Tuesday: Transfers are here! And I am no longer in Sandy.
I am going to Riverton. We started off by finishing packing all our stuff and
in no time the Woolums were there to take me to Riverton. We are covering the
Riverton North stake. My new companion is Elder Alfonso. He grew up in
Argentina, and then moved to Spain when he was 12. He speaks Spanish,
Portuguese and English fluently. Elder Alfonso has a music business back home
and is in a band. He has had the business since he was 12, so he already has a
house and car paid off. He is also a professional gamer haha. He's got his life
already figured out. He is known for his creative posters. At night we went to
go teach a less active kid in a family who has been suffering from depression
and has had a hard time believing in God. He has a sister who is preparing to
go on a mission so we had her help us teach to her brother. It was a really
intense meeting because everyone was testifying of how much we love him and how
much God loves him. We challenged him to read the Book of a Mormon for 7 days
straight and we promised that it would bring him a sense of peace that he was
missing in his life. To end the night we went to go meet the home owners.
Well... there last name is Ashby... and yes they are relatives. We figured out
that they are my second cousins, and that he works with my uncle at work. Crazy
how small of a world it is!
Wednesday: We had district meeting in the morning, and
since Elder Alfonso is the district leader we had to go early to set up stuff.
We tried to connect the iPad to the TV but for some reason either the connector
cable wasn't working, or we were outsmarted by technology. It was a pretty weird meeting. It was my companion and I,
our MLS couple (senior missionaries) and one of the sisters in our district. Her companion is the STL (sister training leader) and the
Zone leaders are in our district. But those three were at another meeting with
the mission president for a leadership meeting. We finished our new posters and
man do they look good! Sad to think that Elder Alfonso is going home at the end
of this Transfer! (March 14)
Thursday: We had a Zone expectation meeting in the
afternoon and it was more of a get to know the new Zone. There is a lot of
unfamiliar faces that I don't know. I guess that's the negative of being in
Sandy for three transfers. At night we had a lesson with George. The funny
thing is that my old ward mission leader in Sandy, his daughter gave George a
Book of Mormon and he called the missionaries to meet with them and I got
transferred into his area! He is so solid. His background was atheist because
his parents are from China. But he felt something he has never felt before when
he was reading the Book of Mormon. He knew that God was real and that he truly
does care about him and knows him personally. We taught the plan of salvation,
or in other words Gods eternal plan for us. He understood that God has a plan
for everyone of us and that he will place people in front of us to feel of his
love. He said the closing prayer and was in tears because he wanted to be
baptized but his parents are holding him back. He was on date to be baptized on the 13th but his parents
want him to "study" the religion for a month before they will consider
him being baptized. So we might have to push his date back till the end of the
month.
Friday: not much happened but we visited a ward mission
leader who knows a non member family who said they would be willing to meet
with the missionaries. He works out with the husband every weekday so he will
ask him on Monday when we can meet. The ward mission leader wasn't very excited
about it and doesn't think that they will want to convert. But we have the
faith!
Saturday: again not much happened, we got a few names of
some people from our MLS couple (senior missionaries)
Sunday: We went to a sacrament meeting and since it was
the first Sunday of the month it was fast and testimony meeting. I went up and
bore my testimony on enduring to the end. I related it to my ACL story. And how
it has almost been two years since I had my knee surgery. I talked about how we
need to endure to the end and how we can't give up now. If we give up now we
will fall short of Gods expectations of us. I told everyone to endure to the
end and the best way to strengthen their testimony is to bring someone into the
unto the gospel and to see the joy that they experience when they do. Hopefully we inspired people to go out there and share
the gospel with their family and friends.
Love you all,
Elder Ashby
Here is the poster Elder Alfonso and I created.
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