#TempeProbs

Hey y'all! This has really been a pretty crazy week, I don't even know where to start! Lots of weird stuff going on, but awesome nonetheless! Here we go :)

Monday - pretty busy p-day, just running errands and such. Played a little Risk ,which we are continuing today, and pretty low-key for the most part.

Tuesday - DISTRICT MEETING!! This time I trained on revelation through church attendance, and it went pretty well. The sisters had to leave early, so I was yet again only training Elder Pope and the zone leaders, but hey, it went great! Other than that it was a pretty mediocre day, not much going on. We did go to Cafe Rio for taco Tuesday though...great decision. So glad there is one in my area now. We had a lesson with Kieth, a new investigators who out of the blue called us wanting to meet with missionaries again! Miracles! It was cool, he is a stud, we are starting to work with him more consistently now.

Wednesday - Not much...spent the whole day trying to find some new people to teach, not much was going on though. We did stop by a less active member in the ward and she had moved out, but her old roommate Tina talked with us for a while and we are going to start teaching her this week! She is really cool and has lots of questions, so that should be fun.

Thursday - Had a great lesson with Stephenie, preparing to be baptized soon, and she has no concerns, a super smooth lesson. We then went to a devotional at the institute building with Kieth, where Elder Cornish, a leader of the church who spoke last October in General Conference, spoke about some good stuff. It was interesting, he really laid out the difference between questions and doubt, and the connection between science and religion. Science and religion are two separate witnesses of creation. If your science and religion don't match up, keep learning, that is a lot of what he talked about. It was great, and Kieth really loved it.

Friday - Here is where things get interesting: had weekly planning, then all of our lessons fell through, so we got pretty creative with our finding. We Just went to the park and talked with everyone we saw, and in Tempe lots of people aren't happy to talk to you, so that was interesting. Then in the evening, Elders Grigsby and Abbott gave us a call, they are in the Tempe zone, we are in the Tempe YSA zone but they cover a neighboring area. Elder Abbott was super sick, and they had a lesson that evening and so they wanted to do an emergency exchange. So what happened? I got to teach with Elder Grigsby again!!! It was so awesome, I love that man. We taught a man who is a new investigator, who had lots of questions and by the end of the lesson he wanted to get baptized! It was so fun teaching with Elder Grigsby again. Elder Pope went out with Elder Graham since Elder Youngblood was still sick, so we stuck the two cripples together with approval from President, and it worked out.

Saturday - Elders Abbott and Youngblood were still sick, so Elder Grigsby came with us for the day. We went from covering 1 ward to 3, and had a great time. It was an adjustment being in a trio, but it was fun. We went to a baptism in one of the other wards, it was super cool, then taught Darryl and Caesar, a new investigator we found this week! It was great.

Sunday - A pretty slow day other than church. We had ward conference which was super good, there were lots of good things talked about. Other than that we spent lots of time calling former investigators in our Area Book. Fun stuff.

There is the week! 

The church is true, the book is blue! #BookofMormon. If you are looking for an awesome scripture to read, here is one I love: 2 Timothy 1:7-8. Share your testimony. That is all. Have an awesome week everyone!!

Elder Barlow




#BecauseOfHim

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Closing Time

Image
It's hot. Hello everyone!! As you may or may not know, this week is the final full week of my missionary service! That is a really crazy things to say but I am so grateful for the things that I have learned and the people I have built strong connections with. I wanted to share with you three lessons that I have learned during my missionary service. There are many, but you’ll have to ask me for details later ;)  First off, I have a deep conviction of how much God truly loves all of us. I know that we are His sons and His daughters. There is nothing more valuable to me than that important fact. I get to interact with lots of different people as a missionary, and the coolest thing I have experienced is that for some reason, whether I know these people well or not, I develop such a strong love for them and a desire to help them. I know that is because I am doing what I can to help people come closer to God. So remember that! God loves you and He always will! Second. It
Read more

The Inferno: The Final Week

Image
When Sister Benjamin gives birthday presents.   Hello everyone! That's right, we are coming up on the last week of  what I classify as the inferno. It's been a pretty brutal summer as  always, but actually not as bad as it was when I came in last August.  I'm definitely becoming more accustomed to extreme heat ALL the time.  But September and October will still be 90s and 100s, and once  Halloween hits then we get into the good stuff. So next week I'll  actually have more exciting subject titles. Anyways, this week was awesome. We had something called "stake  Conference", which basically means all of the congregations in the  South Phoenix area met together in one building for two hours to be  taught by some leaders of the church. For us, since we are both adults  and mission leaders, we had two more two hour meetings on Saturday,  and then the normal meeting on Sunday. So 6 hours of church! I LOVED  it!  You may or may not know that we believe that the
Read more

Attending Baptisms!!

Image
Mother's Day Skype! Hey!!! I hope all of you are going awesome. This week was pretty awesome and busy, which is always a good thing. We had some pretty cool experiences that really helped me, so I hope they will help you too. First off, this week my companion and I did something called "Zone Recommendations" where we meet with the missionaries in our zone and review their strengths, improvements, and just think about what we can do to help them improve. It took up about 6-8 hours to do, so it was spread out during the week, but it was awesome to see how many changes people can make when they set goals and make plans for themselves to grow. I would encourage every single one of you to set personal goals for you, your schooling, your career, family, whatever it may be, and I promise you that will help you see change and see improvement, and you will know how you can continue to do so. I have tried it out and it has made a huge difference for me in my life. I'
Read more