This week was a finding week! We
spent a HUGE amount of our time looking for
people that want to hear about
the gospel. Our zone set a goal last week to increase our finding, so Elder
Flaherty and I wanted to lead out! And we tried sooo hard!. It was one of those
weeks where you come home each day just completely exhausted (like, more so
than usual).But always enjoy the people and the community that we are serving in! How could I not?! History everywhere! haha
We spent two of the afternoons this
week helping some people in our
community with emergency moves... So, we got good workouts! I've been running
every day, too, which is awesome. Usually I have to break after a couple of
days to make sure my leg doesn't revert, but I've been totally fine!
We also spent some time this week
making an office run to get supplies for everyone, and apartment hunting! Yep,
apartment hunting... haha we have some new areas opening next transfer, and we
were asked to find places for those missionaries to live! It's been pretty
exciting. haha
Thursday was interviews with
President Riggs. It was a long day, but it was fantastic! We got up extra early
because we had to beat the traffic to the stake center. Then we set up the
rooms, and met with President for a bit to talk about the zone. We went over
some general things, then talked about how each person was doing. After that,
Elder Flaherty and I each had our interviews. Interviews with President Riggs
are always one of my favorite times. It's amazing to have the time with him
1-on-1 and to get advice from him. Then we spent a few hours getting the
amazing opportunity to talk to each of the missionaries in the zone! Then lunch
with President Riggs, which is always awesome, then after that, more interviews
with missionaries! I loved the chance to talk with each of the missionaries
here. It was great to hear more about them and ask and answer questions with
them. We got some great ideas of things we'd like to do in our area! It was
sweet! We had a special question we would ask each person about, too. President
Dionne (the Centreville Stake President) is preparing to perform some training
for the ward mission leaders in the stake and wanted us to gather some
information about what he could train on that would be helpful, so we collected
some ideas and info from the zone to give back to him.
Saturday, we had a dinner
appointment... With Elder Lafeen!!! ( my first trainer) He was out touring in
Virginia, so he came and took us to dinner! It was awesome to see him again,
and catch up on how he's doing, what he's been up do, and all that. He seems
like he's doing great! It's weird to think he's been home for a year now.
Yesterday, we had a chapel tour with
our Syrian investigator. it was awesome, we taught him about the sacrament and
why it's so important to us. As we were sitting in the chapel, he said he felt
very peaceful and comfortable there. and he says he'll definitely make it to
church next week!
Let's see... other exciting
events... The weather has been as crazy as usual. We never know quite how to
dress. It'll be temperate and beautiful in the morning, scorching hot and humid
in the afternoon, then we'll get caught in a thunderstorm all of a sudden! haha
it's so crazy, but I love it! It keeps you on your toes, and makes life
entertaining! We sometimes have to change ties though if we're wearing silk!
don't want those getting ruined!
We tried an authentic Latin place
for lunch this week! It's called La Jarochita. One of the Spanish elders had to
order my food for me :P It was really good though! I think I had a torta Al
Pastor or something like that... haha The Spanish elders had another meal this
week that wiped them out though, so I'm glad I wasn't there for that one! haha
We also created a written rules
sheet for cleanliness in our apartment haha. Things have been sliding a bit, so
we drafted our constitution and it's posted on our wall. Hopefully it helps us
keep it clean!
Ther have been a few car accidents
and one sister that has hurt her leg, so
we have been doing a lot of the busy work too.
Well, we have a fun day today
planned! we're going to go sing songs! we're practicing for the next musical fireside
we're putting on. Then we might play a little soccer or something with the
spare time.
Love you all! Have a great week!
-Elder Hodgson
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