This week was very interesting. Last Monday I got a new companion and it had a good start having a Baptism and such. Working hard has really pulled off. Going through more sifting in the area trying to find who the elect are. This week has been a good one let me say.
Tuesday after emailing we got a little time to go try to contact a few potentials and find some more but then we had to drive out to St. Charles for interviews with President Clark. It was kinda funny because when I was there I was looking at the missionary plaques and I found Lawerence Boswell who was in my seminary classes back in high school. He moved here a couple of years ago and is now on a mission. Just a funny thing I saw. Interviews were great. We had a training by Sis. Clark and the assisants and then President took us out to eat at Olive Garden. It was good:)
Wednesday was a great day!!! It is weird being back to 2 hours of comp study doing the 12 week program. It is interesting adjusting to that. An hour a day of extra studies takes out a lot more time then you would think. We had then to ride the bus up to the Members we used to live with to clean there place. We were supposed to do it Monday but we could not because we had to have the whole crazy emergency transfer that day. So we cleaned their basement and then had dinner with them. Then we had Scotti's Baptism!!! It went very well. I did the musical number with my Uke and sang "Come Thou Fount" which is an awesome song. After the Baptism we went back down to our area and we contacted a referal! who is now a new investigator!!!
Thursday was an awesome day because we had many appointments. We had a great appointment with Alisha our new gator. She is way awesome. Then we had a lesson with Melanie and her family who were just recently baptized. It has been hard to get her to come to church so she can be baptized also. We had a good lesson with a former that day but we did not get to pick her back up as a new investigator. It is sad because she admits to Joseph Smith being a Prophet but will not come to church and be baptized. It is weird...
Friday was a good day. We had weekly planning session that morning. It is hard planning with a missionary who does not know anything going on in the area really. He is still a way new missionary and has struggles with staying focussed on planning even though it is way long it is still very productive in the end. And it gets us organized. We had an appointment and we had to go try to find some new gators from potentials we have. We went to the Temple that night with a member in the ward. It was an amazing night at the Temple. I really enjoy going to the Temple and it is such a nice break from the world and all the worries of our investigators and stuff.
Saturday was another awesome day with appointments. We went on exchanges. Elder Williams was with me on them. He is a great missionary. We had an appointment with the Three ladies from Thailand. They all look super young but are way older then they look. They look 10 years younger then they actually are. We had a guy from the Frotenac ward come with us to the appointment. It helped out so much. It was a great blessing to have him there to help communicate to them in Thai. Then we had an appointment with Emonie. Her uncle who is a member during the lesson really stressed to her that she needs to start making it to church. She did not the next day... Then after that we had a lesson with Alisha that went well. She is starting to open up way more now. Then we switched back that night.
Sunday we had church of course. It was good. After church we had to go back to our place and have studies. Then we bussed to our dinner appointment. It took like 2 hours. It was crazy. We then spent the rest of the day going and contacting all the potentials we have which we have been putting off to see. We set up appointments with a few of them to see them. Hopefully we can turn them into new gators also.
Today we are probably going to go downtown. We are not sure yet though. haha This Saturday we have transfer calls! Oh yes!!! My thoughts are that my current companion will be transfered out and I will get a new one. We shall see though. I almost would not be surprised if I was transfered to somewhere else and get two 6 week shafts in a row. I think it would be fun to go to another area again. It keeps things spicey. Well I hope you all have a good week! Please write me with your address for where you are now!!!
Love,
Elder Derek Turner
*Serving in Zion*
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