East Bay

ALRIGHT!

^^that's a one-word description of my week! haha We had some ups and downs as always. :)

There were like 3 days straight when we didn't teach any lessons..

It was a little bit frustrating because we've been trying to be super close to our investigators because they're getting baptized next week, but we just couldn't find time to meet with them as much as we would have liked. But hey, let me tell you a couple miracles! :)

You might remember in last weeks email, I talked about doing a "Blitz" into one of the struggling areas in our zone. (that never happens) Just a little bit of background, basically, this area hasn't found a single investigator in like 2 months. I don't even remember the last time they taught a non-member lesson. So we started the exchange and focused a lot on faith. We started off by setting the expectation of ENTHUSIASM and EXPECTING miracles to happen. We were all committed to find a new investigator before the end of the day. That was the deal.

Elder Wallace and I split up. I went with Elder Weaver from Las Vegas, and he went with Elder Aiono from Samoa. We asked them to plan twice as much as they normally do, and told them we'd like to focus the day on finding people to teach. So, we showed up before studies, they gave us a run down of the day, we studied together, and then went on our separate ways.

Well, WE FOUND A NEW INVESTIGATOR FOR THEM!! WHOO

His name is Ramsey, and he's the son of the Relief society president. Elder Wallace and Elder Aiono were the ones that found him, but their story is so cool. It was one of those "walking in the dark, in the rain, after using all of our back-up-plans, but then feeling prompted to knock on one last door" kind of miracles.

My day was really good as well. We found a couple of potentials in the streets by a college, but the real success story was Ramsey. :)

Everything should be set for our baptisms next week. We're really excited. :)

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I can't think of too much that I really need, but thanks for asking! I always like home-made stuff! wink wink

Love you all!