Another Week Down
Well, howdy there,
Long time - no talk, huh?
Honestly, I’m getting so bad at writing these weekly updates. We had a couple of busy PDays in a row and it
is what it is and I am sorry. Next week
I will do a lot better. Once again, I am
sorry.
This week has been pretty darn uneventful, but the highlight
of my week was having the privilege to speak in the Butterfield Ward Sacrament
meeting. We, along with our ward mission
leader, spoke on missionary work. It
went so well, I can't believe how many people loved our talks. Several said that our talks had changed their
whole outlook on talking about the gospel to others. One guy exclaimed how my talk had
actually changed his life and how he now views everyone as a child of God and
loves them! So, things are going well in
this ward, which was once not so keen on missionary work. All three of us knocked it out of the
park. The bishopric loved it and said
that they were fascinated with our speaking abilities, lol. So, that was defiantly the highlight of my
week!
Let's see Monday we emailed home, went fishing and went to
the S___’s later for FHE.
Tuesday we were busy all day long with Zone Conference
(ZC). It hit me then - that I only have
4 more ZCs left before I head back to Wisconsin. That’s pretty crazy.
ZC consists mainly of talks.
This time the topics were the Book of Mormon and talking with
others. After being on my mission this
long, ZCs basically repeat topics over and over, so to be honest they are all
beginning to sound the same. However, I
still learn something new at every ZC.
We did take some fun pictures of the Zone, but man, the highlight of the
ZC was an awesome lunch! I think that
may have been my favorite part. We had
some killer Sloppy Joes with all kinds of desserts. It not only hit the spot, but it almost put me
to sleep during the second half of conference, lol.
Wednesday we also got the opportunity to help out at
foodbank. It is pretty humbling work.
It makes me appreciate what I have a lot more.
Later, we had a going away party and yes there was food, so I was a
happy camper.
Thursday we had the privilege to teach the first lesson to F__’s
wife. It went really well, but as
always, there were some bumps along the road - just questions or concerns, but
ultimately I think we’ll be able to work out. You just never know, but other than that it
went super good!
Friday we had weekly planning and some service so that was a
pretty uneventful day.
Saturday we got to move two families, which took all day, but
service makes me happy. So, it was well
worth the back pain. In the afternoon we
had to do some chores around the house. Not only that, but we had to write our
talks. There is nothing like writing a
talk last minute right?
Sunday we went to many hours of church and gave our
talks. It was a spirit filled, edifying
and uplifting day. Later, we had dinner
with the G__s and once again I ate too much!
I hope you all have a wonderful week...
I love you.
Elder Connor William Dickinson
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