The Linden District

This has been the craziest transfer call yet! If you receive a call on Friday then you know you are being asked to be a leader. At 9:12 we got a call from President Stone. We immediately thought we are going to be trio training, but that was not so. Surprisingly Elder Ledbetter is leaving to Jasper to be with Elder Acosta (He was my MTC companion, love that guy)!!! Then the moment of truth happened, I was asked to be the district leader. Right after Elder Doman! I hope that I can match up to the great DL he was. Now the best district in the mission is the Linden district. Another crazy fact, I am receiving Elder Benich as my companion!! He is from Utah and our mom's have a mutual friend.  They have wanted us to be companions since we found out we were serving in Nashville Tennessee!!  Our mom's must have been praying hard! We both have the first name Conner, although he spells is Connor, and Elder Ledbetter trained him, so this transfer call is so weird. Oh, and the awesomeness doesn't stop there, we are getting a 2017 Tacoma!!! I am absolutely losing my mind! I have been praying for a four wheel drive car and we got the best truck on the planet (At home I drove a Tacoma)! Man, I am just so excited for this transfer, it will be the best yet!

So you think this week could get any better? It does! We have 2 baptismal dates and 2 more in progress! That could be 4 this month! Our recent convert has been doing good at showing Christ like example for his family. The two on date are his parents and the other two are his nephew and best friend. They love the church and the lessons have been going well. Please pray for them because it is so hard for them to come to church. When a date is set, the advisory tries his hardest to make it not happen so we need the extra help. Funny thing is, we started to talk about the Book of Mormon because Jerry's (recent convert) dad loves native Americans.

Other highlight of the week is Ledbetter and I finally figured out how to jive with each other and now he is getting transferred... Ha! I guess that is how it works. We also watched the annual mission broadcast. The big change was the schedule but we also now only have four key indicators. Those are the goals we set and try to achieve throughout the week. The four are baptize & confirm, baptismal dates, church attendance (investigators), and new investigators. President Stone was all ready working with us on the time switch up so that part didn't change much for me. I love being apart of a church that has modern revelation. We learned line upon line, precept upon precept to further better ourselves and the work. The heavens are opened and the Lord is hastening his work. Being out here I have really learned that the second coming is literally just around the corner. Mark 13 :35-37 no one knows when it will be but "it is better to prepare and prevent than it is to repair and repent" - President Benson.

That is all this week folks. Stay tuned for next week! Have an blessed week!
P.S. Happy birthday to uncle Pat and aunt Brooke! Y'all are the best!

Love, Elder Q