Dear
y'all,
It was another week
where actual prozelyting was a little far from the truth.
After our FHE with the
YSA Monday night, we picked up the Orange zone leaders and drove them all the
way out to Kingwood to spend the night at the Assistant's before our meeting
the next morning. We arrived at 10:30 pm, the APs weren't done planning for the
meeting until almost midnight, poor fellas.
Tuesday was the
Mission Leadership Council, we talked a lot about what the mission needed (a
greater focus on Christ, was my takeaway) and about new mission standards for
music (a whole lot stricter than what they used to be, but I think it will be a
good thing) and district council topics. It was actually a pretty sweet
meeting. The rest of the day was driving the Vidor zone leaders home, driving
back to Beaumont, dinner, then institute, where we just started the Book of
Mormon, so just as Come Follow Me starts, so do we.
Wednesday we had our
interviews with President Hewlett in the morning. Both of us (Elder Carraway
and I) talked to him about what we can do for the area and for the zone. As we
cover the biggest zone in the mission (30 missionaries) President really wants
us to be watching over them. And until campus opens, we have a pretty good
opportunity to do so. Only one more week until we can actually do some real
prozelyting, sigh.
My spellcheck never
believes prozelyting is a word. Then again, neither do I, so there is
that.
Wednesday we also had
to plan for our district training, so we squaded up and figured out our subject
(our relationship with Christ) the skill we wanted to work on (bearing
testimony of Christ) and how it would look.
Thursday and Friday
were spent actually presenting district training. With five districts,(and at
least a half hour drive to all of our districts except Beaumont) it takes us
two days to get through all of them. And those are a draining two days! They
went really well, though.
We were using our
extra time those two days to try and invite YSA to the game night we were
holding on Saturday.
Saturday morning we
blitzed one of the Beaumont areas (it was weird to do normal missionary work)
and then we had our game night. Attendance was not all that it could be hoped
for, but everyone that came had a good time and an invite to church.
Church was fun, mostly
because I got to speak. Go to a YSA, and they will use you. I also got to fill
in as pianist for the first two songs, as the branch pianist (also the other
speaker) was running a little late. In any case, I got to speak on fasting and
fast offerings, which, combined with a special fast I was doing, really
increased my personal testimony of fasting.
A cool experience: we
were texting and calling YSA who had formerly been taught, and one, who was
taught over a year ago, responded almost immediately that she would love to
meet with us, which was pretty sweet.
With what we taught at
district training, I want to share my testimony of Christ. I love Him! I really
do love Jesus. Sometimes I feel like a youth pastor at a non-denominational
church when I say it, but I truly do love Him. He means, and has meant,
everything to me, and I have been changed by His grace. I know that His way is
the only way to peace in this life, and happiness in the life to come.
Serving in His holy
name,
Elder DeFord
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