Week 37. Your name is Elder?

 Hi, something amazing happened this past week. We did a service on Tuesday and the lady we helped read my tag and was like, "Elder.. what an interesting name, I like it. Is it from your family?" It been almost 9 months and finally someone has thought my name was Elder. Anyways, here's the rest of the week:

Trainer - my trainer Nathan Herbst came and said hi while visiting the mission. It was fun seeing him again. And he remembered to take pics on my phone because he knows I'm bad at it. 

Bikes - it was my fault this time. So new bike and switching between two certain gears was a little rough. So I tried fixing it myself. I epically failed, then fixed it. But I don't think I fixed it in the right way because it would work sometimes but not others. So we took them back to get fixed for free and the dude got kinda mad at me. But I felt like I did a pretty good job for not having YouTube or Google. 

Portuguese - So we were at a complex because we were asked to help this lady move some couches, but it turned out to be half her house. Luckily these two Portuguese Elders from the Seattle mission happened to be there and helped out. It was super fun talking with them. And then while they were helping us the lady they had come to teach got there so that was cool. 

More Service - later that day we had an unexpected service come up so we arrived and then 4 other Companionships showed up for some reason. So we unloaded this small uhaul in 20 minutes. It was so fun. Hopefully we can teach the new family and see if they are interested. 

Tammie - on our way home from church I felt prompted to visit Tammie. We found her sitting outside talking with someone. Then we started talking and it was a very good visit. We left her with a prayer and I hope things go better for her. 

Hemming - right after that we went to the Hemmings and taught them the plan of salvation along with the temple prep curriculum. It was super fun and afterwards I had a super spiritual experience giving brother Hemming a blessing. Then we biked home in the rain. It was awesome. 

I can't remember the actual quote but it said something like: help people draw closer to Christ because they know you. Christ asked us to be lights to the world. To spread His light. I really liked that quote because we can all be examples of Christ. And still be all different. Each person you meet might need your specific light and so don't be afraid to be who you are. You are all amazing sons and daughters of God and you have His light to shine forth. Be the light. 

I love ya, God loves ya, and Satan loves your misery, "so cut it short."

Here are pics

-My trainer

-breakfast this morning

-Zone Conference. Zoom in on my face

-district lunch with STLs