Another week has come and gone. Things are looking up.
My new companion is Elder "E". He likes a lot of nerdy things, so we have a lot to talk about. He's from Springville, Utah; so we had a fun little discussion about the difference between the LDS Church and Utah Mormon Culture. So far he seems willing to work and ready to learn. I like that. Now if only I knew what to teach him, we'd be golden. I'm constantly finding myself at a loss as to what to teach him first, and how to convey that information in a way that sticks without overwhelming him. I think the best thing has been for him to just come along and do missionary work. I've put him on the spot a couple of times, so that he's not just watching me do missionary work the whole time, but I'm trying to give him enough space to get comfortable and let him learn by watching me. But I've got to turn up the pressure a little bit to make sure he pays attention. His critical thinking skills are top notch, actually, and I'm quite excited to see how we can work into a pair of legendary missionaries.
Both of our ward mission leaders are completely stoked and on fire. The Cole Canyon ward mission leader is an attorney by trade and has lots to offer us in terms of organization and teaching skills. The Murrieta Hills mission leader has so much drive and passion for missionary work, he reminds me of the apostle Peter jumping off the boat to see his Lord that much quicker. Both of our bishops back us up completely, and the ward council seems very friendly towards missionary work. So now we just need to have faith, be obedient, and work as hard as we can to live up to the potential of this area and the expectations that our wards have for us.
Hopefully sometime soon we can get some more missionaries in this zone so we don't have to share two wards to one set of missionaries. Apparently this was brought up in a stake correlation meeting. It wouldn't surprise me if we got a ton more missionaries in the next two transfers. The one that my greenie came in had 14 elders and 1 sister. I'm told there are a lot more sisters on the way.
My companion is being trained in the ways of Missionary work by yours truly, but he is my personal trainer when it comes to personal fitness. I've worked out harder in the past week than I have since I used to rock climb. It's actually pretty fun. I just hope that my poor little lungs and heart can handle it.
Starting tomorrow, we will be getting our car fixed at the body shop, so we will have to bike or get rides to all of our appointments. I think we can handle biking most of the Cole Canyon ward, since it's so darn tiny, but biking the Murrieta Hills ward will be both a long way and a hilly way to go. We have a ride to our first HM appointment on Tuesday, but nothing else has been worked out yet. We will see.
We got two new investigators this week! One in each of the wards. Our recent convert brought his friend to church yesterday, and we taught them at a member's home Sunday night. He seems very spiritual and very interested in what we have to say. In the Murrieta Hills ward, we got a phone call to give someone a blessing, so we walked in blindly and witnessed a miracle. A sickly and coherent man lay on the bed before us, and after we gave him a priesthood blessing, he sat up and spoke to us. The friend that gave us the phone call is actually a member of the Spanish branch, and we are so proud of him for having so much faith and sharing the gospel at work.
Hopefully I can continue to exercise faith and train my greenie to work hard! The miracles will keep on coming.
Psalms 4:7. Elder Hansen
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