Well here we are on the 5th of May, which
for me is already Mother´s Day Eve! That is because the next time I come
back into communication with my family it will be by skype on Sunday!
Whoo! I am really looking forward to seeing and talking with everyone
and sharing experiences that I have been having lately. I will for sure
be skyping on Sunday and should be making the call at about 11:30
in the morning Utah time so if anyone wants to talk, be in my house
about that time! I should have about an hour to talk so it will be good.
Those who want to talk need to be in my house though because last time I
tried to call individual families and although it worked it took too
much time and I had very few minutes to talk with everyone.
Well other than the upcoming semi-annual skype session all is going
well here in the north mission. My companion and I are working hard and
enjoying being together. He is a really good missionary and loves to
work. It is so much easier when your companion is as motivated to work
each and every day as you are for sure. Not saying that any of my other
companions weren´t motivated, but this one is just really good with
that! This week we really worked hard and taught a ton of lessons. In
the end of the week we had ended up teaching 42 lessons with a member
present, which by far was the best week of my mission with that.
Basically we have really been trying to focusing on finding new people
to teach who want to listen so we just took a member out with us and
started trying to find opportunities to help others and teach them a
bit. My area is actually a pretty easy area to find in, so we end up
finding a ton and then just focusing on those who really want to
progress. It is going well though and we should be having baptisms
coming up in the next week or two. I am still working on my adjustment
from junior companion to district leader, but all is going well there. I
was able to go on companionship exchanges for a day with the zone
leaders and I really did learn a ton from them. They are great
missionaries and really know how to work as effectively as possible so I
basically just went out with them and took as many notes as possible.
This week we will be focusing on having even more lessons and finding
the people that the Lord and His Angels are preparing to accept His
Gospel. It is truly an incredible experience to see someone listen to
and accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a lot of work though and
every day we get back to the apartment exhausted. Sometimes it is really
hard to not fall asleep, especially in and right after lunches haha. It
is all good though and as we pray for the physical and spiritual energy
to get through the day we are always able to do everything that we had
planned to do. It is incredible to see the Hand of the Lord in this work
each and every day as He guides us in what we do, say, and where we go.
Everything else is also going very well! This week we will have a
mission conference in the offices in San Fernando. Elder Gonzalez of the
70, who is also the area president, will be coming and talking to us.
We are all very excited to head up there and listen to what a general
authority has in store for us! It is always a good experience to listen
to and be taught by men such as him with all their Gospel knowledge and
experience. We also were told this past week that we will be going to
the temple again this month!!! We will be heading down for a session on
the 26th, so in 3 weeks. We are all extremely excited for that
opportunity!! Usually you only get to go to the temple once or twice in
your entire mission, including the session that you do the last week of
your time in the field, and since new years this will already be our
second visit as a mission! I am really excited and hope that this is a
new trend in the north mission. I receive so much spiritual strength
from going to the House of the Lord. I will let you know how that goes
in a few weeks!
Well that is really about all that I have for this week. I just
want to testify that this work is true and that the Lord is at the head
of it. I have seen many lives change in my few months in the mission as
they accept the Savior´s love for them and live His Gospel. I am so grateful for all of you and for your prayers on my behalf. For those of
you who are praying for me, if you could start adding my investigators
and companion to your prayers that would be great! Thanks for all that
you all do for me and I love you all. Have a great week and I will see
some of you this Sunday on skype!
Love always,
Elder Zollinger
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