The first big thing that happened this week was
we went out to Saskatoon for Zone Conference. It was one of the more
engaging zone conferences I've been to in a while. There were also three
Elders that it was their last zone conference. Which made me realize it
was my second to last zone conference and at this point Elder Nielson
would tell me "three months" you can wait three months. But, it was
pretty good. President Craig gave a wonderful portion on studies. We can
all tell he follows what he preaches as well because he is a very well
versed man. It was really nice to hear him talk about it.
After
Zone Conference I got to go on Exchanges with Elder Beus who is a new
Zone Leader. It was nice to exchange with him because he's from
Tremonton area. So basically cache valley except not :) For our exchange
we went straight trackting as well. We had a few lessons planned but
they didn't work out. But, We got Five Guys so it was worth it ;) It was
also super nice to be in Stoon. I love that city
So the next exciting thing that happened was I gave a talk on Sunday.
I know that doesn't usually seem like an exciting thing but I got to
talk about Commitment and Goals. So I was excited. But, because this was
the first talk I was explicitly told to prepare a 15 minute talk and I
was worried. So I went hard on preparation and I abated that fear. I
still, however, felt like I was going to only talk for 15 minutes max. I
was expecting to go under. Before we got up to talk, Elder Nielson was
asked to talk as well, I told him to prepare to make sure he had a talk
that could last for all the remainder of the time. So I got up and was
just excited to talk about what I had prepared. And it was going good.
And then towards the end of the talk one of the Branch Presidency got up
(I thought he was going to tell me to cut it short) and went and sat by
my companion and said something to him. At that moment I was like "oh
no.." "What did I do?" So I wrapped up my talk and sat down. As I was
sitting down I noticed that the Branch Presidency was all smiling and I
was super embarrassed because I realized I had talked for way too long.
Elder Nielson, after it was all over, told me that the final time was 35
minutes. I could've gone longer.. I was so surprised I talked for that
long. I guess that's what happens when you get me to talk on something I
enjoy :)
One of the tender mercies for the
week was we had an appointment with someone who we had been meeting with
for a while. We asked the branch if there was anyone who could come and
one guy who hadn't really done much with the missionaries for a long
while (to my knowledge) said he could come. It was amazing how well he
was able to connect with her. It definitely was meant to be.
Overall it was quite the week. I'm ready for more
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