Sep. 8, 2014
Area: Houston, Central 2
Companion: Heath
This week has gone great! We have put in a lot of
effort to find new people to teach and have had success in that. We
sadly didn't have a ton of lessons, but we really feel like we are
preparing the area right by taking a couple steps back to take steps
forward with a good foundation. I really feel like the training call was
inspired. I have been pushing
myself a lot harder to work on the area and myself, while trying to help
Elder Heath learn how to do things right. We have taken a little time
to re-do our whiteboard so it will be useful in the process of weekly
planning, everyday work and planning, and especially finding out the
needs of the different people we teach. I have found that as we were doing it, we were
receiving inspiration on how we could do it even better. We have also
made sure that we take the time to contact and reach out to everyone we
meet throughout the day. As we have been doing these different things,
we have seen a lot of progress in ourselves and the few people that we
teach.
We have been getting along great as
a companionship, Elder Heath really reminds me of Adam Ure, and we are
working well and hard together. I am proud of Elder Heath because I can
rely on him to do his part of the work. I know I am training him, but he
is learning so fast and well that I have no doubt that he'll be just
like a normal companion with experience by the end of training. He has
really surprised me in his memorization abilities and he already has
almost all of the Joseph Smith History memorized. I have really high
hopes for him, and I look forward to helping guide him a little in week 2
of training.
I personally have been doing a
lot better, I feel more focused and relaxed at the same time. Before
getting the call for training, I was kind of falling just into the
routine of things. I felt like I was wasting so much time because I was
too comfortable with where I was at. Now I am constantly thinking of
things I can do better, more efficient ways of doing things, ways to
better the area. I really am thankful for this training call. I feel
like I have never been a better missionary than I am now-- sure I am not
teaching a ton of lessons, but I feel like soon enough, we will have all
of these things sorted out and have baptisms come. I really don't feel
like I am training, I feel like I am guiding Elder Heath to be the most
efficient, hard working missionary he can be. I am so happy and grateful
for this opportunity I have to serve and to be here.
I
can hardly believe that Linzie is already 1 and that Brianna is already
in 1st grade and Jacen is already in preschool.... Time just flies too
fast, I feel like I just got here, but I'm already on the downhill slide
back into reality. The only things I could say I would be excited for
are: 1) meeting all the new nieces and nephews; 2) having my good ol'
big bed; and 3) being able to participate in choirs and bands again.
I love you guys, even though you didn't email me... :P
Elder Stanley Scott Dye
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