Dear Family, Friends and all of you whom I love!
This week has been a great week! I had the chance to go on exchange with my
district leader, we got transfer calls, and we taught some really good
lessons!
This past week I got to go on exchange here in Greenwich with my District
leader Elder Neville. Which means Elder Dalton went over to saratoga for the
day. Elder Neville and I got a hold of a lot of people as well as trakted into a
basher. (yup again) Other than that I learned a lot about my area book,
door approaches, as well other little things that I needed work and help on. All
around I did miss Elder Dalton a little bit on that exchange, but the exchange
was truly beneficial!
Now for the moment you all are waiting for. Who is going where for
transfers! haha Well we did indeed get transfer calls on saturday morning
and Saturday evening. We are pleased to announce that Elder Dalton will be going
to Elmyra New York to serve as Zone Leader! We are replacing both Elders in
Saratoga with brand new sisters, and Elder Mecham (who I was in the MTC with) is
going to be my new district leader. I am staying here in Greenwich with an elder
who has just come out of training and his name is Elder Wilson, he is
from Arizona and has a Scottish accent. (his parents are from Scotland) This
does indeed mean that for the first time ever I am going to be senior companion
and the designated driver for our area. I will admit I am a little nervous and
have some doubts about leaving me in charge of an area that I only have been in
1 transfer. I do know that the lord does know something I don't and that he
trusts me to take over this area and help the continuation of it's growth. I am
now going to tell you something I was feeling through out this past transfer
that I wanted to include in my last email and then forgot about it. I did send
this email to a couple of people, knowing that they would share it with people
who NEEDED to hear it before I put it in this weeks email.
This transfer
(month and a half) has been a real pain in the bum. I feel like I am being torn
to pieces by satan and his followers and can only find peace when I get some
sleep or when I get to email home. I have had some great experiences though this
transfer that I have been truly blessed for. I know this work is not easy, I
knew that before I left and I defiantly know that now. I know that all I have to
do as our recent converts have to do, which is just endure to the end and stay
faithful and true. I am really looking forward to this week (Saturday) when we
get to find out who is leaving and who is staying and all that stuff so that way
I can try and start a new transfer on the right foot and not feel like I am
falling down millions of flights of stairs. Don't get me wrong when I say any of
this because I love this work, I love doing it everyday. I just want to "go back
to bed and wake up on the right side of the bed"
I can now say, at the end of this transfer, that I needed to have those
things happen to me in order to help me grow and progress and remember why I am
there and that the lord has put me here for a reason. I will say I have had some
really interesting spiritual experiences that were pretty intense and that I
will not mention for I need not need to mention them. All I can tell you, is
that this transfer has indeed been a big trial of my faith, patience, and hope.
The exact Christ like attributes that I am working on and trying to improve on.
I do feel like I have grown a ton this transfer and have gone through some good
trials of my faith. I know that it isn't the end of those trials either, cause
only through the trial of our faith can we grow closer to our Father in Heaven
and gain a stronger and more firm foundation.
At the close of this email, I would like to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to
all of those who graduated from Seminary, High School, and other parts of
school. You have accomplished something indeed great! Now continue forward and
keep progressing and accomplishing those things that you need to accomplish
through out the rest of your life, and always remember that the lord is always
with you and loves you no matter what you do or say. I know this to be true,
because I have not only seen it in my life, but in my current life
and especially in the lives of others as well.
I love you all and hope to hear from some of you soon!
Elder Zenger
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