Hi people,
First, pictures! 1. Bernie's baptism, ha. His eyes are closed and the whole
picture looks skewed because of the way Elder Bloomfield and Brother Goates
(WML) are tilting their heads. 2. My St. Patrick's day garb. Thanks for the tie
Soderquists :) (The ties name is Bob the Leprechaun)
Next: Finding weeks are the longest weeks.
Lots of referrals received, many contacted, but no new investigators, so
we're still dealing with a dry investigator pool. To add to the situation, the
other companionships in the zone had many a person fall off date, so there was a
massive scramble by the leadership to try and pick up the pieces this week. Lots
of calls to everyone, lots of training, lots of working.
So maybe a little stressful.
But besides that, things are going so. good. We have transfers this week -
Elder Bloomfield and I are staying together for another six weeks. That was good
enough for us, but then came the plot twist; we're now covering the whole Murray
Little Cottonwood Stake, rather than just half of it. The sisters that were
covering the other half both got transferred out... so things are about to get
really crazy. President Moffat told us that he's looking for us to build a
foundational framework in the other half of the stake in preparation of a
re-split. We're expected to produce. That's a lot of trust that, after this last
week, I don't really feel deserving of. But it's exciting nonetheless!
Other than that, things continue on. Just looked back and realized I've
already been out almost nine months... there's no way. Sooo
fastttttttt
Elder Chandler
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thought: five "keys" to missionary work
Our landlord, John Brantly, has a big bookshelf downstairs. It's full of a
lot of books I don't have time to read (Articles of Faith, Millennial Messiah,
Infinite Atonement, etc.). But, there was a book by Steven R. Covey that caught
my eye for a second, "Spiritual Roots of Human Relations". I looked in the Table
of Contents and there just so happened to be a short section titled "to
missionaries". So I checked it out, and from the genius mind of Steven R. Covey
comes some great suggestions on how to do missionary work!
80% of your success comes from 20% of your activities, and vice versa. The
key is to make each of your activities as productive as possible by following
these five points:
1) Communicate: a) With God, b) with yourself, c) with your companion. If
all three of these happen, everything else will fall into place.
2) Plan Ahead: By effectively planning, you will double or triple your
effectiveness in all that you do. It's a hard skill to acquire, but well worth
the effort to gain.
3) Simplify: Bear testimony, ask questions, and testify. Be awesome.
4) Be Strong: You have a testimony of the gospel - don't hide it. Drink the
bitter "cup" (tracting, street contacting, etc.) of your mission. It's why
you're out here. "For this cause came I into the mission".
5) Multiply Yourself: Create relationships with members in a way that you
are effectively creating more missionaries out in the field. The power of one
missionary companionship trying to place 10 copies of the Book of Mormon vs a
companionship handing out 50 to members, and having them place the books, is not
only more efficient but much more successful.
From one of the masters of success and human relations himself.
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