Hey!!! What's been goin' on?
I
just want to share a little bit about what happened this week in
church... only Ramon showed up... but he totally shared his testimony in
the fast and testimony meeting!!! it was awesome :) and actually he
brought a friend with him... she lives in the ward boundaries of some
other elders so we won't get to teach her but it was still cool. He
also sang in the men's choir (we sang "Venid los que tenéis de Dios el
Sacerdocio") and so did Elder Mendez and Elder Powell and Elder Nixon
(the other elders in the ward with us) and I actually didn't sing... I
played the piano! That's right! well... I actually only played the right
hand but they told me like 20 minutes before the meeting started so I
practiced a little bit and then played it... it was alright but hey!
it's something :) but then they wanted me to play in priesthood meeting
as well but didn't give me any time to practice so it was a little
rougher that time... :) but ya, anyways... Ramon is doing great. We
talked with some of his young single adult friends and they are going to
organize a special surprise choir for his baptism. It's gonna be sweet
:)
A little bit about this week... We have a
new Zone leader who is an ex-assistant to the president who happens to
be from Colombia who was my second district leader (way back in my first
area....) and well... we put the goal of
1000 contacts in the street in a week again, but this time for the whole
change! Elder Mendez and I have had up to 22 contacts in one day...
maybe that isn't a ton for some people but for me it's a whole bunch!
The elders in the district have been doing pretty good with that so we'll see how it goes:)
We had a special
conference this week with the mission president and his wife and also a
70 and his wife... it was cool. The 70 that came to visit was Elder
Lester Johnson from the 4th (I think) quorum of the Seventies and it was
only the two zones here in Victoria and the 70 and president and their
wives :) We got to ask him questions and everything. It was really
cool :) He taught us about the Sabbath day and how we can teach it
because sometimes as missionaries we teach the Sabbath just so the
people go to church and sometimes we don't really teach them what it's
all about... yes we need to go to church on Sunday but there is more to
that when it comes to keeping the Sabbath day holy... so it was a cool
experience :) I learned about how we shouldn't make a list of do's and
don't's (that was mentioned in conference) but that we should think
about everything we do and see if it brings us closer to God or if it
pushes us away from Him. We receive so many blessing if we can put to
one side our will and do the will of God for at least one day a week. I
invite you all to think about how we can keep the Sabbath day more holy
this week and then keep doing that every week :) You will be able to
feel a difference, I know will.
A little bit
about Mari... I don't know why she didn't come to church this week...
she promised us she would on Saturday but then didn't show up Sunday...and didn't answer her phone so we haven't been able to talk to
her but we are going to head over there today... she is always so
excited when we are there with her but then she doesn't show up... we
are going to have to talk to her a bit about that... but we'll see how
it goes :)
From the contacts we had this week
we are going to follow up on a bunch and see who is ready to progress so
we can help 'em out.
With the land
owner (Oscar) we had a little grilling party today.... we were able to use some seasoning that Oscar
had and they turned out pretty dang good :) I will send a pic :)
Well
that's all I've got for this week. I hope you are all doing well and
that you can all be ready for Mothers day! Can't wait to see y'all :)
Love ya!
-Elder Sampson
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