This week was a very interesting one but I learned a lot.
So, last week I said that this week we had a lot of
scheduled plans, unfortunately, only two went through, but we laughed it
through by finding more. Me and Elder Lister challenged ourselves to give a
different approach every time we talk to someone, so that we can make finding
more fun. Lately, Elder Lister has been working on a dance, during exercise
time, about the story of the Restoration. So, one of the approaches that I did
to this one guy during tracting was, "hey, do you like to dance?" He
looked kind of puzzled and then started laughing and then he is like "no,
not really" and then I said, "well, my friend likes to dance, would
you like to see him dance?" Then, before he said anything, his wife jumped
in and was not about it, but needless to say me and Elder Lister were dying at
the end.
We also went white boarding a lot. The Székes elders were
here again on splits and we found a ton of new potential investigators through
that. We set up with some of them this week!
During white boarding, we talked with some college students
from Jordan, Yemen, and Pakistan. It was really cool because in the April
Liahona, there was an article about Islam and so we talked a lot about it with
them. We met with a guy from Jordan and he became a new investigator too! It
was really funny because lately, we have been trying to talk to the youth.
During one point of the conversation he is like, "I am not sure if you
already know this but, you have talked with almost everyone from my
dormitory." Me and Elder Lister looked at each other and we were like
#missionaccomplished.
The work is moving forward and I am excited for this week! I
have been studying a lot about how to become a more effective missionary. There
is this book called "The Power of Everyday Missionaries." I have
learned a lot more about how to react to different opinions and views about the
gospel. I have also been studying more about what happened during the Apostasy.
This has made my testiomony regarding the Restoration stronger in the fact
that, there must have needs be a Restoration in order for the TRUE church to be
on the earth again. How grateful I am for the knowledge of this! I pray that
everyday you all may have a similar feeling and knowledge regarding the
truthfulness of the restored gospel. I love you all and I wish you all a great
week!
Love,
Elder Ballard
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| This week while we were streeting, a guy offered to buy me a drink. I said he didn't have to, but he did it anyways! |
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| The classic taco soup selfie! |
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