Transfer 17 Week 3

view from the 15th floor 

This week was good.

Monday was a normal Pday as always. We visited some people and knocked some doors in the evening but not much to report on.

Tuesday we had District Meeting and then had lunch with the district afterwards. After that we did some calling around for Elder Jensen because he needs to get an appointment with a local doctor, nothing serious. It was pretty funny as neither one of us has ever had to deal with setting up appointments our dealing with that kind of stuff so it took a little while to get him in the right place.. it got done though. Tuesday evening we were finally able to sit down with Josh and Michelle and their kids. It went really really good! We taught them the Restoration and they're super excited to start reading the Book of Mormon and to have us start coming over and teaching them. They said that in due time, they would be baptized if they came to know our message was true. 

Wednesday we got called to help a member move to another location in town. It was fun as She was moving into the tallest building in Escanaba, onto the 15th floor.  Luckily for us there was an elevator, but unlucky for all the other people traveling through, as one of the two elevators was down for maintenance. At times there was a line 10 people long waiting for the elevator as were trying to stuff the elevator full of mattresses and dressers. We got it done though.. At least some of it. We had to come back and help out more today (Monday) as she's doing the moves in parts. We'll probably be called back to help again sometime this week! It's a good work out though. I enjoy it. After the move, we had dinner with the Wilbers and then went from there, straight to our appointment with Joseph and Jill. Joseph wasn't able to sit in this time but we were able to read some of the Book of Mormon with Jill, answer some questions and work out how were going to help them quit smoking. They're going to make it a new years resolution to quit, so hopefully it goes well! After Joseph and Jill, the Zone Leaders showed up from Green Bay to do some work with us, so we knocked some doors until 9 and then called it a night. 

Thursday, still working with the Zone Leaders, Elder Palacios and I knocked a lot of doors, meeting some interesting and some nice people.. haha It was cool spending time with Elder Palacios as he is my mission brother (meaning we got trained by the same elder) After Lunch, we had a nice lesson with Sherry. We talked about Obedience and established some expectations on why we come over and what we would like to see as missionaries. It went well. After Sherrys we knocked more doors and were able to find some new investigators before the Zone Leaders had to head back down to Green Bay. After they left we finished off the night by having a really awesome dinner with Sister Bizeau. We were finally able to meet her husband as his job keeps him away for months at a time. They're awesome, going over there is the best. 

Friday we had our lesson with John Madacey in the morning. We sat down, talked for a while about various things and then were able to read some of the book of Mormon with him. He understood it rather well and were hopefully going to be able to get back in with him this next week and share the Plan of Salvation with him. The rest of the day was spent Weekly Planning, and knocking more doors. 

Saturday we spent a lot of the day shoveling as we got like 5 inches or so the night before. Elder Jensen also had to write his entire talk that he gave on Sunday. We were able to visit various people though and set up some appointments. President Schmidt had us and other guests over for dinner. It was fun as we played some board games, sang karaoke and talked for a while. We had to bum out early though as our curfew still applies even on new years. 

Sunday morning was church. Sherry was able to come which is always exciting. We were asked to teach the YM/YW class during 2nd hour and so I taught the whole hour about the God Head. I had no preparation but I felt as if the lesson went really well! Lots of participation and no dull moments not knowing where to go with it.. haha After Church we did our studies, finished up some weekly planning and then went over to see Capt Jim as we weren't able to see him Saturday night. After Capt Jim we went over and gave Josh the sacrament and then finished off the night having dinner at our place. 

It was honestly a really good week and we were able to get a lot done, finding new people and continuing to work with the ones we have! Happy New Year!

Elder Stevens.