March 18th email

Monday: 

some good breakfast as a zone followed with pickleball with the district. Me and Elder Naccarato slapped. 3-0. We did jeremys interview for baptism and he is all set to go!!!! AHHHHHH best thing ever. 

Tuesday- 

Nothing exciting 

Wednesday- 

woke up and hustled to get ready so we could drive two hours for zone conference in New Albany. It was beautiful and amazing. It was all about personal conversion. Some of my favorite things said: 

Converted missionaries convert others

Not my will but thine be done

A hair of his head shall not fall to the ground unnoticed

What if others could see what our tags have seen?

I really have been thinking about all the unnoticed things we do in a day. The things that go unreported on our number update at the end of the day. I was reminded that God sees it. The name we represent does see it. Us and our efforts never go unnoticed by God. All your choices throughout the day matters. 

We began to leave when we get a call from the AP's that we forgot our vacuum. In my defense it wasn't next to the rest of our stuff so I didn't know. That was about a 20 minute back track, But we had a good chat with the AP's so guess it was God's plan. We drove straight from New Albany to our church to teach Michael!!! The elders joined us so they could give a blessing, but we ended up co-teaching as well. 

Thursday: Best day of my life 

Training visits were a literal dream. Sister Burtenshaw is a literal dawg. We laughed our faces off, worked so hard, had a fantastic day. We started with a yapping personal study. We had a lot to debrief followed with the Perry's coming to look at all the apartment problems. We went to the library and did some contacting and it was absolutely a dream to have her reporting. We then rushed to Christine's an old lady we're teaching and it was wonderful, and I invited her to be baptized, and she said yes!!!! Woohoo. 

Then we zoomed to get some lunch and knock our brains out. We went to the ghetto, like the ghetto ghetto. Haha it was so fun. We met the crustiest dog which broke my heart. A man with a parrot that speaks Spanish, a ton of shot up houses and some wonderful people. We then rushed to Tiffany's lesson which was a touch all over the place, she likes to talk. Then we rushed to the church for our book of mormon study group and it was absolutely fantastic. Ahh I love it. 

We met with Lee after and Desiree. They're both amazing. Lee I found on social media. Desiree is preparing to be baptized and I found her at our library. So tender to see these people I reached out to progress towards Jesus. Makes my heart swell. We then ran into the Napoli elders and it was actually perfect timing, so I snatched a blessing and it was something else. Elder Tholen is literally the most spiritual person I've ever witnessed. He's the Elder that gave that powerful blessing to the member who's kid had cancer, and the kid( notice had) anywho he cried, I cried, Sis B cried. It was a tender moment. Then we got horrendous news which should not be shared, BUT... all I have to say is Satan is real and the Book of Mormon is one thing he's terribly scared of. Never stop reading it. We then went home and slept. Best day, wishing Sister Burtenshaw wasn't a Napoli sister, we'd be unstoppable together and just die laughing.

Friday- 

We woke up and switched back for weekly planning. We then headed to institute which is always a treat. Headed to Christine's to try and fix her bed, poor old lady's bed collapsed. Had a lesson with Antwan. Knocked in these cracked out apartments, and I mean literally cracked out. That's about all that was exciting. 

Saturday- 

Woke up and immediately texted all our friends on date to not smoke!! We started our fast for Michael and Jeremy. Well we go to teach a referral named lucky! He is from Nigeria, and he was everything and more. He was super hesitant to read the Book of Mormon, but will pray about reading it. Then we had our personal study and went to the church for Michael's baptismal interview. Well about two minutes before, he calls to tell us he smoked and needs to move his date. There were tears for sure. We pressed forward and called a bunch of people. Went to a baptism that was precious, we got to be the witnesses. Did some finding for over an hour and found one single person which is not the normal. Had our Saturday church calls, and then did service for Judith and ended the night with our zone prayer which I said. 

Sunday- 

We had 5 friends cancel right in the morning before church due to sickness. Super sad. But we did have 3 friends come. It was a good time. Had some sync ups today. Zoomed to Jeremy's for an interview, we stood in the pouring rain and snow, BUT he is all ready for baptism!!!!! Had some studies, sat in on a blessing, then knocked the ghetto and I mean the ghetto. Had a naked man answer the door, a few men high out of their minds. All the good stuff. Found some amazing friends.