Hey everyone.
So things are going in a really good direction still.
We have our baptism for Sister Lore next Saturday. I'm really excited. She is nervous but excited at the same time. She gets it all really easy. SHe's way smart. She's going to be my 8th baptism in this area. haha. Thats almost a baptism every 2.5 weeks. haha. I think thats the right math??? I think President Hansen likes the work that we've been doing here. We have 14 investigators committed to baptism and as for my converts in the area, we have 100% retention, full-tithe paying, home/visiting teaching, Priesthood holding/exercising, nightly Book of Mormon reading CONVERTS. Not just people who got baptized. I know you know the difference. I'm so happy with the way its been going. I hope it keeps up. My companion made a comment to me that things in our area are different because its very smooth. He said that every lesson, every tracting opportunity, everything just seems to run smooth. I'm glad he feels that way.
So as a zone, we are targeting some of the things that need to be better. One is the effectiveness of our tracting and contacting. Its good but it could be way better. So we have had our District Leaders focus their workshops on quality over quantity. Well, this last week it kind of backfired. We had a whole bunch of quality but not much quantity. haha. So they kind of stoked the fire of diligence and we are looking at a better week this week.
One of the things that we also do as missionaries here is teach members how to hold family home evenings. But on of the things that has really bugged me in the mission is how these Family Home Evenings are done. It seems to be a 5 minute lesson and then 2 hours of playing games and goofing off with the family. For me, that isn't what Family Home Evening is. So I really expressed to the District Leaders that they need to teach their missionaries to do REAL family home evenings. And they need to be spiritual. Not a time to hang out and be used as an excuse not to work. We are really banging on all cylinders in this zone and we have turned it inside out. So now we just need to fine tune some things to get this engine purring so nicely that we can just PUMP baptisms out like crazy! We are almost there. I can almost taste it! I really love what I have been able to do with Lilo An Zone with my companions' help. Some of my buddies are joking that its good enough to get me Assistant. haha. I dont want that. I would much rather go fix another broken zone. That is way more rewarding to me than sitting in an air conditioned office and getting fat......ter. haha
Thanks for everything everyone. Love you!
PS. I got Opa and Oma's package. I'm sending them a letter too. But just let them know
