So yesterday we had a mission tour meeting where we received training from Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge of the Seventy so we weren't able to email. The meeting was good. It lasted really long and it was really hot in the chapel. I also had a huge head ache so I think I missed a lot of what I could have gotten out of it :/ It was about how we can be better teachers and to make sure that we teach to the investigators' understanding.
We had some pretty cool miracles this week! One happened while we were tracting. On Saturday we knocked on the door of a lady who said that just the other day she was thinking about how she needs to be back in church. She prayed just the other day that God would send her somebody. She was also really excited about family history. She said that she would be at church but she didn't come :/ We'll have to knock on her door again this week.
Earlier on in the week, we were biking around and we didn't know exactly where we were going. We stopped and my companion pulled out the map (yes I know, who uses a physical map?) and this [guy] in the house we were in front of came up to me and started talking to us. He said that he was investigating the church up in Delaware and really enjoyed church and the Book of Mormon. He said the only reason he hasn't gotten baptized is because he wants to get baptized with his wife who is still in Mexico. He just recently moved here and didn't know how to contact the missionaries. The crazy thing was that he had seen us 3 times already. He said the first time he saw us biking so he tried to follow us but we turned and he lost us. It was an eye opener to me of how many people I pass by and pass up even when I'm a full time missionary! Sometimes we get so caught up in what we're doing, even though it may be a good thing, that we miss opportunities that are right in front of our face! Anyway, it was a miracle that we were lost right at that moment and needed to pull out the map right in front of his house. We gave the spanish missionaries his info and they've already met with him and say he's doing great!
We've been working hard to contact the minimum of 15 people a day. There's still lots of room for improvement but we are doing much better. My contacting has changed so much lately. I'm trying my best to love all the people I come in contact with and to take an interest in them, rather than just talk to them out of obligation. We've seen our potential investigator pool almost double. Anyway, I love and miss you all, but it is a wonderful thing to be a missionary!
until next time,
Elder Steed
I come out for studies and I find this.
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