This week has been pretty crazy. First off, Elder N was emergency transferred this week. Due to the change, I am now in a trio with the Zone leaders, which is where I will stay until the end of my mission. So, until the next transfer, we will be covering both my area in Watauga, and the ZL's area in Johnson City. After that, they will put two new missionaries in Watauga, and I will move completely over to Johnson City ward for my last three weeks. Also, President wants me to simultaneously be a zone leader while still fulfilling my responsibilities as a district leader, so now I've got double duty! It should be crazy. My new companions are Elder L and Elder B, and they are both so awesome! Elder L has been on his mission for about 15 months and is from Salt Lake City, UT. Elder B has been out for 16 months, and is from Orangeville, UT. He also is 6'9 and yes, he did play basketball. I am so stoked to work with them!
Our first day together in the new trio, we were driving to an appointment and saw an alligator-snapping-turtle on the side of the road. I'll try to send the video, it was pretty gnarly. Also, we are still passing out a ton of copies of the Book of Mormon as part of our Zone challenge. The goal is to pass out 5 a week, and this week we passed out 14! It has really helped us a lot in our finding. As we have talked with people about the Book of Mormon, even on their doorsteps, it has led to a lot of new investigators. We also went on exchanges this week with the Powell Valley elders, and it was a ton of fun! We got to teach a recent convert, Angel, about the temple, and afterwards as we were driving downtown we got to see a live band playing at the park. It was a ton of fun, and we even got to OYM a few people.
So, today for P-day we worked out with this member in the JC ward named "Jake the Snake." He is insane. We did a special Memorial Day workout called "Murph" basically it consists of running a mile, followed by 20 reps of 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, and 15 Air-squats, and then another mile to end it. So by the end of it you end up doing 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, and 300 air-squats. It was freaking insane, but I finished it in about an hour and a half. I also ended up puking afterwards. After the workout, Jake feeds you his special pancakes that are made with protein powder. It has been a crazy morning, and I am SO sore right now.
My ponderizer this week is 2nd Nephi 28:4 which says, "And they shall contend one with another; and their priests shall contend one with another, and they shall teach with their learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance." This week I gave a talk in the Watauga ward about how the Holy Ghost can help us. We live in a day prophesied of by Nephi, in which we try to prove things by our own wisdom and learning. But the only source of pure truth is God, and he will teach us truth if we listen to His spirit. In my talk I spoke about three ways the Holy Ghost helps us. 1) He teaches and testifies of truth. 2) He prompts us to do good. And 3) He can bring things to our remembrance and fill our mouths. Of course, these aren't all the ways the Holy Ghost helps us, but if we stay worthy of his companionship, the Holy Ghost can show us ALL things what we should do. I hope y'all have a great week!
Love,
Elder Mitchell
Saying goodbye to Elder N
New and old companions:
Elder B, Elder L, and Elder N
Memorial Day workout with
Jake the Snake
A random tank for Memorial Day
He had to take his new companions to here
since they're both from Utah
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