So one the coolest miracles we saw this week was that we ran into a awesome family that Elder Bissereth knew before the mission! We ran into them because we went to visit a former investigator but they weren't home, so we decided to knock around them. We walk up to the next door and the door opens a little bit. Elder Bissereth peeks his head in and says "Hello?", then turns to me with his classic "surprised face" and is just like OHHHHHHHHHH and the lady inside is like OHHHHHHHHH and I'm like "Ou konnen yo?! (you know them?)" and he's like YEEAAAHHHH. It was pretty funny.
Anyways, now we're going over to teach them. The 2 parents with 8 KIDS. Only 3 are baptismal age, but still. The dad, Patrick, is pretty receptive and loves the church videos we've been showing him because of the focus on families. He also wants his 18 year old son to serve a mission like us, so we'll see! Elder Bissereth said that when he got called to this mission he immediately thought of this family -because he lived with them in Miami- but they had moved from their old house so he didn't know where they were. He said he had been praying to find them. Miracles!
Other than that, this week was a lot of knocking. A LOT. We didn't hardly have any appointments or anything all week. But that's alright, it's not so bad to knock.
The other exciting thing from this week was that we had the Worldwide Missionary Broadcast. In it, the church announced that our daily schedule will no longer be strictly rigid, but flexible and adaptable to local and daily circumstances. They said that they want to give missionaries their agency to form their own schedule and provide a smoother transition to after-mission life. Oh yeah, and Pday will be from 8-6 instead of 10-6. Awesome! They also announced that instead of having 9 "key indicators", we will only have 4 so that we will be more focused on our purpose. Those 4 will be: new investigators, investigators at sacrament, investigators with a baptismal date, and baptized/confirmed. We're having a zone conference this week so that President Richardson can train us on how he will make his own adjustments, but big changes!
Hope all is well with you all! I pray for you every day!
Here's a selfie of me wearing an awesome Star-Wars shirt I found at a Latino warehouse store that I couldn't help getting. You're welcome.
Here's a selfie of me wearing an awesome Star-Wars shirt I found at a Latino warehouse store that I couldn't help getting. You're welcome.
Lanmou,
Eldè Stevenson
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