Monday, November 4, 2013
P-days are always good days. They're a lot of fun. Today, we bought stuff to make sandwiches and had a mini-picnic at the Stake Center. The sisters offered to make the food so I'm not complaining. Afterwards, we played games in the gym like football and basketball. We went across the street to check out an old cemetery where important and rich people are buried with fancy graves. We then did our grocery shopping and headed for home. Unfortunately, we didn't get to teach any people that night, but overall, it was a good day!
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
This morning we had district meeting then I went on exchanges with my zone leaders. I was with ElderLUna for the day. He's a good guy and I'm glad I got to know him. When you go on exchanges, you try and work on something and the zone leaders helps you. What I focused on was talking to people on the street. I'm not hesitant to talk to people, but sometimes I don't know what to teach or talk about. Everyone has problems that can be solved through the gospel. It's our job as missionaries to identify those problems and teach according to them. That's the hardest thing for me.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Today was a pretty good day. In regards to teaching people on the street, it wasn't that good. But we worked and had some great lessons with some less-active members. We taught a less-active lady named Grace Slater and I could tell the Spirit was was directing the lesson. My companion offered a very sincere prayer and I was inspired to share Matthew 14:24-33. It talks about when Jesus walked on water and he called out for Peter to come to Him. I'll let you read the rest of the story and you can tell me what you learned. After the lesson, I can tell the Spirit touched Grace's heart. She promised to come to church on Sunday. That made me really excited. I hope she comes!
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Today was a little tougher than others. I can tell the transfer is going to be one of the harder ones for me. We are trying our best to find and teach people on the street, but nobody seems to want to listen. I've heard a rumor that this is one of the hardest missions in the church in terms of baptisms, I believe it! Rejection is almost expected when you're talking to people, but I'm trying to take Dad's counsel and never be satisfied. I just gotta keep my head down and work!
Friday, November 8, 2013
Again, not much going on today. We tried by some potential investigators, but they were either not home or not interested. I'm trying to find a balance between not being discouraged by failure but not being okay with it. Does that make sense? Am I being crazy? I don't know, we'll see how it goes. You would love one of the less-active members we saw today. He's into classic rock so you two would get along. His name is James Lennon and he said he's gonna name his future son John! He's a good guy so I love going over there and teaching him.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Today was a better day. We got a new investigator named Manoj. He's from India. He's originally Hindu so it's going to be interesting to teach about one God and Jesus Christ. Later this evening we went to a member's house for dinner. One of them was watching the rugby game so we got to watch it too. It was pretty fun to watch. Ireland beat Samoa pretty bad. Ireland plays New Zealand next week so it's my mission vs. Will's! I'll have to email and brag to him if we win.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Today was a great day! Guess what today was in sacrament meeting? It was the primary program! There's about 20 to 30 kids in our primary and they did great! The theme was God is our loving Heavenly Father. It was my favorite Sunday here so far. So many people came to church too! There was 2 investigators and 7 less-active members. It was a good ending to a tough week.
Love you! P.S. Elder Lesuma says hi!
Elder Scott Austin
Elder Austin with a 1st Edition Book of Mormon
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