His new zone with President and Sis. Griffin
Buenos!
We had a pretty good first week here in the TKM! Summer weather is in full swing. We had 90 degree weather every day, and boy was it humid. But, we are just loving it, getting out and working hard. Elder C's knee hasn't improved, but he has been getting around with a knee brace. He has his appointment with the doc tomorrow, so we'll see what happens. The beginning of the week was filled with meetings. On Tuesday we had interviews with President Griffin. He seems pretty cool. I asked him about Spanish areas in the mission. He said there's only about four or five full Spanish areas in the mission (and there is a Spanish ward in Georgia). But, I guess President Griffin likes to use Zebra companionships (1 Spanish, 1 English) to find if there is any Spanish in the area. So, I could end up in the far reaches of the mission out in Virginia in a Zebra.
On Wednesday we had a zone meeting. We met all the office staff, the AP's, and Sister Griffin. We had lots of trainings, and it felt a little like being a greenie again. They covered a lot of rules, and there are a few big changes that we have to adjust to. One is music. The standard for the TKM is if it couldn't be played in a Sacrament meeting, we can't listen to it. Also, we can't eat at member's homes unless there is a non-member, recent convert, or less active present. President Griffin is a business man, and he is all about using prime-proselyting time effectively. In addition, the way district meetings are run and they way numbers get collected are different. One cool change is we get a pay-raise. We were getting $125 a month, but that will get raised to $160. Also, in the TNM, we were only required to tract one hour a day, but in the TKM, two tracting hours is the daily minimum. Those were probably the biggest changes. The TKM is a little bit stricter, but we are ready to see the blessings of living in the "narrow gap."
We are already seeing blessings. Later Wednesday night we had a member out with us, and we were able to get back in with V! She is seriously so awesome; I'm going to be really sad when we have to refer her to the English Elders. We had a great lesson with her about the Book of Mormon and she was just eating it up. I don't think I've ever met someone who's been so excited to read the Book of Mormon. She works Sunday's but she is going to try to work it out so she can get Sunday's off because she really wants to come to church. We are super excited about her. The rest of the week was pretty good too. We tracted into a lot of college kids this week, and we were able to have lots of great lessons with them. College kids are a lot more open minded, which is nice, because they'll actually listen to you. Another highlight from the week was on Friday, we got to celebrate Elder C's year mark! So overall, it was a pretty good week.
My ponderizing scripture is Romans 12:2 which says, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." The New Testament is just full of little gems like this scripture. I love what it says, how we need to be transformed. We can't just sit back and go with the flow of the world. We need to renew our minds, transform ourselves so that we can become good, acceptable, and perfect, and do the will of God. Hope y’all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Mitchell
Everyone knows ball is life!
With one of the Nashville senior couples
Another zone picture
Even the APs know ball is life!
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