My week has been
super crazy!!
First we had a zone
conference on Wednesday and so we got to go to Great Falls. We got there Tuesday night to practice for a
musical number we had (I can’t sing to save my life btw). Also we had to prepare a 3 minute talk on A “Book
of Mormon Challenge” the mission has been doing this year. Anyway, so I prepared one and everything (But
remember that because it will come up later).
So we went to the conference and the whole time I’m stressing because as
some of you may know, I don't like talking in front of people; it’s just not my
thing. So I’m sitting there listening
and waiting and stressing. They started by going through some training with us
and they taught us on using the Book of Mormon more in our teaching. It was really cool stuff and I think I learned
a lot. But then later on we heard the
testimonies of the missionaries that are leaving this next transfer. It was really good hearing their testimonies
and whatnot. THEN!!... After the
testimonies president gets up and he tells the names of the missionaries that
will be giving talks and it wasn't me!! I was in the clear!! I was good and sitting pretty and I was SO
happyJ. The
spirit probably was listening to my thoughts and decided to humble me a bit
because we got done with them and president says, "so we have time for one
more talk... Elder Zeller?" WHAT THE WHAT?!?! Are you freaking kidding me?!?!?!?! I was so dang scared it was so funnyJ
Well like it’s funny now but at the time
I did not like it.
Then we went to go
and eat as a zone and we got these packages that the office staff made us. It was a huge surprise because it included a
letter from my family!! Of course it made
me cry in front of everyone!! But it’s all good J
It also made me smile because they had written about all of our family Christmas
memories and some of them I had totally forgotten about J
I guess I’ve just been getting wrapped
up in the work and whatnot they totally slipped my mind J
but it was a good reminderJ Also during
the zone conference they had a slide show of pictures our families sent
in. The picture my family sent in killed
me!! I love Libby in the picture J she just
cracks me up every time I see it so it was great!
After zone
conference we had to hurry and leave Great Falls because we had an appointment
with someone in browning and it is like a 3sh hour drive from Great Falls to Browning.
So we drove and we got there and talked
to this part member family and got things sorted out with them and helped
resolve a few things. We challenged them
to come to church and they made it!! But I’ll get to that later.
Once we left their
house we drove back into Cut Bank and we walked into our apartment and we both
were like, "hmmmm… it's kinda cold in here..." and that's when we
realized that our heater wasn't working! How much does that suck eh?!? Well it gets worse!! We try turning it on ourselves and it doesn't
work so we just had to guess that our landlord has a special way of turning it
on so we called him up and he told us that he was on vacation and wouldn't be
getting back until the next day at about 8 or 9... so we had to live in the freezing cold for a
nightL. So I
bundled up like crazy and I couldn't even tell that we didn't have heat! That's how bundled up I was! We checked the thermostat in the morning to
see how cold it was in the apartment and it was like 15 degrees!! It was literally soooo cold!! So we were talking to a member and he finds
out that we don't have heat so he invited us over since we were gonna be there
later that day anyway. He was such a
huge help it was honestly awesome!!
After we were
finished there we went and helped a family put up their Christmas lights and we
got them all up and it worked out mostly! We do have to go back and change some strands
so it looks better but that's ok. Then
after we went back over to the members who invited us over earlier and we
helped them move all of their stuff into their house. So that was fun and we met a lot of their
friends who weren't members and so that was really awesome!!
Then Friday we were
able to play bingo!! I love bingo J but other
than that nothing too crazy happened on that day. We did find out that the lady
we were teaching in the hospital was moved down to Browning. So then on Saturday we were able to see a lot
of people and we found where the lady from the hospital was. So that was good and then we went and taught
an investigator and she told us that she really liked church when she went the
other day! So she's super solid and I’m
super excited for her and her family. So
then we invited some people to church and went back and did some work in Cut Bank
but nothing else to noteworthy.
Sunday it was
awesome!! Because we went to Browning and we saw one of our investigators there
and we started talking about baptism and he found out that I might be leaving
in the 11th so he told us that he wants to get baptized before I
leave so we have a baptism this Saturday!!! I'm so excited because missionaries
have been working with him for so long and he's finally willing to be
baptized!! Tender mercies!! J
so that was super exciting... like way beyond exciting J
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| Sometimes we might think things in our lives are impossible to fix. Like when we accidentally broke the air vent:) But really, nothing is impossible when we come unto Christ. |
Anyway so I wanted
to finish off this letter talking about the sacrament meeting we had this week.
So the whole stake wanted to do a special fast, where we really had our minds,
hearts and testimonies based on the savior. The spirit in that meeting was soooooo strongJ
It was honestly so awesome!! It really helped me focus on the sacrament and
how important it is for us in our lives. While we were teaching an investigator she
asked us about sinning after you're baptized and how does that work and we
explained the sacrament and how it's almost like we are getting baptized again.
She really liked that. But sometimes I'm not sure we really realize
how important the sacrament is. It's how
we can be re-baptized almost every week. We renew the convents we made at baptism and
we are able to remember that we took upon ourselves the name of Christ, our Savior.
That's a big deal!! The sacrament is so important especially
during this season of thanks. Remembering
the savior and setting goals for ourselves to change and ultimately try and be
more like Christ is what brings us closer to HimJ
I love you all and
I'll catch ya later :)
Love,
Elder Zeller
123 1/2 4th Ave Se
Cut Bank, Montana
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