So, this week was SUPER exciting!!
Elder Teh from the first quorum of the seventy came to tour our mission and it
was incredible! I'll give you a blow-by-blow of the week...
So, Tuesday was when it all began.
We started off busily preparing for Elder Teh's arrival. The office staff was
hustling all about like elves on Christmas eve getting everything ready to go.
It was amazing! The office looked so nice!! That evening, President asked Elder
Cluff and I to be in the office a little before their arrival working on other
things so we would just be there when they arrived. After picking up Elder and
Sister Teh from the airport, President and Sister Riggs met us at the office
and we began by meeting with the six of us. We talked a little bit about what
was going on in the mission and then we were kicked out so the four of them
could talk. After that, Elder Cluff was interviewed. As we were waiting
outside, President pulled me aside. "You know what?" he said,
"This is probably not going to be a very common to interview one-on-one
with a general authority on your mission. Why don't you step into my office and
close the door so you can prayerfully gather your thoughts?" So I had the
opportunity to come up with a couple questions I had and just prepare myself
spiritually to talk with Elder Teh. After that, I was up! He asked me a little
bit about my family and mission, a little bit about the mission as a whole,
then asked if I had any questions for him. It was really neat to have some of
my questions answered (or at least to be pointed in the right direction).
Wednesday morning, we were up bright
and early for our first of three conferences with Elder Teh. This was the
biggest one, we had four zones in attendance, and we really got to just bask in
the Spirit. It was incredible. Each conference started with a leadership
portion, then we went to meet with all of the missionaries.
Thursday was similar to Wednesday,
with the next three zones. My notebook is absolutely full!! haha things I
missed the first day were filled the second. It was incredible.
Friday was by far the coolest. Our
last three zones met with Elder Teh, but this time, everything that was said by
a person was already in my notebook! So, on day three, my notes consisted
purely of things the Spirit whispered to me. I'd heard the words, but there
were things the Lord needed me to learn that I hadn't yet.
Friday afternoon after the
conferences and our concluding meeting with the Tehs, the Riggs dropped them
off at the airport. As they were dropping them off, Elder Teh told President
that these conferences were intended to be zone conferences. "what?!"
haha Nobody had told President! So he was busting his back trying to still hold
10 more zone conferences! haha So, they were all cancelled! Which means Elder
Cluff and I get to do tons and tons of normal missionary work! Our schedules
are wide open now! haha it was funny, our whole transfer was scheduled for us,
literally, and suddenly we had nothing. There was this moment of "Wow,
what do we do now?...." "I guess we could just... I don't know, do
missionary work..." *lightbulb* "YES!!!" haha, so we're pumped!
We met with our Bishop immediately and are just hitting the pavement with our
ward. We want to take advantage of this time before transfers and holidays set
in again... haha
Yesterday, our organist didn't show
up to church, so the bishopbric asked me to accompany the ward. Now they all
know I play, and I've now been asked to play for the Christmas program in a few
weeks, to accompany some singers at the ward Christmas party, and I've been
warned I may be asked to accompany the ward choir for a number too... haha I
don't know when I'm going to practice :P but LOVE playing again.
This week, for Thanksgiving, our
Bishop invited us over, so that will be way fun!
We currently have 3 sisters serving
in the ward with us. Sister McCormick was proclaiming the gospel too
enthusiastically or something and strained her vocal chords... Whatever
happened, the doctors say she can't speak for 2 weeks. Fortunately, the Lord
put a trio of sisters in the zone this transfer, so we just pulled one of them
over!
Lets, see.... other exciting things
happening... Well, missionary work... haha We're slowly figuring out this whole
online proselyting thing... We get our
iPads and iPhones on December 11th along with the rest of the mission
leadership council. We haven't been told when the rest of the mission is
getting them. Likely the next week when the zone leaders can train them...
But yeah! That was our week was the
mission tour. It was an incredible opportunity to have and hear from a general
authority, and my notebook is stacked!
Love you all! Until next week!
-Elder Matt
we have asked our children to send us pictures for the Christmas card....hhhmmmm
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