Missions are Sweet!

Hello everyone!

This week has been great!  A lot more stressful than I would've liked, but that's alright. 

Transfers are next week, and I will be training a new missionary (in missionary vernacular, I'm having a son).

As for the rest of the week, it was pretty good!  We receive a lot of referrals, mostly from the media, and it's been a struggle contacting all of them.  We've gotten a couple from sister missionaries from other missions, including one sister's (who's serving in Florida) dad, and another sister serving in New Jersey sending us some of her family to teach, it's been pretty awesome!  It truly is a small world!

We have zone conference on Thursday it was a surprise!  We found out basically a week and a half ago, and we usually know... before that sometime.  It'll be fantastic!

I've been pondering a lot this last week a quote by President Monson (wasn't his funeral epic?!), "Don't ever let something to be done become more important than a person to be loved."  Then I was reading in 3 Nephi 17 this morning, and I realized in verses 4-7 Christ did exactly that!  He needed to go and do, but He felt He needed to show more love to the Nephites!  So, He called the sick, lame, deaf, blind, and all others with illness or anything like that up to Him so He could heal them!  What people do you serve in your callings that needs some of Christ's love?  All of them!  Everyone could use some of Christ's love, and you can only show that by spending time with them!

Sorry for the short letter this week, but I love you all!

Te whanaunga mo ake tonu!

Elder Eli James Dial