Hey,
This week was ok. We did a lot of work with our
branch which killed our stats but the stuff had to be done. This is by far the
hardest area I have worked in but I'm learning a lot from it. Saturday, Elder
Carl B. Cook came with his wife and his daughter who just finished a mission in
Spain .
The Kretleys came too and we had a zone conference all day Saturday and than
had a big meeting with the missionaries and branch leaders on how we can better
work together. It was nice - just none of our branch leaders came. I learned a
ton and found so many things I need to change. I made a lot of new goals after
that training.
Last night all the members in Beira area had a big fireside with Elder Cook
who talked about the importance of families and how we can help strengthen our
own families. Elder Cook is seriously one of the coolest guys I have ever met.
My companion is going home in a week and so he flies down
to Maputo
Thursday or Friday and transfers will be Monday. I will probably just walk in a
triple for a couple of days. I already asked Elder Ostler, my last
companion, if he will come to church with me in Inhamizua Sunday so it should
all work out. I have no idea who my next companion will be but if he is younger
I will be put in the branch presidency which will be hard but it will teach me
a lot I will have to learn how to run a branch and make sure everything is getting
done how it is supposed to. But I learned a lot this transfer about this
stuff from Elder Hoffmann and I will have a church manual. Whoever comes we are
going to have to work super super hard to help this branch and try our hardest
to be exactly obedient to all the mission rules.
This week we have to do a couple of trainings for
branch leaders and find a lot of new investigators. It's going to be a crazy
week and I hope we can get everything done that we need too.
Oh and cool story about Dondo. Me and Elder Lopes worked
our butts off up there but honestly didn't have any success. we just contacted
contacted and contacted. We started off with only 2 investigators who we ended
up dropping and by the end and had some new investigators but not many were
progressing. After we left they didn't end up going anywhere so I was pretty
sad because I felt like nothing at all came out of that transfer. But I talked
to Dondo yesterday and They told me a story: So there was this lady, Teoma, Elder
Lopes and I talked to and invited to church but she never came and her husband
was never there. But for like 3 weeks in a row Elder Lopes always wanted to go
back and invite her to church again, so we did but she never came. Then my
last Sunday there, General Conference, she came and we were way
surprised. But we both got transferred right after so we never got to sit
with her and her husband. But then like a week or two later the elders in Dondo
were walking down the street and run into this lady and her husband. She said
she loved general conference they started the lessons and she and her husband
got married last week and are getting baptized Saturday! Way nice! I tried to
call Lopes and tell him last night - he will be way excited. I never understood
why he always wanted to go back and keep inviting her but I'm way glad we did.
I love you guys
Elder Bigelow
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