was going to be a horrible trainer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We called Sister
Durrant the next morning and she said that a transfer may have to take
place!!!!!!!!!!!! She told me this story about how when we pray and
pray for thingsn Heavenly Father answers our prayers but in weird ways
sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess Elder Sproul heard all about me in the
mtc and when he got to texas which im mad about because I dont want
people glorifying me, im a servant of the
Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so he prayed for me to be his
trainer and so Heavenly Father answered his prayer, but for only a
day!!!!!!!!!!!!! So on Wednesday there was an emergency
transfer!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Sproul went up to frisco and Elder
Byington came down to Carrollton with me, they just traded
places!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Byington is a brand new missionary also, he
came with Elder Sproul from the mtc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know that this
was Heavenly Fathers plan!!!!!!!!!!!!! So on wednesday I had to go
over the area again with Elder Byington and he got to Carrollton just
in time for our dinner appointment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then
that night we set up his bike and got him ready to be a
missionary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Thursday was planning day which was
good because we got to go over the area and talk more about our
investigators and how we can find more people to teach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then in the afternoon we got to meet with Marcus which was
great!!!!!!!!!!! We read this article with him from the BYU Magazine
about the atonement!!!!!!!!!!!! It is a great talk, I suggest all of
you to read it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It talks about how Jesus
Christ will help all of us as long as we follow him and try to be like
him!!!!!!!!!!!!! We never need to worry because he is always there to
help us and he is never going to leave us alone!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on
friday it was Elder Byingtons first time teaching the restoration and
he did great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Hedberg and I found these
investigators last week while we were tracting and they are a great
family except they arent too interested, they just want to "learn
more" So we taught them the restoration and I know that they felt the
spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They said that they have had missionaries at
their house before and they met with them for like a
year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then on saturday we had a mega interesting
event!!!!!!!!!!!! We went to go visit Sister Jones, the revent convert
we are trying to get to the temple!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We knocked on the
door and she let us inside and guess who was in there?!?!?!?!!?!? A
JEHOVAH WITNESS MISSIONARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was soooo
excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been waiting for my entire mission
to talk to one!!!!!!!!!!! I got to talk to her for a little bit and we
shared about our faith and it was great!!!!!!!!!!!! A lot of
missionaries like to Bible Bash with them but I HATE bible bashing and
I never do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its good to have a love for everyone,
no matter what they believe in!!!!!! Sister Jones has been meeting
with this missionary for like 7 months now, shes not going to that
church but she just likes to study the bible with people!!!!!!!!!!!!
she is great, i love her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When we got outside it
was pouring rain really badly so we had to bike home in it and we got
soaked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats the only time when its not fun to be a
bike missionary, good thing it wasnt at night!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that
night we went knocking doors out in the rain with our umbrellas which
was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yesterday was
great!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the speakers in church talked about trails
and they said that we should treat our trials like gold and it really
got me thinking about that!!!!!!!! We really should!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our
Heavenly Father gives all of our trials for us so that we can learn
from them and He makes our trials uniquely for us!!!!!!!!!!!! So
trials are great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so thankful for every single
trial that Heavenly Father has put in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No
matter how hard they have been, I know that I have learned great
things from them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Always stay positive and Always
Remember Jesus Christ and all the trials that he went
through!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great week
everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!