Yes, transfer week. The tall elder is Elder Hiraldo. He was our district leader and will now be our zone leader. His companion is going to Morehead City. Lots of changes in our district; even closing down a companionship; only one companionship is not affected and those sisters are in the midst of training.
Another week of high temps and humidity; one thunderstorm that kept me awake – I finally took a PM to go to sleep. But rain was sorely needed, so I try not to complain. Forecast is for mid 90s and thunderstorms in the evening. Makes for an interesting vacation with my sister Karla.
FHE was a kick, literally; the young adults played kickball in 98 degree weather! Had a couple of kids almost to the point of heat stroke. Good turn out; enough for 3 teams of volleyball later. That was indoors so a little cooler.
The hottest day of the year was Tuesday and we had appointments! Went to Snow Hill and left a flyer, to Pink Hill and saw a member who was in an accident about 6 weeks ago and is recuperating, then to La Grange for dinner with a member, her boyfriend who is a member also and her mother and stepfather who are not members. They grilled ribeyes and baked potatoes. Very good. We taught them the introduction to the Book of Mormon. Her mom was more interested than the stepdad, but they committed to read and the 2 members committed to give away their BOM to nonmembers.
Up early on Wednesday to head to New Bern to zone conference. Always a spiritual feast. The missionaries were divided into several groups then were videoed giving a 7 minute Restoration lesson. We were in a group of three sets of missionaries and all three did good jobs – none got through in the 7 minute restriction. They got to review themselves and everyone gave opinions of what they did good and what they could have done better. Very instructive. Pres. and Sis. Baker did a role play of Book of Mormon introduction and so much better than the way we have been doing. It is more of a 30 minute presentation, not 14 min. Got home at 4:30 and started putting together a fruit pizza for institute and Tyrei called for a ride, so we really had to hustle! It was a hit and 15 showed up.
Thursday we had the G2 sisters over for a lesson practice and lunch. Only one more week before they are officially done with our role plays. They tried the new BOM intro and had to quit before they were finished because they had to weekly plan. We finally got our piece of pie from the G1 sisters, and it was apple, not pecan, but still pretty good. Watched a life story on Pres. Monson on Mormon Channel. He is such a faithful servant of the Lord. We also finished reading all the October conference talks.
Friday after exercising and swimming, we stayed in the apt. all day. It was so warm and muggy, just no energy. The young missionaries really have my respect; they are out in the weather every day. Listened to an awesome talk by E. Holland about the ministry of angels. We fed the Spanish elders (see photo) and had to take pictures. I made lots of phone calls to follow up on some of the young singles and inviting them to church.
Saturday we walked in 80 degree weather then went to the farmer's market. Lots of people go shopping there. We fed the YSA elders for supper and gave out some VCM handkerchiefs that Lena had embroidered. It is a good memento of the mission.
Today being Father's Day, not as many YSA to church, but we also had a few new ones that hopefully will continue to come.
Looking forward to this week when Karla will be here. I have planned an itinerary; let's see if we stick to it – lots of traveling, but seeing lots of sites also.
Hope everyone is doing well this week. Try to stay cool and we will too! We have less than 3 months to go! Time is really speeding up. I may even be getting a little trunky! We love the Lord and His work and our mission. What a privilege to to work with these faithful missionaries and to reach out to the young adults. This is the Lord's work; we love it. God bless y'all!
Love, Elder & Sister Steffler
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