Hood bus 1-20-2025

Monday we played some basketball had a good member meal my comp had bacon for the first time that was cool Tuesday was transfer leak day!! I'm staying as district trainer but my area got split again. I swear president combined the area just for that first transfer so I can have extra responsibility and pressure. Literally first time combining In over 5 years and then they split it back up again just because the lord wanted me to die my first transfer there haha. They are putting stlz in the apartment we are living in right now and moving us to the west side of the area where we have most of our progressive friends and it's more hood so I'm glad for that. They are taking out car which blows but I prefer it that way so we can talk to way more people. That Tuesday we put a single mom on date and it was so special I'm so hype. I got two new Elders in my district and a sister who's training so the work is cut out for me but I am pumped!! Wow wednesday was such a weird day. My companion started off strong and then after about an hour he was so depressed and it got to the point where it hindered the work hardcore and it was hard getting out to proselytize. We found zero friends and it was just hard. It got pretty bad we ended up reading adjusting to missionary life to like 45 minutes and having an hour long comp study. That evening we had a lesson with an eternal friend (he's been taught for over ten years and hasn't progressed) it was a spiritually powerful lesson and my comp said he felt God's love and he was on the verge of tears. Needless to say no matter the depth of emotion you are feeling nothing can separate you from the love of God Romans 8:38 "Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to" separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Thursday was one of the craziest days on the mission they just don't stop coming haha. So we lost our apartment and we lost two cars in out zone. The Sisters took everything not a single district leader has a car. The Sisters also took our area book. We are splitting the area but during transfers when they synced everything over our area got wiped clean and they took all of our stuff and the apartment we moved to was empty...no water no gas and no food or even toilet paper or hand towels or anything, not even a working washing machine haha. It's basically Like whitewashing all over again lol. Being on foot is weird I had to figure out the bus system and how to get there. We ended up walking under some sketch underground tunell to find a bus stop and take it all the way to our area where we find because we dont even live in our area haha. Nothing stops the work though. We ended up finding our friend on date and had a great lesson with her and we found four friends. We had the zone leaders take us shopping at like 8:30 to buy toilet paper and then we couldn't make it back to our area until 9:30 and I just straight cleaned and made phone calls all night and it was awesome haha. Friday was nothing short of a crazy day all around. We woke up cleaned the entire apartment, moved in, did the morning routine, and went out and took the bus to a gad station and walked around the hood talking to everyone. We then got picked up by some other Elders and we had our comps do a trio exchange while we went to a distric leading meeting and wow it was powerful. The spirit was so strong and questions have been answered. Although I was district leader last transfer this one feels differnt, I'm a little more nervous for this district, I already know the lord has some crazy lesson for me to learn going forward in this transfer. We got back to our areas at like 5pm and we just ran around talking to everyone and made 5 friends and just went crazy. I'm all here for it. I can't go over everything crazy that happend but I now more than ever feel that God put me here right now with everyone and everything in my life and it's been confirmed 100 times to me by the spirit. What a powerful witness that is Our work is cut out this transfer for sure...We set a goal for a district for 10 baptisms this transfer and we are going to hit it. Saturday was such a grind. I had a couple morning meetings and then from 11 am-8pm we just went straight finding. We don't have area Book so it's been crazy we just ride the bus and then walk around for miles talking to everyone we see we be chasing people down knocking on car windows doing all we can. Not a single soul was interested up until 5pm that night it was crazy. My comp was depressed again but I knew deep down the lord was gonna magnify our efforts. I checked our districts numbers for the week and saw that our finding was close to its goal but not quite there so I sent a hype up message to the district even though we have found 0 people all day and then right after that bam 2 freinds...straight from heaven. One of which was somone walking his dog who was uninterested...we broke down so many barriers and ended up teaching him about the restoration and baptism of children and he opened up to us and mentioned how he had a girlfriend or wife on drugs while she was pregnant and killed the baby and he has been suffering and having ptsd and kept closing himself off ever since 2022 but that message we just shared helped him have that desire to reconnect with God and he wants to be baptized!!! It was incredible it truly was. That night we ended up finding 5 friends and consecrating it all to the Lord. It was a long day but I had so much fun running around town haha. It was so hard though. On the way back on the bus we saw some sus people. This one dude was yelling at us for like 5 minutes he was cool though he called us his white brothers. No idea why he was yelling I guess it was his way of talking it was wack. It's almost a different area I am serving in with no car and no area book it's like I'm going in blind again. It's fun but my comp is mad stressed or depressed all the time but at least he likes me now and I'm able to hype him up. Sunday was nothing short of a hard day. We walked half an hour to church which was pretty chill I actually prayed that there would be somone in our path that would be receptive to our church invite whether they choose to come or not and we actually found somone. She was like what church? Where at? She was acting all interested and then changed her mind. Cool little miracle though haha. At church we had no friends pull up 2 of them slept in and it was lame. The ward loves the sister missionaries so much it was kind of sad for me haha. We set up a member meal with a group of like 4 member familys for Monday but then they switched up on us at church and invited the sisters instead. They also had two friends show up and I tried so hard not to compare because I truly gave my all I really did. We found 15 friends in 3 days and invited everyone to church and set up lessons with members and had ride situations set up but still....nothing.... My comp was comparing like crazy saying a bunch of stuff making me feel like a failure and I was just so over it because the weigh of it all has been intense again already at the beginning of the transfer. I called the zoneleaders upon request for advice and they really resonated with me. 2 transfers ago they had no friends show up to church for 6 weeks straight but tried everything and I felt that...I almost got all teary as they resonated with me because it's been so hard. I talked to my comp and we ended up having like a 3 hour weekly planning just talking about people's agency among other things. My comp turns out has some deep internal issues and we were able to talk and figure out a root to all of his depression and anxiety and anger and it made so much sense and I was able to help him figure out his problems and hold him accountable for them because its not ok because it's been hurting him and me and the root of the problems are something that can be solved. It's crazy the things I have been juggling the past 7 weeks I keep asking God why did he put me in this position with this companion and this weight but I know he has a purpose for me. We ended up finding this week possibly one of the coolest people I have taught and he is so elect and we were also able to find a 15 year old and teach him and he us coming to church activities with us Tuesday. All in all I feel blessed and can say I gave my all. Life is not easy but it was never easy for him. I want yall to have a good week and find moments throughout where you can have time to be still and know that he is God. 25 I marveled, for I understood that the Savior spent about three years in his ministry among the Jews and those of the house of Israel, endeavoring to teach them the everlasting gospel and call them unto repentance; 26 And yet, notwithstanding his mighty works, and miracles, and proclamation of the truth, in great power and authority, there were but few who hearkened to his voice, and rejoiced in his presence, and received salvation at his hands. D&C 138 24-25 "Stay Sweet"-Elder Williams