General Conference Weekend

Dear Family, Friends, all yall who are on the interweb!

This week has been an interesting but very awesome-ish week! I got to go on exchanges the other day, and got to go tracking for my very first time! It was nerve racking but really fun and somewhat effective! The first door I got to knock and and do all the talking, Elder Simmonds and I (the Zone Leader I was exchanging with) got in the door and placed a B.O.M, got a phone number, and was told to please come back! Sadly though we have to get someone from the ward who speaks spanish and have to give her a spanish version of the B.O.M. Her friend though (who was visiting, what a blessing) was interested as well and helped us translate! Sadly that friend lives in Liverpool and we have to give her info to the Liverpool Elders -.- But! She did take the english copy of the B.O.M and seemed interested as well! IT WAS SO AWESOME! Elder Simmonds was kinda upset that my first door went perfect. haha He told me the first door he knocked on, the guy told him to get the F off his porch. haha So I will consider that a major blessing! :) We also got into another ladies home and said a prayer with her. She was super nice (and also was super super sick) as well as her family. She and her family where baptist, and were very greatfull for the prayer we offered in her home about her family and her health. She also told us to come back when she was feeling better so that we can come teach her and her family! I am so excited!

Some other great new we got this week. Was.....WE ARE GETTING A CAR! :D Elder Evans and I get to drive a car every other week. We share the car with the DeWitt Elders (who are in the same situation as we are in). It is supposed to be a BRAND NEW SPAKEN CAR! We were told that this thursday at Zone Conference, we get to drive it home and start off the week driving it first! I am so excited! This is supposed to help us get more done durning the day and a lot faster!

Conference this weekend was AMAZING! It was a little weird not watching it at home and staying at the church building all day and all night (stupid time difference) but it was all, as always, so very worth it! I got to take some very very good notes and got told of some very good ways I can improve as a missionary as well as what I can to do to minister better.

Sorry this week is so short! But I do have pictures to send! :D so I hope that makes up for it :)

Hope all is doing well! It sounds like it from what my mom is telling me :)

Love,

Elder Anthony Zenger

 

Conference weekend was the best! Sadly we did not have any people show up or go with us to conference. But there is also next conference as well as next sunday at sacrament meeting! I took more notes that ever before while watching any session of conference. It is all thanks to something Elder Bednar told us while he was here. This is what he told us, and something I hope you all as a family can do or start doing. He said,

"I need to establish some guide lines before we start. First, Never write what ANYONE says at the pulpit. What they may say may be important or good for the hearing. But, you are creating large plates that you will never refer back to. Instead try doing this, Listen to what the speaker says and talks about, then write down in your own words, the promptings and feelings you get from the spirit and holy ghost about the certain topic. By doing this you will have shrunk what was once Large plates that you never looked at, into smaller plates, that mean more to you and that you will refer back to often. I encourage all of you to always refer back to the notes you will take here and during General Conference."

By doing that, I have noticed a HUGE difference in my note taking and how much more conference means to me.

 

 Photos! People listed in order from right to left!

1. Easter Dinner at the Vest Home

2. YSA FHE Activity

3. YSA FHE Activity

4. YSA FHE Refreshments!

5. Sister Ross being....Sister Ross haha

In photo: Sister Ross

6. A doodle I did on my Study Desk!

7. A Stop Sign in "My Hood!"

8. Service at the Vest Home

In Photo: Elder Gasetoto / Elder Oluapoo / Elder Evans

9. Mormon-apoly! Yes it is real and epic!

10. Service again

In Photo: Elder Oluapoo / Elder Evans

11. Bro. Smith in a tree fixing a swing

12. Elder Evans at Conference being Elder Evans

13. Conference!

In Photo: Elder Oluapoo / David Coir (member in the YSA branch 18 yrs old) / Elder Evans / Elder Gasetoto

14. Elder Oluapoo being himself haha

15. Elder Gasetoto

16. My bed being epic! haha