Hello everyone! I love you and hope you had a great Thanksgiving break!!
Thanksgiving
We got permission from President (which was a little bit of a surprise) to leave our zone to eat dinner with the really nice member family from our old area that we had already signed up with. It was a really nice dinner and we had a great time! It was very rushed though because we were coming from a baptismal interview in the Knolls/South Central area (like 80ish streets N/closer to the city...) so we were a little late (we called before dont worry mom haha) but that didnt matter because we diddnt start eating until like 30-45 mins after we got there. Anyway we had to rush out before dessert to get Elder Franson to a leadership meeting. Besides that we spent the morning playing some cool games with the other Elders in our zone (there are no Sisters in our zone which is a first for me...) anyway while some Elders did some baking. Then we took the cookies and what not over to a Senior Care Home thing or whatever they are called. It was pretty awkward not going to lie. I'm not sure they really understood why we were there... most of the people I talked to did not really get entirely that it was Thanksgiving haha. It was a little bit sad but felt nice and warm to give them some love! It just reaffirmed my desire to never get older than 75ish or until my organs/brain stops working, whichever comes first haha
The new boundaries to my old area
The new (well because we are splitting the area with other elders we don't get any new parts, so basically we have the same area as last time just 75% smaller...) area is a little tough to be honest, but I have never said no to a good challenge! The other missionaries (including us) didn't really work in this part of the area. As a result there are only 9 former investigators in the area book and we have already contacted/tried to contact all of them. So it looks like we will be doing a lot of tracting! We were/are working with three families though so that is good! They are not super solid in terms of baptisms etc but especially with the part mem families- we are working on developing really good relationships with them... They are all very nice though!
Manuel's parents surprised us by going to church last Sunday. I don't know how much they liked it though. They kept making comments that there weren't any "alabanzas". They come from a heavy Christian background and as a result love all the singing, dancing, praising and preaching done by the preacher. We will continue to work with them as long as they keep commitments (which they are doing better at as of late).
The other two families are part member and less active families. They are very nice and things are going very well, if a little slow with them. The Segura family (9 year old daughter is a recent convert and the parents aren't members) are coming with us to the VC tomorrow.
my thoughts
Nothing really new to report besides that I am continuing my attitude of worry less and do more! Still trying to endure to the end and keep that diligence and enthusiasm up. I am still discovering that there really is no secret/formula/"way" for missionary work. Its just go and do, charity and the Spirit!
I am still loving the Book of Mormon challenge read thing... I love 2 Nephi 4, I forgot how amazing that chapter is...
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Love!
Elder Myers
