This upcoming Saturday is the day of transfer calls. It is going to be interesting to see what happens with our tripanionshiop. We know we will be put back down to two missionaries like normal because we will be back down to the amount of missionaries we are supposed to have. We are trying to guess what will happen here. But it was an awesome week this week not just because of the mission conference and going to the Cardinals baseball game. It was awesome because of the work. We had another week of getting more investigators. We picked up 4 this past week. So it brings our teaching pool up to 23 people. When we got here about a month ago we only had 3 to start out with. So it has been a great turn around. Still working hard to find the elect and get people baptized here.
Monday was an awesome day. We went to New Salem where a lot of the the Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration Movie that is showed in the Joseph Smith Building in Temple Square was shot. It was cool being in the same rooms and places and stuff. That night we had an appointment with the Collins. They are an awesome family. The lesson went well. The kids were asking some of the greatest questions ever. They are truly seeking. We had the soft baptismal commitment but we did not get a date though yet. That night we switched with the zone leaders to do an exchange with them. They like do exchanges with everyone in the zone. It went very well though.
Tuesday we went to go contact a referal that was given from a lady from Tennese who is a member and wanted us to see her family here in springfield. We saw her sister and her husband and her daughter. We were able to teach a little right there and pick them up as new investigators to go back and seem them on Friday. We switched back with the zone leaders and we were able to go contact a referal we recieved from Church HQ's. We were able to teach him and set a return appointment which is going to be tonight actually. We picked up all 4 that day which was awesome to start the week off!
Wednesday we had District meeting and since we were riding down with out DL and his comp to St. Louis the next day for the Mission Conference they decided to have blitz in our area that day. Which helped a lot because we had many appointments for that day. First we had to drive out to Taylorsville because we had an appointment with a referal from a member. It went well actually. We will have to wait till we get the exact return appointment till we can count it as a new investigator. They were going out of town for a couple weeks so that is why we did not set one up yet. Right after that appointment we recieved a Referal from an investigator in the next ward over. Which was awesome because the Investigator lived out there in Taylorsville. We were able to go contact her and set up an appointment for the next week. Right after that we had to rush back to Springfield for another appointment with Erskine. It went well. We did not get the Baptismal Date though yet...
Thursday morning we left to drive down to St. Louis for the Conference. We first went to the Baseball Game. And if you watched we were up in the Nosebleed seats in right field. It was fun hanging out with all the other missionaries who had not seen in a while. When it got to the 5 inning Elder Markarian who is going home next week and I went to go see some members who are in the ward where he is serving in right now. The members were in a nice Box Suite so we got to spend a few innings in There. It was awesome. If you saw the foul Ball that was hit in the 6th inning that landed in one of those suites that was the suite we were in. I was 3 ft away from the guy who got hit in the head with a ball after bounceing off a seat. The guy was ok! so no worries. After the game we all headed to forest park. That is where we had dinner catered to us. After dinner we had a talent show. Me and my two comps and the ZLs and our DL and his comp all did a number. We performed two songs In the Jungle and Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam. They made everyone do a church song if they did a song like that. It was awesome. Me and three others were rocking out on the Uke's we had someone on the bongos who we borrowed from an investigator and a guy on the marracas and a rain stick. And someone on the didgeridoo. It was way awesome. We had fun. That night we had to travel to Rockwoods appartment to sleep there for the night.
Friday we all went to the Chesterfield building for the Conference part. We had three speakers. Dr. Anderson, Dr. Olsen, and Menlow Smith who is also known as the guy who invented the Pixy Stick and used to Own Willy Wonka candy. He is a member. Dr. Olsen was probably my favorite speaker. He talked about the message is not going to be as effective unless you have the messenger. As missionaries we are messengers not preachers. I loved how he said that. I got to know Dr. Olsen in my last area because his office was in our last area and we referred a lady to us who we taught with him being at the first lesson with us. It was awesome. We then Drove back to Springfield and had our appiontment with Shannon and her family that night which went very well. The Spirit was felt very strongly.
Saturday was intersting befcause we had a couple appointments fall through but we were able to go see a bunch of people and went by our investigators places trying to get them to come to church the next day. We also had weekly planning that day.
Sunday was awesome. We had one of the Collins being able to make it to church. That is 4 sundays in a row that we have had at least one investigator at church. We have been averaging 2 about every sunday but we only had one this time mostly because everyone was either out of town or working. It is sad because Kelly and her Family can not come to church for a few weeks because she works every sunday during church. That night we had an appointment with my 5th cousins the Walsh's. We will be going back next week and they will have my 4th cousin and 3rd cousin there so I can meet them. They are also non members who live in our area. So I am excited to maybe get the chance to start teaching them! It was awesome.
Today we will just be hanging with other missionarys and some members playing some sports. Tonight we have an appointment with a Less active and a investigator. You all rock! Please write me! No one really writes anymore. It is sad. Well anyways Jesus still loves you. Have an awesome week!
Love,
Elder Derek Turner
*Serving in Zion*
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