sucks and is terrible cause Lucifer is the devil that way but not this
one. It was so smooth and couldn't have gone better. Sure Kevin had
temptations, he told me about a few, but he didn't give them heed. And
Saturday night after the baptism he went to say goodbye to a friend
that's moving to Hawaii. Like NY young adults, there was alcohol and
drugs there but he said he didn't feel tempted anymore so thats a
great sign! He even drove lots of people home they were so drunk. Haha
So here's how it went as a whole:
8-28-17
"What a wonderful smell you've discovered, princess." Preparation day!
And we are back to the normal routine for these days. Laundry and
emails in the morning and went to get Chinese food for lunch/dinner.
This is because they give me enough I don't finish it during lunch and
save the rest for dinner. Played soccer, apples to apples, talked, and
then got ready for the night. Kevin came right at 6 and we talked
about some questions he had about family history and finished teaching
him the lessons so he will be ready to focus on the interview now.
Then we had bible study where elders Cahan and James taught and both
did really well. Then cleaned it up and headed home for the night.
8-29-17
"Snakes...why'd it have to be snakes?" Today was a good day. We went
to a lesson in the morni hut the person wasn't home so we drove all
the way back home because it was like a 30 min drive and we don't have
their number. So we went home and ate lunch. Then had district meeting
and then starting planning out Kevin's Baptism and asking people to
prepare talks. Then we went to Kris' and gave him a blessing. Ate
dinner and met with Kevin to go over the baptismal interview
questions. He answered them all perfectly. Then we messaged some
investigators and did look ups the rest the night.
8-30-17
"I know more about casino security than anyone, I invented it!" Happy
23 month anniversary! Only 1 to go! Thats insane. So we had a meeting
day, well this is actually a meeting week. We had a zone
leader/district leader video conference call after our studies. We
talked about the zone group chat that started yesterday to what we can
improve it with. It also got started late so it took an hour. Ate
lunch and did companionship study. Went to Costco to get pizzas for
our next meeting which was a Bible study planning meeting to what we
want to do for the next phase of classes. We decided to do the acts of
the apostles after Christ and came up with a lesson schedule and
assigned who is teaching. I start it off not this Monday but the one
after it. But that's all I have to teach. Then we went to the Snows
for dinner and went to see Corrin afterwards. Talked about what
happened Sunday as she didn't come to church and then we went to the
church to get the Bible class flier to send to the zone leaders to
then send to the assistants to announce at mega zone conference
Friday. That ended our night!
8-31-17
"When the lights go down in the city, and the sun shines on the bay.
Oh, I wanna be there in my city, oh-oh-o." Amazing day as Kevin had
his interview! But we'll get to that in a sec. probably literally with
how fast you readers skip over the boring parts and get to the good
parts, but we had a lesson with DeQuan scheduled this morning but he
didn't answer. So we called and got no answer. Instead we got our car
washed in preparation for Mega Zone Conference tomorrow. We then gave
a blessing to a missionary who asked for one and ate lunch. Went back
to the church and worked on Kevin's baptismal program which took a
while as all the missionaries needed a computer today apparently.
Everyone had something to do so we had to wait our turn. We got one
and spent about an hour getting it set but not finished. Then I worked
on My Plan. That took forever compared to the other 2 I've done. It
was on continuing discipleship so I had to write my plan for every
part of continuing discipleship such as prayer, scriptures, church,
temple, etc. Too much. Then we visited a member that Kevin wanted to
speak at his baptism and he accepted to assignment. Ate dinner and
went to the church for the interview and Kevin passed! Got the paper
work filled out and filled up the car wish gas. Did the car reports
and talked about the upcoming zone initiative with the zone leaders
giving us a preview and sneak peek to what it is and I'm excited for
the month of September. It's gonna be great.
9-1-17
"Summer has come and past, the innocence has never last. Wake me up
when September ends." Today was a sad day for me. We had mega Zone
Conference today and it was my last one. But it was a great mega Zone.
We first started off the day with getting smoothies with elders James
and Mansfield. Then drove to plainview and had the Conference. It was
great throughout the day and learned a few things. Then for the last
part the departing missionaries give their departing testimonies.
There was 4 of us, 2 sisters and then elder Ramos and I. Then we said
our goodbyes which was weird as I just said see many of you at
transfers for the last time or in the mission home for the other 3
going home with me. Headed to our church building and finished up the
baptismal program for Kevin's Baptism. Then went to dinner with Kris
and Cynthia. We also talked about church for Cynthia so she knows
better what is going on at church. That ended our night.
9-2-17
"Sing with me, sing for the year, sing for the laughter, sing for the
tears." Today was amazing. It's just been a great week leading up to
this baptism as a matter of fact. So today we got up and did studies,
went to the church and cleaned the font and set up the chairs and
tables. Printed off the program and then helped the other missionaries
with some of their needs to. Then we went home and ate lunch and had
companionship study. Called and made sure everyone was good to come to
the baptism and grabbed a quick bite at Wendy's for dinner and went to
the church. Filled the font half way with hot water so it could sit
for a bit and cool off and in the mean time, we helped the
missionaries write scriptures on cards for a jeopardy game that the
seminary students are playing. They had a dinner night an hour before
our baptism. Then Kevin showed up and talked through the program and
changed. The program went perfect and the baptism was awesome. Kevin
said it was faster in the water part than he was expecting. We changed
and he said he felt different for sure. And he had talked a lot about
temples and family history so he is super excited to get on that this
week. Finished the program, had desserts and cleaned up to set up
chairs for church tomorrow. Great day!
9-3-17
"Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast, I would catch
it." Kevin got confirmed today but that wasn't the shocking part. So
we did the usual morning and went to church and I confirmed Kevin as I
was asked to. Then the bishopric got released and brother Bennett was
called to be the new bishop with the same counselors. Wasn't expecting
that. Then helped Corrin all day as she has had a rough morning trying
to figure out a family situation. Then got the baptismal form signed
after church and ate dinner. Elder Cahan hasn't been feeling too well
past few days and fell asleep so I let him sleep and slept till 7.
Then made calls and he showered so we stayed in tonight. But he's
feeling better now. I think he just needed sleep.
So I baptized Kevin and confirmed him as well in sacrament meeting.
They didn't have a mic so they said to speak loud. Hopefully I spoke
loud enough. There's so much I could talk about with him and how
prepared he was. And he has talked about the temple and family history
so much that he is so excited to start going to the temple. Hopefully
he gets the priesthood and temple recommend this Sunday so he can
start going! Dan and Dequan are still the same as we have not met
with them this week. Tried to for both but Dan cancelled and DeQuan
wasn't there.
Enjoy your Labor Day everyone!
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