It's an exciting weekend because it's conference! That gives the people we are teaching four chances to come to church and it's a great time to receive revelation! Super Super excited. This past week was intense. It was pretty busy. Monday was a little longer day where we got to work a little more. On Mondays we have a devotional where each senior couple reports on how their calling is coming along and we as well report on how the mission is doing. The mission struggled this past month and we have some ground to make up to reach our goal. President Trayner set a big goal at the beginning of the year of 1200. So we are working hard towards that and we are little behind, but nothing we can't do! So we have big goals for the last three months of the year to hit our goal! Suppper excited! But that was Monday and then we went out and worked. We had a cool FHE with a family in the Spanish ward. We talked about the Holy Ghost and read from 3 ne. 19:9 and 13 And then we played a little activity on how we need to be really alert to the promptings of the spirit. We had everyone look at us and then close their eyes and then we would change something on our clothes or something subtle. Then they would have to figure out what we changed. It's pretty fun and helps to teach the importance of being open to the spirit. Also on Monday we taught this great family, the Perez family. They are a big family and the mom and dad and one of the sons are preparing for baptism. We talked about the Holy Ghost with them as well but we did the soap and pepper lesson. Ask the missionaries to show you that one, they should know and it's super cool.
Tuesday we were in the office doing a lot of reports. We have to put in the baptismal records so people can get member numbers and begin to prepare for the temple. So it's a little tedious but it's all good. We also met with president on Tuesday to discuss about three new missionaries that came in on Wednesday. We had to change and add new areas in the mission and decide where these missionaries would go. It was cool to see how President Trayner works. It was cool also to be able to help impact the growth of the mission. We got all that situated and then went out to work.
Wednesday we didn't get to work at all. It was a little tough. But the new missionaries came in Wednesday so we went to pick them up. Then we had a little orientation and then went out to dinner. We went to Poncho's, a Mexican place. It was super good. They have something called a botana which is like extreme nachos but better. It has fajita y chicken and beans and cheese and quesadillas. Super good! Then after that we packed the car up and drove two hours north to Alice to drop the missionaries off in their new areas. After that we drove two hours across to Laredo to go on exchanges with them. It was cool to go to Laredo, that was my first time there. We tried to help them out and the missionaries over there. Then in the evening it started to pour over there! And we left about 7:15 and it was pouring rain and thunder and lightening. We drove all the way home in the pouring rain and it was cool because the lightening was intense! It would light up the sky so much it was brighter than day. It was pretty insane. It was fun though, just me and Elder Vasquez driving back. We stopped and got super good burgers at this little burger shack. We made it back by ten thirty and stopped by president's house and he gave us ice cream and cookies.
Friday we met with President and had a meeting with him about next year's calendar. Things that we hope to accomplish and some things that we are going to change. That was cool. Then we got out to work and went by some people we are teaching. We are teaching a deaf girl. Hopefully she wants to get baptized, but she's cool, a little different. We stopped by her and it was cool cuz I started to remember a lot of my ASL. I was able to speak with her a little, and she's coming to conference which is cool.
So you asked about duties as AP? Well... we do a lot of computer work in putting in people in the church records. We meet with president and talk about changes in the mission. We move stuff. We go to all zone conferences and all mission trainings. We usually train at them as well. We are going to be traveling the mission more because we are going to go on more exchanges and stuff now. We stay with other missionaries when we go travel and work with them. It's pretty cool because I get to see the whole mission. We help with transfers and drive people and spend time with the incoming and outgoing missionaries.
But I got to go! Its cooling down finally. 95! I love you all so much.
-Elder Stone
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