A Solid Week

So, we had some pretty fun times early in the week, like Monday night when we were walking off Gallaudet campus and it started straight pouring rain.  When we got to the car we were soaked all the way through.  It was actually really fun.  And there was awesome lightening with it.   

Tuesday Elder Parker had leadership meeting, so I went with Elder Levi whose companion also had it.  The awesome part is that Elder Levi is in Glendale YSA right now which is my first area, so that was super awesome!!  Then we went to sister mays for lunch and met back up with elder Parker.  Two elders ate the scotch bonnet peppers that day.  Those were some of the worst ones I've seen. They were dying.  Then we went up to see a returning member and check his progress.  He's doing great. Elder Parker had me share the spiritual thought.  It was really intimidating at first, but as I went I got better and less nervous.  On the way home we passed the APs on the highway so we got to yell hi to them really quick which was cool. Then when we were tracting that night the very first guy we ran into was an older Russian guy who had a copy of the Book of Mormon signed by Heber J. Grant.  Elder Parker and I were covering it super hard... He's not a member, and he said he's too old to have a religion at this point.  But he said if there's a ever a book he'll give to his kids to learn about god it's the Book of Mormon.  So that's cool.   

Wednesday I woke up feeling pretty sick..  So we stayed home. The ASL sisters asked us our plans for the day and I said I was sick, and next we knew they were dropping off a pharmacies worth of medicine to help me feel better.   

Thursday was pretty fun.  We had our zone district meeting. After that we went to go do some family history.  We both ended up doing indexing.  I was indexing Minnesota World War Two draft registrations.  It was really cool. Then we had an appointment at 7 in the city, but he dogged us, so we went out street contacting.  We had two really cool experiences.  We were sharing the Because He Lives Easter video and one of the guys after the video asked us if Jesus Christ was real and was the son of God, and so we got his information and were able to give it to the elders in his area.  It was awesome. Then one of the last people we talked to started crying during the video and was super happy we stopped to share it with him.   

Friday we indexed more, then went down to institute at Gallaudet then we had an appointment with a new investigator that went really well! And after that we went back down by Gallaudet to union market and met with another new investigator. His signing was really proper ASL grammar and super fast so most of the conversation went right over my head... But he's pretty cool.   

And Saturday was cool because we had four meal appointments!  Breakfast at our branch mission leaders house, and our branch correlation meeting.  Lunch with the 2nd counselor of the branch presidency and his wife. And their crazy dogs.  Dinner with the previous branch president which was super good.  And then second dinner with a less active that were working with.  It was an awesome day.   

Then Sunday we had stake conference with a regional broadcast. Elder Kacher who came to our mission recently was conducting so that was pretty cool.  It was a really good conference.  Then we had dinner with the new Elders Quorum president and his wife.  Then today we played hockey.  It was just a solid week all the way around.

Elder Sorensen and Elder Parker