Hello, welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Monday weekly reader. Librarians yesterday were protesting at too low fees for unreturned books, so we did not get a chance to do email. Let's hope that the irregular day does not affect the quality of the email.
As for me, it's been an excellent week. Things are happening in the area, prayers are being answered, and despite all the dunder-headed mistakes I keep making, Heavenly Father still loves me.
Some of you have been concerned about our finding efforts lately. Well, two, I repeat, two new investigators came out of the woodwork this past week. And people are being prepared as we speak! These two new people live up in Anaheim, so we attended that ward to go speak with them and then have a lesson. They walked by the church and noticed that the people going in and coming out were different. They had very warm feelings about the church, so they went in and attended two sacrament meetings. This past Sunday was their third Sunday going, all on their own, to an English ward that is super hard for them to understand. If they aren't feeling the Spirit, Who transcends all languages, I don't know what the Spirit feels like. Buckle up! There are great things about to happen.
Another very awesome thing that happened was our zone conference with Elder Kopischke of the First Quorum of the Seventy. He is a very jovial, forward-thinking, friendly man. His training was incredible as well. He is so full of faith and helped us create a greater vision for our mission. Something cool that happened the morning of the conference was that Elder Kopischke interviewed me at the mission home for about ten minutes or so. The way the assistants selected the handful of missionaries to be interviewed had to do with the fact that their last names start with a W. Anyway, it was an awesome experience. He asked me about my family and how they are doing. He then asked me, "Well, Elder Vinters, how can I help?" That made me regret not preparing anything. We then talked about finding people, after which he shared a few scriptures with me, in a way that edified me beyond what I got when I had read them myself before. At the close of the interview, he offered a prayer for us. It was an amazing experience having a General Authority pray for you, your work, and your family right there. After his prayer I extended my hand, which he ignored and pulled me into a big bear hug. It was awesome! Definitely an unforgettable experience.
Well, that's my life right here. The large, burly Library Policeman that monitors all those soundmakers at the library is giving me looks like if I stay here any longer the keyboard's going to be most inadvertently broken over my head. So I better go. Have an awesome week!
- E. DBW
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