So being district leader has been cool too. There are 10 missionaries in my district and it's awesome because up in Coffs Harbour zone you never get to see or talk to other missionaries, but as district leader I go on trade offs and call them a lot so I'm liking it!
We didn't get back to our area until Thursday night and we had the elders in my district come and stay with us so we would all be closer for zone conference or something. I was gonna cook some enchiladas but when I got the meat out it was going bad because we had been away for a week. So I called a member and they brouight us a mean feed of chicken and rolls haha. It pays off to be on good terms with the members. After dinner i busted out the tim tams and heated up some milk for a tim tam slam but only me and the aussies were smashing them. My companion and Elder Blake said they didn't like warm milk. They will cave in eventually, it only takes one haha. But we drove up to Coffs Harbour early that morning to get there by 8:30. It's like a 2 hour drive. It was a great meeting. We had President Checketts up there and it was just really good. I learned some new ways to do the work better and I'm excited to try them out. A big focus was on sacrament meeting and getting our investigators there.
So really we only had Saturday and Sunday this week to go do some missionary work. We have already had some miracles!
We went out tracting/ finding former investigators and I saw one name and felt prompted we needed to try to see them. So we went to the address and knocked and they weren't home so we started walking back down the street. I felt prompted to knock on one of the doors so we stopped and knocked on it and a lady answered and we started talking to her. She said that she had talked to people like us before but had stopped because of some family issues. But she said she was totally down to learn again. So we asked what her name was and it was the lady we had been looking for! She had moved a couple doors down! We are going back to teach her tomorrow. She has 5 little kids and seems super keen! I'll let you know how it goes!
Another one is we went to the aboriginal family we teach and like I said before, these kids are crazy, like they have unlimited energy. I think the are like Australia's form of red heads haha. But we taught them about Joseph Smith and prayer and they all took a turn praying for the first time in their life. It was a very spiritual experience for me and them. They were taken from their father when they were younger and now we have taught them that God is their Father in Heaven and He hears their prayers. As they prayed they just talked to God. They talked about their troubles and things they needed help with (like getting better at footy haha) but it was awesome. And then we asked them if they wanted to come to church and they yelled YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I went out and talked to the uncle and he said it was all good but that he was just gonna drop them off. I said that was fine and it was all set! When we got back i was thinking about it and getting a little worried because I knew they were wild and I was worried about them sitting through sacrament meeting. So that night I prayed for a long time asking God to help them to be reverent. So Sunday morning came around and we did all the normal prep stuff, like preparing the sacrament and all that. The kids showed up and were dropped off and they started running around and being wild. But then it was time to come in for sacrament meeting and they came in and sat with me and were completley reverent. The whole time they were listening and awesome. Me and my companion were asked to speak last minute because the speakers didn't show up. It was a great meeting though. God heard my prayer. Also the boys came up to me and said they had said their prayers that night and morning!
We went out finding on Sunday afternoon and I was gonna do the old trainer routine with tracting, but we didn't get any hard doors haha. Every door we knocked on we were able to talk to them and get inside! So the Lord had a different way to learn planned I guess!
All is well though and I'm doing good! I'm loving my mission. It has changed me more than I could have imagined. The power and authority of a worthy missionary is real. We get to represent the Lord Jesus Christ. We are to do what He would do if He was there ministering and serving these people. I love that we get to promise blessings to people in the name of Jesus Christ. It never fails. We were meeting with an investigator one day while I was still in the city. She told us she couldn't come to church because she worked. She had tried everything but couldn't get it changed. We were prompted by the Spirit to tell her that if she would quit her job she would find a new one within a week where she would not work Sundays. She showed faith and quit her job. That day she was offered a job at the same company where she didn't work on Sundays. I know this is a true work.
I love you all!
| This is our church, it's the best |
| the birds have found me from the city haha |
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