So this last week was crazy overall. It was definitely one of those weeks where you just don't seem to have enough time to do everything you need to. But that's ok, a tired elder is a happy elder.
Started off with my first District Meeting as District Leader. It felt very weird and kind of scary. Overall I thought it went really well; everyone seemed to learn something to help them be a better missionary which is the most important part.
This week was also Leadership Conference. All the mission leaders from Butte, Helena, Bozeman, Great Falls, Missoula, and Kalispell got together and had a meeting. It was a lot of fun because I got to see a lot of my missionary friends that I haven't been around for a while. It was also good to get more instructions from President Gardner on how we can continue to be better missionaries and do everything we need to. One funny part is that if you took how many transfers the missionaries from Great Falls were on, our two Zone Leaders and the other District Leaders combined were six and I'm on number five. It's been fun to be here for a while and to see the progress that is going on. There is only one other missionary that has been here since I've been here; every other companionship has changed.
Now for the craziness of our lessons. Last Sunday one of the families brought a friend named S to church. Well he told us that he had a lotof questions about the church and wanted to meet with us. This last week we met with him twice and taught the Restoration and the Plan of Salvation. He seems to be liking what he is learning and keeps showing a desire to learn about the church. Only problem is that he doesn't live in our area; helives across town in another ward. So at some point we are most likely going to be changing missionaries teaching, but until then Elder Murillo and I are going to keep working with him.
This week we finally were able to meet with C. I tracted into her back when Elder Wardell was here and we just have never been able to meet with her. Well this week changed that. She started talking about how her friend invited her to church when she was a youth and how she loved it. She kept talking about how she agrees with the teachings of the church and just how she liked everything. Well I began to think that she was a member so Iasked if she had ever been baptized. She said no and that she didn't know why she hadn't. "We can fix that" I thought to myself. So this next week we are going back and hopefully begin the lessons with her.
We also had another interesting discussion with L. She brought up how her big thing against the church is that we don't believe in the Trinity. So we talked about that for a while and are planning on having another lesson with her this week. I just loved the fact that we were able to have a discussion on our different beliefs without yelling at each other and that it could be pleasant. So far on my mission, that doesn't happen very often which is depressing to me.
Sis. G is still making progress and this last week cut back on the cigarettes a lot which is really good. She seems to be enjoying life more and although there are rough times, she's working through them instead of giving up.
The scripture for the week is D&C 130: 20-21. At leadership we talked a lot about obedience and how it brings us the blessings that we need. It was a nice review and gave me motivation to keep going and to do my best.
Hope everything is going well for all of you and that the weather isn't too bad. Attached are a couple of pictures. The first one is just the beautiful landscape we have here in Great Falls and the other picture is me by the memorial ground of Shep in Fort Benton. Keep up the good work and enjoy life, you only get one to live.
Elder Wixom
