Elder Jones week 63

Hey guys! That´s awesome that Courtney is home!! That must be so exciting. 

I had somewhat of a difficult week because we had to drop ALL of our investigators that had a baptismal date last week. Some of them just did a 180 and told us that they don´t want us to come by anymore, and some of them just don´t want it anymore. So we´ve started from the ground up this week, and we´ve been trying everything we know how to do to find people to teach. It is really hard. But I´ve been trying to not get discouraged and just trust in the Lord. And prepared people came. So we feel really good about this week. 

We had 6 baptisms as a zone this week. So we currently have 12 and this Saturday we have 7 people planned to get baptized. The zone is really working well. I´m learning to be patient in a way I´ve never had to before. Also on Wednesday we have a meeting with Elder Bednar! I´m really excited. I feel like it´s going to lift the mission up, because that´s what tends to happen every time a general authority comes to the mission. 

We reactivated someone this week! His name is Gino and he´s been attending church for a couple of months now, and when Elder Anderson told me he was less active because he doesn´t have the lessons or an interview with the bishop, we brought him to the bishop during the 3rd hour, we had him have an interview, and we sat him down and taught all the lessons, and he actually has a ton of referrals for us and he wants to help us out with missionary work. He´s really nice and I´m glad that he was able to have his interview with the bishop. 

I learned a lot this week through my mistakes about how to become a good leader. This week was definitely a refiner´s fire for me. But being uncomfortable is necessary for growth. I hope you guys have a great week!