Farewell Conference

This week was lit! We of course had our spiritual yet sad goodbye conference with President and Sister Holland. They talked a little about loving our next mission presidents with the same passion we have for them. But besides that, it was a big old Q&A on anything. The sisters, of course, asked about marriage and how to search for a good eternal companion. The reply the Hollands gave was, ‘find somebody who loves the Lord, is a hard worker, and they have to be crazy about you’. Besides family, President Holland said, ‘everybody should at least get a 4 year degree’. And me, being the deep doctrine guy, asked him what we should do during this time as it nears the 2nd coming. The reply was in line with an object lesson they had planned. The Iron Triangle of Spirituality was introduced with the sides signifying: Prayer, the Iron Rod, and Wear/Cherish the temple garment. He promised us that if we do these three things daily, EVERYTHING will be okay. We all then went on to covenant with him that we would do our best to do all 3 things daily! Throughout the week I tried my best to do all of the things, being a missionary, it shouldn't be too hard haha. We received a referral on Thursday who showed some real interest. We talked Friday, then Saturday, then had her come to the church on Sunday for a lesson with a member! This lady has a lot of things going on in her life and is suuuuper paranoid. But hey, she really wants her life to change for the good...and she accepted our help to be baptized! To top off my Sunday, we went to a presbetyrian church to watch the bishop's daughter play in a piano recital. It's lucky for the pastor that I was in a respectful mood or I would've converted everybody there. Things are finally turning out for me and I hope we don't just settle for her, but go on to find more people and just throw all of North Carolina in the waters of baptism!!! Transfers were today, and I’m going to be here another transfer with my same comp and district; so these sinners better look out, cause I'm comin’ for them! Also, Happy 95th Birthday to Gigi! Love you!!