We had a great week of contacting and teaching. We destroyed my teaching, contacting, and investigators at church record. So yeah, it was a good week. But that doesn't matter. What matters is our investigators, the actual people! They are amazing and ready, well ok some more so than others but they are all great!
We have transfer calls this week and uggh I don't if I want to stay or go. It is the first time on my mission where I have split feelings about transfer. Usually I have known for sure, oh well.
But to the missionary work, we found a man named Stanley this week. He is the awesomeist guy ever. He was a referral. We received it last Saturday the 18th and the description said "Wants to be baptized. expecting visit early next week, available between Mon-Fri 10 am-12 pm." I turned to my companion and said I believe we should go by this guy ...... like ...... now. So we went over but it was 7 pm and so the house was dead. So we decided to go by on Tuesday. We went by on Tuesday but no one was there so we gave the number a call and no one picked up, so we biked away. We got about 3 blocks away when the phone rang and it was Stanley. He told us that Tuesday was bad, but tomorrow we could come by at 11. So we went by the next day. He told us that on Monday night, he was sad cause he had first talked to the elders a week ago and gave his info to them but nothing had happened. He saw another pair of elders and gave them his info. Then he prayed that the Lord would send someone that would teach him. The next morning we called him! So he already knows The Lord answers prayers.
His family is all members back in the Philippines and he was just hard headed when he was younger so he didn't get baptized. But his conscience is now telling him he must be baptized. So we set that we would come every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and teach him.We set the 29th of November as a baptismal date( but we are going to move it forward to the 15th) He is so great I have never met anyone who is so prepared and humble and loves the Lord. His Prayers are the most humble and Spirit filled prayers I have ever heard on my mission by an investigator. He came to our Ward Fall Fest on Saturday and came to church on Sunday. He is amazing, and thus is why I am probably leaving the area. I come into Areas that are not doing so hot and work to get them moving. Once they are going good, I get going. Also, the ward likes me too much. That is usually a sign I am leaving as well, haha. But it is ok, I am willing to go where ever I am needed. I don't have to be in the giant booming areas to feel good. Don't get me wrong, booming areas do feel good and I do enjoy that but I don't need it to feel good about my area.
Love
Elder Hyde
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