This past Tuesday we had transfers and I had to say adios to some of the great people I've been with the past 4 1/2 months. Elder Stohl and I will stay here for another transfer, but we ended up going to transfers because we had to bring up the other elder's stuff. What was really funny was that we had just finished up doing service for Lola and we were covered in mud and wearing service clothes while everybody else was wearing suits and dresses, lol. While saying my goodbyes at the mission office, I came across one of my old friends, Sister Breanna Green! She looked as stunning and full of the spirit as ever and it was nice to see someone from home out here serving the Lord along with me. We had to hurry up to go to Wake Forest for an appointment, and on our way back, we returned to the mission office to pick up the new elder's stuff. As we entered into the building, we said “hi” to President Maurer and he looked at my comp’s missionary tag that was flipped around which revealed sticker on the back with a price tag. In response to seeing it, President said, "Elder Stohl, you must be a very expensive man as you seem to be $420" hahaha. He also turned to me and asked how much my tag says I’m worth and I responded with, “I’m priceless President”;) 'Twas a very memorable day indeed.
Throughout this week, we have tried to get in contact with many members to set up a time to share spiritual thoughts in hope of receiving referrals or promoting the Facebook page, but we haven't had too much success. BUT that's totally fine. In the letter from the Maurer's this past week, they told the story of an African tribe that confounded all of the anthropologists. It seems that this tribe had for centuries enjoyed a 100% success rate with its rain dance. In comparing this tribe to other tribes who did rain dances, but who didn't always experience success, the experts couldn't find anything that differentiated the one tribe. They performed the same rituals, praying the same incantations to the same gods, in the same costumes. Like all the tribes, they sometimes danced for days, even weeks on end. Finally, an astute observer noticed something very telling. The successful tribe did one thing – and only one thing – different than the other tribes. They ALWAYS danced UNTIL it rained! So that’s just what I'll do, keep dancing till the Lord rains some blessings on me.
Like I talked about a little last week, I watched the devotional with Elder and Sister Gong. They were amazing (of course) and I wanted to share two President Nelson quotes that they used. The first is, “education is the difference between wishing you could help other people, and being able to help them" and the second one is "nothing opens the heavens quite like the combination of increased purity, exact obedience, earnest seeking, daily feasting on the words of Christ in the Book of Mormon, and regular time committed to temple and family history work. A covenant path to enduring joy." I thought these were some pretty amazing quotes from our living prophet and I thought I'd just leave these with you for your pondering pleasure for this next week.
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