This week was another good week. We mostly focused on our less-actives this week and building their trust. Our investigator pool tanked this week, and that was bad. Everyone we had from last transfer doesn't want to answer our calls or answer the door, so that's a problem. Its okay - we are going to try and get that back and running. But in the meantime we are going to work with our less-actives till our finding turns out good. It is a trip working with less-actives. Most of them are super lazy, but it’s all good. We are just trying to plug away at everything. Maybe I was just called to work with less-actives, and that's okay. You definitely learn patience and how to work through problems. It’s fun out in Chapy. Yep, I am staying in Chaparral another transfer with my companion. I am happy about that. It’s a fun adventure. We were waiting for transfer news, and all a sudden our phone went off. We receive transfer news through our district leader, so we were waiting for him to call. The phone was on the floor, and I looked down thinking it was him calling us, but it said President Miller. I pooped my pants to say the least. I was wondering why he was calling us. I thought he was telling us that our area was closing because we haven't had a baptism yet this year and last year the branch had 4. We are kind of on the radar up in the mission office because the work is slowly progressing here. I just grabbed it and answered. He asked how our day was, and then he called me to be a District Leader of the Hondo Pass District that I am in. I accepted and thanked him for calling me to be one. I am grateful for the opportunity because I know it’s going to help me grow even more right now. I appreciate his confidence in me to tackle this cause. I had no idea or thought I would be a District Leader. It’s going to be fun to grow and become a better person inside. So that's what now I have to tackle - being a District Leader over 5 sisters and 3 Elders. So wish me luck. Like I said above, our investigator pool tanked like the Titanic this week. Nothing was working for us this week in terms of investigator work. We switched our focused to the less-actives and had some success with that. We taught 17 less-active lessons this week, and that was crazy. We were just going at it with them. We are slowly getting less-actives back to church, and that's nice. We are building a lot of trust with them, and that's really good. Chaparral is a hideout for members. I swear people think they can just move here and they get away from the church, but God always has a way, and we end up finding them. It’s crazy how many people we find who don't have records and end up being members. It is nuts. But we are working with them, and it’s cool. I didn't have much happen to me this week which was okay. I am just working away up here in Chaparral. We didn't have any investigators at church this week, and our baptism dates dropped. Everything in terms of investigators has come to a standstill. We went knocking in this trailer park last night, and it was fun. It’s like the only trailer park in Chaparral, and it was big. We got halfway through with it, and most of the people are white and look like they are on crack or meth. Drugs are big out here in Chapy. You can smell a lot of people smoking weed and stuff outside, but it’s safe. I ended up playing some football with some kids at the trailer park and that was fun. They warmed up to us in the end. I enjoyed it and I realized how out of shape I am. I need to go back to lacrosse, and I miss it a lot. I wish I was playing it right now. But that was my week for ya. It sounds like everyone at home is in one piece and that's good. I wish I went to San Fran and also a Giants game, like Sean and Andrea. That would be heaven for me. I think that's where I want to go when I get home. I want to see a baseball game. I am just trying to be myself out here and grow. It’s hard at times but you just work through it. No one said missionary work is a breeze, and it’s true. It’s one of the hardest things because you’re trying to save souls, but deep inside I love it and it’s the greatest work. Thanks for all you do for me and have a wonderful week. You guys are in my prayers! Keep it steezy. I think I am watching conference at the branch in Chaparral this week but I will let you know. We are also going to the temple in April so that's fun! Love you guys!
Con mucho amor,
-Elder Smith
I am riding this thing out in Chaparral
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