"Alright, well this week has been full of things to do.
I jumped right into Zone Leader responsibilities, and we collected the mileage reports from all the companionships for April, and then made Zone calendars the next day.
We had one day of normalcy on Thursday. Then Missionary Leadership Council (MLC) was on Friday. We discussed how to use technology better, which honestly was difficult to implement. We actually taught a technology class on Thursday for the ward. The ward members are illiterate concerning technology use. 4/4 of the people that attended the class did not know how to post something on Facebook. So when talk of using technology via the members (having them share our posts, contact friends, etc.) it seems a bit distant...
Also in MLC, President talked about the difference between getting people to do things and helping people to do things. It was quite profound. Of course, helping people do things is more in an interest for them to grow for themselves, and support them in what they cannot do. For example, helping someone read the Book of Mormon would be showing them what it can do in their daily life to bless and strengthen them as they go out into the world each day. It's guiding them through tough words, and showing them how to pull doctrines and teachings from the scriptures. On the converse, getting someone to read the Book of Mormon is sitting down, reading it with them, and telling them they ought to do it because they will get blessings they wouldn't otherwise get. Then you expect them to read afterwards. This usually doesn't work well. That was inspiring, and I will seek to apply that these last 12 weeks!
On Monday of last week, Elder W and I contacted a referral we got from a member. We started teaching her, her name is Adela. It was probably the first successful member referral I've had my whole mission, sadly. She has had some extreme sorrows in her life, which I won't expound upon, but needless to say she was in quite a low place. On Saturday, we taught her again, all three of us. We taught the Gospel: faith, repentance, baptism, the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. We taught clearly and boldly, and the Spirit flowed in the lesson. She decided to set a goal to work towards baptism, around May 26th. She started with a frown on her face, but by the end of the lesson she was vibrant, bright, and happy, and clearly feeling the Spirit. Oh, how great a joy the Spirit can bring to one's life!
I finished reading Acts in the New Testament this week. It strengthened my testimony of the Restored Gospel and church. The teachings, fruits, and miracles we see today, and in the Book of Mormon, are the same. It is amazing to see how the Lord ministers to His children one-on-one, but also how He works in His ways and patterns, such that one can trace how He works.
As for this week, we have two pictures of getting "shnakes." A certain Elder in the district pronounces them as such, and now we all say it, we may call it Maderalect.
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| Eating "shnakes" at Sonic |
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| Elder Schaff and Elder Tapia with their shakes |
Elder T saw a bull and honestly considered riding it--but after he and Elder W inspected the conditions, and the required jump over a barbed wire fence, they decided against it.
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| Why was this even a consideration?! The answer to bull riding should always be NO for a missionary. |
The picture of us at Sonic is the final hours of the last day before transfer hub last week, where we also got shakes together.
We picked up chicks (actual live chickens) at a potential investigator's house.
And I saw Elder K at MLC, and some old friends got in one of the pictures. It's weird, if anyone changes callings, I will probably not see them again. The end is real and nigh!
Well, that's all I've got, love you family!
--Elder Schaff
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