I
played a special musical number in Sacrament meeting yesterday. It went
really well! I played my arrangement of "Lord I would Follow Thee" and
Elder Cheadle sang it. It was really good. My first musical number! So
that was exciting (:
What
else happened.... Let's see.... well one of the Elders in our district
had to go home due to knee problems (he crashed on his bike pretty hard
core..) so his companion came with us for this week until transfers. His
name is Elder Toa! He is Samoan and we had a lot of fun (: He and Elder
Gray came out together. It was kind of a hectic week, cause we had to
pack him up, and move him into our apartment for the week... so It was
kinda crazy. But it was fun, like I said (:
We
went by and saw Ian a couple times. We just read out of the Book of
Mormon to him, like before. he really understands it! It surprises me
every time how he picks it up the first time we read it to him.
Oh!
We finally got to meet Jim, a less active's fiance. They are struggling a
lot right now financially. Kimi, the less active, has been wanting to
come back to church for a couple months now, but the devil has been
working sooooo hard on her to not come to church. So many crazy things
happen in her life right before the weekend. But she has a son that is
leaving on a mission and his farewell was yesterday, and they both went
to that and Jim loved it! He said he is totally going next week (:
YEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!! I am sad that we are leaving them.... But he will
start progressing. And Kimi has the cutest 2 year old daughter! Oh she's
so cute! I will miss them lots.
I
think I am most sad about leaving Alana and her family. I will miss
them soooooooo much! We've gotten really close to them and we love them
so much. I told Sis. Hartkop to send me a FB message with her and
Alana's numbers in it so I can text them right when I get home (: haha.
So she might do that soon. It's hard to say good bye, but I am willing
to submit to the Lord's will. He knows exactly what is best for me at
this point in my life and I am not even willing to doubt that. So I
guess for now I will just trust in him (:
Rumor
has it that some crazy change is happening this week in the mission....
So I'll keep you updated on that if it is true next week (: ha.
Pres.
Castro gave me a call last night to call me to be a ZL and we got to
talk for a little bit. He asked me how my mission was going, and I said
amazing! I love my mission. It has helped me grow so much. I know that I
was sent to Cali for a specific purpose, and I wouldn't trade my
experiences here for anything. Although, looking back, I wish I could
have learned another language (; I know that my mission is what it is
supposed to be. I love this Gospel and I love my Savior. Thank you so
much for your prayers and support I love you and miss you so much! Have a
wonderful week (:
Love,
Elder Teeples (:
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