Transfers

Transfer calls were this week and after 6 months in Lynn Heaven, I got the boot ). It's super sad, because the work is finally moving along and there should be lots of baptisms this next transfer, plus I love all the members here, so it's gonna be hard to go but its also good. My new area is Daphne, Alabama, and my new companion will be Elder Delamare, he was an assistant for 5 transfers so it's intimidating but he is also super funny, I am so excited!!

First on the list is the bad news, we got a voice mail from Myra saying that she is going to stay with her church and that she doesn't want to study with us anymore.... We were so shocked and sad, it sucked so bad! But in the call she sounded really sad and confused, so we think that he pastor found out she was talking with us, and told he she was going to go to hell if she kept talking with us, so we had some ward members that she clicked with reach out to her, so I guess we will see what happens, we aren't going to give up!

The other day, we were driving home and we got a random text from Mike Huber, and he said "how about the 25th?" and we were super confused, but come to find out, he was talking about getting baptized on the 25th!!! I was honestly so excited! He is my favorite! We have honestly gotten so close with him and his family, it's not even funny! I am really sad that I am going to miss his baptism but at least I was able to fulfill my purpose and invite him to come unto Christ; plus a year from now I will be able to come back and attend their temple sealing!!

We were also able to go and see Ty this week, and he has changed so much!! He loves the glasses that we got him, and is always reading now, its so awesome, he is half way through Mosiah! As I have taught Ty, my testimony of the Book of Mormon has increased so much! We have been able to see him while he is reading, and while he isn't, and I can testify, that it has changed his life! The Book of Mormon has given him so much strength; while he has read, he hasn't had a drop of alcohol, but when he doesn't, the temptations come so much more, and he falls much easier. I've seen it with me too. Lately we have been so busy with a bunch of stuff that we hardly have time to read, and it is killing me!! I don't feel the same, and feel that the Spirit isn't with me as strong, So it is my goal to make time no matter what to read the Book of Mormon every day.

So, crazy miracle for the week. We had a goal of 3 investigators at sacrament meeting this week (Ty, Mike, and Myra), but Mike was out of town, and Myra dropped us, so we were left with just Ty... well, we were about to start PEC with the Bishop when we got a call from a random number, and this guy told us that he isn't a member but most of his family is, he had just moved in from Illinois, and he wants to come to church! Awesome, so we are now at 2. Well, we get out of all our meetings and we see 2 guys dressed in normal clothes, one was Dave (the guy that called), and the other was his cousin, who isn't a member either!!! It was honestly so crazy! As we talked, we found out that Dave knows everything to be true, he is just a smoker, and his cousin is super open and ready to learn! So even more crazy, we had a zone training this week, and Elder Burch and myself taught about finding the elect, and we promised that "golden souls will fall from heaven"! Well, of course, right when I am leaving two golden souls fall from heaven hahahahahaha!!!

Life is good! I love it out here and am excited for my new area, great things will happen there!

Elder Schipaanboord