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Boy did we have an interesting week this week. The week started off with a Zone Conference
which took a really long time (8 hours). They're not normally that long but pretty
close to that. We had a lot of
discussions about getting referrals from members which is something my
companion and I are really trying to work on. We're hoping that we can get more involvement
with the members in our ward for finding people to teach. This week was Spring Break for all of the Air
Force Cadets and for the College students. The two other sets of missionaries in the YSA
were really struggling to find people to teach this week since everyone was
gone. But we pulled through this week! We had lots of lessons this week with active
members and we were inspiring them to do their own missionary work and I think
it's going to go over really well. We
were busy all week and I'm really grateful for that. A slow week on a mission is a nightmare. On Friday we got a text from our Zone Leaders
telling us that we were going to go on exchanges with them that evening. I may have already mentioned this before in an
earlier email but I'm not a fan of exchanges. To me it just makes everything really awkward
because I don't know the people in the other ward and I'm only going to be
there for a day. So I went into their
area Friday night and we spent Saturday helping 3 family’s move into their ward
one move right after another. I thought
my fingers were going to fall off! But
we wanted to make sure the new members knew who the missionaries were. That
took up most of our morning but the real treat was being able to go to a baptism.
An investigator the Sister Missionaries
in the YSA have been working with was baptized and those are always a special
occasion. We spent the rest of the
evening teaching active members in their ward. The family we had dinner with that night were
excited to hear that I was from California.
They really miss it there. I miss that California Sunshine too!
I was so glad to be reunited with my companion again
Saturday night. We found out that night
that Elder Reimer (Missionary in my district that was in the MTC with me) is
going to be training a new missionary next transfer. We're really excited for him and that's going
to be a lot of fun! One of the Sister
Missionaries in our District had to go home for medical reasons so they brought
in Sister Barker. She was actually in
the MTC with me too (I just never saw her there). So we have 3 missionaries in
our district who have been out for a little over 8 months. That's pretty cool!
Well, transfers are this week so I'm nervous that something
might happen and either my companion or I will get transferred. Neither of us wants that to happen. We're finally getting things going in our ward;
we don't want it to end yet! But next week I'll be able to let you know what
happens.
I love you all so much! It's always great to hear from you. Have a wonderful week and I will talk to you
all soon!
5 Things that Made Me Smile:
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| Denver Temple |
1. This week, my companion get's to go to the Denver Temple
since he's hitting his year mark on the mission. I get to go on exchanges with my previous
companion Elder Low. Long time no see.
2. A less active member invited us over for pizza the other
night but had tricked us and got us New
York steaks instead... I wasn't complaining on the
change in plans!
3. It's great to see many members in our ward trying to find
opportunities to have missionary experiences. A lot of them seemed like they would be really
dedicated to helping us out.
4. We had a fluke snow day this week where it snowed 2
inches, but it was gone by the next morning, glad to know Mother Nature is on my
side!
5. I have a new nickname in the YSA, instead of people
calling me G-dub, they call me Johnny Bravo now. I prefer Elder Gillingwater though!
God is Great!
Elder Gillingwater
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