Man she is adorable!!! Tuesday morning Sister Debaltzo called and asked if we had dinner and our dinner appt actually had the flu so she told us to come by later and pick up dinner so she gave me a cool little laminated page with pictures and stuff on there. I didn't know if you made it or if she did but it was awesome! I had no idea. Definitely really special. I am so excited to meet her in person. It still hasn't hit me that that is like Jenni's baby haha. I am sure it will when I meet her though. I am glad she and Jenni and Greg are doing so well!! I wish I could be there...
This is what sweet Sis. DeBaltzo made for him! I love her!!
This week has been amazing for me though. Not really like investigator wise but I guess personally. The last like month with being stressed in the triple up and never having this much lack of success my whole mission I was just like in a rut. I sucked at tracting I didn't care teaching I was just doing missionary things just to do them. I obviously prayed for help and tried to fix it. On Thursday we had a leadership training. 2 guys from the missionary department came and met with us and it was amazing. They ripped us apart on things we are doing wrong and then fire hosed us with more things to do. They also gave us a little taste of what will be changing in the next couple years. They talked about iPads too. They said they already have the apps and software developed they just need to test them. A lot will change though. The way things work now and the way things will work when Ryan goes on a mission will be worlds different. He probably wont do any of the same things I do. It was seriously exactly what I needed and I think I learned more there than I ever have in a meeting. I just felt an incredible urgency after that haha. That night after the meeting we taught Sam. I don't know if I have told you about her but she is a really cool 18 year old girl we have been meeting with for a while. She is like a super Christian and really involved in her church and stuff. We have had like ok lessons with her but nothing too earth shaking. We usually meet with her at like coffee shops and stuff but we are trying to avoid that so we went to a study room in the library. It was a pain cuz we all had to get library cards and all this other stuff but we finally got to meet with her somewhere that is a little quieter. The lesson was probably one of the best of my mission. I just like talked to her and we read 1 Nephi chapter 1 for 2 hours.... It was one of the only times in my life I just felt the spirit just take over what was coming out of my mouth. Elder Curtis and Elder Hicken and the member we were with didn't say 2 words the whole time, they said they didn't want to ruin it haha but it was just an amazing lesson. After I asked her how she felt and she said she felt like God was sitting next to her and she wanted to give me a hug haha ( I didn't let her btw) Honestly I don't think Sam will get baptized anytime soon but I do no she felt the spirit that night and that all I can ask for. I just hope I can start teaching like that all the time. I really do wish I would have had that meeting way earlier on in my mission though.So on Friday night we had dinner with the Thompson's. We printed out that picture of all of their missionaries in Kirtland and put it in an 8x10 frame and gave it to them for Christmas. It was sooo funny. Sis Thompson has a rough exterior and personality but she teared up and was like "Damn you boys" haha I love them they are probably my favorite members.
Ha referrals, I wish, we don't get any of those. We pretty much find them on our own. I talked to Dads friend and he is talking to the people he knows and said he would let us know what happens. The friends of the Gibbs are members already...That is so sweet about Rachel!! I am so excited for her. I cant believe Brad is home and Eric and Kris are coming home. All my friends are gonna start flooding home the next 6 months. It is crazy how fast it goes. I got called an "old" missionary the other day by some other Elders at the meeting. It made me sad haha, I liked being the young one. I remember when I was new and seeing like all the old ex zone leaders and thinking how awesome they were. That's just not me haha.So crazy story. Saturday night we were walking in Lakewood and we were crossing an intersection and there was a guy on the other side coming the other way with what looked like a cane. I was like all ready to talk to him and give him a card and stuff but then he just like runs to this car with this lady in it and tries to get in! She was like screaming and floored it into the intersection almost hitting us. Luckily we didn't get hit but then the guy just like casually walks the other way like nothing happened. haha It was crazy. I have seen lots of fights and drug deals and stuff like that on my mission, but I think that was my first car jacking! hahaTransfers are the 19th and I will find out if I am leaving on the 18th so I will let you know then. I have no idea whats gonna happen. So many crazy things have happened I am done trying to predict transfers haha. I would like to stay in Lakewood though. I just want to be a junior companion to someone who has been out over a year haha but I doubt that will happen anytime.Well I hope you have a good week and enjoy your granddaughter. I love and miss you!!!Elder Skalla
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