Our Zone Conference on Tuesday went really well! We received some trainings from President and the Assistants about being "all in" as missionaries and about the importance of members. Elder Weese and I gave a training about our purpose as missionaries and Ch. 1 of Preach My Gospel. After, Pres. Cleveland said it was a great training and all the missionaries loved it as well.
On Wednesday, we were tracting close to our apartment and we knocked on a door and found an 18 year old kid named JC. He told us it was his house and he lived alone and we were impressed with how well he managed himself in his own house at the age of 18. He told us that his mom came to visit occasionally, but that she doesn't speak very much English at all. He said he had gone to church when he lived in Virginia for many years, but he couldn't remember if he had been baptized or not. We talked to him for a bit and he said we could come back another day. Well, the next day, we walked past his house and noticed that he had tons of snow in his driveway, so we started shoveling it. As we were shoveling it, a lady drove up and pulled into the driveway with her van. She asked us why we were shoveling and we said that we were doing it for service. She told us her son should be home and invited us in. A bit confused, we entered and started talking. Well, it turns out that for whatever reason, J. was lying to us the day before! It was his mom's house and she spoke perfect English!! We could tell he felt a bit awkward while we were in there because he probably figured we had realized he was lying. But his mom said that they went to church for about 2 years in Virginia and she said she would have been baptized if they wouldn't have moved away 9 years ago. They now attend a community church close by and she is very active in that church. But she said she would love to have another Book of Mormon and she wanted to start reading it again. We got her one and we're hoping that something can come from it.
Yesterday, we had a very stressful day at church, but it was great! We had an old investigator, D. show up to church randomly. We hadn't talked to her in weeks! She came with her son and her daughter in law. Her daughter in law is white and doesn't speak any Spanish at all! So we had to hurry to set up some translation equipment I had to translate and it was sooo hard! It was a stressful sacrament meeting. After the meeting I translated in Gospel Principles as well, and they loved it! They said they'll come back next Sunday. Sadly, R and her family didn't come to church, and we haven't been able to contact her for a while. She is now off of a baptismal date until we can meet with her and teach her again. We're praying that we can help her with whatever she is going through.
That's it for this week! We'll have transfers next week so I'll let you know if I'm getting transferred or not. I love you all! Have a good week!
Love,
Elder Thayne
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