I had a good week. Our
ward had a Halloween party that was HUGE. It was crazy. We put fliers
advertising it on everyone's door and many people came to it.
I went with Elder Van
Meeteren to a hand therapist for an appointment...I didn't even know that there
was such thing as a "hand therapist". It was pretty funny. We got
there and there were a bunch of machines for all the different types of
physical therapies. I leaned over to him and said, "I bet they'll put you
in a corner somewhere, and you'll use a tiny little machine that could fit in a
large fast food cup." And that's exactly what happened. We were having a
good time and joking around as usual.
I conducting my first
District Meeting ever and it went pretty well. I had others tell me that it was
one of the most spiritual District Meetings they've attended in a while so that
was nice to hear.
I went on exchanges with
our Zone Leaders so Elder Krueger was with me for the day to evaluate how I'm
doing as a missionary and as a District Leader. It was a great experience. I
began to realize some important principles about obedience. We are counseled to
talk to everyone we can, and I've tried to do that a few times before, but I
never saw success from it so I stopped. With Elder Krueger, we did talk to everyone
and, although no one we talked to listened, we had other people approach us
later in the day. For almost every person we talked to, another person came to
us. I realized that obedience does not always bring blessings by way of the act;
the obedience itself is what brings the blessing. Showing the Lord that you are
willing to do all the He asks of you is what invites the Spirit into your
actions and you are blessed for it. This is something that I am grateful to
have learned early in my mission.
I also will have the
opportunity to conduct companion exchanges with the Elders in my District, and
I'm looking forward to that privilege and opportunity.
I hope you all had a
good Halloween and that things are going well for you and your families. I love
you all.
Elder Kirk
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