Well this last week was pretty darn interesting.
First off, we are now two hours behind everyone in the
Central time zone until November - just letting you know.
We found a new investigator and picked up and old one. We
don’t have any baptismal dates yet, but they are definite signs of progress.
Sunday was my last trip to Sells AZ. It was sad because I didn’t get the chance to
say goodbye to everyone, just those who attended church.
On Saturday the Mt. Fagan Ward hosted a Stake-wide activity and
we were invited to do missionary work at the event. It was a chili cook and a ward rodeo. It was a
blast!
So, last Monday we played volley and did some abbreviated
zone sports before we went golfing.
For never playing golf before, I didn’t do half bad!
Tuesday: We worked at
the foodbank for most of the morning. After
the foodbank we rushed home, got ready and had our interviews with President
Browning. We mostly talked about the
trials of having people scheduled for baptism only to have them back out and other
stuff. He also pointed out that I will
defiantly be transferred when transfers roll around next week. After eight
months in this area, all I can only say is...hallelujah! Knowing that I will be transferred gave me
time to start saying good bye to some of the wonderful people I have met during
this stop of my journey. In all reality,
I won't miss the area that much, but leaving the people I’ve grown to love, now
that one is going to hurt! I’ll miss the
people so much! After the interview, I showed
Elder Witzel where some people lived so he will know when I’m gone. This was followed by a dinner appointment
with the O__’s and C__’s - my two favorite families! They found out my birthday is coming up on the
14th and the C___s’ youngest child’s birthday is the 15th,
so they are taking us all out to Texas Roadhouse
on the 15th to celebrate. I can’t wait!
Wednesday started off with our usual District Meeting along
with some Spanish training. Following
that, we went out with Bro. Collingwood for the entire afternoon. We visited a referral named J__. He is an 84
year old ex-con, ex-gang banger and now he’s looking for the truth. So, it looks like our diligence is starting to
pay off. After that, we did a lot of
visits until it was dinner time. After that, we did a little cleaning and I
started doing a little packing.
Thursday we had another very good session at foodbank. Then, for one last time went out with Bro.
Collingwood until it was time to bounce out to Sells for our Book of Mormon
class. After that we had late night
T-bell date with Grandpa Collingwood.
Friday: We did weekly
planning and packing.
Saturday was the day a champion was born. Saturday afternoon we visited with Sis. C___
for a while before we headed to the Mt. Fagan Stake/Ward Rodeo. There were probably about 2,000 people
there!!!! They had a bunch of activities for the kids
like a petting zoo, bouncy castles and ‘Mutton Bustin’’ (little kids riding
sheep like cowboys ride bucking broncos – it’s hilarious!).
They also had a chili cook off and tug-o -war, a chicken
chase and a greased pig. They had both adult and kid categories. I won both adult contests…in missionary white
shirt and tie, lol. Don’t worry it was
one of my older shirts, khakis and service boots. My goal was to put on a show and man, it was
a blast! As we were leaving people were
congratulating me like crazy. Everyone
loved that a missionary won, lol. It was
a blast, that’s for sure!
Sunday was my last day in the Sells Ward. It was bittersweet, mostly bitter because I
will miss the heck out of those people. They
have a wonderful spirit about them! I
gave a talk based on Elder Stanley G. Ellis's talk,
"Do we trust him? Hard is good" from October 2017 General Conference.
Please read it. My Recent trials and
Elder Ellis’s talk have really helped my testimony grow like crazy!
That being said, I love y'all, and would love to hear from
yah.
Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Connor William Dickinson
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