I always say it was the best week ever, but this was the Best Week Ever. Despite lots of crazy stuff going on, we got so much done. So much. It's been incredible.
A crazy thing happened. So the sun has been setting pretty early, so by the time we finished up at the church last p-day it was dark. We drove back to Cal City in the rain, and I joked about how we couldn't even see the lights of the city, it must really be rainy. Well we get back to the city and there aren't any lights. None. Zip. The power is out for the whole town, had been for about five hours, and would be for another seven. It was real spooky, being in Cal City with no lights. Eventually they came back on at two in the morning.
The next day it was raining again in the morning, but by the time we were ready to go, the rain had stopped. Someone must have really been praying for us to meet them or something. We did get to meet a less-active lady who'd just barely moved here and had been having surgeries and taking care of family, so she hadn't been able to come to church yet. She was happy to see us though, and we should be able to find her some friends at church :)
The zone leaders came up to have an exchange with us- Elder Simpson's first! He got to head back down to Lancaster to speak Spanish, while I stayed up here in Cal City. We had an incredible day! Pretty much everything we'd planned fell through, but the Lord had better stuff in store for us, and we found some really cool investigators.
We also got to teach the restoration a bunch of times to new people. Things are really picking up here in California City! We're finding new ways to collaborate with the members of the ward council as to how we can best help less-active members and provide fellowshippers for investigators. We're setting the groundwork now for what capabilities smartphones will bring when we have them. Of course, we can do it all without them, but the little run-up going on of working together will be made really satisfying when that is added in.
Two big things happened this week in terms of working with members. We had dinner with the new elder's quorum president, and he asked us to send him an update whenever we visit anyone, whether less-active or not, so that he can be more involved. Later in the week, the primary president expressed her desire to visit the families of less-active children, and asked us where to start. Luckily, we've met some real cool people the last two weeks that she can visit first! It's really cool how the Lord is nudging us all in the same direction and preparing us to work together, so that when things happen we are ready to deal with them.
One of the best parts of the week was dinner on Saturday night. We were going to eat with our Ward Mission Leader, who lives on the base, so he had to pick us up at the gate. When we get in his car, he tells us that he invited a part-member family from on base to come to dinner with them that night. We have no other way of meeting this family, so we were really excited! The wife is just getting active again, and they just had a baby, so now is the time to get him involved in learning about the church. We had the dinner and got to talk to him, and now we have a return appointment! Of a sort. It's for another dinner, a seafood boil with another member family. Still super exciting.
Also had rice-a-roni with a Major General the next night and had to give a talk about goals. Good times.
This week was so great, and we attribute it all to God. He heard our prayers! Or at least Elder Simpson's, he's got some pretty good prayers. But really, we felt so much the blessings of it, and I've learned a ton about how using prayer to bring our will in line with God's will for us can bless us. It's been the best week, and by using what we've learned, next week can be even better.
Thank you for all your support!
Elder Adams
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