July 15, 2013
Well first off the ranch here doesn't compare to the hidden valley
ranch in the US so i wouldn't mind if you sent some hidden valley ranch. haha (Side note: I asked Mike if there was anything he missed from the US)
The FHE went pretty well, we talked about how to have a successful FHE
with teenagers.
Tuesday we had a zone meeting and then we had exchanges with the
district leader and his companion and we blitzed Colwyn Bay for two days.
Wednesday we had a service project that went from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm,
for the service project we carried the first bag of dirt, weighing at least 200
lbs and needing all four of us to carry it, at least a mile to the dump
station. Then the next five we had a wheelbarrow but we still needed all four
of us just to lift it into the rubbish bin. When we were done we went back to
the flat and the district leaders companion and i went to see a less-active
member and the less-active member asked his care-taker to join in on the lesson
and she seemed interested, accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon and a mormon.org card with mine and
Elder Leiva's phone number on it.
Thursday the district leader and his companion left and then we had weekly planning, then we went to our dinner
appointment and afterwards went to see an investigator who said that he was
definately coming to church on Sunday.
Friday, I've been trying to organize our area book and had made a list
of people from the potential investigator lists all of which are from 2011 and
we went to see if any are still interested, then we went to our dinner
appointment.
Saturday we helped a recent convert move.
Sunday, OUR INVESTIGATOR WAS FEELING GOOD AND CAME TO CHURCH!!!
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Oh yeah and as far as the investigator class goes use the Preach My
Gospel and study it, and teach people not lessons... its more effective to
answer the questions or concerns of the investigators because if you just teach
a lesson they will still have that question or concern and everything you just
taught them wont be as effective
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***Side note...I told Mikey I was asked to teach the investigators and asked him for advice. The paragraph above is in response to my request. 
No I ain't your Grandpa. But I am your branch president and sounds to me like you are doing great and growing fast. Great job Elder.
ReplyDeleteI am Jacqueline Arancibia Araya , I am the Mother of Elder Leiva.
ReplyDeleteJacqueline, your son was such an awesome trainer to our son, Elder Butterfield. I am so glad they were able to serve together.
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