Lameness

So, it sounds like this last week has been a rough week all around!!

Naturally, that stuff that happened to me this week is going to come last!

Last week was the worldwide missionary broadcast that changed the world!  They announced that every mission is getting iPads and segways!!  It's gonna be an awesome change and it'll really help the work!

Now that I've got your attention, the missionary daily schedule is what was changed on that broadcast- we now plan in the morning before studies, comp study is whenever it fits best with our schedule that day, and when we get home at 9, we just have to prep for bed and write in our journals before we can go to bed (and we can go to bed anywhere between 9:30 to 10:30).  The P-day schedule was also changed so now we get up at 6:30, plan at 7, study at 7:30, and P-day now starts at 8 in the morning, instead of 10, and still goes to 6 pm.  We only account for 4 key indicators now instead of 9, so it's super short when we do call-in reports to our DL.  A flip ton of changes and trust is on the missionaries here, so it's awesome!

As for the lame things that happened this week, we got dropped by about 3 investigators (one of which was on date to be baptized, she told us that she wanted to be baptized and everything, but no mas [pretty sure I died inside]), 2 referrals who people said were super interested have been taken from us (we tried a crap ton to meet with them, but the missionaries who first taught them said they would meet with them a couple more times to see if they're solid or not and then they'll give them to us) so it's just been a rough week for us.  

 With the picture, don't ask me why.  I needed a break from walking so I sat down and without thinking I saw the face and was pulling out my camera at the same time, and boom.  I got a picture with a face on a roadside bench.  Very much unplanned.

So, yeah, this week has been rough, but the work must go on, and I know that everything will work out the way that Heavenly Father needs them to be- no matter who approves what message, no matter how many times you say "I want" in any given day, it's not about what you want, it's about what He wants for you.  And when times get super tough, He's not trying to see what He can squeeze out of you- He's trying to see what He can squeeze into you!  God is the gardener, and He knows what He wants and needs you to be!  So don't ever give up hope!  

Te whanaunga mo ake tonu!

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Elder Eli James Dial