This week was sweet, and jam-packed with goodies! We had a couple dinners with an awesome member named Chandler, and he is an excellent salesman! He knows a lot about knives, and Elder Larson had some spare cash lying around and kinda wanted one, so they started talking, and by the end I wanted one too! We got some high-quality spyderco manixes on a sweet discount! I'm super happy with it. Plus they're made in Golden, CO!
We had a sweet exchange with the AP's on Wednesday, and I got to ride around with Elder Karren and Elder Fairbourne in the cherry blue transfer van! We had a blast, with 2 *bomb* new member lessons, and some lit finding on UMW! We also had some great conversation!
We had interviews on Thursday, which went well. I just love President Smith! He's the man. Once again, we had a bit shorter interviews, because interviews ran a bit late, and we had a lesson to get to. We had to buy some UMW homecoming shirts! We also had an amazing Spanish exchange in Culpeper with Elder Bonner and Elder Ellsworth from Thursday evening to Friday evening, and let me tell you now, the gift of tongues is super real! I was with Elder Ellsworth, and he is just such a solid guy. We had a lot of great lessons and contacts together. Once we got rolling and warmed up, the Spanish just started rolling! I straight up held my own in several full conversations! It came off so smoothly, and though it wasn't perfect, I could definitely tell that the spirit was helping me out a ton. I have some basic vocabulary and a vague memory of conjugation from my two years of high school Spanish, but definitely not enough to speak that fluently! We also got tacos from a truck, which were super delicious! I made so many connections there. We had several miracles together, and then had yet another miracle Friday night when Elder Larson and I got back!
We had dinner with Chandler at a delicious Peruvian chicken place called Super Rico, which is when we got our knives, and afterward headed to the Wawa convenience store next door to use the ATM, when we were approached by a total bro named OJ! He had made a gospel rap CD and wanted us to listen to it. One thing led to another, and soon enough he was super excited to read the Book of Mormon and meet with us again!
We had a lot of meetings on Saturday, including a mission wide district leader training on baptismal interviews. It was held over video chat, after which we had a Mission Leader Council over video chat. We also had a sweet lesson at the UMW and did some very effective weekly planning. That night we street contacted downtown for a couple hours, and took a different route than usual. It paid off! We had meaningful contact with several people, and a possible referral who lives in Stafford.
Sunday was legit too! We had a great sacrament meeting with several excellent talks, and had some sweet marines come down from Quantico, as well as some new move-ins who are super solid! They will be a great help to us in coming weeks. We had yet another meeting, this time a YSA conference call, following which we saw some amazing miracles! We visited some folks in our old complex, and were able to reconnect the White Oak Sisters with someone they used to teach and found an amazingly prepared couple for them as well! They are definitely scattered Israel. They both grew up in Arizona, and had several good member friends, and also both have attended our services before. We had like an hour and a half mega lesson with them and taught the first three lessons all together. I also cut the chancellor elders' hair today, so that was fun! Have a great one!
Elder Brown
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| University of Mary Washington homecoming shirts |
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| UMW homecoming shirts |
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| Zone Leaders Elder Brown and Elder Larson |
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| Exchange with the AP's |
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| All district council meeting |
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