1. I got to go on a trade-off with one of the assistants to the president. So those are missionaries that help the mission president run a lot of the mission and they also come on trade-offs with all the zone leaders to make sure we are doing our job! So that is nerve wracking! Elder McPherson was the missionary assigned to be with me, and he is a legend . He was trained as a zone leader, he only spent 4 months not as a zone leader and has been an assistant for the last year! I was expecting him to be super crazy but he's totally down to earth and super cool! He is an awesome missionary and I' glad i got to see him before he goes home in two weeks!
2. We talked a lot about the problems in the mission one of the biggest being just our work ethic. he challenged me to find a way to inspire the missionaries especially those in our zone! So that's something i have been thinking a lot about. I'm trying to find a way where I can show all these great missionaries how important it is to work hard and be diligent! I'm just glad we have a pretty darn good zone!
3. We had a zone training! So once every six weeks all the missionaries in the zone get together and we have a 3 hour meeting and talk about what we need to do or how we can improve. so being a zone leader I was in charge of this meeting! Oh boy it was a big deal! but it was great, as i settled in and the spirit was there everything went just swell!
4. We started our zone training with what we call a set the tone. we made all the missionaries go out and look at the picture of the Savior in the garden of Gethsemene and then watched the 'Because of Him video!" watch it right now if you havent see it in the last month! http://easter.mormon.
5. After the meeting i drove to Pasagoula Mississippi! I have officially slept in every state of the mission: Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia! That's a big deal! But it was an interesting place! Super duper ghetto! especially compared to Fairhope! It was way bad and way sketchy! But it wasn't the worst i have seen! apparently the city got leveled by Katrina and they just rebuild slowly from there! But it was a good day. I was with Elder Stroupe and it is always an adventure!
6. Gerald dean! so we knocked on this ladies door a few days ago and no one answered so as we were walking away she yelled at us, she was about to get in the shower and told us to come back another day! So we went back and taught her the restoration and she loved it! It was awesome! It's nice to have someone just let you in right off the street!
7. I got to go up to Mobile stake conference! It was pretty good! Besides the blown out speakers it was a good meeting! Elder Munns of the seventy spoke and talked a lot about angles and how mush they influence our life! some are heavenly and some are mortal but we are constantly surrounded by angles! That's the truth! 2 kings 6:16!
8. I also got to see lots of people form Monroeville, which was super cool! It was good seeing old friends! I actually got to sit by Steven and Desray Coombs, a couple that I taught that got baptized not too long ago! Dessray wiped Michah's slobber all over me and said there you go he loves you now! Steven leaned over and said man you knew this baby before he was even born! Which is weird because I taught here while she was pregnant and never got to meet him!
9. Fairhope jubilee.. interesting thing right there. A jubilee is when all these fish just come to shore and don't swim away. It happens when the water is super low in oxygen and they just can't function so you just reach down and grab fish and crab! Super weird though! It only happens in two places in the world, 1. Fairhope, Alabama, 2. Tokyo bay Japan!
10. I love you all have a great week!
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