So much news to give you! I was able o go on exchanges with week with [name has been removed for privacy purposes]. He is the senior companion, and he is making things hard. I decided I would go to his area with him. The thing is that for that day, he did everything perfect. He knows what he is doing, he just chooses not to do it. I wanted to know why he has been having struggles and what he was doing wrong. That is why I went to his area. I found out that his girlfriend cheated on him and she might be pregnant. So, that's a little distracting for him. But he was like this before that. I took a look at his planner and noticed that there were whole days not planned for. That he didn't do weekly planning... which is a big deal. Especially when you tell your district leader that you spent 4 hours on weekly planning. Also in his planner was a list of songs, bands, movies and other things he wants to do when he gets home. The boy hasn't even been out a year, and he's trunky! What do I do to get him motivated? I have already talked to him about all of it. Told him what I saw in his planner. I taught him, testified, and committed him. I have been following up every night as well. Still, he won't knock or talk to people on the street.
More sad news. When I was there, we went and saw Ted, Gena's husband. When I was there, the spirit told me not to go see her for a while. So, we probably won't be back for some time. I just felt like she is doing it for the wrong reasons. Which isn't a normal Nathan thing to do. I teach everyone willing, but I think I will follow the spirit on this one. That's always the way to go.
We did get a new investigator. His name is Tom. He comes from a member named Ashley. A few months ago we committed her to make a list of her friends and to pray about them. She did, and she gave Tom a Book of Mormon. Now we are teaching him. We taught him twice this week, he came to church, and he is getting baptized on the 7th of June. Downside... he is not even in our zone, let alone our area. So, we are just going to send off our beloved Tom to another set of missionaries. The important thing is that he opens the gates of heaven though, right? I wish I could be there for it though. Tom has read past 2nd Nephi and knows the Book of Mormon is true. He is solid. So, I'm sure he will do great with the new missionaries. It's the sad thing about a small area... we did all this work to get the members missionary minded, but everyone they refer us to is out of our area. Once again though, the important thing is that the work is getting done, right? Right!
So, I'll write back to your letter now... I love these stickers. LOL. My hump day wasn't too exciting. I did get calls from everyone in my MTC district. That was way fun. The rest of the day completely passed by me. I even forgot to burn my shirt that night, so I burned it the next day. When I did, Elder Nielson made fun of me. I for sure enjoyed making the shirt though.
I understand the less happy when you're bored thing. Imagine living the mission rules without doing work. Not an easy thing to do and it for sure makes me trunky.
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