So this week was pretty great. We found some great people, and dropped others. We also got transfer calls on Saturday. I can't believe it's the end of another transfer! This one went by way too fast!! Elder Mendenhall and I will be staying in the BLT and getting Elders Larsen and Salsbury. Elder Borsky is going to Wapado Park in Tacoma, and Elder Loader is going to Lincoln also in Tacoma. I'm super excited for this next transfer. It's going to be a blast!!
At the beginning of the week, we met with Proctor again, and every time we go over, he says the same things and he doesn't improve. He also won't read the Book of Mormon because he sees no reason why he should. So we had to drop him, but we gave him a chapter to read and our number if he ever changed his mind. We also had to drop a woman named Barbara for the same reasons. She felt so uncomfortable with trying to read. She would say that she prayed about it, but it just didn't feel good. IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING!!!!!! So she told us we could stop coming by.
Also at the beginning of the week, we met a young inactive member family who wanted to get their child baptized. We were so excited! They told us we could return the next day and on Friday, but when we went by the next day, the dad was not happy to see us there (we had previously only talked with the mom), so that was a little disappointing. However, we did have success this week. At the same apartments that we found Zarita and several others, we had also found a man from Uganda named Gabriel. He is super spiritual and sees God hand throughout his life, and in the Book of Mormon. We met with him twice this week, and he also came with us to church yesterday. It was super awesome! He was clapping along to the hymns, and he wanted to see how we taught the children, so we sat in on primary, and also went into a random 12 year old classroom. It was kind of weird doing that, but everything went super smoothly and he liked everything from what we could tell. We're not sure if he wants to come to church again, but I'm glad I get to stay to work with him this next transfer.
Last night we had another Why I Believe fireside, and it was pretty good. The Spirit was really strong. The only downer was that when I was talking with the other missionaries, I found out that my MTC/CCM companion, Elder Tobler, went home. I don't know the situation, but he went home. I really hope it's only for a medical reason and that he'll be able to come back out again, but I don't know.
Transfers are this week, so it'll be a pretty fast one and we'll get to meet our new companions. I'm pretty excited. But that's all for this week. Love you!
-Elder Smith
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